[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in topoisomerase-targeted cancer chemotherapy

KE Hevener, TA Verstak, KE Lutat, DL Riggsbee… - … pharmaceutica sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
The DNA topoisomerase enzymes are essential to cell function and are found ubiquitously
in all domains of life. The various topoisomerase enzymes perform a wide range of functions …

Dual inhibitors of human DNA topoisomerase II and other cancer-related targets

Z Skok, N Zidar, D Kikelj, J Ilaš - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Human DNA topoisomerase II is an important target in anticancer therapy. Despite the
clinical success of drugs that target topoisomerase II, the development of resistant cancer …

Topoisomerase II poisons: converting essential enzymes into molecular scissors

KR Vann, AA Oviatt, N Osheroff - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The extensive length, compaction, and interwound nature of DNA, together with its
controlled and restricted movement in eukaryotic cells, create a number of topological issues …

Activities of gyrase and topoisomerase IV on positively supercoiled DNA

RE Ashley, A Dittmore, SA McPherson… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Although bacterial gyrase and topoisomerase IV have critical interactions with positively
supercoiled DNA, little is known about the actions of these enzymes on overwound …

Multiple Topoisomerase I (TopoI), Topoisomerase II (TopoII) and Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase (TDP) inhibitors in the development of anticancer drugs

E Baglini, S Salerno, E Barresi, M Robello… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA Topoisomerases (Topos) are ubiquitous nuclear enzymes involved in regulating the
topological state of DNA and, in eukaryotic organisms, Topos can be classified into two …

On the binding modes of metal NHC complexes with DNA secondary structures: implications for therapy and imaging

Ö Karaca, SM Meier-Menches, A Casini… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Organometallic compounds currently occupy an important place in the field of medicinal
inorganic chemistry due to the unique chemical properties of metal coordination …

Basis for the discrimination of supercoil handedness during DNA cleavage by human and bacterial type II topoisomerases

JY Jian, KD McCarty, JAW Byl… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
To perform double-stranded DNA passage, type II topoisomerases generate a covalent
enzyme-cleaved DNA complex (ie cleavage complex). Although this complex is a requisite …

Supercoiling and looping promote DNA base accessibility and coordination among distant sites

JM Fogg, A Judge, E Stricker, HL Chan… - Biophysical …, 2021 - cell.com
Thursday, February 25, 2021 221a sequences to superhelical apices. Base pair disruption
allows sharp bending at superhelical apices, which facilitates DNA writhing and, thus …

Telling your right hand from your left: the effects of DNA supercoil handedness on the actions of type II topoisomerases

JY Jian, N Osheroff - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Type II topoisomerases are essential enzymes that modulate the topological state of DNA
supercoiling in all living organisms. These enzymes alter DNA topology by performing …

The use of methods of computer-aided drug discovery in the development of topoisomerase II inhibitors: applications and future directions

M Radaeva, X Dong, A Cherkasov - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Topoisomerase II (TopoII) is an enzyme essential for cellular metabolism and replication as
it regulates DNA topology. Since inhibition of TopoII induces cell death, it is a well …