Guanidinium-based “molecular glues” for modulation of biomolecular functions

R Mogaki, PK Hashim, K Okuro, T Aida - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular adhesion based on multivalent interactions plays essential roles in various
biological processes. Hence,“molecular glues” that can adhere to biomolecules may …

Engineered horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed hydrogels with high tissue adhesiveness for biomedical applications

TTH Thi, Y Lee, P Le Thi, KD Park - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adhesive hydrogels offer considerable potential in biomedical applications because of the
excellent integration between materials and tissues. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) …

Linear versus dendritic molecular binders for hydrogel network formation with clay nanosheets: studies with ABA triblock copolyethers carrying guanidinium ion …

S Tamesue, M Ohtani, K Yamada, Y Ishida… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
ABA-triblock copolyethers 1a–1c as linear polymeric binders, in combination with clay
nanosheets (CNSs), afford high-water-content moldable supramolecular hydrogels with …

A transient vesicular glue for amplification and temporal regulation of biocatalytic reaction networks

A Kamra, S Das, P Bhatt, M Solra, T Maity, S Rana - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Regulation of enzyme activity and biocatalytic cascades on compartmentalized cellular
components is key to the adaptation of cellular processes such as signal transduction and …

Mussel-inspired thermoresponsive polypeptide–pluronic copolymers for versatile surgical adhesives and hemostasis

D Lu, H Wang, T Li, Y Li, F Dou, S Sun… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Inspired by marine mussel adhesive proteins, polymers with catechol side groups have
been extensively explored in industrial and academic research. Here, Pluronic L-31 …

Reductively cleavable nanocaplets for siRNA delivery by template-assisted oxidative polymerization

PK Hashim, K Okuro, S Sasaki… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of water-soluble telechelic dithiol monomers bearing multiple guanidinium ion
(Gu+) units in their main chains were synthesized for packaging siRNA by template-assisted …

Transferrin-appended nanocaplet for transcellular siRNA delivery into deep tissues

A Kohata, PK Hashim, K Okuro… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Transferrin (Tf) is known to induce transcytosis, which is a consecutive endocytosis/
exocytosis event. We developed a Tf-appended nanocaplet (TfNC⊃ siRNA) for the purpose …

Intracellular photoactivation of caspase-3 by molecular glues for spatiotemporal apoptosis induction

NB Hentzen, R Mogaki, S Otake… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Caspase-3 (Casp-3) is an enzyme that efficiently induces apoptosis, a form of programmed
cell death. We report a dendritic molecular glue PCGlue that enables intracellular delivery of …

Adhesive photoswitch: selective photochemical modulation of enzymes under physiological conditions

R Mogaki, K Okuro, T Aida - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We developed a water-soluble adhesive photoswitch (Glue n-Azo-SA, average n= 5) that
selectively binds to a target enzyme and photochemically modulates its enzymatic activity …

Boronic acid-appended molecular glues for ATP-responsive activity modulation of enzymes

K Okuro, M Sasaki, T Aida - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Water-soluble linear polymers Gu m BA n (m/n= 18/6, 12/12, and 6/18) with multiple
guanidinium ion (Gu+) and boronic acid (BA) pendants in their side chains were synthesized …