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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2022

Optical Control of Mitosis with a Photoswitchable Eg5 Inhibitor.

Anna C Impastato, Andrej Shemet, Nynke A Vepřek, Gadiel Saper, Henry Hess, Lu Rao, Arne Gennerich, Dirk Trauner

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Spatiotemporally Precise Optical Manipulation of Intracellular Molecular Activities.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna C ImpastatoDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8919-8313
Andrej ShemetDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA.
Nynke A VepřekDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7301-265X
Gadiel SaperDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, 10025, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3556-7977
Henry HessDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, 10025, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5617-606X
Lu RaoDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7447-1484
Arne GennerichDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8346-5473
Dirk TraunerDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6782-6056
New York University · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USColumbia University · US

Funding

SUPPORT FOR THE ROSE F KENNEDY IDDRC P50P50HD105352 · NICHD · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SOPHIE MOLHOLM, Steven Upshaw Walkley · 2021 to 2026
$7.0M
MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF THE CYTOPLASMIC DYNEIN-DYNACTIN MOTOR COMPLEXR01GM098469 · NIGMS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI GENNERICH, ARNE · 2012 to 2025
$5.1M
Role of the Kinesin KIF1A in Neurological DiseaseR01NS114636 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CHUNG, WENDY K, GENNERICH, ARNE · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Optical Control of the Actin CytoskeletonR01GM126228 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DIRK HARTWIG TRAUNER · 2018 to 2026
$2.6M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105352NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098469NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126228NIH HHS R01GM126228NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS114636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eg5 is a kinesin motor protein that is responsible for bipolar spindle formation and plays a crucial role during mitosis. Loss of Eg5 function leads to the formation of monopolar spindles, followed by mitotic arrest, and subsequent cell death. Several cell-permeable small molecules have been reported to inhibit Eg5 and some have been evaluated as anticancer agents. We now describe the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of photoswitchable variants with five different pharmacophores. Our lead compound Azo-EMD is a cell permeable azobenzene that inhibits Eg5 more potently in its light-induced cis form. This activity decreased the velocity of Eg5 in single-molecule assays, promoted formation of monopolar spindles, and led to mitotic arrest in a light dependent way.

Indexed as

Azo CompoundsHumansKinesinsMitosisPhotochemical ProcessesSpindle ApparatusazobenzeneAzo CompoundsKIF11 protein, humanKinesinsCytoskeletonMotor proteinsPhotopharmacologyPovarov multicomponent reaction

Identifiers

PMID34958711
PMCPMC9533678
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