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A multitarget approach to drug discovery inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis PyrG and PanK

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of the infectious disease tuberculosis, kills approximately 1.5 million people annually, while the spread of multidrug-resistant strains is of great global concern. Thus, continuous efforts to identify new ...

2018

A Smart Europium-Ruthenium Complex as Anticancer Prodrug: Controllable Drug Release and Real-Time Monitoring under Different Light Excitations

Jean-Claude Bünzli, Chen Xie

A unique, dual-function, photoactivatable anticancer prodrug, RuEuL, has been tailored that features a ruthenium(II) complex linked to a cyclen-europium chelate via a pi-conjugated bridge. Under irradiation at 488 nm, the dark-inactive prodrug undergoes ph ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

p,t-[Ru(CO)(PR3)(tren)](2+) [R=Ph or p-tol; tren=tris(2-aminoethyl)amine], Ru(II) complexes bearing a simple tripodal tetradentate amine: synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial activity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Francisco Dinis Fagundes

Complexes with general formula p,t-[Ru(CO)(PR3)(tren)]X-2 [R=Ph (1) or p-tol (2); tren=tris(2-aminoethyl)amine; X=Cl- or PF6-] were prepared from [RuCl2(CO)(dmf)(PR3)] by direct reaction with tren. The complexes were fully characterized by NMR (H-1, P-31{H ...

Taylor & Francis2016

Caged luciferin probes for the bioluminescence imaging of nitroreductase and hydrogen sulfide in living animals

Anzhelika Vorobyeva

Molecular imaging advances our understanding of cellular and molecular functions within complex biological systems. The development of novel imaging probes that can be applied to answer fundamental biological questions, diagnose and monitor disease progres ...

EPFL2016

NRK1 controls nicotinamide mononucleotide and nicotinamide riboside metabolism in mammalian cells

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak

NAD(+) is a vital redox cofactor and a substrate required for activity of various enzyme families, including sirtuins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases. Supplementation with NAD(+) precursors, such as nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) or nicotinamide ribosi ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Treatment of pleural malignancies by photo-induction combined to systemic chemotherapy: Proof of concept on rodent lung tumors and feasibility study on porcine chest cavities

Georges Wagnières, Michaël Bensimon, Elodie Debefve, Laurent Décosterd, Jean Yannis Perentes

Background: Low-dose, Visudyne (R)-mediated photodynamic therapy (photo-induction) was shown to selectively enhance tumor vessel transport causing increased uptake of systemically administered chemotherapy in various tumor types grown on rodent lungs. The ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Inhibition of Sepiapterin Reductase through Formation of a Ternary Complex with Sulfasalazine or other Sulfa Drugs and NADP+

Miriam Grønlund Pedersen

The mechanism of action of sulfasalazine, an anti-inflammatory drug used against inflammatory bowel diseases and rheumatoid arthritis is, despite its medical importance, still not well understood. Recently, it was shown that sulfasalazine and its metabolit ...

EPFL2014

Extracellular matrix binding mixed micelles for drug delivery applications

Davide Demurtas, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Jutta Christine Wandrey

Received 5 January 2009 Accepted 22 March 2009 Available online 27 March 2009 Keywords: Mixed micelles Drug delivery Block copolymers Sirolimus Extracellular matrix We present the formation of collagen-binding mixed micelles and their potential suitability ...

2009

Nouvelles approches synthétiques de prodrogues de cyclosporine A et d'analogues antiviraux

Jérémy Bérard

The cyclosporins comprise a family of cyclic 11-peptides containing seven N-methylated, hydrophobic amino acids. Cyclosporine A (CsA) representing the major member of this family is widely used as immunosuppressive agent in organ transplantations. The biol ...

EPFL2008

Water-soluble prodrugs of cyclosporine A with tailored conversion rates

Arnaud Hamel

A novel type of water-soluble prodrugs of cyclosporine A (CsA) is described, featuring a modular system of an enzyme-cleavable group, a solubilizing moiety and a chemodegradable spacer attached to the hydroxyl function of (4R)-4-[(E)-2-butenyl]-4-,N-dimeth ...

2005

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