Advances in chemistry and bioactivity of parthenolide

RRA Freund, P Gobrecht, D Fischer… - Natural product reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Review covering up to 07/2019 (−)-Parthenolide is a germacrane sesquiterpene lactone,
available in ample amounts from the traditional medical plant feverfew (Tanacetum …

Ligandability of E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation applications

BP Belcher, CC Ward, DK Nomura - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) using proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and
molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful therapeutic modality for eliminating …

Deubiquitinase-targeting chimeras for targeted protein stabilization

NJ Henning, L Boike, JN Spradlin, CC Ward… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Many diseases are driven by proteins that are aberrantly ubiquitinated and degraded. These
diseases would be therapeutically benefited by targeted protein stabilization (TPS). Here we …

Plants as a source of anticancer agents: From bench to bedside

WH Talib, S Daoud, AI Mahmod, RA Hamed, D Awajan… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. Conventional
anticancer therapies are associated with lack of selectivity and serious side effects. Cancer …

Plant-derived natural products in cancer research: extraction, mechanism of action, and drug formulation

WH Talib, I Alsalahat, S Daoud, RF Abutayeh… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the main causes of death globally and considered as a major challenge for
the public health system. The high toxicity and the lack of selectivity of conventional …

Isotopically labeled desthiobiotin azide (isoDTB) tags enable global profiling of the bacterial cysteinome

PRA Zanon, L Lewald, SM Hacker - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid development of bacterial resistance has led to an urgent need to find new druggable
targets for antibiotics. In this context, residue‐specific chemoproteomic approaches enable …

Electrophilic reactivities of cyclic enones and α, β-unsaturated lactones

RJ Mayer, PWA Allihn, N Hampel, P Mayer… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactivities of cyclic enones and α, β-unsaturated lactones were characterized by
following the kinetics of their reactions with colored carbon-centered reference nucleophiles …

Parthenolide induces ROS-mediated apoptosis in lymphoid malignancies

J Jorge, J Neves, R Alves, C Geraldes… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lymphoid malignancies are a group of highly heterogeneous diseases frequently
associated with constitutive activation of the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling …

Parthenolide inhibits ubiquitin-specific peptidase 7 (USP7), Wnt signaling, and colorectal cancer cell growth

X Li, L Kong, Q Yang, A Duan, X Ju, B Cai… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
It has been well-established that the deubiquitinating enzyme ubiquitin-specific peptidase 7
(USP7) supports cancer growth by up-regulating multiple cellular pathways, including Wnt/β …

Lessons learned from the discovery and development of the sesquiterpene lactones in cancer therapy and prevention

IA Cheikh, C El-Baba, A Youssef… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) are one of the most diverse bioactive
secondary metabolites found in plants and exhibit a broad range of therapeutic properties …