Provided herein are compositions containing photoactivatable caged tamoxifen and tamoxifen derivative molecules. Also provided are kits containing one of these compositions and a light source. Also provided are methods of optically inducing nuclear translocation of a fusion protein containing a mammalian estrogen receptor ligand binding domain in a eukaryotic cell and methods of optically inducing recombination in a eukaryotic cell that include contacting a eukaryotic cell with at least one of these compositions. Also provided are methods of treating breast cancer in a subject that include administering a photoactivatable caged tamoxifen or tamoxifen derivative molecule to a subject having breast cancer.
本文提供了含有光活性遮蔽型
他莫昔芬和
他莫昔芬衍
生物分子的组合物。还提供了包含其中一种组合物和光源的套件。本文还提供了一种在真核细胞中光学诱导含哺乳动物
雌激素受体
配体结合域的融合蛋白的核转运的方法以及一种包括与至少一种这些组合物接触的真核细胞中光学诱导
重组的方法。本文还提供了一种治疗乳腺癌的方法,包括向患有乳腺癌的受试者给予光活性遮蔽型
他莫昔芬或
他莫昔芬衍
生物分子。