Examples of inverse comorbidity between cancer and neurodegenerative diseases: a possible role for noncoding RNA

M Salemi, MP Mogavero, G Lanza, LM Mongioì… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the most common causes of death; in parallel, the incidence and
prevalence of central nervous system diseases are equally high. Among neurodegenerative …

Structural diversity and biological relevance of benzenoid and atypical ansamycins and their congeners

N Skrzypczak, P Przybylski - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2011 to 2021 The structural division of ansamycins, including those of atypical
cores and different lengths of the ansa chains, is presented. Recently discovered benzenoid …

Natural product inspired N‐terminal Hsp90 inhibitors: from bench to bedside?

A Khandelwal, VM Crowley… - Medicinal research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The 90 kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp90) are responsible for the conformational maturation
of nascent polypeptides and the rematuration of denatured proteins. Proteins dependent …

Heat shock protein 90 controls HIV-1 reactivation from latency

I Anderson, JS Low, S Weston… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Latency allows HIV-1 to persist in long-lived cellular reservoirs, preventing virus eradication.
We have previously shown that the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is required for HIV-1 gene …

At the crossroads between neurodegeneration and cancer: a review of overlapping biology and its implications

AL Houck, S Seddighi, JA Driver - Current aging science, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: A growing body of epidemiologic evidence suggests that neurodegenerative
diseases occur less frequently in cancer survivors, and vice versa. While unusual, this …

Advances in therapeutics for neurodegenerative tauopathies: moving toward the specific targeting of the most toxic tau species

JE Gerson, DL Castillo-Carranza… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative disease is one of the greatest health concerns today and with no
effective treatment in sight, it is crucial that researchers find a safe and successful …

Cascade transformation of the ansamycin benzoquinone core into benzoxazole influencing anticancer activity and selectivity

N Skrzypczak, K Pyta, W Bohusz… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The metal-free cascade transformation of geldanamycin benzoquinone core is proposed at
relatively mild conditions. This approach yields new benzoxazole ansamycin antibiotics and …

Anticancer activity and toxicity of new quaternary ammonium geldanamycin derivative salts and their mixtures with potentiators

N Skrzypczak, K Pyta, P Ruszkowski… - Journal of Enzyme …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Geldanamycin (GDM) has been modified by different type neutral/acidic/basic substituents
(1–7) and by quinuclidine motif (8), transformed into ammonium salts (9–13) at C (17) …

Geldanamycin, a Naturally Occurring Inhibitor of Hsp90 and a Lead Compound for Medicinal Chemistry

RRA Kitson, D Kitsonová, D Siegel… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Geldanamycin remains a driver in the medicinal chemistry of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)
inhibition, even half a century after its original isolation from nature. This Perspective focuses …

Targeting selective autophagy in CNS disorders by small-molecule compounds

Y Zheng, Z Zhou, M Liu, Z Chen - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2024 - Elsevier
Autophagy functions as the primary cellular mechanism for clearing unwanted intracellular
contents. Emerging evidence suggests that the selective elimination of intracellular …