After their successful use as a preorganized platform for the preparation of receptors for metal ions and small neutral molecules over the last 15 years, calixarenes are enjoying a renaissance of popularity as scaffolds for ligands that are able to efficiently and selectively target macromolecules such as proteins/enzymes, nucleic acids and lipids. This feature article summarizes the peculiar factors characterizing the calixarene structure and properties, as well as outlines the main rules that can be used to turn such macrocycles into efficient and successful ligands for these classes of biomacromolecules. Factors that affect the multivalent properties of calixarenes, such as the size, conformation and stereochemical presentation of binding groups or their amphiphilicity and hybrid character, are described in detail with the use of a few selected examples from the literature. Perspectives and applications of these ligands in bionanotechnology and nanomedicine, such as protein sensing and inhibition, gene-delivery, targeted drug-delivery and cell imaging, are also discussed.

Moulding calixarenes for biomacromolecule targeting / Giuliani, Marta; Morbioli, Ilaria; Sansone, Francesco; Casnati, Alessandro. - In: CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 1364-548X. - 51:75(2015), pp. 14140-14159. [10.1039/c5cc05204a]

Moulding calixarenes for biomacromolecule targeting

GIULIANI, Marta;MORBIOLI, Ilaria;SANSONE, Francesco;CASNATI, Alessandro
2015-01-01

Abstract

After their successful use as a preorganized platform for the preparation of receptors for metal ions and small neutral molecules over the last 15 years, calixarenes are enjoying a renaissance of popularity as scaffolds for ligands that are able to efficiently and selectively target macromolecules such as proteins/enzymes, nucleic acids and lipids. This feature article summarizes the peculiar factors characterizing the calixarene structure and properties, as well as outlines the main rules that can be used to turn such macrocycles into efficient and successful ligands for these classes of biomacromolecules. Factors that affect the multivalent properties of calixarenes, such as the size, conformation and stereochemical presentation of binding groups or their amphiphilicity and hybrid character, are described in detail with the use of a few selected examples from the literature. Perspectives and applications of these ligands in bionanotechnology and nanomedicine, such as protein sensing and inhibition, gene-delivery, targeted drug-delivery and cell imaging, are also discussed.
2015
Moulding calixarenes for biomacromolecule targeting / Giuliani, Marta; Morbioli, Ilaria; Sansone, Francesco; Casnati, Alessandro. - In: CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 1364-548X. - 51:75(2015), pp. 14140-14159. [10.1039/c5cc05204a]
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