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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2021

Imide Condensation as a Strategy for the Synthesis of Core-Diversified G-Quadruplex Ligands with Anticancer and Antiparasitic Activity*.

Steven T G Street, Pablo Peñalver, Michael P O'Hagan, Gregory J Hollingworth, Juan C Morales, M Carmen Galan

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. A CD Study of a Structure-Based Selection ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  7. Harnessing Light for G-Quadruplex Modulation: Dual Isomeric Effects of anThe journal of physical chemistry letters · 2024
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  8. G-Quadruplexes as Key Transcriptional Regulators in Neglected Trypanosomatid Parasites.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Steven T G StreetSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7635-8733
Pablo PeñalverInstituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra, CSIC, PTS Granada, Avenida del Conocimiento, 17, 18016, Armilla, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2884-282X
Michael P O'HaganSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4180-3144
Gregory J HollingworthNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Novartis Campus, 4002, Basel, Switzerland.
Juan C MoralesInstituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra, CSIC, PTS Granada, Avenida del Conocimiento, 17, 18016, Armilla, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-405X
M Carmen GalanSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-2871

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/G036764/1 and EP/N509619/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/L015366/1European Research Council 648239Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades CTQ2015-64275-P and RTI2018-099036-B-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A facile imide coupling strategy for the one-step preparation of G-quadruplex ligands with varied core chemistries is described. The G-quadruplex stabilization of a library of nine compounds was examined using FRET melting experiments, and CD, UV-Vis, fluorescence and NMR titrations, identifying several compounds that were capable of stabilizing G-quadruplex DNA with interesting selectivity profiles. The best G4 ligand was identified as compound 3, which was based on a perylene scaffold and exhibited 40-fold selectivity for a telomeric G-quadruplex over duplex DNA. Surprisingly, a tetra-substituted flexible core, compound 11, also exhibited selective stabilization of G4 DNA over duplex DNA. The anticancer and antiparasitic activity of the library was also examined, with the lead compound 3 exhibiting nanomolar inhibition of Trypanosoma brucei with 78-fold selectivity over MRC5 cells. The cellular localization of this compound was also studied via fluorescence microscopy. We found that uptake was time dependant, with localization outside the nucleus and kinetoplast that could be due to strong fluorescence quenching in the presence of small amounts of DNA.

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G-QuadruplexesAntiparasitic AgentsImidesLigandsTelomereAntiparasitic AgentsImidesLigandsAggregationAmphiphilesAntiprotozoal agentsDrug designG-quadruplexes

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PMID33780044
PMCPMC8251916

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