PMID: 23989101

Authors:

Myung N, Connelly S, Kim B, Park SJ, Wilson IA, Kelly JW, Choi S

Title:

Bifunctional coumarin derivatives that inhibit transthyretin amyloidogenesis and serve as fluorescent transthyretin folding sensors.

Journal:

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 14;49(80):9188-90. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44667k. Epub, 2013 Aug 29.

Abstract:

We describe coumarin derivatives that are non-fluorescent in aqueous buffers and that very selectively bind to transthyretin (TTR) in complex biological environments potently inhibiting TTR amyloidogenesis while also exhibiting sensitive off-on fluorescent sensing of the properly folded quaternary structure of TTR.