Cucurbituril‐based biomacromolecular assemblies

YH Liu, YM Zhang, HJ Yu, Y Liu - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of controlled biomacromolecular assemblies has become a thriving area of
supramolecular chemistry. In this context, cucurbiturils (CBs), a class of macrocyclic …

Modulating the aggregation of amyloid proteins by macrocycles

G Li, YM Li - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The aggregation of amyloid proteins has been suggested to be the main cause of multiple
human disorders; for example, amyloid β aggregates in Alzheimer's disease and α …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-based peptide inhibitor design of amyloid-β aggregation

J Lu, Q Cao, C Wang, J Zheng, F Luo, J Xie… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Many human neurodegenerative diseases are associated with amyloid fibril formation.
Inhibition of amyloid formation is of importance for therapeutics of the related diseases …

Recent advances in the modulation of amyloid protein aggregation using the supramolecular host-guest approaches

D Maity - Biophysical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Misfolding of proteins is associated with many incurable diseases in human beings.
Understanding the process of aggregation from monomers to fibrils, the characterization of …

Cucurbituril-oriented nanoplatforms in biomedical applications

G Cheng, J Luo, Y Liu, X Chen, Z Wu… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cucucrbituril (CB) belongs to a family of macrocycles that are easily accessible. Their
structural specificity provides excellent molecular recognition capabilities, with the ability to …

Inhibitory Effects of Sulfated Polysaccharides from the Sea Cucumber Cucumaria Frondosa against Aβ40 Aggregation and Cytotoxicity

G Li, Y Zhou, WY Yang, C Zhang… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Abnormal aggregation and deposition of Aβ is one of the causative agents for Alzheimer's
disease. The development of inhibitors for Aβ aggregation has been considered a possible …

Cucurbit [7] uril-driven modulation of ligand–DNA interactions by ternary assembly

EY Chernikova, AY Ruleva, VB Tsvetkov… - Organic & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of small organic molecules with a predictable and desirable DNA-binding
mechanism is a topical research task for biomedicine application. Herein, we demonstrate …

Recent Progress in Site-Selective Modification of Peptides and Proteins Using Macrocycles

YC Wang, SC Bai, WL Ye, J Jiang, G Li - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Peptides and proteins undergo crucial modifications to alter their physicochemical
properties to expand their applications in diverse fields. Various techniques, such as …

Cucurbit [7] uril inhibits islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation by targeting N terminus hot segments and attenuates cytotoxicity

D Maity, Y Oh, L Gremer, W Hoyer… - … A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Two “hot segments” within an islet amyloid polypeptide are responsible for its self‐assembly,
which in turn is linked to the decline of β‐cells in type 2 diabetes (T2D). A readily available …

Supramolecular tandem assay for tyrosinase based on cucurbit [8] uril induced peptide inclusion

YQ Cai, G Li - Dyes and Pigments, 2021 - Elsevier
Many fluorometric methods have been developed for detecting tyrosinase activity, yet many
of them require the sophisticated synthesis of relatively complex fluorescent molecules …