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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

An Agonist/Antagonist Photo-Switchable Vitamin D Mimetic Enables Bidirectional Optical Control of VDR.

Xiu Ge, Sabine Willems, Francesco Melfi, Tufan Mukhopadhyay, Johannes Morstein, Jordan Artzy, Loris Knümann, Giorgia Sbriccoli, Jörg Pabel, Julian A Marschner and 2 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Xiu GeDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Sabine WillemsDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9755-3394
Francesco MelfiDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Tufan MukhopadhyayDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Johannes MorsteinDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Jordan ArtzyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Loris KnümannDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Giorgia SbriccoliDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jörg PabelDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Julian A MarschnerDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Dirk TraunerDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6782-6056
Daniel MerkDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5359-8128

Funding

Optical Control of the Actin CytoskeletonR01GM126228 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DIRK HARTWIG TRAUNER · 2018 to 2026
$2.6M
European Research CouncilEuropean Union 101040355NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126228NIH HHS R01GM126228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The secosteroid vitamin D (vitD) is essential for human health, maintaining bone metabolism, calcium homeostasis, and immune function via the vitamin D receptor (VDR). VDR activation has complex and cell-specific effects in multiple tissues and spatial control of VDR activity is desirable. Here, we developed vitD mimetics bearing a photo-switchable azobenzene motif to achieve spatiotemporal resolution in VDR activation. Structure-guided tuning of regiochemistry and H-bonding motifs provided a potent and selective vitD mimetic that can be reversibly switched in cellulo between agonist and antagonist states with light. In a model of osteogenesis, this unique bidirectional precision tool mediated light-dependent osteogenic and osteolytic effects.

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Azo CompoundsReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin DAnimalsHumansLightMolecular StructurePhotochemical ProcessesazobenzeneAzo CompoundsReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin Dazobenzene photoswitchesphotopharmacologytranscription factorvitamin D receptor

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PMID42112826
PMCPMC13360702

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