Advancements in capturing and mining mass spectrometry data are transforming natural products research

SA Jarmusch, JJJ van der Hooft, PC Dorrestein… - Natural product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2016 up to 2021 Mass spectrometry (MS) is an essential technology in natural
products research with MS fragmentation (MS/MS) approaches becoming a key tool. Recent …

Sclerotiamides C–H, Notoamides from a Marine Gorgonian-Derived Fungus with Cytotoxic Activities

X Guo, Q Meng, J Liu, J Wu, H Jia, D Liu… - Journal of Natural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bioassay-guided fractionation in association with LC-MS and NMR detection led to the
isolation of six new alkaloids, sclerotiamides C–H (1–6), from the marine gorgonian-derived …

Thioesterase-mediated side chain transesterification generates potent Gq signaling inhibitor FR900359

C Hermes, R Richarz, DA Wirtz, J Patt, W Hanke… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The potent and selective Gq protein inhibitor depsipeptide FR900359 (FR), originally
discovered as the product of an uncultivable plant endosymbiont, is synthesized by a …

Briarane-type diterpenoids, the inhibitors of osteoclast formation by interrupting Keap1-Nrf2 interaction and activating Nrf2 pathway

X Qi, X Zhang, J Meng, J Wu, W Cheng, J Huang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemoinformatic and bioassay-guided fractionation of a gorgonian coral Junceella juncea
resulted in the isolation of 45 briarane-type diterpenoids, of which 16 new analogues were …

Targeting Oncogenic Gαq/11 in Uveal Melanoma

D Lapadula, JL Benovic - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Uveal melanoma is a deadly form of eye cancer with a high rate of
metastasis. Once metastasis occurs, patients are often left with a short survival time, since …

Rational design of a heterotrimeric G protein α subunit with artificial inhibitor sensitivity

D Malfacini, J Patt, S Annala, K Harpsøe… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Transmembrane signals initiated by a range of extracellular stimuli converge on members of
the Gq family of heterotrimeric G proteins, which relay these signals in target cells. Gq family …

Heterotrimeric G proteins as therapeutic targets in drug discovery

J Li, Y Ge, JX Huang, K Strømgaard… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterotrimeric G proteins are molecular switches in GPCR signaling pathways and regulate
a plethora of physiological and pathological processes. GPCRs are efficient drug targets …

Recent achievements in developing selective Gq inhibitors

H Zhang, AL Nielsen… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
G proteins are key mediators of G protein‐coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, facilitating a
plethora of important physiological processes. The role of G proteins is much less …

The chromodepsins–chemistry, biology and biosynthesis of a selective Gq inhibitor natural product family

C Hermes, GM König, M Crüsemann - Natural product reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to April 2021 The bacterial cyclic depsipeptides FR900359 (FR) and YM-
254890 (YM) were shown to selectively inhibit Gαq proteins with high potency and selectivity …

MS-based molecular networking of designer drugs as an approach for the detection of unknown derivatives for forensic and doping applications: a case of NBOMe …

JS Yu, H Seo, GB Kim, J Hong, HH Yoo - Analytical chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
The NBOMe family is a group of new psychoactive substances (NPSs). In this study, the
fragmentation patterns of NBOMe derivatives were analyzed using liquid chromatography …