Targeting cell cycle regulation in cancer therapy

S Diaz-Moralli, M Tarrado-Castellarnau… - Pharmacology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Cell proliferation is an essential mechanism for growth, development and regeneration of
eukaryotic organisms; however, it is also the cause of one of the most devastating diseases …

Current advances of tubulin inhibitors as dual acting small molecules for cancer therapy

KE Arnst, S Banerjee, H Chen, S Deng… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubule (MT)‐targeting agents are highly successful drugs as chemotherapeutic agents,
and this is attributed to their ability to target MT dynamics and interfere with critical cellular …

Lanatoside C induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and suppresses cancer cell growth by attenuating MAPK, Wnt, JAK-STAT, and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways

D Reddy, R Kumavath, P Ghosh, D Barh - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are a diverse family of naturally derived compounds having a
steroid and glycone moiety in their structures. CG molecules inhibit the α-subunit of …

Kinase inhibitors of marine origin

SB Bharate, SD Sawant, PP Singh… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The ocean occupies three-fourths of the Earth's surface and hosts approximately 80% of all
living species. In fact, some areas of the sea such as coral reefs possess a biodiversity …

Structural insights of cyclin dependent kinases: implications in design of selective inhibitors

S Kalra, G Joshi, A Munshi, R Kumar - European journal of medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
There are around 20 Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) known till date, and various
research groups have reported their role in different types of cancer. The X-ray structures of …

Peruvoside targets apoptosis and autophagy through MAPK Wnt/β-catenin and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways in human cancers

D Reddy, R Kumavath, TZ Tan, DR Ampasala… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aim To investigate the cytotoxic effect of Peruvoside and mechanism of action in human
cancers. Main methods Cell viability was measured by MTT assay and the cell cycle arrest …

Insights on structural characteristics and ligand binding mechanisms of CDK2

Y Li, J Zhang, W Gao, L Zhang, Y Pan, S Zhang… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) is a crucial regulator of the eukaryotic cell cycle.
However it is well established that monomeric CDK2 lacks regulatory activity, which needs …

Marine-derived lead fascaplysin: pharmacological activity, total synthesis, and structural modification

C Wang, S Wang, H Li, Y Hou, H Cao, H Hua, D Li - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fascaplysin is a planar structure pentacyclic alkaloid isolated from sponges, which can
effectively induce the apoptosis of cancer cells. In addition, fascaplysin has diverse …

Selective CDK9 inhibition by natural compound toyocamycin in cancer cells

S Pandey, R Djibo, A Darracq, G Calendo, H Zhang… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary By combining drug screens, transcriptomic studies, and in vitro assays, our
study identified the natural product toyocamycin as a potent and selective CDK9 inhibitor …

A survey of marine natural compounds and their derivatives with anti-cancer activity reported in 2011

WR Sawadogo, M Schumacher, MH Teiten, C Cerella… - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Cancer continues to be a major public health problem despite the efforts that have been
made in the search for novel drugs and treatments. The current sources sought for the …