Thiol-mediated uptake

Q Laurent, R Martinent, B Lim, AT Pham, T Kato… - Jacs Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
This Perspective focuses on thiol-mediated uptake, that is, the entry of substrates into cells
enabled by oligochalcogenides or mimics, often disulfides, and inhibited by thiol-reactive …

Sulfur in dynamic covalent chemistry

AG Orrillo, RLE Furlan - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur has been important in dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) since the beginning of the
field. Mainly as part of disulfides and thioesters, dynamic sulfur‐based bonds (DSBs) have a …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in developing small-molecule inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2

R Xiang, Z Yu, Y Wang, L Wang, S Huo, Y Li… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused havoc across
the entire world. Even though several COVID-19 vaccines are currently in distribution …

Oligonucleotide phosphorothioates enter cells by thiol‐mediated uptake

Q Laurent, R Martinent, D Moreau… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oligonucleotide phosphorothioates (OPS) are DNA or RNA mimics where one phosphate
oxygen is replaced by a sulfur atom. They have been shown to enter mammalian cells much …

Beyond the vaccines: a glance at the small molecule and peptide-based anti-COVID19 arsenal

K Nepali, R Sharma, S Sharma, A Thakur… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Unprecedented efforts of the researchers have been witnessed in the recent past towards
the development of vaccine platforms for the control of the COVID-19 pandemic. Albeit …

Approaches and materials for endocytosis-independent intracellular delivery of proteins

N Chen, Y He, M Zang, Y Zhang, H Lu, Q Zhao… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The intracellular delivery of proteins is of great significance. For diseases such as cancer,
heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases, many important pharmacological targets …

Fluorogenic In Situ Thioacetalization: Expanding the Chemical Space of Fluorescent Probes, Including Unorthodox, Bifurcated, and Mechanosensitive Chalcogen …

XX Chen, RM Gomila, JM García-Arcos, M Vonesch… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Progress with fluorescent flippers, small-molecule probes to image membrane tension in
living systems, has been limited by the effort needed to synthesize the twisted push–pull …

Selective, modular probes for thioredoxins enabled by rational tuning of a unique disulfide structure motif

JG Felber, L Zeisel, L Poczka, K Scholzen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Specialized cellular networks of oxidoreductases coordinate the dithiol/disulfide-exchange
reactions that control metabolism, protein regulation, and redox homeostasis. For probes to …

Dithiolane quartets: thiol-mediated uptake enables cytosolic delivery in deep tissue

R Martinent, S Tawffik, J López-Andarias… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The cytosolic delivery of various substrates in 3D multicellular spheroids by thiol-mediated
uptake is reported. This is important because most orthodox systems, including polycationic …

Inhibition of Cell Motility by Cell-Penetrating Dynamic Covalent Cascade Exchangers: Integrins Participate in Thiol-Mediated Uptake

F Coelho, S Saidjalolov, D Moreau, O Thorn-Seshold… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Integrins are cell surface proteins responsible for cell motility. Inspired by the rich disulfide
exchange chemistry of integrins, we show here the inhibition of cell migration by cascade …