NDLI: Advances in the molecular design of potential anticancer agents via targeting of human telomeric DNA

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Maji, Basudeb Bhattacharya, Santanu
Description	Author Affiliation: Maji B ( Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India. sb@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in.);
Abstract	Telomerases are an attractive drug target to develop new generation drugs against cancer. A telomere appears from the chromosomal termini and protects it from double-stranded DNA degradation. A short telomere promotes genomic instability, like end-to-end fusion and regulates the over-expression of the telomere repairing enzyme, telomerase. The telomerase maintains the telomere length, which may lead to genetically abnormal situations, leading to cancer. Thus, the design and synthesis of an efficient telomerase inhibitor is a viable strategy toward anticancer drugs development. Accordingly, small molecule induced stabilization of the G-quadruplex structure, formed by the human telomeric DNA, is an area of contemporary scientific art. Several such compounds efficiently stabilize the G-quadruplex forms of nucleic acids, which often leads to telomerase inhibition. This Feature article presents the discovery and development of the telomere structure, function and evolution in telomere targeted anticancer drug design and incorporates the recent advances in this area, in addition to discussing the advantages and disadvantages in the methods, and prospects for the future.
ISSN	13597345
Journal	Chemical Communications
Issue Number	49
Volume Number	50
e-ISSN	1364548X
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publisher Date	2014-05-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Antineoplastic Agents Chemistry Enzyme Inhibitors G-Quadruplexes Telomerase Antagonists & Inhibitors Telomere Metabolism Pharmacology Apoptosis Drug Effects DNA Probes Drug Design Fluorescent Dyes Genomic Instability Humans Ligands Molecular Dynamics Simulation Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ceramics and Composites Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films Materials Chemistry Metals and Alloys Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Catalysis

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