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Enhanced target cell specificity and uptake of lipid nanoparticles using RNA aptamers and peptides

  • Roslyn M. Ray,
  • Anders Højgaard Hansen,
  • Maria Taskova,
  • Bernhard Jandl,
  • Jonas Hansen,
  • Citra Soemardy,
  • Kevin V. Morris and
  • Kira Astakhova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 891–907, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.75

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  • Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) constitute a facile and scalable approach for delivery of payloads to human cells. LNPs are relatively immunologically inert and can be produced in a cost effective and scalable manner. However, targeting and delivery of LNPs across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) has proven
  • [9] and ligands [10], one can modulate the biodistribution of the LNP in the body. However, despite these advances, targeting of LNPs to the brain tissue remains a challenge [11]. In order to reach safer therapeutic options for treatment of brain diseases and disorders, a productive drug transport
  • -1 aptamer incorporation into the LNP formulation does not appear to enhance specific targeting of gp160-expressing cells either through the hCMEC/D3 barrier or through direct addition, suggesting that it may not be an ideal candidate moving forward. LNPs do not stimulate an immune response In order
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Published 26 Apr 2021

DNA with zwitterionic and negatively charged phosphate modifications: Formation of DNA triplexes, duplexes and cell uptake studies

  • Yongdong Su,
  • Maitsetseg Bayarjargal,
  • Tracy K. Hale and
  • Vyacheslav V. Filichev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 749–761, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.65

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  • The ability to detect and modify the genome of living organisms is important for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of many diseases [1]. The site-specific targeting and manipulation of genomic DNA or RNA using chemically modified short oligodeoxynucleotides (ONs) is considered to be a viable
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Published 29 Mar 2021

Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

  • Francesca Liguori,
  • Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
  • Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

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  • selective depolymerisation methods of plastics. Achievements are broken down according to the plastic material, namely polyolefins, polyesters, polycarbonates and polyamides. The focus is on recent advancements targeting sustainable and environmentally friendly processes. Biocatalytic or unselective
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Published 02 Mar 2021

Synthesis and physicochemical evaluation of fluorinated lipopeptide precursors of ligands for microbubble targeting

  • Masayori Hagimori,
  • Estefanía E. Mendoza-Ortega and
  • Marie Pierre Krafft

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 511–518, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.45

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  • serine–glycine (SG)n segments rather than classical poly(oxyethylene) linkers between the lipid polar head and a targeting ligand were proposed for the liposome-mediated, selective delivery of anticancer drugs. Here, we report the synthesis of perfluoroalkylated lipopeptides (F-lipopeptides) bearing two
  • hydrophobic chains (CnF2n+1, n = 6, 7, 8, 1–3) grafted through a lysine moiety on a hydrophilic chain composed of a lysine–serine–serine (KSS) sequence followed by 5 SG sequences. These F-lipopeptides are precursors of targeting lipopeptide conjugates. A hydrocarbon counterpart with a C10H21 chain (4) was
  • . By contrast, the hydrocarbon lipopeptide led to microbubbles with a larger mean diameter and a significantly lower stability. Keywords: adsorption at fluid interfaces; drug delivery; microbubble targeting; molecular imaging; monolayer; perfluoroalkylated lipopeptide; solid-phase peptide synthesis
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Published 19 Feb 2021

Synthetic strategies of phosphonodepsipeptides

  • Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 461–484, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.41

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  • tetraacetate (Scheme 39) [60][61]. To develop novel bone-targeting prodrugs, a copper-catalyzed carbene insertion of tetraethyl diazomethyldiphosphonate (216) with N-Boc-protected amino acids 214 and 215 provided a simple method to synthesize phosphonodepsipeptides 217 and 218 containing a C-1
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Published 16 Feb 2021

19F NMR as a tool in chemical biology

  • Diana Gimenez,
  • Aoife Phelan,
  • Cormac D. Murphy and
  • Steven L. Cobb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 293–318, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.28

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  • cell lines [44]. Here, the incorporation of CF3 and CF3O groups as NMR reporters into the tumour-targeting drug conjugates enabled the direct investigation of the mechanism of the pro-drug metabolic cleavage and the pharmacophore release by real-time 19F NMR analysis. 19F NMR was also employed as a
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Published 28 Jan 2021

Novel library synthesis of 3,4-disubstituted pyridin-2(1H)-ones via cleavage of pyridine-2-oxy-7-azabenzotriazole ethers under ionic hydrogenation conditions at room temperature

  • Romain Pierre,
  • Anne Brethon,
  • Sylvain A. Jacques,
  • Aurélie Blond,
  • Sandrine Chambon,
  • Sandrine Talano,
  • Catherine Raffin,
  • Branislav Musicki,
  • Claire Bouix-Peter,
  • Loic Tomas,
  • Gilles Ouvry,
  • Rémy Morgentin,
  • Laurent F. Hennequin and
  • Craig S. Harris

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 156–165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.16

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  • -azabenzotriazole; hinge-binder; ionic hydrogenation; library; pyridine-2(1H)-one; Introduction During a recent medicinal chemistry program targeting a kinase to treat skin disorders, we identified the 4-amino-3-carboxamide disubstituted pyridine-2(1H)-one motif (1) as an interesting starting point. Recently, both
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Published 18 Jan 2021

Supramolecular polymerization of sulfated dendritic peptide amphiphiles into multivalent L-selectin binders

  • David Straßburger,
  • Svenja Herziger,
  • Katharina Huth,
  • Moritz Urschbach,
  • Rainer Haag and
  • Pol Besenius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 97–104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.10

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  • recently reported the successful application of functional supramolecular polymers in a biological context [30]. By decoration of the discotic peptide amphiphile monomers with dendritic mannose moieties, a specific cell targeting of macrophages and internalization in those antigen presenting cells has been
  • achieved. As specific biological interactions strongly rely on the receptor–ligand interplays, we are interested in investigating the targeting of isolated receptors by supramolecular polymers built from peptide amphiphiles decorated with suitable ligand structures. The well-known L-selectin described
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Published 12 Jan 2021

Molecular basis for protein–protein interactions

  • Brandon Charles Seychell and
  • Tobias Beck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.1

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  • functionality and the corresponding pathways. Important roles of PPIs include hormone reception [2], protease inhibition [3], antibody–antigen complexes [4], gene regulation [5], and large biomolecular assemblies [6]. PPI identification and prediction are important for targeting anticancer strategies [7
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Published 04 Jan 2021

Semiautomated glycoproteomics data analysis workflow for maximized glycopeptide identification and reliable quantification

  • Steffen Lippold,
  • Arnoud H. de Ru,
  • Jan Nouta,
  • Peter A. van Veelen,
  • Magnus Palmblad,
  • Manfred Wuhrer and
  • Noortje de Haan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3038–3051, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.253

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  • developed to facilitate and improve both the identification and quantification of glycopeptides. Here, a selection of these tools was combined and evaluated with the aim of establishing a robust glycopeptide detection and quantification workflow targeting enriched glycoproteins. For this purpose, a tryptic
  • targeting only a select set of glycoproteins. However, to capture the full complexity of, e.g., the human glycoproteome, improvements should be made in the automated integration between the described tools. In line with previous reports on single glycoproteins, the number of identified glycoforms was
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Published 11 Dec 2020

Secondary metabolites of Bacillus subtilis impact the assembly of soil-derived semisynthetic bacterial communities

  • Heiko T. Kiesewalter,
  • Carlos N. Lozano-Andrade,
  • Mikael L. Strube and
  • Ákos T. Kovács

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2983–2998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.248

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  • primarily against various filamentous fungi [47][48][49][50][51]. The broad-spectrum antibiotic bacillaene, synthesised by the pksB-S gene cluster, is mainly targeting bacterial protein synthesis [52]. Still, it was also shown that it could protect cells and spores from predation [53]. We recently
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Published 04 Dec 2020

Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications

  • Debabrata Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247

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  • ]. Peptides are comparatively small and can be easily synthesized in the laboratory using standard synthetic protocols [14][15]. The peptide sequence can be manipulated with precise functional groups of amino acids for selective targeting biomolecules. Peptides are large enough to contain a significant number
  • to perform FRET in vitro and in vivo, particularly in living cells [30]. FRET-based peptide probes are heavily used for ratiometric fluorescence detection of biomolecules. Pyrene-functionalized oligonucleotides and locked nucleic acids (LNAs) are considerably used for targeting nucleic acids [31
  • use of pyrene as a fluorophore has two major disadvantages such as poor quantum yield and an emission in the blue region, which is unfavorable for potential applications in biological systems. The Schmuck group successfully developed several peptide-based probes using these approaches for targeting
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Published 03 Dec 2020

Synthesis and investigation of quadruplex-DNA-binding, 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives

  • Jonas Becher,
  • Daria V. Berdnikova,
  • Heiko Ihmels and
  • Christopher Stremmel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2795–2806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.230

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  • , G4-DNA-targeting ligands are searched for that bind selectively and sufficiently strong to quadruplex DNA and thereby influence the biological function of G-rich DNA sequences [17][18][19][20][21][22]. Among the numerous classes of compounds, mostly related to traditional DNA binders, that have been
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Published 18 Nov 2020

Selective recognition of ATP by multivalent nano-assemblies of bisimidazolium amphiphiles through “turn-on” fluorescence response

  • Rakesh Biswas,
  • Surya Ghosh,
  • Shubhra Kanti Bhaumik and
  • Supratim Banerjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2728–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.223

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  • [20][21]. A number of elegant examples of self-assembled multivalent systems targeting biological analytes such as DNA, heparin, proteins, carbohydrates, etc. have been reported in the literature [22][23][24][25][26][27]. ATP is an important bio-anion that is the energy currency in cells and is
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Published 10 Nov 2020

NMR Spectroscopy of supramolecular chemistry on protein surfaces

  • Peter Bayer,
  • Anja Matena and
  • Christine Beuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2505–2522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.203

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  • interaction of proteins with their interaction partners, both biomolecules and synthetic ligands. In recent years, the focus in chemistry has kept expanding from targeting small binding pockets in proteins to recognizing patches on protein surfaces, mostly via supramolecular chemistry, with the goal to
  • recent years, the focus of biochemical research and drug development has shifted from the inhibition of single enzymes to targeting protein-protein interactions [1][2], which play key roles in cellular function and dysfunction [3][4]. Enzymes usually bind their substrates in deep pockets with specific
  • inhibition of potassium ion transport [39]. Another guanidinium-calixarene variant was designed to hold together the four tetramer subunits of a p53-R337H tumor suppressor mutant and thus restore tetramer stability [40]. Further examples for ligands targeting negatively charged patches on proteins include
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Published 09 Oct 2020

Naphthalene diimide bis-guanidinio-carbonyl-pyrrole as a pH-switchable threading DNA intercalator

  • Poulami Jana,
  • Filip Šupljika,
  • Carsten Schmuck and
  • Ivo Piantanida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2201–2211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.185

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  • spectroscopy methods (FDCD, CPL), the sensitivity of response is approaching the classical fluorimetric probes [14]. Our systematic work on aryl-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole (GCP) derivatives characterised the GCP moiety as very useful building block in the design of new small molecules targeting DNA/RNA. The
  • with diameter of 2 μm, or c) 500 nm. Done at pH 5, Na cacodylate buffer, I = 0.05 M. DNA-targeting roles of the structural components incorporated in the design of the novel small molecule. The NDI chromophore (DNA threading intercalator or possible groove binder) bearing two positive charges at
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Published 08 Sep 2020

Photosensitized direct C–H fluorination and trifluoromethylation in organic synthesis

  • Shahboz Yakubov and
  • Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2151–2192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.183

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Published 03 Sep 2020

Naphthalene diimide–amino acid conjugates as novel fluorimetric and CD probes for differentiation between ds-DNA and ds-RNA

  • Annike Weißenstein,
  • Myroslav O. Vysotsky,
  • Ivo Piantanida and
  • Frank Würthner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2032–2045, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.170

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  • peptide chain and DNA/RNA interacting aromatic moiety, for instance peptide-based DNA/RNA-intercalators [1][2], as well as many DNA/RNA groove binding small molecules [3][4]. Inspired by these natural examples, the development of novel DNA/RNA targeting synthetic molecules has been in scientific focus for
  • therefore adaptable for the design of FRET pairs with other dyes along the peptide backbone. Such amino acid construct would bring a novel functional property into peptide–multichromophore systems targeting DNA/RNA. For the design of our new constructs we noticed that the majority of DNA/RNA targeting NDIs
  • peptide-backbone constructed multichromophores targeting FRET-based sensing [14][26][58]. For the application of here presented results in bioanalytical sciences or biologically relevant studies it will be necessary to further modify the presented compounds and precisely collect information about their
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Published 19 Aug 2020

Synthesis, docking study and biological evaluation of ᴅ-fructofuranosyl and ᴅ-tagatofuranosyl sulfones as potential inhibitors of the mycobacterial galactan synthesis targeting the galactofuranosyltransferase GlfT2

  • Marek Baráth,
  • Jana Jakubčinová,
  • Zuzana Konyariková,
  • Stanislav Kozmon,
  • Katarína Mikušová and
  • Maroš Bella

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1853–1862, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.152

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Published 27 Jul 2020

When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

  • Lucas Guillemard and
  • Joanna Wencel-Delord

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147

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  • ]. Targeting more sustainable protocols, a manganese catalyst was selected to trigger the coupling between an aryldiazonium salt and simple (hetero)aryls. A unique reactivity was obtained under irradiation with blue LEDs and a continuous-flow process allowed achieving higher reactivity. Under the optimized
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Published 21 Jul 2020

Anthelmintic drug discovery: target identification, screening methods and the role of open science

  • Frederick A. Partridge,
  • Ruth Forman,
  • Carole J. R. Bataille,
  • Graham M. Wynne,
  • Marina Nick,
  • Angela J. Russell,
  • Kathryn J. Else and
  • David B. Sattelle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1203–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.105

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  • conditions [37]. This environmental pool of the infectious lifecycle stage makes even those individuals successfully treated by MDA schemes at risk of reinfection [38]. It has therefore been proposed that, as well as targeting improvements in sanitation to tackle this issue, an environmentally-acting, egg
  • -targeting agent could play a complementary role to help break transmission [39]. The WHO has set a global target to eliminate morbidity due to soil-transmitted helminth disease in children by 2020 through the regular treatment of at least 75% of the children in endemic areas (an estimated total number of
  • -Wolbachia treatments. These treatments target the bacterial symbiont Wolbachia which is essential for development, growth and survival of many filarial parasites. Targeting of Wolbachia with antibiotics has been shown to have curative efficacy against lymphatic filariasis [53] and importantly is safe to
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Published 02 Jun 2020

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

  • Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
  • Sajith Vijayan,
  • Liam V. Goldman,
  • Xavier A. May,
  • Kyra Dodson,
  • Sweta Adhikari,
  • Fatima Rivas,
  • Davita L. Watkins and
  • Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

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  • differentiation, cell cycle progression and apoptosis by targeting both histone and non-histone proteins. The balance between acetylation and deacetylation is pivotal for typical cell function. Abnormal or increased HDAC expression has been reported in several human tumors and cancer cell lines [2]. As such, the
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Published 07 Apr 2020

Reversible photoswitching of the DNA-binding properties of styrylquinolizinium derivatives through photochromic [2 + 2] cycloaddition and cycloreversion

  • Sarah Kölsch,
  • Heiko Ihmels,
  • Jochen Mattay,
  • Norbert Sewald and
  • Brian O. Patrick

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 111–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.13

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  • ; photodimerization; photoswitches; Introduction The association of DNA-targeting drugs with nucleic acids [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] is considered one of the essential properties that determine their biological activity [9]. Specifically, a ligand may occupy particular binding sites of DNA or induce significant
  • intrinsic toxicity of the employed drugs [11][12][13]. As a result, there is an urgent need for DNA-targeting chemotherapeutic reagents that can be activated with an external stimulus only at the desired point of action. In this context, light offers several distinct advantages to switch on the activity of
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Published 23 Jan 2020

Photocontrolled DNA minor groove interactions of imidazole/pyrrole polyamides

  • Sabrina Müller,
  • Jannik Paulus,
  • Jochen Mattay,
  • Heiko Ihmels,
  • Veronica I. Dodero and
  • Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 60–70, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.8

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  • . A major breakthrough concerning selective small DNA-targeting molecules was the use of pyrrole/imidazole hairpin polyamides. They are conceptually derived from the natural products netropsin and distamycin A, which selectively bind to particular sequences of the DNA duplex [2][3][4]. Covalent
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Published 09 Jan 2020

Automated glycan assembly of arabinomannan oligosaccharides from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Alonso Pardo-Vargas,
  • Priya Bharate,
  • Martina Delbianco and
  • Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2936–2940, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.288

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  • helped to identify an antibody targeting the 5-methylthio-ᴅ-xylofuranose AM [7][14]. The Fujifilm SILVAMP TB LAM immunoassay chip provided a threefold higher sensitivity than Alere LF-LAM. Still, current technologies lack sensitivity and are limited to patients coinfected with HIV [7][10][15
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Published 06 Dec 2019
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