Functional naphthalene diimides: synthesis, properties, and applications

M Al Kobaisi, SV Bhosale, K Latham… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This comprehensive review surveys developments over the past decade in the field of
naphthalene diimides (NDIs). It explores their application toward: supramolecular chemistry; …

G-quadruplexes: a promising target for cancer therapy

N Kosiol, S Juranek, P Brossart, A Heine, K Paeschke - Molecular Cancer, 2021 - Springer
DNA and RNA can fold into a variety of alternative conformations. In recent years, a
particular nucleic acid structure was discussed to play a role in malignant transformation and …

Recent Update on Targeting c-MYC G-Quadruplexes by Small Molecules for Anticancer Therapeutics

R Chaudhuri, S Bhattacharya, J Dash… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Guanine-rich DNA sequences have the propensity to adopt four-stranded tetrahelical G-
quadruplex (G4) structures that are overrepresented in gene promoters. The structural …

Heat shock proteins as hallmarks of cancer: insights from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

WF Zuo, Q Pang, X Zhu, QQ Yang, Q Zhao… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Heat shock proteins are essential molecular chaperones that play crucial roles in stabilizing
protein structures, facilitating the repair or degradation of damaged proteins, and …

Structural basis for telomeric G-quadruplex targeting by naphthalene diimide ligands

GW Collie, R Promontorio, SM Hampel… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The folding of the single-stranded 3′ end of the human telomere into G-quadruplex
arrangements inhibits the overhang from hybridizing with the RNA template of telomerase …

Targeting multiple effector pathways in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with a G-quadruplex-binding small molecule

C Marchetti, KG Zyner, SA Ohnmacht… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) involves the dysregulation of multiple
signaling pathways. A novel approach to the treatment of PDAC is described, involving the …

[HTML][HTML] A phenotypic approach to the discovery of potent G-quadruplex targeted drugs

S Neidle - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplex (G4) sequences, which can fold into higher-order G4 structures, are abundant
in the human genome and are over-represented in the promoter regions of many genes …

Structure–activity relationships for the G-quadruplex-targeting experimental drug QN-302 and two analogues probed with comparative transcriptome profiling and …

AA Ahmed, S Chen, M Roman-Escorza, R Angell… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The tetrasubstituted naphthalene diimide compound QN-302 binds to G-quadruplex (G4)
DNA structures. It shows high potency in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells …

Topologies of G-quadruplex: Biological functions and regulation by ligands

Y Ma, K Iida, K Nagasawa - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract G-Quadruplex (G4) is one of the higher-order structures occurring in guanine-rich
sequences of nucleic acids, and plays critical roles in biological processes. The G4-forming …

Structure-based design and evaluation of naphthalene diimide G-quadruplex ligands as telomere targeting agents in pancreatic cancer cells

M Micco, GW Collie, AG Dale… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Tetra-substituted naphthalene diimide (ND) derivatives with positively charged termini are
potent stabilizers of human telomeric and gene promoter DNA quadruplexes and inhibit the …