What is holding back the development of antiviral metallodrugs? A literature overview and implications for SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics and future viral outbreaks

REF de Paiva, AM Neto, IA Santos, ACG Jardim… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, this review brings together historical and current literature
efforts towards the development of antiviral metallodrugs. Classical compounds such as …

Mass spectrometry as a powerful tool to study therapeutic metallodrugs speciation mechanisms: Current frontiers and perspectives

M Wenzel, A Casini - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Metal-based compounds form a promising class of therapeutic agents, whose mechanisms
of action still need to be elucidated, and that are in general prone to undergo extensive …

Gold (I/III)-phosphine complexes as potent antiproliferative agents

JH Kim, E Reeder, S Parkin, SG Awuah - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The reaction of gold reagents [HAuCl4• 3H2O],[AuCl (tht)], or cyclometalated gold (III)
precursor,[C^ NAuCl2] with chiral ((R, R)-(-)-2, 3-bis (t-butylmethylphosphino) quinoxaline) …

Medicinal applications of gold (I/III)-based complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene and phosphine ligands

B Dominelli, JDG Correia, FE Kuehn - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Phosphines are the most studied ligands on gold-based metallodrugs, whereas N-
heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have been emerging in the past years as potential alternative …

Zinc finger domains as therapeutic targets for metal-based compounds–an update

C Abbehausen - Metallomics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Zinc finger proteins are one of the most abundant families of proteins and present a wide
range of structures and functions. The structural zinc ion provides the correct conformation to …

The past, present, and future of artificial zinc finger proteins: design strategies and chemical and biological applications

S Negi, M Imanishi, M Hamori… - JBIC Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Zinc finger proteins are abundant in the human proteome and are responsible for a variety of
functions. The domains that constitute zinc finger proteins are compact spherical structures …

Exploring antiviral and antiparasitic activity of gold N-heterocyclic carbenes with thiolate ligands

IS Oliveira, MSA Garcia, NM Cassani… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold (I) N-heterocyclic carbenes have been explored for their therapeutic potential against
several diseases. Neglected tropical diseases, including leishmaniasis, Chagas disease …

Selective targeting of PARP-1 zinc finger recognition domains with Au (III) organometallics

MN Wenzel, SM Meier-Menches, TL Williams… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The binding of Au (III) complexes to the zinc finger domain of the anticancer drug target
PARP-1 was studied using a hyphenated mass spectrometry approach combined with …

Unveiling the Potential of Transition Metal Complexes for Medicine: Translational in Situ Activation of Metal‐Based Drugs from Bench to in Vivo Applications

MJSA Silva, PMP Gois, G Gasser - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of metal‐based anticancer drugs has been hampered, among other
reasons, by their lack of selectivity for cancer cells. In a recent article, Zou and co‐workers …

Selection and Control of Process Conditions Enable the Preparation of Curcumin-Loaded Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles of Superior Performance

FS Feltrin, NA D'Angelo, JPO Guarnieri… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Curcumin (CUR) is one natural bioactive compound acknowledged for diverse therapeutic
activities, but its use is hindered by its poor bioavailability, fast metabolism, and susceptibility …