Moorhouse, A. D., Haider, S., Gunaratnam, M., Munnur, D., Neidle, S., Moses, J. E. (June 2008) Targeting telomerase and telomeres: a click chemistry approach towards highly selective G-quadruplex ligands. Mol Biosyst, 4 (6). pp. 629-42. ISSN 1742-2051
Abstract
Maintenance of telomeres--specialized complexes that protect the ends of chromosomes, is undertaken by the enzyme complex telomerase, which is a key factor that is activated in more than 80% of cancer cells, but is absent in most normal cells. Targeting telomere maintenance mechanisms could potentially halt tumour growth across a broad spectrum of cancer types, with little cytotoxic effect outside cancer cells. Here, we describe in detail a new class of G-quadruplex binding ligands synthesized using a click chemistry approach. These ligands comprise a 1,3-di(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)benzene pharmacophore, and display high levels of selectivity for interaction with G-quadruplex DNA vs. duplex DNA. The ability of these ligands to inhibit the enzymatic activity of telomerase correlates with their ability to stabilize quadruplex DNA, and with estimates of affinity calculated by molecular modeling.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Additional Information: | Molecular bioSystems |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Benzene Derivatives/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology Binding Sites Computer Simulation DNA/*chemistry/*metabolism G-Quadruplexes/*drug effects Ligands Models, Chemical Models, Molecular Molecular Structure Stereoisomerism Structure-Activity Relationship Substrate Specificity Telomerase/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism Telomere/chemistry/*metabolism Triazoles/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Moses lab |
| Depositing User: | Matthew Dunn |
| Date: | June 2008 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2021 21:34 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2021 21:34 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/39531 |
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