Microtubule-targeting agents: strategies to hijack the cytoskeleton

MO Steinmetz, AE Prota - Trends in cell biology, 2018 - cell.com
Microtubule-targeting agents (MTAs) such as paclitaxel and the vinca alkaloids are among
the most important medical weapons available to combat cancer. MTAs interfere with …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule-targeting agents and their impact on cancer treatment

V Čermák, V Dostál, M Jelínek, L Libusová… - European journal of cell …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microtubule-targeting agents (MTAs) constitute a diverse group of chemical compounds that
bind to microtubules and affect their properties and function. Disruption of microtubules …

Recent progress on tubulin inhibitors with dual targeting capabilities for cancer therapy

W Shuai, G Wang, Y Zhang, F Bu, S Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microtubules play a crucial role in multiple cellular functions including mitosis, cell signaling,
and organelle trafficking, which makes the microtubule an important target for cancer …

Molecular interactions at the colchicine binding site in tubulin: An X-ray crystallography perspective

J Wang, DD Miller, W Li - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Colchicine binding site inhibitors (CBSIs) emerge as new generations of tubulin
inhibitors.•CBSIs are less susceptible to multidrug resistance than FDA-approved tubulin …

Computational repurposing of benzimidazole anthelmintic drugs as potential colchicine binding site inhibitors

M Khattab, AA Al-Karmalawy - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Although some benzimidazole-based anthelmintic drugs are found to possess
anticancer activity, their modes of binding interactions have not been reported. Methodology …

Hemipiperazines as peptide-derived molecular photoswitches with low-nanomolar cytotoxicity

S Kirchner, AL Leistner, P Gödtel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular photoswitches transform light energy into reversible structural changes. Their
combination with known pharmacophores often allows for photomodulation of the biological …

Discovery of novel benzimidazole and indazole analogues as tubulin polymerization inhibitors with potent anticancer activities

Y Ren, Y Wang, G Li, Z Zhang, L Ma… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Novel indazole and benzimidazole analogues were designed and synthesized as tubulin
inhibitors with potent antiproliferative activities. Among them, compound 12b exhibited the …

Revisiting activity of some nocodazole analogues as a potential anticancer drugs using molecular docking and DFT calculations

M Khattab, AA Al‐Karmalawy - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although potential anticancer activities of benzimidazole-based anthelmintic drugs have
been approved by preclinical and clinical studies, modes of binding interactions have not …

Current advances of tubulin inhibitors as dual acting small molecules for cancer therapy

KE Arnst, S Banerjee, H Chen, S Deng… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubule (MT)‐targeting agents are highly successful drugs as chemotherapeutic agents,
and this is attributed to their ability to target MT dynamics and interfere with critical cellular …

Gatorbulin-1, a distinct cyclodepsipeptide chemotype, targets a seventh tubulin pharmacological site

S Matthew, QY Chen, R Ratnayake… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Tubulin-targeted chemotherapy has proven to be a successful and wide spectrum strategy
against solid and liquid malignancies. Therefore, new ways to modulate this essential …