TY - JOUR A1 - Immel, Timo A. A1 - Groth, Ulrich A1 - Huhn, Thomas A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter T1 - Titanium salan complexes displays strong antitumor properties in vitro and in vivo in mice JF - PLoS ONE N2 - The anticancer activity of titanium complexes has been known since the groundbreaking studies of Köpf and Köpf-Maier on titanocen dichloride. Unfortunately, possibly due to their fast hydrolysis, derivatives of titanocen dichloride failed in clinical studies. Recently, the new family of titanium salan complexes containing tetradentate ONNO ligands with anti-cancer properties has been discovered. These salan complexes are much more stabile in aqueous media. In this study we describe the biological activity of two titanium salan complexes in a mouse model of cervical cancer. High efficiency of this promising complex family was demonstrated for the first time in vivo. From these data we conclude that titanium salan complexes display very strong antitumor properties exhibiting only minor side effects. Our results may influence the chemotherapy with metallo therapeutics in the future. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017869 VL - 6 IS - 3 PB - Plos CY - San Francisco, California, US ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leurs, Ulrike A1 - Mezo, Gabor A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter A1 - Orban, Erika A1 - Marquard, Andrea A1 - Manea, Marilena T1 - Design, synthesis, in vitro stability and cytostatic effect of multifunctional anticancer drug-bioconjugates containing GnRH-III as a targeting moiety JF - Peptide Science N2 - Bioconjugates containing the GnRH-III hormone decapeptide as a targeting moiety are able to deliver chemotherapeutic agents specifically to cancer cells expressing GnRH receptors, thereby increasing their local efficacy while limiting the peripheral toxicity. However, the number of GnRH receptors on cancer cells is limited and they desensitize under continuous hormone treatment. A possible approach to increase the receptor mediated tumor targeting and consequently the cytostatic effect of the bioconjugates would be the attachment of more than one chemotherapeutic agent to one GnRH-III molecule. Here we report on the design, synthesis and biochemical characterization of multifunctional bioconjugates containing GnRH-III as a targeting moiety and daunorubicin as a chemotherapeutic agent. Two different drug design approaches were pursued. The first one was based on the bifunctional [4Lys]-GnRH-III (Glp-His-Trp-Lys-His-Asp-Trp-Lys-Pro-Gly-NH2) containing two lysine residues in positions 4 and 8, whose ϵ-amino groups were used for the coupling of daunorubicin. In the second drug design, the native GnRH-III (Glp-His-Trp-Ser-His-Asp-Trp-Lys-Pro-Gly-NH2) was used as a scaffold; an additional lysine residue was coupled to the ϵ-amino group of 8Lys in order to generate two free amino groups available for conjugation of daunorubicin. The in vitro stability/degradation of all synthesized compounds was investigated in human serum, as well as in the presence of rat liver lysosomal homogenate. Their cellular uptake was determined on human breast cancer cells and the cytostatic effect was evaluated on human breast, colon and prostate cancer cell lines. Compared with a monofunctional compound, both drug design approaches resulted in multifunctional bioconjugates with increased cytostatic effect. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.21640 SN - 1097-0282 VL - 98 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Wiley CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Manea, Marilena A1 - Leurs, Ulrike A1 - Orban, Erika A1 - Baranyai, Zsuzsa A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter A1 - Marquardt, Andreas A1 - Schulcz, Akos A1 - Tejeda, Miguel T1 - Enhanced Enzymatic Stability and Antitumor Activity of Daunorubicin-GnRH-III Bioconjugates Modified in Position 4 JF - Bioconjugate Chemistry Y1 - 2011 SN - 1520-4812 VL - 22 IS - 7 SP - 1320 EP - 1329 PB - ACS CY - Washington, DC ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Spiess, Elmar A1 - Wilfried, Reichardt A1 - Alvarez, Gerardo A1 - Gottrup, Marcus A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter T1 - An Artificial PAP Gene Breaks Self-tolerance and Promotes Tumor Regression in the TRAMP Model for Prostate Carcinoma JF - Molecular Therapy Y1 - 2011 SN - 1525-0016 VL - 20 IS - 3 SP - 555 EP - 564 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffels, Johannes A1 - Pinkenburg, Olaf A1 - Schelden, Maximilian A1 - Aboulnaga, El-Hussiny A. A. A1 - Baumann, Marcus A1 - Selmer, Thorsten T1 - An innovative cloning platform enables large-scale production and maturation of an oxygen-tolerant [NiFe]-hydrogenase from cupriavidus necator in Escherichia coli JF - PLOS one. 2013 Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068812 SN - 1932-6203 PB - Public Library of Science CY - San Francisco, California ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aboulnaga, E. H. A1 - Pinkenburg, O. A1 - Schiffels, Johannes A1 - El-Refai, A. A1 - Buckel, W. A1 - Selmer, Thorsten T1 - Butyrate production in Escherichia coli: Exploitation of an oxygen tolerant bifurcating butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase/electron transferring flavoprotein complex from Clostridium difficile JF - Journal of bacteriology. June 14, 2013 Y1 - 2013 SN - 1098-5530 (E-Journal) ; 0021-9193 (Print) SP - Epub ahead of print ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kotter, Michael A1 - Lovera, P. A1 - Riekert, L. T1 - Charakterisierung eines Trägerkatalysators durch effektive Diffusionskoeffizienten, Labyrinthfaktor und mittlere Porenradien JF - Berichte der Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie N2 - Der effektive Diffusionskoeffizient Deff von Gasen in einem porösen Medium hängt im Knudsen- bzw. Übergangsgebiet vom effektiven Porenradius 〈r〉 der Struktur ab. 〈r〉 kann aus Deff ermittelt werden, sofern der Labyrinthfaktor χ der Struktur aus der Kinetik des Stoffaustausches in den mit einer flüssigen Phase gefüllten Poren separat bestimmt wird. An einem Trägerkatalysator (CuO auf γ-Al₂O₃) ergab sich auf diese Weise ein für die Diffusion maßgebender effektiver Porenradius, der in den Bereich der Makroporen fällt. Ein Vergleich mit dem aus reaktionskinetischen Daten ermittelten effektiven Diffusionskoeffizienten läßt auf eine ungleichmäßige Verteilung der aktiven Komponente im Kontaktkorn schließen. Y1 - 1976 SN - 0005-9021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bbpc.19760800112 VL - 80 IS - 1 SP - 61 EP - 66 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kotter, Michael A1 - Hammon, U. T1 - Preparation of pellets with well-defined pore structure / U. Hammon ; A. Kotter JF - International chemical engineering. 26 (1986), H. 4 Y1 - 1986 SN - 0020-6318 SP - 563 EP - 573 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Elbers, Gereon T1 - Messung von Ruß in der Außenluft - Praktische Erfahrungen und Meßergebnisse aus NRW JF - Aktuelle Aufgaben der Messtechnik in der Luftreinhaltung : Kolloquium Heidelberg, 2. bis 4. Juni 1993 / Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft im VDI und DIN Y1 - 1993 SN - 3-18-091059-3 N1 - VDI-Berichte ; 1059 SP - 337 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Elbers, Gereon A1 - Pfeffer, H.-U. A1 - Friesel, J. A1 - Beier, R. T1 - Pilotuntersuchungen gemäß dem Verordnungsentwurf nach § 40, Abs. 2 des Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetzes / H.-U. Pfeffer, J. Friesel, G. Elbers, R. Beier, K. Ellermann JF - Drei Jahrzehnte Luftqualitätsüberwachung : Vorträge und Berichte zum Kolloquium "Drei Jahrzehnte Luftqualitätsüberwachung - Bilanz und Perspektiven" am 11. November 1993 in Essen / [Hrsg.: Landesanstalt für Immissionsschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen. Red. Bearb.: Robert Niesenhaus] Y1 - 1993 N1 - LIS-Berichte ; 110 ; SP - 117 CY - Essen ER -