Combinatorial Approach to Organelle-Targeted Fluorescent Library Based on the Styryl Scaffold

The first fluorescent styryl dye library with a broad color range was synthesized by combinatorial condensation of various aldehydes and methyl pyridinium compounds, and their applications as organelle specific staining probes were demonstrated

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Myoseverin Derivatives: Microtubule Assembly Inhibitors

Myoseverin, a trisubstituted purine, inhibits microtubule assembly in vitro, interferes with normal mitotic spindle assembly, and arrests the cell cycle in mitosis in U937 cells. We synthesized a variety of myoseverin derivatives and screened them for inhibition of spindle assembly in Xenopus egg extracts and for microtubule disassembly in vitro. Selected compounds were tested against 60 cancer cell lines at the National Cancer Institute as possible anticancer drug candidates

A Novel Microtubule Destabilizing Entity from Orthogonal Synthesis of Triazine Library and Zebrafish Embryo Screening

The first orthogonal combinatorial synthesis of a high-purity triazine library was demonstrated. Novel triazine-based microtubule inhibitors were discovered by an efficient zebrafish embryo screening and in vitro microtubule polymerization assay