[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in topoisomerase-targeted cancer chemotherapy

KE Hevener, TA Verstak, KE Lutat, DL Riggsbee… - … pharmaceutica sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
The DNA topoisomerase enzymes are essential to cell function and are found ubiquitously
in all domains of life. The various topoisomerase enzymes perform a wide range of functions …

A comprehensive review of topoisomerase inhibitors as anticancer agents in the past decade

X Liang, Q Wu, S Luan, Z Yin, C He, L Yin, Y Zou… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The topoisomerase enzymes play an important role in DNA metabolism, and searching for
enzyme inhibitors is an important target in the search for new anticancer drugs. Discovery of …

Discovery of novel topoisomerase II inhibitors by medicinal chemistry approaches

W Hu, XS Huang, JF Wu, L Yang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
DNA topoisomerase II (topo II) is an important enzyme involved in DNA replication,
recombination, and repair. Despite the popular applications of topo II inhibitors in cancer …

Necroptosis induced by ruthenium (II) complexes as dual catalytic inhibitors of topoisomerase I/II

K Xiong, C Qian, Y Yuan, L Wei, X Liao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inducing necroptosis in cancer cells is an effective approach to circumvent drug‐resistance.
Metal‐based triggers have, however, rarely been reported. Ruthenium (II) complexes …

Cascade cyclization of azadienes with difluoroenoxysilanes: a one-pot formal [4+ 2] approach to fluorinated polyfused heterocycles

J Li, S Liu, R Zhong, Y Yang, J Xu, J Yang, H Ding… - Organic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A TfOH-promoted synthesis of fluorinated polyfused heterocycles via the cascade cyclization
of azadienes and difluoroenoxysilanes has been developed, leading to the facile …

Multiple Topoisomerase I (TopoI), Topoisomerase II (TopoII) and Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase (TDP) inhibitors in the development of anticancer drugs

E Baglini, S Salerno, E Barresi, M Robello… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA Topoisomerases (Topos) are ubiquitous nuclear enzymes involved in regulating the
topological state of DNA and, in eukaryotic organisms, Topos can be classified into two …

Gold-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement of alkenes: regioselective synthesis of skeletally diverse tricyclic heterocycles and mechanistic investigations

XY Qin, FT Meng, M Wang, SJ Tu, WJ Hao… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition metal-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement reactions have rapid advances in organic
community. Their development benefits synthetic methodologies by providing versatile and …

Synthesis of podophyllotoxin linked β-carboline congeners as potential anticancer agents and DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors

M Sathish, B Kavitha, VL Nayak, Y Tangella… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of new podophyllotoxin linked β-carboline congeners have been synthesized by
coupling various substituted β-carboline acids with 4β-aminopodophyllotoxin. Evaluation of …

Structural derivatization strategies of natural phenols by semi-synthesis and total-synthesis

D Lin, S Jiang, A Zhang, T Wu, Y Qian… - Natural Products and …, 2022 - Springer
Structural derivatization of natural products has been a continuing and irreplaceable source
of novel drug leads. Natural phenols are a broad category of natural products with wide …

Terpyridines as promising antitumor agents: An overview of their discovery and development

R Musiol, P Malecki, M Pacholczyk… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The fused aromatic system of terpyridines makes them good, innocent ligands
for various metals. The resulting complexes have been extensively studied for both their …