Unleashing the power of bond cleavage chemistry in living systems

J Wang, X Wang, X Fan, PR Chen - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioorthogonal cleavage chemistry has been rapidly emerging as a powerful tool for
manipulation and gain-of-function studies of biomolecules in living systems. While the initial …

Delivery of drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids using inorganic nanoparticles

DC Luther, R Huang, T Jeon, X Zhang, YW Lee… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inorganic nanoparticles provide multipurpose platforms for a broad range of delivery
applications. Intrinsic nanoscopic properties provide access to unique magnetic and optical …

Cancer-derived exosomes loaded with ultrathin palladium nanosheets for targeted bioorthogonal catalysis

M Sancho-Albero, B Rubio-Ruiz, AM Pérez-López… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The transformational impact of bioorthogonal chemistries has inspired new strategies for the
in vivo synthesis of bioactive agents through non-natural means. Among these, Pd catalysts …

Degradable ZnS-supported bioorthogonal nanozymes with enhanced catalytic activity for intracellular activation of therapeutics

X Zhang, S Lin, R Huang, A Gupta… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bioorthogonal catalysis using transition-metal catalysts (TMCs) provides a toolkit for the in
situ generation of imaging and therapeutic agents in biological environments. Integrating …

In situ activation of therapeutics through bioorthogonal catalysis

W Wang, X Zhang, R Huang, CM Hirschbiegel… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioorthogonal chemistry refers to any chemical reactions that can occur inside of living
systems without interfering with native biochemical processes, which has become a …

Synthetic prodrug design enables biocatalytic activation in mice to elicit tumor growth suppression

I Nasibullin, I Smirnov, P Ahmadi, K Vong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Considering the intrinsic toxicities of transition metals, their incorporation into drug therapies
must operate at minimal amounts while ensuring adequate catalytic activity within complex …

[HTML][HTML] Transition metal catalysts for the bioorthogonal synthesis of bioactive agents

MON van de L'Isle, MC Ortega-Liebana… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The incorporation of abiotic transition metal catalysis into the chemical biology space has
significantly expanded the tool kit of bioorthogonal chemistries accessible for cell culture …

[HTML][HTML] Palladium-based nanomaterials for cancer imaging and therapy

Y Liu, J Li, M Chen, X Chen, N Zheng - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent decade, palladium-based (Pd-based) nanomaterials have shown significant
potential for biomedical applications because of their unique optical properties, excellent …

A membrane-embedded macromolecular catalyst with substrate selectivity in live cells

Y Deng, T Wu, X Chen, Y Chen, Y Fei… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Substrate selectivity is one of the most attractive features of natural enzymes from their “bind-
to-catalyze” working flow and is thus a goal for the development of synthetic enzyme mimics …

Prodrug Activation by Gold Artificial Metalloenzyme‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Phenanthridinium Derivatives via Hydroamination

TC Chang, K Vong, T Yamamoto… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An emerging approach in the field of targeted drug delivery is the establishment of abiotic
metal‐triggered prodrug mechanisms that can control the release of bioactive drugs …