The hypoxia-driven crosstalk between tumor and tumor-associated macrophages: mechanisms and clinical treatment strategies

R Bai, Y Li, L Jian, Y Yang, L Zhao, M Wei - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Given that hypoxia is a persistent physiological feature of many different solid tumors and a
key driver for cancer malignancy, it is thought to be a major target in cancer treatment …

Design of tracers in fluorescence polarization assay for extensive application in small molecule drug discovery

L Hua, D Wang, K Wang, Y Wang, J Gu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Development of fluorescence polarization (FP) assays, especially in a competitive manner,
is a potent and mature tool for measuring the binding affinities of small molecules. This …

Small-molecule tunnels in metalloenzymes viewed as extensions of the active site

R Banerjee, JD Lipscomb - Accounts of chemical research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Rigorous substrate selectivity is a hallmark of enzyme catalysis. This selectivity
is generally ascribed to a thermodynamically favorable process of substrate binding to the …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemistry of the hypoxia-inducible factor hydroxylases

G Fiorini, CJ Schofield - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The hypoxia-inducible factors are α, β-heterodimeric transcription factors that mediate the
chronic response to hypoxia in humans and other animals. Protein hydroxylases belonging …

Structural basis for binding of the renal carcinoma target hypoxia‐inducible factor 2α to prolyl hydroxylase domain 2

WD Figg Jr, G Fiorini, R Chowdhury… - Proteins: Structure …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF) prolyl‐hydroxylases (human PHD1‐3) catalyze prolyl
hydroxylation in oxygen‐dependent degradation (ODD) domains of HIFα isoforms …

Inhibition of the oxygen-sensing asparaginyl hydroxylase factor inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor: a potential hypoxia response modulating strategy

Y Wu, Z Li, MA McDonough, CJ Schofield… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Factor inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor (FIH) is a JmjC domain 2-oxogluarate and Fe (II)-
dependent oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation of specific asparagines in the C-terminal …

Ferroptosis contributes to methylmercury-induced cytotoxicity in rat primary astrocytes and Buffalo rat liver cells

L Dong, B Yang, Y Zhang, S Wang, F Li, G Xing… - Neurotoxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent nonapoptotic form of cell death, characterized by
iron accumulation and lipid peroxidation. However, the role of ferroptosis in methylmercury …

Differentiation of cancer stem cells into erythroblasts in the presence of CoCl2

K Kumon, SM Afify, G Hassan, S Ueno, S Monzur… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are subpopulations in the malignant tumors that show self-
renewal and multilineage differentiation into tumor microenvironment components that drive …

The two enantiomers of 2-hydroxyglutarate differentially regulate cytotoxic T cell function

IP Foskolou, PP Cunha, E Sánchez-López… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Hydroxyglutarate (2HG) is a byproduct of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and is readily
detected in the tissues of healthy individuals. 2HG is found in two enantiomeric forms: S …

Dioxygen Binding Is Controlled by the Protein Environment in Non‐heme FeII and 2‐Oxoglutarate Oxygenases: A Study on Histone Demethylase PHF8 and an …

SS Chaturvedi, MG Thomas… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates dioxygen binding and 2‐oxoglutarate (2OG) coordination by two
model non‐heme FeII/2OG enzymes: a class 7 histone demethylase (PHF8) that catalyzes …