Recent progress of targeted G-quadruplex-preferred ligands toward cancer therapy

S Asamitsu, S Obata, Z Yu, T Bando, H Sugiyama - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
A G-quadruplex (G4) is a well-known nucleic acid secondary structure comprising guanine-
rich sequences, and has profound implications for various pharmacological and biological …

Regulatory role of Non-canonical DNA Polymorphisms in human genome and their relevance in Cancer

N Pandya, SR Bhagwat, A Kumar - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA has the ability to form polymorphic structures like canonical duplex DNA and non-
canonical triplex DNA, Cruciform, Z-DNA, G-quadruplex (G4), i-motifs, and hairpin structures …

Understanding the role of reline, a natural DES, on Temperature-Induced conformational changes of C-Kit G-Quadruplex DNA: a molecular dynamics study

S Pal, S Paul - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2020 - ACS Publications
The noncanonical guanine-rich DNAs have drawn particular attention to the scientific world
due to their controllable diverse and polymorphic structures. Apart from biological and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Developments in Mitochondrial G-Quadruplex Recognising Fluorescent Probes: A Review

P Kumar, A Pandith, CL Tseng, T Burnouf - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitochondria is the cell's energy powerhouse and regulate most of the metabolism process
through the inherent mitochondrial genes (mtDNA). The control of mtDNA replication and …

Targeting oncogene promoters and ribosomal RNA biogenesis by G-quadruplex binding ligands translate to anticancer activity

Y Venkata Suseela, P Sengupta… - ACS bio & med …, 2021 - ACS Publications
G-Quadruplex (GQ) nucleic acids are promising therapeutic targets in anticancer research
due to their structural robustness, polymorphism, and gene-regulatory functions. Here, we …

Synthesis, anti-tumour activity, and mechanism of benzoyl hydrazine Schiff base-copper complexes

M Chen, X Chen, G Huang, Y Jiang, Y Gou… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Four new complexes of Cu (II) coordinated to a benzoyl hydrazine Schiff base–[Cu (L1)
Cl](C1),[Cu (L1) Py](C2),[Cu (L2) NO 3](C3),[Cu (L3) NO 3](C4)–were synthesized and …

G-quadruplex-mediated specific recognition, stabilization and transcriptional repression of bcl-2 by small molecule

N Pandya, M Singh, R Rani, V Kumar… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of the G-quadruplex (G4) structure in the promoter region of the human bcl-2
oncogenes makes it a promising target for developing anti-cancer therapeutics. Bcl-2 …

Benzimidazole-1, 2, 3-triazole hybrid molecules: Synthesis and study of their interaction with G-quadruplex DNA

PS Singu, U Chilakamarthi, NS Mahadik… - RSC Medicinal …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of new benzimidazole-1, 2, 3-triazole hybrid derivatives have been synthesized via
'click'reaction and evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity as well as DNA binding affinity. MTT …

G4 Sensing Pyridyl‐Thiazole Polyamide Represses c‐KIT Expression in Leukemia Cells

R Paul, D Dutta, T Das, M Debnath… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Specific sensing and functional tuning of nucleic acid secondary structures remain less
explored to date. Herein, we report a thiazole polyamide TPW that binds specifically to c …

The N-biphenyldihydroisoquinolinium scaffold as a novel motif for selective fluorimetric detection of quadruplex DNA

D Soost, G Bringmann, H Ihmels - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The spectroscopic investigation of the DNA-binding properties of (S)-6, 8-dimethoxy-2-(4′-
methoxy-[1, 1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-1, 3-dimethyl-3, 4-dihydroisoquinolin-2-ium revealed the …