ArticleACS chemical biology2014
Synthetic, non-saccharide, glycosaminoglycan mimetics selectively target colon cancer stem cells.
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- Chemical Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Decasulfated Galloylglucopyranose Heparin Mimetic.Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
- A one-step chemical derivatization strategy for mass spectrometric characterization of synthetic mimetics of sulfated glycosaminoglycans.Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications · 2026Article
- From Native Glycosaminoglycans to Mimetics: Design, Mechanisms, and Biomedical Applications.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- A Robust Proteomics-Based Method for Identifying Preferred Protein Targets of Synthetic Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Sulfonated Penta-galloyl Glucose (SPGG): The Pharmacological Effects of Promiscuous Glycosaminoglycan Small Molecule Mimetic.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Merging cultures and disciplines to create a drug discovery ecosystem at Virginia commonwealth university: Medicinal chemistry, structural biology, molecular and behavioral pharmacology and computational chemistry.SLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D · 2023Review
- Designing Synthetic, Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics That Are Orally Bioavailable and ExhibitingJournal of medicinal chemistry · 2023Article
- Glycan Modulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Receptor.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022Article
- Emerging agents that target signaling pathways to eradicate colorectal cancer stem cells.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2021Review
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- Inhibition of Human Cytomegalovirus Entry into Host Cells Through a Pleiotropic Small Molecule.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Sulfated Non-Saccharide Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics as Novel Drug Discovery Platform for Various Pathologies.Current medicinal chemistry · 2020Review
- A synthetic heparin mimetic that allosterically inhibits factor XIa and reduces thrombosis in vivo without enhanced risk of bleeding.Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2019Article
- On the Process of Discovering Leads That Target the Heparin-Binding Site of Neutrophil Elastase in the Sputum of Cystic Fibrosis Patients.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2019Article
- Glycosaminoglycans and Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics in Cancer and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Tannic acid attenuates the formation of cancer stem cells by inhibiting NF-κB-mediated phenotype transition of breast cancer cells.American journal of cancer research · 2019Article
- A Unique Nonsaccharide Mimetic of Heparin Hexasaccharide Inhibits Colon Cancer Stem Cells via p38 MAP Kinase Activation.Molecular cancer therapeutics · 2019Article
- Facile saccharide-free mimetics that recapitulate key features of glycosaminoglycan sulfation patterns.Chemical science · 2018Article
- Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Entry into Human Cells by Nonsaccharide Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2018Article
- Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins: Reduced Size Particulate Systems for Improved Therapeutic Outcomes.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
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Abstract
Selective targeting of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) is a paradigm-shifting approach. We hypothesized that CSCs can be targeted by interfering with functions of sulfated glycosaminoglycans, which play key roles in cancer cell growth, invasion and metastasis. We developed a tandem, dual screen strategy involving (1) assessing inhibition of monolayer versus spheroid growth and (2) assessing inhibition of primary versus secondary spheroid growth to identify G2.2, a unique sulfated nonsaccharide GAG mimetic (NSGM) from a focused library of 53 molecules, as a selective inhibitor of colon CSCs. The NSGM down-regulated several CSC markers through regulation of gene transcription, while closely related, inactive NSGMs G1.4 and G4.1 demonstrated no such changes. G2.2's effects on CSCs were mediated, in part, through induction of apoptosis and inhibition of self-renewal factors. Overall, this work presents the proof-of-principle that CSCs can be selectively targeted through novel NSGMs, which are likely to advance fundamental understanding on CSCs while also aiding development of novel therapeutic agents.
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