Anticancer boron-containing prodrugs responsive to oxidative stress from the tumor microenvironment

H Maslah, C Skarbek, S Pethe, R Labruère - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Boronic acid (and ester) prodrugs targeting the overexpressed level of reactive oxygen
species within tumor microenvironment represent a promising area for the discovery of new …

Prodrug strategies for targeted therapy triggered by reactive oxygen species

JP Cadahía, V Previtali, NS Troelsen, MH Clausen - MedChemComm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been associated with numerous
pathophysiological conditions including cancer and inflammation and the ROS stimulus …

A small molecule strategy for targeting cancer stem cells in hypoxic microenvironments and preventing tumorigenesis

JH Kim, P Verwilst, M Won, J Lee… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Breast cancer consists of heterogenic subpopulations, which determine the prognosis and
response to chemotherapy. Among these subpopulations, a very limited number of cancer …

Recent advances in hydrogen peroxide responsive organoborons for biological and biomedical applications

E Saxon, X Peng - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen peroxide is the most stable reactive oxygen species generated endogenously,
participating in numerous physiological processes and abnormal pathological conditions …

Hydrogen Peroxide‐Inducible PROTACs for Targeted Protein Degradation in Cancer Cells

D Yu, H Fan, Z Zhou, Y Zhang, J Sun, L Wang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Proteolysis‐targeting chimeras (PROTACs) provide a powerful technique to degrade
targeted proteins utilizing the cellular ubiquitin‐proteasome system. The major concern is …

Discovery and optimization of novel hydrogen peroxide activated aromatic nitrogen mustard derivatives as highly potent anticancer agents

W Chen, H Fan, K Balakrishnan, Y Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We describe several new aromatic nitrogen mustards with various aromatic substituents and
boronic esters that can be activated with H2O2 to efficiently cross-link DNA. In vitro studies …

Arylboronate prodrugs of doxorubicin as promising chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

C Skarbek, S Serra, H Maslah, E Rascol… - Bioorganic chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
This study describes the synthesis of arylboronate-based ROS-responsive prodrugs of
doxorubicin and their biological evaluation as anticancer agents. The determination of the …

Light and hydrogen peroxide dual-responsive DNA interstrand crosslink precursors with potent cytotoxicity

Y Jia, J Sun, D Yu, L Wang, A Campbell, H Fan… - Bioorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arylboronic acid/esters and phenyl selenides-based quinone methide (QM) precursors were
reported to induce DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) formation upon reaction with the …

A detailed study of irradiation requirements towards an efficient photochemical Wohl‐Ziegler procedure in flow

HE Bonfield, JD Williams, WX Ooi, SG Leach… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A platform has been developed to enable standardization of light sources, allowing
consistent scale‐up from high‐throughput screening in batch to flow, using the same pseudo …

Functionalized Chromans from ortho-Quinone Methides and Arylallenes

K Akkarasereenon, P Batsomboon… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
ortho-Quinone methides (o-QMs) underwent formal [4+ 2]-cycloaddition reactions with
arylallenes regioselectively at the styrenyl olefin to furnish the corresponding 3-methylene-2 …