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Cunha PDS, de Miranda MC, de Melo MIA, Ferreira ADF, Barbosa JL, Oliveira JADC, Goes TDS, Gomes DA, de Goes AM. Selection of internalizing RNA aptamers into human breast cancer cells derived from primary sites. J Cell Biochem 2024; 125:e30540. [PMID: 38372191 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.30540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Although chemotherapy is still broadly used in its treatment, adverse effects remain a challenge. In this scenario, aptamers emerge as a promising alternative for theranostic applications. Studies using breast cancer cell lines provide useful information in laboratory and preclinical investigations, most of which use cell lines established from metastatic sites. However, these cell lines correspond to cell populations of the late stage of tumor progression. On the other hand, studies using breast cancer cells established from primary sites make it possible to search for new theranostic approaches in the early stages of the disease. Therefore, this work aimed to select RNA aptamers internalized by MGSO-3 cells, a human breast cancer cell line, derived from a primary site previously established in our laboratory. Using the Cell-Internalization SELEX method, we have selected two candidate aptamers (ApBC1 and ApBC2). We evaluated their internalization efficiencies, specificities, cellular localization by Reverse Transcription-qPCR (RT-qPCR) and confocal microscopy assays. The results suggest that both aptamers were efficiently internalized by human breast cancer cells, MACL-1, MDA-MB-231, and especially by MGSO-3 cells. Furthermore, both aptamers could effectively distinguish human breast cancer cells derived from normal human mammary cell (MCF 10A) and prostate cancer cell (PC3) lines. Therefore, ApBC1 and ApBC2 could be promising candidate molecules for theranostic applications, even in the early stages of tumor progression.
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- Pricila da Silva Cunha
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Garner AL. Contemporary Progress and Opportunities in RNA-Targeted Drug Discovery. ACS Med Chem Lett 2023; 14:251-259. [PMID: 36923915 PMCID: PMC10009794 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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The surprising discovery that RNAs are the predominant gene products to emerge from the human genome catalyzed a renaissance in RNA biology. It is now well-understood that RNAs act as more than just a messenger and comprise a large and diverse family of ribonucleic acids of differing sizes, structures, and functions. RNAs play expansive roles in the cell, contributing to the regulation and fine-tuning of nearly all aspects of gene expression and genome architecture. In line with the significance of these functions, we have witnessed an explosion in discoveries connecting RNAs with a variety of human diseases. Consequently, the targeting of RNAs, and more broadly RNA biology, has emerged as an untapped area of drug discovery, making the search for RNA-targeted therapeutics of great interest. In this Microperspective, I highlight contemporary learnings in the field and present my views on how to catapult us toward the systematic discovery of RNA-targeted medicines.
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- Amanda L. Garner
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry,
College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, 1600 Huron Parkway, NCRC B520, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Fluorescent determination of micro-quantities of RNA using Hoechst 33258 and binase. Anal Biochem 2019; 576:5-8. [PMID: 30958999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Detection of small amounts of RNA in various biological samples is an important applied task. Using fluorescence spectroscopy, the hydrolysis by binase of rRNA and tRNA, stained with Hoechst 33258, in aqueous solutions was investigated. The binding constant of Hoechst with rRNA is 106 M-1. Specific hydrolysis of rRNA and tRNA by binase during 1-2 min at room temperature leads to a multiple decrease in fluorescence of the dye. This rapid hydrolysis goes to large polynucleotide fragments, but not to short oligonucleotides. The binding constant of binase with rRNA is about of 2.5 × 106 M-1, which is several dozen times higher than with oligonucleotides. The susceptibility to binase attack depends on the secondary structure of RNA, determined by non-canonical ribonucleotides. The developed highly sensitive fluorescent method can be used for the rapid selective detection of trace amounts of rRNA or tRNA, as well as for studying the physicochemical properties of these RNAs. Using the proposed method, one can confidently detect RNA from 10-7 M.
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Cheng MSQ, Su MXX, Wang MXN, Sun MZY, Ou TM. Probes and drugs that interfere with protein translation via targeting to the RNAs or RNA-protein interactions. Methods 2019; 167:124-133. [PMID: 31185274 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein synthesis is critical to cell survival and translation regulation is essential to post-transcriptional gene expression regulation. Disorders of this process, particularly through RNA-binding proteins, is associated with the development and progression of a number of diseases, including cancers. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation of protein synthesis are intricate, making it difficult to find a drug that interferes with this process. Chemical probes are useful in elucidating the structures of RNA-protein complex and molecular mechanism of biological events. Moreover, some of these chemical probes show certain therapeutic benefits and can be further developed as leading compounds. Here, we will briefly review the general process and mechanism of protein synthesis, and emphasis on chemical probes in examples of probing the RNA structural changes and RNA-protein interactions. Moreover, the therapeutic potential of these probes is also discussed to give a comprehensive understanding.
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- Miss Sui-Qi Cheng
- Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China.
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- Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 132 Waihuan East Road, Guangzhou University City, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Arjmand F, Afsan Z, Sharma S, Parveen S, Yousuf I, Sartaj S, Siddique HR, Tabassum S. Recent advances in metallodrug-like molecules targeting non-coding RNAs in cancer chemotherapy. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Maity D, Kumar S, Curreli F, Debnath AK, Hamilton AD. α‐Helix‐Mimetic Foldamers for Targeting HIV‐1 TAR RNA. Chemistry 2019; 25:7265-7269. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Debabrata Maity
- Department of ChemistryNew York University New York New York 10003 USA
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- Department of ChemistryNew York University New York New York 10003 USA
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- Lindsey F. Kimball Research InstituteNew York Blood Center New York New York 10065 USA
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- Lindsey F. Kimball Research InstituteNew York Blood Center New York New York 10065 USA
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Effect of single-residue bulges on RNA double-helical structures: crystallographic database analysis and molecular dynamics simulation studies. J Mol Model 2017; 23:311. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3480-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Development of Small Molecules with a Noncanonical Binding Mode to HIV-1 Trans Activation Response (TAR) RNA. J Med Chem 2016; 59:11148-11160. [PMID: 28002966 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Small molecules that bind to RNA potently and specifically are relatively rare. The study of molecules that bind to the HIV-1 transactivation response (TAR) hairpin, a cis-acting HIV genomic element, has long been an important model system for the chemistry of targeting RNA. Here we report the synthesis, biochemical, and structural evaluation of a series of molecules that bind to HIV-1 TAR RNA. A promising analogue, 15, retained the TAR binding affinity of the initial hit and displaced a Tat-derived peptide with an IC50 of 40 μM. NMR characterization of a soluble analogue, 2, revealed a noncanonical binding mode for this class of compounds. Finally, evaluation of 2 and 15 by selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) indicates specificity in binding to TAR within the context of an in vitro-synthesized 365-nt HIV-1 5'-untranslated region (UTR). Thus, these compounds exhibit a novel and specific mode of interaction with TAR, providing important suggestions for RNA ligand design.
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Agarwal S, Tyagi G, Chadha D, Mehrotra R. Structural-conformational aspects of tRNA complexation with chloroethyl nitrosourea derivatives: A molecular modeling and spectroscopic investigation. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 166:1-11. [PMID: 27838504 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chloroethyl nitrosourea derivatives (CENUs) represent an important family of anticancer chemotherapeutic agents, which are used in the treatment of different types of cancer such as brain tumors, resistant or relapsed Hodgkin's disease, small cell lung cancer and malignant melanoma. This work focuses towards understanding the interaction of chloroethyl nitrosourea derivatives; lomustine, nimustine and semustine with tRNA using spectroscopic approach in order to elucidate their auxiliary anticancer action mechanism inside the cell. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy were employed to investigate the binding parameters of tRNA-CENUs complexation. Results of present study demonstrate that all CENUs, studied here, interact with tRNA through guanine nitrogenous base residues and possibly further crosslink cytosine residues in paired region of tRNA. Moreover, spectral data collected for nimustine-tRNA and semustine-tRNA complex formation indicates towards the groove-directed-alkylation as their anti-malignant action, which involves the participation of uracil moiety located in major groove of tRNA. Besides this, tRNA-CENUs adduct formation did not alter the native conformation of biopolymer and tRNA remains in A-form after its interaction with all three nitrosourea derivatives studied. The binding constants (Ka) estimated for tRNA complexation with lomustine, nimustine and semustine are 2.55×102M-1, 4.923×102M-1 and 4.223×102M-1 respectively, which specify weak type of CENU's binding with tRNA. Moreover, molecular modeling simulations were also performed to predict preferential binding orientation of CENUs with tRNA that corroborates well with spectral outcomes. The findings, presented here, recognize tRNA binding properties of CENUs that can further help in rational designing of more specific and efficient RNA targeted chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Shweta Agarwal
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory Campus, New Delhi 110012, India; Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory Campus, New Delhi 110012, India; Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory Campus, New Delhi 110012, India; Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India.
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Kumar S, Ranjan N, Kellish P, Gong C, Watkins D, Arya DP. Multivalency in the recognition and antagonism of a HIV TAR RNA-TAT assembly using an aminoglycoside benzimidazole scaffold. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:2052-6. [PMID: 26765486 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02016f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recognition of RNA by high-affinity binding small molecules is crucial for expanding existing approaches in RNA recognition, and for the development of novel RNA binding drugs. A novel neomycin dimer benzimidazole conjugate 5 (DPA 83) was synthesized by conjugating a neomycin-dimer with a benzimidazole alkyne using click chemistry to target multiple binding sites on HIV TAR RNA. Ligand 5 significantly enhances the thermal stability of HIV TAR RNA and interacts stoichiometrically with HIV TAR RNA with a low nanomolar affinity. 5 displayed enhanced binding compared to its individual building blocks including the neomycin dimer azide and benzimidazole alkyne. In essence, a high affinity multivalent ligand was designed and synthesized to target HIV TAR RNA.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA. and Nubad LLC, 900 B West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29630, USA
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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Nahar S, Ranjan N, Ray A, Arya DP, Maiti S. Potent inhibition of miR-27a by neomycin-bisbenzimidazole conjugates. Chem Sci 2015; 6:5837-5846. [PMID: 29861909 PMCID: PMC5947510 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01969a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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miRNAs are important components of regulatory networks that control gene expression and have implications in various diseases including cancer. Targeting oncogenic miRNAs with small molecules is currently being explored to develop cancer therapeutics. Here, we report the development of dual binding neomycin-bisbenzimidazole conjugates that target oncogenic miR-27a with high affinity (Ka = 1.2 to 7.4 × 108 M-1). These conjugates bring significant reduction (∼65% at 5 μM) in mature miRNA levels and penetrate easily in the cells where they localise both in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Cell cycle analysis showed significant increase in the G0/G1 phase (∼15%) and decrease in the S phase (∼7%) upon treatment with neomycin-bisbenzimidazole conjugates, suggesting inhibition of cell proliferation. Using the conjugation approach, we show that moderately binding ligands can be covalently combined into high affinity binders. This study also highlights the role of linker optimization in designing high affinity ligands for miR-27a targeting.
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- Smita Nahar
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) , Anusandhan Bhawan, 2 Rafi Marg , New Delhi-110001 , India
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology , Mathura Road , Delhi-110020 , India . ; ; Tel: +91-11-2766-6156
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- Department of Chemistry , Clemson University , Clemson , SC 29634 , USA
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) , Anusandhan Bhawan, 2 Rafi Marg , New Delhi-110001 , India
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology , Mathura Road , Delhi-110020 , India . ; ; Tel: +91-11-2766-6156
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- Department of Chemistry , Clemson University , Clemson , SC 29634 , USA
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) , Anusandhan Bhawan, 2 Rafi Marg , New Delhi-110001 , India
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology , Mathura Road , Delhi-110020 , India . ; ; Tel: +91-11-2766-6156
- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Dr. Homi Bhabha Road , Pune , 411008 , India . ;
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Kellish PC, Kumar S, Mack TS, Spano MN, Hennig M, Arya DP. Multivalent Amino Sugars to Recognize Different TAR RNA Conformations. MEDCHEMCOMM 2014; 5:1235-1246. [PMID: 27076899 PMCID: PMC4828046 DOI: 10.1039/c4md00165f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Neomycin dimers synthesized using "click chemistry" with varying functionality and length in the linker region have been shown to be effective in targeting the HIV-1 TAR RNA region of the HIV virus. TAR (Transactivation Response) RNA region, a 59 base pair stem loop structure located at the 5'-end of all nascent viral transcripts interacts with its target, a key regulatory protein, Tat, and necessitates the replication of HIV-1 virus. Ethidium bromide displacement and FRET competition assays have revealed nanomolar binding affinity between neomycin dimers and wildtype TAR RNA while in case of neomycin, only a weak binding was detected. Here, NMR and FID-based comparisons reveal an extended binding interface for neomycin dimers involving the upper stem of the TAR RNA thereby offering an explanation for increased affinities. To further explore the potential of these modified aminosugars we have extended binding studies to include four TAR RNA mutants that display conformational differences with minimal sequence variation. The differences in binding between neomycin and neomycin dimers is characterized with TAR RNA mutants that include mutations to the bulge region, hairpin region, and both the bulge and hairpin regions. Our results demonstrate the effect of these mutations on neomycin binding and our results show that linker functionalities between dimeric units of neomycin can distinguish between the conformational differences of mutant TAR RNA structures.
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- Patrick C. Kellish
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 70 President St., Charleston, SC 29425
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 70 President St., Charleston, SC 29425
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
- NUBAD, LLC, 900B West Faris Rd., Greenville, SC 29605
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Willis B, Arya DP. Recognition of RNA duplex by a neomycin–Hoechst 33258 conjugate. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:2327-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The implementation of new antiretroviral therapies targeting transcription of early viral proteins in postintegrated HIV-1 can aid in overcoming current therapy limitations. Using high-throughput screening assays, we have previously described a novel Tat-dependent HIV-1 transcriptional inhibitor named 6-bromoindirubin-3'-oxime (6BIO). The screening of 6BIO derivatives yielded unique compounds that show potent inhibition of HIV-1 transcription. We have identified a second-generation derivative called 18BIOder as an inhibitor of HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription in TZM-bl cells and a potent inhibitor of GSK-3β kinase in vitro. Structurally, 18BIOder is half the molecular weight and structure of its parental compound, 6BIO. More importantly, we also have found a different GSK-3β complex present only in HIV-1-infected cells. 18BIOder preferentially inhibits this novel kinase complex from infected cells at nanomolar concentrations. Finally, we observed that neuronal cultures treated with Tat protein are protected from Tat-mediated cytotoxicity when treated with 18BIOder. Overall, our data suggest that HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription is sensitive to small-molecule inhibition of GSK-3β.
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Ranjan N, Kumar S, Watkins D, Wang D, Appella DH, Arya DP. Recognition of HIV-TAR RNA using neomycin-benzimidazole conjugates. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:5689-93. [PMID: 24012122 PMCID: PMC4048829 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Synthesis of a novel class of compounds and their biophysical studies with TAR-RNA are presented. The synthesis of these compounds was achieved by conjugating neomycin, an aminoglycoside, with benzimidazoles modeled from a B-DNA minor groove binder, Hoechst 33258. The neomycin-benzimidazole conjugates have varying linkers that connect the benzimidazole and neomycin units. The linkers of varying length (5-23 atoms) in these conjugates contain one to three triazole units. The UV thermal denaturation experiments showed that the conjugates resulted in greater stabilization of the TAR-RNA than either neomycin or benzimidazole used in the synthesis of conjugates. These results were corroborated by the FID displacement and tat-TAR inhibition assays. The binding of ligands to the TAR-RNA is affected by the length and composition of the linker. Our results show that increasing the number of triazole groups and the linker length in these compounds have diminishing effect on the binding to TAR-RNA. Compounds that have shorter linker length and fewer triazole units in the linker displayed increased affinity towards the TAR RNA.
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- Nihar Ranjan
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina , United States 29634
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina , United States 29634
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- NUBAD LLC, 900 B West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29630, United States
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina , United States 29634
- NUBAD LLC, 900 B West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29630, United States
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Kumar S, Kellish P, Robinson WE, Wang D, Appella DH, Arya DP. Click dimers to target HIV TAR RNA conformation. Biochemistry 2012; 51:2331-47. [PMID: 22339203 DOI: 10.1021/bi201657k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of neomycin dimers have been synthesized using "click chemistry" with varying functionality and length in the linker region to target the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) TAR RNA region of the HIV virus. The TAR (Trans-Activation Responsive) RNA region, a 59 bp stem-loop structure located at the 5'-end of all nascent viral transcripts, interacts with its target, a key regulatory protein, Tat, and necessitates the replication of HIV-1. Neomycin, an aminosugar, has been shown to exhibit multiple binding sites on TAR RNA. This observation prompted us to design and synthesize a library of triazole-linked neomycin dimers using click chemistry. The binding between neomycin dimers and TAR RNA was characterized using spectroscopic techniques, including FID (fluorescent intercalator displacement), a FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) competitive assay, circular dichroism (CD), and UV thermal denaturation. UV thermal denaturation studies demonstrate that binding of neomycin dimers increases the melting temperature (T(m)) of the HIV TAR RNA up to 10 °C. Ethidium bromide displacement (FID) and a FRET competition assay revealed nanomolar binding affinity between neomycin dimers and HIV TAR RNA, while in case of neomycin, only weak binding was detected. More importantly, most of the dimers exhibited lower IC(50) values toward HIV TAR RNA, when compared to the fluorescent Tat peptide, and show increased selectivity over mutant TAR RNA. Cytopathic effects investigated using MT-2 cells indicate a number of the dimers with high affinity toward TAR show promising anti-HIV activity.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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Kumar S, Arya DP. Recognition of HIV TAR RNA by triazole linked neomycin dimers. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:4788-92. [PMID: 21757341 PMCID: PMC3673547 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.06.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A series of neomycin dimers have been synthesized using 'click chemistry' with varying linker functionality and length to target the TAR RNA region of HIV virus. TAR (trans activation response) RNA region, a 59 base pair stem loop structure located at 5'-end of all nascent HIV-1 transcripts interacts with a key regulatory protein, Tat, and necessitates the replication of HIV-1 virus. Neomycin, an aminosugar, has been shown to exhibit more than one binding site with HIV TAR RNA. Multiple TAR binding sites of neomycin prompted us to design and synthesize a small library of neomycin dimers using click chemistry. The binding between neomycin dimers and HIV TAR RNA was characterized using spectroscopic techniques including FID (Fluorescent Intercalator Displacement) titration and UV-thermal denaturation. UV thermal denaturation studies demonstrate that neomycin dimer binding increase the melting temperature (T(m)) of the HIV TAR RNA up to 10°C. Ethidium bromide displacement titrations revealed nanomolar IC(50) between neomycin dimers and HIV TAR RNA, whereas with neomycin, a much higher IC(50) in the micromolar range is observed.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, United States
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The current anti-HIV treatments fail to completely eradicate the virus in HIV-infected individuals, mainly as a result of a small pool of latently infected cells. This issue, together with the emergence of multidrug-resistant viruses, clearly highlights the need to find additional strategies. An overview of the Tat-mediated transcription inhibitors 6-desfluoroquinolones (6-DFQs), identified by our group, is given in this review along with a critical appraisal of their advantages and drawbacks. Attempts are also made to place them within the context of new potential anti-HIV therapeutics. Due to their innovative mechanism of action, the 6-DFQs could be interesting candidates for use in association with the currently used cocktail of drugs. Their potential as antivirals deserves further investigation.
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Velagapudi SP, Seedhouse SJ, French J, Disney MD. Defining the RNA internal loops preferred by benzimidazole derivatives via 2D combinatorial screening and computational analysis. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:10111-8. [PMID: 21604752 DOI: 10.1021/ja200212b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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RNA is an important therapeutic target; however, RNA targets are generally underexploited due to a lack of understanding of the small molecules that bind RNA and the RNA motifs that bind small molecules. Herein, we describe the identification of the RNA internal loops derived from a 4096 member 3 × 3 nucleotide loop library that are the most specific and highest affinity binders to a series of four designer, druglike benzimidazoles. These studies establish a potentially general protocol to define the highest affinity and most specific RNA motif targets for heterocyclic small molecules. Such information could be used to target functionally important RNAs in genomic sequence.
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- Sai Pradeep Velagapudi
- Department of Chemistry, The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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Kehn-Hall K, Guendel I, Carpio L, Skaltsounis L, Meijer L, Al-Harthi L, Steiner JP, Nath A, Kutsch O, Kashanchi F. Inhibition of Tat-mediated HIV-1 replication and neurotoxicity by novel GSK3-beta inhibitors. Virology 2011; 415:56-68. [PMID: 21514616 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/27/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The HIV-1 protein Tat is a critical regulator of viral transcription and has also been implicated as a mediator of HIV-1 induced neurotoxicity. Here using a high throughput screening assay, we identified the GSK-3 inhibitor 6BIO, as a Tat-dependent HIV-1 transcriptional inhibitor. Its ability to inhibit HIV-1 transcription was confirmed in TZM-bl cells, with an IC(50) of 40nM. Through screening 6BIO derivatives, we identified 6BIOder, which has a lower IC(50) of 4nM in primary macrophages and 0.5nM in astrocytes infected with HIV-1. 6BIOder displayed an IC(50) value of 0.03nM through in vitro GSK-3β kinase inhibition assays. Finally, we demonstrated 6BIO and 6BIOder have neuroprotective effects on Tat induced cell death in rat mixed hippocampal cultures. Therefore 6BIO and its derivatives are unique compounds which, due to their complex mechanisms of action, are able to inhibit HIV-1 transcription as well as to protect against Tat induced neurotoxicity.
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- Kylene Kehn-Hall
- Department of Molecular and Microbiology, National Center for Biodefense & Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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Granzhan A, Largy E, Saettel N, Teulade-Fichou MP. Macrocyclic DNA-mismatch-binding ligands: structural determinants of selectivity. Chemistry 2010; 16:878-89. [PMID: 19938008 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200901989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A collection of 15 homodimeric and 5 heterodimeric macrocyclic bisintercalators was prepared by one- or two-step condensation of aromatic dialdehydes with aliphatic diamines; notably, the heterodimeric scaffolds were synthesized for the first time. The binding of these macrocycles to DNA duplexes containing a mispaired thymine residue (TX), as well as to the fully paired control (TA), was investigated by thermal denaturation and fluorescent-intercalator-displacement experiments. The bisnaphthalene derivatives, in particular, the 2,7-disubstituted ones, have the highest selectivity for the TX mismatches, as these macrocycles show no apparent binding to the fully paired DNA. By contrast, other macrocyclic ligands, as well as seven conventional DNA binders, show lesser or no selectivity for the mismatch sites. The study demonstrates that the topology of the ligands plays a crucial role in determining the mismatch-binding affinity and selectivity of the macrocyclic bisintercalators.
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- Anton Granzhan
- UMR176 CNRS, Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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Ferner J, Suhartono M, Breitung S, Jonker HRA, Hennig M, Wöhnert J, Göbel M, Schwalbe H. Structures of HIV TAR RNA-ligand complexes reveal higher binding stoichiometries. Chembiochem 2009; 10:1490-4. [PMID: 19444830 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Target TAR by NMR: Tripeptides containing arginines as terminal residues and non-natural amino acids as central residues are good leads for drug design to target the HIV trans-activation response element (TAR). The structural characterization of the RNA-ligand complex by NMR spectroscopy reveals two specific binding sites that are located at bulge residue U23 and around the pyrimidine-stretch U40-C41-U42 directly adjacent to the bulge.
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- Jan Ferner
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Chemische Biologie, Zentrum für Biomolekulare Magnetische Resonanz (BMRZ), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Sinha R, Hossain M, Kumar GS. Interaction of small molecules with double-stranded RNA: spectroscopic, viscometric, and calorimetric study of hoechst and proflavine binding to PolyCG structures. DNA Cell Biol 2009; 28:209-19. [PMID: 19364280 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2008.0838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Design and synthesis of new small molecules binding to double-stranded RNA necessitate complete understanding of the molecular aspects of the binding of many existing molecules. Toward this goal, in this work we evaluated the biophysical aspects of the interaction of a DNA intercalator (proflavine) and a minor groove binder (hoechst 33258) with two polymorphic forms of polyCG, namely, the right-handed Watson-Crick base paired A-form and the left-handed Hoogsteen base paired H(L)-form, by absorption, fluorescence, and viscometry experiments. The energetics of the interaction of these molecules with the RNA structures has also been elucidated by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Results suggest that proflavine strongly intercalates in both forms of polyCG, whereas hoechst shows mainly groove-binding modes. The binding of both drugs to both forms of RNA resulted in significant conformational change to the RNA structure with the bound molecules being placed in the chiral RNA helix. ITC profiles for both proflavine and hoechst show two binding sites. Binding of proflavine to both forms of RNA is endothermic and entropy driven in the first site and exothermic and enthalpy driven in the second site, whereas hoechst binding to both forms of RNA is exothermic and enthalpy driven in the first site and endothermic and entropy driven in the second site. This study suggests that the binding affinity characteristics and energetics of interaction of these DNA binding molecules with the RNA conformations are significantly different and may serve as data for future development of effective structure-selective RNA-based drugs.
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- Rangana Sinha
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Kolkata, India.
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Canzoneri JC, Oyelere AK. Interaction of anthracyclines with iron responsive element mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:6825-34. [PMID: 18953029 PMCID: PMC2588532 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Double-stranded sections of mRNA are often inviting sites of interaction for a wide variety of proteins and small molecules. Interactions at these sites can serve to regulate, or disrupt, the homeostasis of the encoded protein products. Such ligand target sites exist as hairpin-loop structures in the mRNAs of several of the proteins involved in iron homeostasis, including ferritin heavy and light chains, and are known as iron responsive elements (IREs). These IREs serve as the main control mechanism for iron metabolism in the cell via their interaction with the iron regulatory proteins (IRPs). Disruption of the IRE/IRP interaction could greatly affect iron metabolism. Here, we report that anthracyclines, a class of clinically useful chemotherapeutic drugs that includes doxorubicin and daunorubicin, specifically interact with the IREs of ferritin heavy and light chains. We characterized this interaction through UV melting, fluorescence quenching and drug-RNA footprinting. Results from footprinting experiments with wild-type and mutant IREs indicate that anthracyclines preferentially bind within the UG wobble pairs flanking an asymmetrically bulged C-residue, a conserved base that is essential for IRE-IRP interaction. Additionally, drug-RNA affinities (apparent K(d)s) in the high nanomolar range were calculated from fluorescence quenching experiments, while UV melting studies revealed shifts in melting temperature (DeltaT(m)) as large as 10 degrees C. This anthracycline-IRE interaction may contribute to the aberration of intracellular iron homeostasis that results from anthracycline exposure.
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- Joshua C Canzoneri
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Parker H Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA
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Kumar R, Garneau P, Nguyen N, William Lown J, Pelletier J. Methionine Sustituted Polyamides are RNAse Mimics that Inhibit Translation. J Drug Target 2008; 12:125-34. [PMID: 15203891 DOI: 10.1080/1061186042000220728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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RNAse mimics are small molecules that can cleave RNA in a fashion similar to ribonucleases. These compounds would be very useful as gene specific reagents if their activities could be regulated and targeted. We demonstrate here that polyamides with methionine substituents show enhanced RNA cleavage activity relative to other polyamides. Conjugation of these compounds to aminoglycosides produced RNAse mimics that are capable of inhibiting eukaryotic protein synthesis. As a new class of compounds capable of interacting with nucleic acids, these novel aminoglycoside-polyamides constitute promising scaffolds for the construction of nuclease mimics with biological activity.
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- Rohtash Kumar
- Department of Chemistry University of Alberta Edmonton Alta. Canada
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Streltsov SA, Zhuze AL. Hoechst 33258--poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) complexes of three types. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2008; 26:99-114. [PMID: 18533731 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2008.10507228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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It was found recently that Hoechst 33258, a dsDNA fluorescent dye used in cytological studies, is an efficient inhibitor of the interaction of TATA-box-binding protein with DNA, DNA topoisomerase I, and DNA helicases. In addition it proved to be a radioprotector. Biological activity of Hoechst 33258 may be associated with dsDNA complexes of not only monomeric, but also dimeric type. In this work, the Hoechst 33258 interaction with poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) was studied using UV-vis and fluorescent spectroscopy, circular and flow-type linear dichroism. It was found that Hoechst 33258 formed with poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) complexes of three types, namely, monomeric, dimeric, and, apparently, tetrameric, and their spectral properties were studied. Complexes of monomeric and dimeric types competed with distamycin A, a minor groove ligand, for binding to poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC). We proposed that Hoechst 33258 both monomers and dimers form complexes of the external type with poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) from the side of the minor groove.
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- S A Streltsov
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 32, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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Liquid-crystal NMR structure of HIV TAR RNA bound to its SELEX RNA aptamer reveals the origins of the high stability of the complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:9210-5. [PMID: 18607001 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712121105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transactivation-response element (TAR) is a stable stem-loop structure of HIV RNA, which plays a crucial role during the life cycle of the virus. The apical loop of TAR acts as a binding site for essential cellular cofactors required for the replication of HIV. High-affinity aptamers directed against the apical loop of TAR have been identified by the SELEX approach. The RNA aptamers with the highest affinity for TAR fold as hairpins and form kissing complexes with the targeted RNA through loop-loop interactions. The aptamers with the strongest binding properties all possess a GA base pair combination at the loop-closing position. Using liquid-crystal NMR methodology, we have obtained a structural model in solution of a TAR-aptamer kissing complex with an unprecedented accuracy. This high-resolution structure reveals that the GA base pair is unilaterally shifted toward the 5' strand and is stabilized by a network of intersugar hydrogen bonds. This specific conformation of the GA base pair allows for the formation of two supplementary stable base-pair interactions. By systematic permutations of the loop-closing base pair, we establish that the identified atomic interactions, which form the basis for the high stability of the complex, are maintained in several other kissing complexes. This study rationalizes the stabilizing role of the loop-closing GA base pairs in kissing complexes and may help the development or improvement of drugs against RNA loops of viruses or pathogens as well as the conception of biochemical tools targeting RNA hairpins involved in important biological functions.
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- Jason R Thomas
- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61822, USA
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Nandi CK, Parui PP, Brutschy B, Scheffer U, Göbel M. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy at single molecule level on the Tat–TAR complex and its inhibitors. Biopolymers 2008; 89:17-25. [PMID: 17764074 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The TAR element of HIV and the viral protein Tat form a molecular switch regulating transcriptional efficiency in HIV. We show that fluorescence correlation spectroscopy at the single molecule level is a powerful method to study the association between a Tat-derived peptide and TAR fragments. We also investigated the inhibition of the peptide-RNA complex by different ligands. Utilizing cross correlation measurements, the dissociation constants (K(D)) were determined. To demonstrate the important role of the bulge for the binding of Tat, we compared wt-TAR with three RNA mutants, mainly differing in the bulge region. For the TAR mutants studied at equimolar concentration of RNA and peptide (25 nM), the K(D) values are 15-35 times larger than that of wt-TAR. This gives evidence that the bulge region is the most crucial part of the TAR RNA for specific Tat binding. The IC(50) values for different inhibitors of the Tat/TAR complex both with wt-TAR and mutants have been determined. Neamine conjugate proved to be the best inhibitor of the complex formation. Our results are in agreement with earlier published data on this system using alternative biophysical and biochemical methods, respectively.
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- Chayan Kanti Nandi
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Kempf MC, Jones J, Heil ML, Kutsch O. A high-throughput drug screening system for HIV-1 transcription inhibitors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 11:807-15. [PMID: 16831859 DOI: 10.1177/1087057106290292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Identification of HIV-1 transcription inhibitors was previously performed using infectivity assays. As de novo HIV-1 infection is highly sensitive to even minor compound toxicities, these assays are plagued by extremely high levels of false-positive hits. Hit identification is further complicated because infectivity assays lack target specificity. The authors demonstrate that it is possible to overcome these limitations by establishing a stable, chronically actively HIV-1-infected reporter cell line that exclusively identifies HIV-1 transcription inhibitors. In the reporter cell line, 2 spectrally separated fluorescence proteins serve as simultaneously accessible quantitative markers of HIV-1 expression and drug toxicity. The combined analysis of these markers drastically reduces the level of false-positive hits. As determination of fluorescence intensity in a plate-based format can be performed in a noninvasive manner, repeated measurements of fluorescence levels over several days after compound addition can be used to define the kinetic and dynamic characteristics of inhibitory drug effects. In addition, because of the stable nature of the reporter cell line, the assay requires no cell manipulation during assay preparation or assay analysis, rendering the system extremely cost-effective and reliable.
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Pin S, Chen H, Lein PJ, Wang MM. Nucleic acid binding agents exert local toxic effects on neurites via a non-nuclear mechanism. J Neurochem 2006; 96:1253-66. [PMID: 16441515 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03653.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanism by which drugs that target nucleic acids cause neurotoxicity is not well described. We characterized the neurotoxicity of Hoechst 33342 (bis-benzimide), a common cell permeable nuclear dye, in primary neuronal cultures. The mechanism of cell death was not apoptotic, as death is rapid, not accompanied by typical nuclear morphological changes, and is insensitive to inhibitors of transcription, translation and caspase activity. In addition, free-radical scavenging agents failed to attenuate cell death, and damage was not accompanied by mitochondrial dysfunction. Neuronal processes of cells exposed to Hoechst 33342 display dramatic fragmentation prior to cell death. When this compound was applied selectively to the distal axons of sympathetic neurons grown in compartmented cultures, the distal axons were destroyed. However, the proximal processes present in the cell body compartment were spared, demonstrating direct axonal toxicity rather than a remote effect of nuclear dysfunction. Other cell-permeable nucleic acid binding dyes similarly caused rapid dendritic and axonal toxicity. The hypothesis that these nucleic acid binding dyes target RNA localized to dendrites and axons is supported by observations that RNaseV1 induced similar, rapid neurite fragmentation. We conclude that the neurotoxic effects of nucleic acid binding compounds are mediated, at least in part, by direct neurite injury, which does not require involvement of the cell body and nucleus.
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- Sokhon Pin
- Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Tibodeau JD, Fox PM, Ropp PA, Theil EC, Thorp HH. The up-regulation of ferritin expression using a small-molecule ligand to the native mRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:253-7. [PMID: 16381820 PMCID: PMC1326178 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509744102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2005] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The binding of small molecules to distinctive three-dimensional structures in mRNA provides a new dimension in RNA control, previously limited to the targeting of secondary structures with antisense and RNA interference; such targeting can modulate mRNA function and rates of protein biosynthesis. Small molecules that selectively bind the iron-responsive element (IRE), a specific three-dimensional structure in the noncoding region of the ferritin mRNA model that is recognized by the iron-regulatory protein repressor, were identified by using chemical footprinting. The assay used involved an oxoruthenium(IV) complex that oxidizes guanine bases in RNA sequences. Small molecules that blocked oxidation of guanines in the internal loop region were expected to selectively increase the rate of ferritin synthesis, because the internal loop region of the ferritin IRE is distinctive from those of other IREs. The natural product yohimbine was found (based on gel mobility shifts) to block cleavage of the internal loop RNA site by >50% and seemed to inhibit protein binding. In the presence of yohimbine, the rate of biosynthesis of ferritin in a cell-free expression system (rabbit reticulocyte lysate) increased by 40%. Assignment of the IRE-yohimbine interaction as the origin of this effect was supported by a similar increase in synthesis of luciferase protein in a chimera of the IRE and luciferase gene. The identification of a small, drug-like molecule that recognizes a naturally occurring three-dimensional mRNA structure and regulates protein biosynthesis rates raises the possibility that small molecules can regulate protein biosynthesis by selectively binding to mRNA.
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- Jennifer D Tibodeau
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA
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Tanada M, Tsujita S, Sasaki S. Design of New Bidentate Ligands Constructed of Two Hoechst 33258 Units for Discrimination of the Length of Two A3T3 Binding Motifs. J Org Chem 2005; 71:125-34. [PMID: 16388627 DOI: 10.1021/jo051836t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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[structure: see text] The aim of this study is to develop bidentate minor-groove binders that bind the double binding motifs cooperatively. The new bidentate ligands (1) have been designed by connecting two Hoechst 33258 units with a polyether linker for cooperative binding with two remote A3T3 sites of DNA. The linker is introduced to the benzimidazole ring so that it is located at the convex side of the Hoechst unit. DNA binding affinity of the ligands was evaluated by measuring surface plasmon resonance (SPR), circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectra. Interestingly, the bidentate ligands (1) did not show affinity to DNA1 with a single A3T3 motif but showed selective affinity to DNA2 with two A3T3 motifs. The Long Bis-H (1L) having a long polyether linker showed specific binding to DNA2(6) with two A3T3 motifs separated by six nonbinding base pairs. The Long Bis-H (1L) has also shown specific binding to the three-way junction DNA4 with two A3T3 motifs. This study has demonstrated that DNA with double binding motifs can be selectively recognized by the newly designed bidentate ligands.
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- Mikimasa Tanada
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Sandbrink J, Ossipov D, Aström H, Strömberg R. Investigation of potential RNA bulge stabilizing elements. J Mol Recognit 2005; 18:318-26. [PMID: 15756640 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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As a part of our interest in recognition and cleavage of RNA we carried out thermal melting studies with the aim of screening a number of simple oligonucleotide modifications for their potential as modifying elements for RNA bulge stabilizing oligonucleotides. A specific model system from our studies on oligonucleotide-based artificial nuclease (OBAN) systems was chosen and the bulge size was varied from one to five nucleotides. Introduction of single 2'-modified nucleoside moieties (2'-O-methyl, 2'-deoxy and 2'-deoxy-2'-amino) with different conformational preferences adjacent to the bulge revealed that a higher preference for the north conformers gave more stable bulges across the whole range of bulge sizes. Changing a bulge closing a G-U wobble base pair to a G-C pair resulted in the interesting observation that, although the fully complementary complex and small bulges were highly stabilized, there was little difference in the stability of the larger bulges. The wobble base pair even gave a slight stabilization of the 5 nt bulge system. Introduction of a uridine C-5 linker with a single ammonium group was clearly bulge stabilizing (DeltaT(m) + 4.6 to + 5.4 degrees C for the three most stabilized bulges), although with limited selectivity for different bulge sizes since the fully complementary duplex was also stabilized. Introduction of a naphthoyl group on a 2'-aminolinker mostly gave a destabilizing effect, while introduction of a 5-aminoneocuproine moiety on the same linker resulted in stabilization of all bulges, in particular those with two or four unpaired nucleotides (DeltaT(m) + 3.6 and + 2.9 degrees C respectively). The aromatic groups destabilize the fully complementary duplex, resulting in higher selectivity towards stabilization of bulges. A combination of the studied partial element should be suitable for future designs of modified oligonucleotides that, apart from standard base pairing, can also provide additional non-Watson-Crick recognition of RNA.
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- Jessica Sandbrink
- Division of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, MBB, Scheele Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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Sinha R, Islam MM, Bhadra K, Kumar GS, Banerjee A, Maiti M. The binding of DNA intercalating and non-intercalating compounds to A-form and protonated form of poly(rC).poly(rG): spectroscopic and viscometric study. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 14:800-14. [PMID: 16202606 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2005] [Revised: 08/31/2005] [Accepted: 09/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polymorphic RNA conformations may serve as potential targets for structure specific antiviral agents. As an initial step in the development of such drugs, the interaction of a wide variety of compounds which are characterized to bind to DNA through classical or partial intercalation or by mechanism of groove binding, with the A-form and the protonated form of poly(rC).poly(rG), been evaluated by multifaceted spectroscopic and viscometric techniques. Results of this study suggest that (i) ethidium intercalates to the A-form of RNA, but does not intercalate to the protonated form, (ii) methylene blue intercalates to the protonated form of the RNA but does not intercalate to the A-form, (iii) actinomycin D does not bind to either conformations of the RNA, and (iv) berberine binds to the protonated form by partial intercalation process, while its binding to the A-form is very weak. The DNA groove binder distamycin A has much higher affinity to the protonated form of the RNA compared to the A-form and binds to both structures by non-intercalative mechanism. We conclude that the binding affinity characteristics of these DNA binding molecules to the RNA conformations are vastly different and may serve as data for the development of RNA based antiviral drugs.
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- Rangana Sinha
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Disney MD, Stephenson R, Wright TW, Haidaris CG, Turner DH, Gigliotti F. Activity of Hoechst 33258 against Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. muris, Candida albicans, and Candida dubliniensis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:1326-30. [PMID: 15793106 PMCID: PMC1068638 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.4.1326-1330.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hoechst 33258 is a compound that binds nucleic acids. We report that Hoechst 33258 exhibits antimicrobial activity against Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. muris in a mouse model for P. carinii pneumonia and against Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis in vitro. Relative to saline treatment, a 14-day, daily treatment of mice with 37.5 mg of Hoechst 33258/kg of body weight after inoculation with P. carinii reduced by about 100-fold the number of P. carinii organisms detected by either PCR or by microscopy after silver staining. For comparison, treatment based on a dose of 15 to 20 mg of the trimethoprim component in trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole/kg reduced the number of P. carinii by about fourfold. In vitro inhibition of P. carinii group I intron splicing was observed with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 30 microM in 2 or 4 mM Mg2+, suggesting RNA as a possible target. However, Hoechst 33258 inhibits growth of Candida strains with and without group I introns. IC50s ranged from 1 to 9 microM for strains with group I introns and were 12 and 32 microM for two strains without group I introns. These studies demonstrate that compounds that bind fungal nucleic acids have the potential to be developed as new therapeutics for Pneumocystis and possibly other fungi, especially if they could be directed to structures that are not present in mammalian cells, such as self-splicing introns.
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- Matthew D Disney
- Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Disney MD, Childs JL, Turner DH. Hoechst 33258 selectively inhibits group I intron self-splicing by affecting RNA folding. Chembiochem 2005; 5:1647-52. [PMID: 15532034 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200400159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Fungal pathogens are increasing in prevalence due to an increase in resistant strains and the number of immunocompromised humans. Candida albicans is one of these pathogens, and approximately 40% of strains contain a group I self-splicing intron, which is a potential RNA drug target, in their large subunit rRNA precursor. Here, we report that Hoechst 33258 and derivatives thereof are selective inhibitors of C. albicans group I intron self-splicing with an IC50 of 17 microM in 2 mM Mg2+. Chemical probing of the intron in the presence of Hoechst 33258 reveals that the folding of several nucleotides in the P4/P6 region of the intron is affected. A nucleotide near the J4/5 region is protected from chemical modification in the presence of Hoechst 33258 and several nearby are more reactive; this suggests that this region is the molecule's binding site. These results expand the available information on small-molecule targeting of RNA and suggest that the RNA-targeting scaffold provided by Hoechst may prove valuable in designing compounds that inhibit the functions of RNA.
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- Matthew D Disney
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0216, USA
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Dominick PK, Keppler BR, Legassie JD, Moon IK, Jarstfer MB. Nucleic acid-binding ligands identify new mechanisms to inhibit telomerase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 14:3467-71. [PMID: 15177454 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.04.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2004] [Revised: 04/16/2004] [Accepted: 04/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We screened a small library of known nucleic acid-binding ligands in order to identify novel inhibitors of recombinant human telomerase. Inhibitory compounds were classified into two groups: Group I inhibitors had a notably greater effect when added prior to telomerase assemblage and Group II inhibitors displayed comparable inhibition when added before or after telomerase assemblage. Hoechst 33258, a Group I inhibitor, was found to interact tightly (KD = 0.36 microM) with human telomerase RNA (hTR) leading us to propose that hTR is the molecular target for this and other Group I inhibitors. Our results suggest that hTR can be exploited as a small-molecule drug target and provide several new structural motifs for the further development of novel telomerase inhibitors.
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- Pamela K Dominick
- School of Pharmacy, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360, USA
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Banyay M, Sandbrink J, Strömberg R, Gräslund A. Characterization of an RNA bulge structure by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 324:634-9. [PMID: 15474474 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There may be several advantages associated with an antisense oligonucleotide that induces a bulged structure into its RNA target molecule. Many structures of RNA bulges are elucidated from single-stranded RNA models. However, a two-component system is the minimum requirement for a realistic antisense model. We have used Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to investigate a single-stranded RNA oligonucleotide with known NMR solution structure, constructed to model a five nucleotide bulge, and its two-component oligonucleotide counterpart. The infrared spectra show A-helical base-paired stems and non-base-paired loops in both systems. The nucleosides are mainly in an anti-conformation. Both N-type and S-type of sugar puckers can be inferred from the infrared region sensitive to sugar conformations. The S-type of sugar pucker is likely to be associated with the nucleotides in the bulge. The FTIR results display an overall structural similarity between the two model systems.
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- Martina Banyay
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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Krebs A, Ludwig V, Boden O, Göbel MW. Targeting the HIV trans-activation responsive region--approaches towards RNA-binding drugs. Chembiochem 2004; 4:972-8. [PMID: 14523913 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Andreas Krebs
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Marie-Curie Strasse 11, 60439 Frankfurt am Main
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Brierley I, Vidakovic M. V, 2.Ribosomal frameshifting in astroviruses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 9:587-606. [PMID: 32287603 PMCID: PMC7133818 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-7069(03)09035-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This chapter reviews ribosomal frameshifting with an emphasis on the frameshifting process in astroviruses. Frameshifting is a potential antiviral target. It is possible that the replication cycle of any virus that uses this process could be disrupted by modulation of frameshift efficiencies, but a better understanding of the occurrence and the molecular basis of frameshifting will be required before it can be considered a genuine target. To date, there are no confirmed examples of frameshift signals from conventional eukaryotic cellular genes, although computer-assisted database searches have identified a number of candidates. The frameshift allows the required ratio of viral proteins to be produced, but it may also serve to downregulate levels of viral replicases that may be toxic in high amounts.
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- Ian Brierley
- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 l QP, U.K
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- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 l QP, U.K
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Murchie AIH, Davis B, Isel C, Afshar M, Drysdale MJ, Bower J, Potter AJ, Starkey ID, Swarbrick TM, Mirza S, Prescott CD, Vaglio P, Aboul-ela F, Karn J. Structure-based drug design targeting an inactive RNA conformation: exploiting the flexibility of HIV-1 TAR RNA. J Mol Biol 2004; 336:625-38. [PMID: 15095977 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2003] [Revised: 12/08/2003] [Accepted: 12/09/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The targeting of RNA for the design of novel anti-viral compounds represents an area of vast potential. We have used NMR and computational methods to model the interaction of a series of synthetic inhibitors of the in vitro RNA binding activities of a peptide derived from the transcriptional activator protein, Tat, from human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Inhibition has been measured through the monitering of fluorescence resonance energy transfer between fluorescently labeled peptide and RNA components. A series of compounds containing a bi-aryl heterocycle as one of the three substituents on a benzylic scaffold, induce a novel, inactive TAR conformation by stacking between base-pairs at the site of a three-base bulge within TAR. The development of this series resulted in an enhancement in potency (with Ki < 100 nM in an in vitro assay) and the removal of problematic guanidinium moieties. Ligands from this series can act as inhibitors of Tat-induced transcription in a cell-free system. This study validates the drug design strategy of using a ligand to target the RNA receptor in a non-functional conformation.
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Madder A, Ehrl R, Strömberg R. Stabilisation of RNA bulges by oligonucleotide complements containing an adenosine analogue. Chembiochem 2004; 4:1194-200. [PMID: 14613111 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Incorporation of 2'-deoxy-2'-beta-(1-naphthylmethyl)tubercidin into an oligodeoxyribonucleotide mostly has little or a slightly negative effect on the T(m) values of complexes with DNA complements. With the same naphthylmethyl-substituted nucleoside at the 3'-end of a 2'-O-methyloligoribonucleotide, however, a stabilisation of 1-2 degrees C in the corresponding complexes with both DNA and RNA is observed. When the target sequence is an RNA fragment forming a two- or three-nucleotide bulge, complexes with (naphthylmethyl)tubercidin-modified oligodeoxyribonucleotides, as well as with the corresponding 2'-O-methyloligoribonucleotides, give stabilisations of 1-2 degrees C for the three-nucleotide bulge and of almost 4 degrees C for the two-nucleotide bulge. This stabilisation is specific to RNA, since the corresponding complexes with the DNA fragments do not display this effect. Thus, the (naphthylmethyl)tubercidin-containing oligonucleotides are the first reported oligonucleotide modifications that specifically stabilise bulged RNA.
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- Annemieke Madder
- Division of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, MBB, Scheele Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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McPike MP, Goodisman J, Dabrowiak JC. Specificity of neomycin analogues bound to the packaging region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA. Bioorg Med Chem 2004; 12:1835-43. [PMID: 15051052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2003] [Revised: 01/28/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The packaging region of HIV-1 RNA contains a number of structural features which are important in the life cycle of the virus, making this segment of RNA a potential target for new types of AIDS-directed drugs. We studied the binding of three neomycin analogues (neo-guanidino, neo-acridine, and neo-neo) to a 171-mer RNA molecule from the packaging region of HIV-1 using quantitative footprinting and circular dichroism. Neo-guanidino produced footprinting patterns and effects on the CD similar to those observed for neomycin and paromomycin, indicating that all three compounds bind to the same regions of the 171-mer. Neo-guanidino binds to SL 1 where it joins the large internal loop, near a bulge in the stem of SL 1, and on SL 2. Neo-acridine, which has an acridine attached to neomycin, and neo-neo, which has two neomycins linked by a flexible tether, bind bivalently, and give very different footprinting and CD results from the other compounds. The neomycin portion of neo-acridine binds to the same sites as neomycin, while the attached acridine group appears to bind to a duplex region in the main stem of the folded 171-mer. Since the footprinting data for this analogue show few enhancements, bivalent binding of neo-acridine appears to stabilize the folded structure of RNA by effectively 'stapling' parts of the structure together. Neo-neo induces significant structural changes in RNA where neomycin binds. This may be related to the inability of both neomycins of neo-neo it find optimal binding sites adjacent to one another without changing RNA structure. The intensity of a strong negative CD band in the spectrum of psi-RNA at 208 nm is sensitive to drug-induced changes in RNA structure. Neo-guanidino and neo-neo (also neomycin and paromomycin), which change RNA structure, cause an increase in intensity while neo-acridine, which induces little distortion to RNA, causes a decrease in intensity. Molecular modeling analysis shows that C-5' of ribose of neo-acridine and neo-neo must be directed away from the binding pocket when these analogues are bivalently bound to RNA. This study showed how variations in the structure of aminoglycosides lead to different binding specificity to part of the packaging region of HIV-1. Such knowledge will be important in design of drugs to target this region.
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- Mark P McPike
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Science and Technology, R 1-014, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-4100, USA
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Kaushik M, Kukreti S. Temperature induced hyperchromism exhibited by Hoechst 33258: evidence of drug aggregation from UV-melting method. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2003; 59:3123-3129. [PMID: 14583287 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(03)00115-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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UV-thermal denaturation is a simple optical method widely employed for determination of DNA stability and interaction with ligands. Thermal denaturation of DNA and DNA-ligand complex is usually monitored at 260 nm. These data are generally presented as a function of the absorption increase of DNA alone with no consideration of the temperature dependent hyperchromism of the free ligand. Since not every ligand has absorption at 260 nm, usually this property of the ligand is ignored. Here, we report the temperature dependent hyperchromicity exhibited by Hoechst 33258 in the presence and absence of DNA. The presence of Hoechst, added to the duplex (monophasic profile, T(m)=75 degrees C) in various ratios generates a new transition at lower temperature displaying biphasic thermal transition profiles. We attributed this new transition (hyperchromic), a mere contribution from Hoechst, which might exist in aggregated forms. The extent of drug aggregation/self-association is concentration dependent. We suggest that prior to UV-melting studies the thermal dependence of the free ligand should be investigated.
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- Mahima Kaushik
- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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Drysdale MJ, Lentzen G, Matassova N, Murchie AIH, Aboul-Ela F, Afshar M. RNA as a drug target. PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2003; 39:73-119. [PMID: 12536671 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6468(08)70069-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In the antiviral and antibacterial area, increasing drug resistance means that there is an ever growing need for novel approaches towards structures and mechanisms which avoid the current problems. The huge increase in high resolution structural data is set to make a dramatic impact on targeting RNA as a drug target. The examples of the RNA binding antibiotics, particularly, the totally synthetic oxazolidinones, should help persuade the skceptics that clinically useful, selective drugs can be obtained from targeting RNA directly.
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- Martin J Drysdale
- Department of Chemistry, RiboTargets Ltd., Granta Park, Abington, Cambridge, CB1 6GB, UK
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Harvey I, Garneau P, Pelletier J. Inhibition of translation by RNA-small molecule interactions. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2002; 8:452-63. [PMID: 11991640 PMCID: PMC1370268 DOI: 10.1017/s135583820202633x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Small molecule ligand-RNA interactions have the potential to influence gene expression at a variety of steps and in a number of ways. Here, we demonstrate that such interactions are sufficiently stable to inhibit translation of eukaryotic mRNAs in vitro and in vivo. Inhibition is only observed when the 5' UTR of the mRNA is targeted, and the response is proportional to the number of binding sites within this region. We find that small molecule ligand-RNA interactions can be sufficiently stable to prevent 80S ribosome assembly on an mRNA template. The ability to specifically ablate expression of a defined mRNA with a small molecule ligand demonstrates proof of principle for pharmacological targeting aimed at controlling translation of specific mRNAs.
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- Isabelle Harvey
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Toulmé JJ, Di Primo C, Moreau S. Modulation of RNA function by oligonucleotides recognizing RNA structure. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 69:1-46. [PMID: 11550792 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(01)69043-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Numerous RNA structures are responsible for regulatory processes either because they constitute a signal, like the hairpins or pseudoknots involved in ribosomal frameshifting, or because they are binding sites for proteins such as the trans-activating responsive RNA element of the human immunodeficiency virus whose binding to the viral protein Tat and cellular proteins allows full-length transcription of the retroviral genome. Selective ligands able to bind with high affinity to such RNA motifs may serve as tools for dissecting the molecular mechanisms in which they are involved. Such ligands might also constitute prototypes of therapeutic agents when RNA structures play a role in the expression of dysfunctional genes or in the multiplication of pathogens. Different classes of ligands (aminoglycosides, interacalating agents, peptides) are of interest to this aim. However, oligonucleotides deserve particular consideration. They have been extensively used in the frame of the antisense strategy. The apparent simplicity of this rational approach is, at first sight, very attractive. Indeed, numerous successful studies have been published describing the efficient inhibition of translation, splicing, or reverse transcription in cell-free systems, in cultured cells, or in vivo by oligomers complementary to an RNA region. However, RNA structures restrict the access of the target site to the antisense sequence: The competition between the intramolecular association of RNA regions weakens or even abolishes the antisense effect. Various possibilities have been developed to circumvent this limitation. This includes both rational and combinatorial strategies. High-affinity oligomers were designed to invade the RNA structure. Alternatively, triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFO) and aptamers may recognize the folded RNA motif. Whereas the use of TFOs is rather limited owing to the strong sequence constraints for triple-helix formation, in vitro selection offers a way to explore vast oligoribo or oligodeoxyribo libraries to identify strong, selective oligonucleotide binders. The candidates (aptamers) selected against the TAR RNA element of HIV-1, which form stable loop-loop (kissing) complexes with the target, provide interesting examples of oligonucleotides recognizing a functional RNA structure through an important contribution of tertiary interactions.
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- J J Toulmé
- INSERM U 386, IFR Pathologies Infectieuses, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France.
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Davis TM, Wilson WD. Surface plasmon resonance biosensor analysis of RNA-small molecule interactions. Methods Enzymol 2001; 340:22-51. [PMID: 11494851 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)40416-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- T M Davis
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
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RNase I and RNase T1 can be used to obtain high-quality footprinting information for paromomycin binding to a 176-mer RNA from the packaging region of HIV-1 (LAI). Controls and scanning procedures are necessary for quantitation of autoradiographic data, so that footprinting plots showing cutting behavior as a function of drug concentration can be used to identify binding sites and regions of altered structure on the 176-mer. From the RNase I footprinting results the primary paromomycin binding sites on the 176-mer are on the main stem and on the stem of SL1, but noncontiguous sequences may be involved in the same binding event. Strong enhancements in cleavage with added drug are also observed, indicating drug-induced structural changes. Drug binding may cause linker regions between stem-loops of the 176-mer to change structure, possibly providing a site or sites for additional drug binding. Because drug binding changes the structure of the packaging region, which may alter its function, paromomycin analogs with enhanced specificity for HIV psi RNA have potential as a new class of agent for treating AIDS.
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- M P McPike
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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