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Extracellular palladium-catalysed dealkylation of 5-fluoro-1-propargyl-uracil as a bioorthogonally activated prodrug approach

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, February 2014
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Title
Extracellular palladium-catalysed dealkylation of 5-fluoro-1-propargyl-uracil as a bioorthogonally activated prodrug approach
Published in
Nature Communications, February 2014
DOI 10.1038/ncomms4277
Pubmed ID
24522696
Authors

Jason T. Weiss, John C. Dawson, Kenneth G. Macleod, Witold Rybski, Craig Fraser, Carmen Torres-Sánchez, E. Elizabeth Patton, Mark Bradley, Neil O. Carragher, Asier Unciti-Broceta, Weiss JT, Dawson JC, Macleod KG, Rybski W, Fraser C, Torres-Sánchez C, Patton EE, Bradley M, Carragher NO, Unciti-Broceta A

Abstract

A bioorthogonal organometallic reaction is a biocompatible transformation undergone by a synthetic material exclusively through the mediation of a non-biotic metal source; a selective process used to label biomolecules and activate probes in biological environs. Here we report the in vitro bioorthogonal generation of 5-fluorouracil from a biologically inert precursor by heterogeneous Pd(0) catalysis. Although independently harmless, combined treatment of 5-fluoro-1-propargyl-uracil and Pd(0)-functionalized resins exhibits comparable antiproliferative properties to the unmodified drug in colorectal and pancreatic cancer cells. Live-cell imaging and immunoassay studies demonstrate that the cytotoxic activity of the prodrug/Pd(0)-resin combination is due to the in situ generation of 5-fluorouracil. Pd(0)-resins can be carefully implanted in the yolk sac of zebrafish embryos and display excellent biocompatibility and local catalytic activity. The in vitro efficacy shown by this masking/activation strategy underlines its potential to develop a bioorthogonally activated prodrug approach and supports further in vivo investigations.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
India 2 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 215 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 59 27%
Researcher 40 18%
Student > Master 27 12%
Other 25 11%
Student > Bachelor 24 11%
Other 31 14%
Unknown 16 7%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 122 55%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 43 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 2%
Other 20 9%
Unknown 18 8%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 207. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 July 2018.
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#60,476
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Outputs from Nature Communications
#934
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Outputs of similar age
#1,044
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Outputs of similar age from Nature Communications
#7
of 359 outputs
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