An overview of coumarin as a versatile and readily accessible scaffold with broad-ranging biological activities

F Annunziata, C Pinna, S Dallavalle… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Privileged structures have been widely used as an effective template for the research and
discovery of high value chemicals. Coumarin is a simple scaffold widespread in Nature and …

Structure and function of carbonic anhydrases

CT Supuran - Biochemical Journal, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2. 1.1) catalyse the interconversion between CO2 and
bicarbonate as well as other hydrolytic reactions. Among the six genetic families known to …

A simple yet multifaceted 90 years old, evergreen enzyme: Carbonic anhydrase, its inhibition and activation

CT Supuran - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Advances in the carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) research over the last three decades
are presented, with an emphasis on the deciphering of the activation mechanism, the …

How many carbonic anhydrase inhibition mechanisms exist?

CT Supuran - Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Six genetic families of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) were described to
date. Inhibition of CAs has pharmacologic applications in the field of antiglaucoma …

Advances in structure-based drug discovery of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

CT Supuran - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) is found in numerous
organisms across the tree of life, with seven distinct classes known to date. CA inhibition can …

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors targeting metabolism and tumor microenvironment

A Angeli, F Carta, A Nocentini, JY Winum… - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment is crucial for the growth of cancer cells, triggering particular
biochemical and physiological changes, which frequently influence the outcome of …

Multiple binding modes of inhibitors to carbonic anhydrases: how to design specific drugs targeting 15 different isoforms?

V Alterio, A Di Fiore, K D'Ambrosio, CT Supuran… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2. 1.1) are ubiquitous metallo-enzymes, present
throughout most living organisms and encoded by five evolutionarily unrelated gene …

Interfering with pH regulation in tumours as a therapeutic strategy

D Neri, CT Supuran - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
The high metabolic rate of tumours often leads to acidosis and hypoxia in poorly perfused
regions. Tumour cells have thus evolved the ability to function in a more acidic environment …

An overview of novel antimicrobial carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

CT Supuran - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Four different genetic families of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.
1.1) are present in bacteria, α-, β-, γ-and ι-CAs. They play relevant functions related to CO2 …

Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase IX targets primary tumors, metastases, and cancer stem cells: three for the price of one

CT Supuran, V Alterio, A Di Fiore… - Medicinal Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Human carbonic anhydrase (CA) IX is a tumor‐associated protein, since it is scarcely
present in normal tissues, but highly overexpressed in a large number of solid tumors, where …