Smart nanostructures for cargo delivery: uncaging and activating by light

M Karimi, P Sahandi Zangabad… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has begun to play a remarkable role in various fields of science and
technology. In biomedical applications, nanoparticles have opened new horizons, especially …

Inositol pyrophosphates as versatile metabolic messengers

L Nagpal, S He, F Rao, SH Snyder - Annual review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Discovered in 1993, inositol pyrophosphates are evolutionarily conserved signaling
metabolites whose versatile modes of action are being increasingly appreciated. These …

The enzymatic activity of inositol hexakisphosphate kinase controls circulating phosphate in mammals

Y Moritoh, S Abe, H Akiyama, A Kobayashi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Circulating phosphate levels are tightly controlled within a narrow range in mammals. By
using a novel small-molecule inhibitor, we show that the enzymatic activity of inositol …

Lipase‐triggered water‐responsive “Pandora's Box” for cancer therapy: Toward induced neighboring effect and enhanced drug penetration

C Wang, S Chen, Y Wang, X Liu, F Hu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Insufficient drug release as well as poor drug penetration are major obstacles for effective
nanoparticles (NPs)‐based cancer therapy. Herein, the high aqueous instability of …

[PDF][PDF] Using photocaging for fast time-resolved structural biology studies

DCF Monteiro, E Amoah, C Rogers… - … Section D: Structural …, 2021 - journals.iucr.org
Careful selection of photocaging approaches is critical to achieve fast and well synchronized
reaction initiation and perform successful time-resolved structural biology experiments. This …

Analytical methods for determination of phytic acid and other inositol phosphates: A review

G Marolt, M Kolar - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
From the early precipitation-based techniques, introduced more than a century ago, to the
latest development of enzymatic bio-and nano-sensor applications, the analysis of phytic …

A dual-function antibiotic-transporter conjugate exhibits superior activity in sterilizing MRSA biofilms and killing persister cells

A Antonoplis, X Zang, MA Huttner… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
New strategies are urgently needed to target MRSA, a major global health problem and the
leading cause of mortality from antibiotic-resistant infections in many countries. Here, we …

The inositol hexakisphosphate kinases IP6K1 and-2 regulate human cellular phosphate homeostasis, including XPR1-mediated phosphate export

MS Wilson, HJ Jessen, A Saiardi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Phosphate's central role in most biochemical reactions in a living organism requires
carefully maintained homeostasis. Although phosphate homeostasis in mammals has long …

Capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry identifies new isomers of inositol pyrophosphates in mammalian tissues

D Qiu, C Gu, G Liu, K Ritter, VB Eisenbeis, T Bittner… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Technical challenges have to date prevented a complete profiling of the levels of myo-
inositol phosphates (InsPs) and pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) in mammalian tissues. Here, we …

INOSITOL (1, 3, 4) TRIPHOSPHATE 5/6 KINASE1-dependent inositol polyphosphates regulate auxin responses in Arabidopsis

NP Laha, RFH Giehl, E Riemer, D Qiu… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The combinatorial phosphorylation of myo-inositol results in the generation of different
inositol phosphates (InsPs), of which phytic acid (InsP6) is the most abundant species in …