Search Results - "Luciani, Rosaria"
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Structural Comparison of Enterococcus faecalis and Human Thymidylate Synthase Complexes with the Substrate dUMP and Its Analogue FdUMP Provides Hints about Enzyme Conformational Variabilities
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (31-03-2019)“…Thymidylate synthase (TS) is an enzyme of paramount importance as it provides the only de novo source of deoxy-thymidine monophosphate (dTMP). dTMP, essential…”
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Structural and Functional Characterization of the Human Thymidylate Synthase (hTS) Interface Variant R175C, New Perspectives for the Development of hTS Inhibitors
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (07-04-2019)“…Human thymidylate synthase (hTS) is pivotal for cell survival and proliferation, indeed it provides the only synthetic source of dTMP, required for DNA…”
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Cyclic Peptides Acting as Allosteric Inhibitors of Human Thymidylate Synthase and Cancer Cell Growth
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (26-09-2019)“…Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a prominent drug target for different cancer types. However, the prolonged use of its classical inhibitors, substrate analogs that…”
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Protein–protein interface-binding peptides inhibit the cancer therapy target human thymidylate synthase
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-08-2011)“…Human thymidylate synthase is a homodimeric enzyme that plays a key role in DNA synthesis and is a target for several clinically important anticancer drugs…”
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Repurposing the Trypanosomatidic GSK Kinetobox for the Inhibition of Parasitic Pteridine and Dihydrofolate Reductases
Published in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) (30-11-2021)“…Three open-source anti-kinetoplastid chemical boxes derived from a whole-cell phenotypic screening by GlaxoSmithKline (Tres Cantos Anti-Kinetoplastid…”
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Destabilizers of the thymidylate synthase homodimer accelerate its proteasomal degradation and inhibit cancer growth
Published in eLife (07-12-2022)“…Drugs that target human thymidylate synthase (hTS), a dimeric enzyme, are widely used in anticancer therapy. However, treatment with classical…”
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Discovery of highly potent acid ceramidase inhibitors with in vitro tumor chemosensitizing activity
Published in Scientific reports (08-01-2013)“…The expression of acid ceramidase (AC) – a cysteine amidase that hydrolyses the proapoptotic lipid ceramide – is abnormally high in several human tumors, which…”
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Microbiota of sliced cooked ham packaged in modified atmosphere throughout the shelf life: Microbiota of sliced cooked ham in MAP
Published in International journal of food microbiology (16-01-2019)“…Fourteen lots of cooked ham in modified atmosphere packaging (CH) were analyzed within a few days from packaging (S) and at the end of the shelf-life (E),…”
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Multitarget, Selective Compound Design Yields Potent Inhibitors of a Kinetoplastid Pteridine Reductase 1
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (14-07-2022)“…The optimization of compounds with multiple targets is a difficult multidimensional problem in the drug discovery cycle. Here, we present a systematic,…”
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X-ray crystal structures of Enterococcus faecalis thymidylate synthase with folate binding site inhibitors
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (10-11-2016)“…Infections caused by Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) represent nowadays a relevant health problem. We selected Thymidylate synthase (TS) from this organism as a…”
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The discovery of aryl-2-nitroethyl triamino pyrimidines as anti-Trypanosoma brucei agents
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (15-01-2024)“…Pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) is a catalytic protein belonging to the folate metabolic pathway in Trypanosmatidic parasites. PTR1 is a known target for the…”
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High-Throughput Phenotypic Screening and Machine Learning Methods Enabled the Selection of Broad-Spectrum Low-Toxicity Antitrypanosomatidic Agents
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (23-11-2023)“…Broad-spectrum anti-infective chemotherapy agents with activity against , and species were identified from a high-throughput phenotypic screening program of…”
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Comparing Drug Images and Repurposing Drugs with BioGPS and FLAPdock: The Thymidylate Synthase Case
Published in ChemMedChem (05-08-2016)“…Repurposing and repositioning drugs has become a frequently pursued and successful strategy in the current era, as new chemical entities are increasingly…”
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Virtual Screening and X‑ray Crystallography Identify Non-Substrate Analog Inhibitors of Flavin-Dependent Thymidylate Synthase
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (13-10-2016)“…Thymidylate synthase X (ThyX) represents an attractive target for tuberculosis drug discovery. Herein, we selected 16 compounds through a virtual screening…”
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2‑Carboxyquinoxalines Kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis through Noncovalent Inhibition of DprE1
Published in ACS chemical biology (20-03-2015)“…Phenotypic screening of a quinoxaline library against replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis led to the identification of lead compound Ty38c…”
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Enhancement of Benzothiazoles as Pteridine Reductase‑1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Trypanosomatidic Infections
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (25-04-2019)“…2-Amino-benzo[d]thiazole was identified as a new scaffold for the development of improved pteridine reductase-1 (PTR1) inhibitors and anti-trypanosomatidic…”
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Aryl thiosemicarbazones for the treatment of trypanosomatidic infections
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (25-02-2018)“…Basing on a library of thiadiazole derivatives showing anti-trypanosomatidic activity, we have considered the thiadiazoles opened forms and reaction…”
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Discovery of a benzothiophene-flavonol halting miltefosine and antimonial drug resistance in Leishmania parasites through the application of medicinal chemistry, screening and genomics
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (01-12-2019)“…Leishmaniasis, a major health problem worldwide, has a limited arsenal of drugs for its control. The appearance of resistance to first- and second-line…”
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Conformational Propensity and Biological Studies of Proline Mutated LR Peptides Inhibiting Human Thymidylate Synthase and Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (23-08-2018)“…LR and [d-Gln 4 ]LR peptides bind the monomer–monomer interface of human thymidylate synthase and inhibit cancer cell growth. Here, proline-mutated LR…”
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Profiling of Flavonol Derivatives for the Development of Antitrypanosomatidic Drugs
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (25-08-2016)“…Flavonoids represent a potential source of new antitrypanosomatidic leads. Starting from a library of natural products, we combined target-based screening on…”
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