Hatfield MJ, Umans RA, Hyatt JL, Edwards CC, Wierdl M, Tsurkan L, Taylor MR, Potter PM (2016)
Carboxylesterases: General detoxifying enzymes
Chemico-Biological Interactions 259: 327
Wierdl M, Tsurkan L, Hatfield MJ, Potter PM (2016)
Tumour-selective targeting of drug metabolizing enzymes to treat metastatic cancer
British Journal of Pharmacology 173: 2811
Yu X, Sigler SC, Hossain D, Wierdl M, Gwaltney SR, Potter PM, Wadkins RM (2012)
Global and local molecular dynamics of a bacterial carboxylesterase provide insight into its catalytic mechanism
J Mol Model 18: 2869
Hemmert AC, Otto TC, Chica RA, Wierdl M, Edwards JS, Lewis SM, Edwards CC, Tsurkan L, Cadieux CL, Kasten SA, Cashman JR, Mayo SL, Potter PM, Cerasoli DM, Redinbo MR (2011)
Nerve agent hydrolysis activity designed into a human drug metabolism enzyme
PLoS ONE 6: e17441
Hemmert AC, Otto TC, Wierdl M, Edwards CC, Fleming CD, MacDonald M, Cashman JR, Potter PM, Cerasoli DM, Redinbo MR (2010)
Human carboxylesterase 1 stereoselectively binds the nerve agent cyclosarin and spontaneously hydrolyzes the nerve agent sarin
Molecular Pharmacology 77: 508
Hatfield JM, Wierdl M, Wadkins RM, Potter PM (2008)
Modifications of human carboxylesterase for improved prodrug activation
Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 4: 1153
Streit TM, Borazjani A, Lentz SE, Wierdl M, Potter PM, Gwaltney SR, Ross MK (2008)
Evaluation of the 'side door' in carboxylesterase-mediated catalysis and inhibition
Biol Chem 389: 149
Wierdl M, Tsurkan L, Hyatt JL, Edwards CC, Hatfield MJ, Morton CL, Houghton PJ, Danks MK, Redinbo MR, Potter PM (2008)
An improved human carboxylesterase for enzyme/prodrug therapy with CPT-11
Cancer Gene Therapy 15: 183
Danks MK, Yoon KJ, Bush RA, Remack JS, Wierdl M, Tsurkan L, Kim SU, Garcia E, Metz MZ, Najbauer J, Potter PM, Aboody KS (2007)
Tumor-targeted enzyme/prodrug therapy mediates long-term disease-free survival of mice bearing disseminated neuroblastoma
Cancer Research 67: 22
Hicks LD, Hyatt JL, Moak T, Edwards CC, Tsurkan L, Wierdl M, Ferreira AM, Wadkins RM, Potter PM (2007)
Analysis of the inhibition of mammalian carboxylesterases by novel fluorobenzoins and fluorobenzils
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 15: 3801
Hyatt JL, Moak T, Hatfield MJ, Tsurkan L, Edwards CC, Wierdl M, Danks MK, Wadkins RM, Potter PM (2007)
Selective inhibition of carboxylesterases by isatins, indole-2,3-diones
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 50: 1876
Hyatt JL, Tsurkan L, Wierdl M, Edwards CC, Danks MK, Potter PM (2006)
Intracellular inhibition of carboxylesterases by benzil: modulation of CPT-11 cytotoxicity
Mol Cancer Ther 5: 2281
Hyatt JL, Stacy V, Wadkins RM, Yoon KJ, Wierdl M, Edwards CC, Zeller M, Hunter AD, Danks MK, Crundwell G, Potter PM (2005)
Inhibition of carboxylesterases by benzil (diphenylethane-1,2-dione) and heterocyclic analogues is dependent upon the aromaticity of the ring and the flexibility of the dione moiety
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 48: 5543
Wadkins RM, Hyatt JL, Wei X, Yoon KJ, Wierdl M, Edwards CC, Morton CL, Obenauer JC, Damodaran K, Beroza P, Danks MK, Potter PM (2005)
Identification and characterization of novel benzil (diphenylethane-1,2-dione) analogues as inhibitors of mammalian carboxylesterases
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 48: 2906
Wierdl M, Potter PM (2005)
Update on gene therapy approaches for cancer
Curr Hematol Rep 4: 294
Wierdl M, Morton CL, Nguyen NK, Redinbo MR, Potter PM (2004)
Molecular modeling of CPT-11 metabolism by carboxylesterases (CEs): use of pnb CE as a model
Biochemistry 43: 1874
Wierdl M, Morton CL, Harris LC, Danks MK, Schuetz JD, Potter PM (2003)
p53-mediated regulation of expression of a rabbit liver carboxylesterase confers sensitivity to 7-ethyl-10-[4-(1-piperidino)-1-piperidino]carbonyloxycamptothecin (CPT-11)
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 304: 699
Wierdl M, Wall A, Morton CL, Sampath J, Danks MK, Schuetz JD, Potter PM (2003)
Carboxylesterase-mediated sensitization of human tumor cells to CPT-11 cannot override ABCG2-mediated drug resistance
Molecular Pharmacology 64: 279
Meck MM, Wierdl M, Wagner LM, Burger RA, Guichard SM, Krull EJ, Harris LC, Potter PM, Danks MK (2001)
A virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy approach to purging neuroblastoma cells from hematopoietic cells using adenovirus encoding rabbit carboxylesterase and CPT-11
Cancer Research 61: 5083
Wadkins RM, Morton CL, Weeks JK, Oliver L, Wierdl M, Danks MK, Potter PM (2001)
Structural constraints affect the metabolism of 7-ethyl-10-[4-(1-piperidino)-1-piperidino]carbonyloxycamptothecin (CPT-11) by carboxylesterases
Molecular Pharmacology 60: 355
Wierdl M, Morton CL, Weeks JK, Danks MK, Harris LC, Potter PM (2001)
Sensitization of human tumor cells to CPT-11 via adenoviral-mediated delivery of a rabbit liver carboxylesterase
Cancer Research 61: 5078
Morton CL, Wierdl M, Oliver L, Ma MK, Danks MK, Stewart CF, Eiseman JL, Potter PM (2000)
Activation of CPT-11 in mice: identification and analysis of a highly effective plasma esterase
Cancer Research 60: 4206
Wierdl M, Morton CL, Danks MK, Potter PM (2000)
Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding a horse liver butyrylcholinesterase: evidence for CPT-11 drug activation
Biochemical Pharmacology 59: 773
Potter PM, Wolverton JS, Morton CL, Wierdl M, Danks MK (1998)
Cellular localization domains of a rabbit and a human carboxylesterase: influence on irinotecan (CPT-11) metabolism by the rabbit enzyme
Cancer Research 58: 3627