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Molecular basis for protein–protein interactions
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.1
- known as a capsid [78]. Some viruses also have lipid envelopes containing glycoproteins, which interact with the host cell membrane to facilitate the viral entry into the cell [79]. The simplest explanation for viral capsid assembly is protein assembly units colliding (following Brownian motion) in a
Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247
- chondroitin sulphate. Sensores 10 and 11 even could detect heparin selectively from their mixtures and have been utilized for heparin detection in diluted bovine serum. Lipopolysaccharide detection Endotoxic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an important component in the outer cell membrane of Gram-negative
- (Figure 10C). Lysosomes tracking Lysosomes participate multiple roles including intracellular transportation, metabolism, cell membrane recycling, and apoptosis [60]. Lysosomal lumen is acidic in nature and it is required for lysosomal enzyme activities. Deviation of lysosomal functions could result in
Automated high-content imaging for cellular uptake, from the Schmuck cation to the latest cyclic oligochalcogenides
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2007–2016, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.167
- challenge is most pronounced with large substrates, such as proteins, oligonucleotides, or nanoparticles, due to the permeability barriers formed by the lipophilic core of the cell membrane [18][19]. In recent decades, the use of arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) as carriers has emerged as an
- attractive approach to tackle this central challenge [1][2][3][11][12][13][14]. The noncovalent interaction between the guanidinium cations from CPPs and cell membrane-associated anions, such as phospholipids, proteoglycans, or sialic acids, is considered to enhance the cell surface accumulation of
Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125
Photocatalytic trifluoromethoxylation of arenes and heteroarenes in continuous-flow
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1305–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.111
- conditions, and the latter ensures better solubility and transport across the physiological lipophilic environment (e.g., dissolution in lymph and cell membrane penetration) [5]. In trifluoromethoxylated aryls, the -OCF3 group assumes a peculiar orthogonal conformation relative to the aromatic ring
Diversity-oriented synthesis of spirothiazolidinediones and their biological evaluation
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2774–2781, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.269
- surface of the plasma membrane is an exact and reliable indication of cell apoptosis or necrosis. The difference between these two forms of cell death is that in the early stages of apoptosis, the cell membrane remains relatively undamaged, whereas upon necrosis, the cell membrane loses integrity. In the
- living, normally functioning cells, phosphatidylserine is present on the cell surface membrane in minor quantity; hence, its interaction with the V Alexa Fluor® 488 annexin is insignificant. Furthermore, undamaged cell membrane is impermeable for propidium iodide. At the early stage of apoptosis
Plasma membrane imaging with a fluorescent benzothiadiazole derivative
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2644–2654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.257
- laser emission and the fluorescence images were acquired at 520–550 nm wavelength range. Triplicated assays could be carried out and the procedure was performed as three repetitions for each experimental condition. Plasma membrane co-staining. The cell membrane staining procedures were performed with
Synthesis of a dihalogenated pyridinyl silicon rhodamine for mitochondrial imaging by a halogen dance rearrangement
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2333–2343, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.226
- broad field of application. Their excellent spectral (absorption and emission bands in the near-infrared region), photophysical (bright and photostable) and biochemical (biocompatible, biological stable and cell membrane permeable) properties make them useful tools in live cell super-resolution
Fluorescent phosphorus dendrimers excited by two photons: synthesis, two-photon absorption properties and biological uses
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2287–2303, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.221
- deciphering the mechanism of action of these dendrimers, in particular for monitoring the intracellular penetration. This fluorescent dendrimer avidly binds to the cell membrane during the first 10 min of exposure and after 24 h, it has penetrated the cell, probably by endocytosis, and went in the
Archangelolide: A sesquiterpene lactone with immunobiological potential from Laserpitium archangelica
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1933–1944, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.189
- and Figure 5). During simulations with SERCA positioned in a phospholipid membrane (simulation 4; 1 ns), the free space between individual phospholipids in the cell membrane was filled. SERCA remained stable and tightly embedded in the membrane and did not show any tendency to escape from it. Compound
Cyclopropene derivatives of aminosugars for metabolic glycoengineering
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 584–601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.54
- were incubated with Tz-biotin, followed by incubation with streptavidin-AlexaFluor 555 (strep-AF555) for visualization (Scheme 1). In confocal fluorescence microscopy experiments, all sugars showed a distinct cell membrane staining in comparison to the negative control (Figure 3A). As expected [25][27
Synthesis and fluorescent properties of N(9)-alkylated 2-amino-6-triazolylpurines and 7-deazapurines
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 474–489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.41
- several reasons: a) they help to solubilize the target compounds in the organic medium; b) they are considered as a good compromise to achieve both “membrane-like character”, which helps for cell membrane permeability, and sufficient solubility in the aqueous (biological) media [49]. With the key
- File 1). Bearing in mind fluorescent properties and low cytotoxicity of the newly obtained compounds, we tested their potential application in cell staining. The preliminary experiments revealed that the compounds went through the cell membrane after 1 h or 2 h incubation period and localized uniformly
Lectins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis – rarely studied proteins
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1–15, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.1
- modifications of glycocalyx proteins are N-glycans (asparagine-linked) and O-glycans (serine- or threonine-linked), while glycosphingolipids are the major subclass of glycosylated lipids in the cell membrane of human cells (Figure 2). While many core elements of glycocalyx oligosaccharides are conserved between
- glycocalyx is a major determinant of cell type, function, and developmental state, and can have serious pathogenic consequences in the event of dysregulation [43]. The glycoside composition of the mycobacterial cell wall differs strongly from the glycocalyx of eukaryotic cells (Figure 2). The bacterial cell
- membrane is surrounded by a peptidoglycan layer (PG) consisting of multiple, parallel glycan chains of alternating (1→4)-linked subunits of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine and N-acetyl- or N-glycolyl-β-D-muramic acid, crosslinked via short conserved oligopeptide stems [44][45]. The PG is covalently attached to
Pd-Catalyzed microwave-assisted synthesis of phosphonated 13α-estrones as potential OATP2B1, 17β-HSD1 and/or STS inhibitors
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2838–2845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.262
- phenolic hydroxy function. On the other hand, estrone sulfate is not able to cross the cell membrane passively; therefore, a carrier is needed to mediate its transport across the lipid bilayer. These carriers are certain representatives of the solute carrier superfamily (SLC), including members of the
Novel solid-phase strategy for the synthesis of ligand-targeted fluorescent-labelled chelating peptide conjugates as a theranostic tool for cancer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2665–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.244
- the cell surface of prostate, brain, bladder and breast cancers. Whereas folate receptors are attached to the cell membrane by a glycophosphatidylinositol anchor and over-expressed on several cancers as well as activated macrophages during inflammation. Moreover, folate receptors were also discovered
Targeting the Pseudomonas quinolone signal quorum sensing system for the discovery of novel anti-infective pathoblockers
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2627–2645, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.241
- machineries consisting of several protein components, which in total span from the inner to the outer side of the cell membrane. Their function is to expel a wide range of xenobiotics, among them antibiotics from the cephalosporin, carbapenem, fluroquinolone and aminoglycoside classes [13]. Through this
Synthesis and photophysical studies of a multivalent photoreactive RuII-calix[4]arene complex bearing RGD-containing cyclopentapeptides
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.150
- functionalized [54][55][56]. It is noteworthy that the calix[4]arene skeleton has been already exploited for the development of multivalent glyco- and peptidocalixarenes that can be recognized by cell-membrane receptors [57][58][59] and of calixarene derivatives able to specifically target membrane proteins
Natural and redesigned wasp venom peptides with selective antitumoral activity
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1693–1703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.144
- electrostatic interactions, after which they tend to adopt helical conformations, which causes cell membrane permeabilization or even membrane disruption that may lead to necrosis [33]. These peptides may also be internalized into the cell, leading to the disruption of the mitochondrial membrane and causing
- to positive control peptide Dec-NH2 for 24 h increased cancer cell membrane roughness by approximately 100% compared with cells from the untreated control group (Figure 5D,E). Conversely, treatment with negative control peptide [Leu]8-Dec-NH2 did not significantly change membrane roughness (Figure 5D
- cytometry for the WT peptide (Dec-NH2). Peptide treatment led to necrotic death of cancer cells. Additional AFM experiments revealed that the roughness of the cancer cell membrane increased significantly when treated with this peptide, when compared with untreated cells or cells treated with the negative
Carbohydrate inhibitors of cholera toxin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 484–498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.34
- the highest affinity site on the SLT-1 B-subunit has a Kd of only 1 mM [26], yet the toxin achieves sub-nanomolar affinity at a cell membrane. The purpose of the CTB blood group oligosaccharide binding site remains a topic for debate, but it may be responsible for the reported blood group dependence
Synthesis and biological evaluation of RGD and isoDGR peptidomimetic-α-amanitin conjugates for tumor-targeting
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 407–415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.29
- , unfavorable pharmacokinetics (low tissue diffusion and low accumulation rate) and possible elicitation of immune response [6]. By conjugation to a specific cell-membrane-receptor ligand, the toxin can be delivered at the tumor site and internalized through receptor-mediated endocytosis. In 2013, Reshetnyak
- (breast adenocarcinoma) [32] were used as αVβ3 negative. The expression of αVβ3 integrin on the cell membrane was assessed by flow cytometry (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1), and the results were in good agreement with the literature for U87 and A549 [33][34][35]. In the case of MDA-MB-468
Remarkable functions of sn-3 hydroxy and phosphocholine groups in 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerolipids to induce clockwise (+)-helicity around the 1,2-diacyl moiety: Evidence from conformation analysis by 1H NMR spectroscopy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1999–2009, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.196
- of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.13.196 Abstract Cell-membrane glycerolipids exhibit a common structural backbone of asymmetric 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol bearing polar head groups in the sn-3 position. In this study, the possible
- used. From the 1H NMR analysis, the helical conformational properties around the 1,2-diacyl moiety conformed to a simple empirical rule, which permitted the proposal of a conformational diagram for 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerols in the solution states. Keywords: cell membrane; chirality; conformation
- , thereby making it difficult to precisely examine their biological activities. This observation is applicable for cell-membrane glycerophospholipids that have been targets in numerous conformational studies [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Cell-membrane glycerophospholipids are known to adopt the gt
BODIPY-based fluorescent liposomes with sesquiterpene lactone trilobolide
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1316–1324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.128
- ), in which the construct 6 was also internalized and its distribution resembled the structure of the endoplasmic reticulum as well as partially the cell membrane. In the case of liposomes containing construct 6, intracellular uptake was detected already at 43 nM concentration after 1 h of incubation
- sufficient distribution inside the cancer cells. The intracellular trafficking pattern of liposomes was characterized by two populations: the first one clearly localized on the cell membrane and the other inside the cells. With prolonged time, the population with internalized liposomes was linked to cell
From chemical metabolism to life: the origin of the genetic coding process
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1119–1135, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.111
G-Protein coupled receptors: answers from simulations
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1071–1078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.106
- with what is already available, it reuses successful designs again and again in slightly modified forms. This is the case for the most common means of communicating across cell walls in eukaryotes, G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). GPCRs span the cell membrane and generally complex switching ligands
Novel β-cyclodextrin–eosin conjugates
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 543–551, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.52
- mechanism of their action and their fate inside living cells. The fluorescent labeling of CDs enables their tracking and visualization in biological media and provides useful information about their cell-membrane-penetration ability [2][3]. Besides, fluorophore-appended CDs have been extensively studied and
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