Thermostability, tunability, and tenacity of RNA as rubbery anionic polymeric materials in nanotechnology and nanomedicine—specific cancer targeting with …

DW Binzel, X Li, N Burns, E Khan, WJ Lee… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA nanotechnology is the bottom-up self-assembly of nanometer-scale architectures,
resembling LEGOs, composed mainly of RNA. The ideal building material should be (1) …

miRNases: Novel peptide-oligonucleotide bioconjugates that silence miR-21 in lymphosarcoma cells

OA Patutina, EV Bichenkova, SK Miroshnichenko… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are active regulators in malignant growth and constitute potential
targets for anticancer therapy. Consequently, considerable effort has focused on identifying …

Site-selective artificial ribonucleases: Renaissance of oligonucleotide conjugates for irreversible cleavage of rna sequences

Y Staroseletz, S Gaponova, O Patutina, E Bichenkova… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
RNA-targeting therapeutics require highly efficient sequence-specific devices capable of
RNA irreversible degradation in vivo. The most developed methods of sequence-specific …

6-iodopurine as a versatile building block for RNA purine architecture modifications

Y Xie, Z Fang, W Yang, Z He, K Chen… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Natural modified bases in RNA were found to be indispensable for basic biological
processes. In addition, artificial RNA modifications have been a versatile toolbox for the …

Catalytic knockdown of miR-21 by artificial ribonuclease: biological performance in tumor model

OA Patutina, SK Miroshnichenko… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Control of the expression of oncogenic small non-coding RNAs, notably microRNAs
(miRNAs), is an attractive therapeutic approach. We report a design platform for catalytic …

Bulge-forming miRNases cleave oncogenic miRNAs at the central loop region in a sequence-specific manner

O Patutina, D Chiglintseva, B Amirloo, D Clarke… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The selective degradation of disease-associated microRNA is promising for the
development of new therapeutic approaches. In this study, we engineered a series of bulge …

Strict conformational demands of RNA cleavage in bulge-loops created by peptidyl-oligonucleotide conjugates

Y Staroseletz, B Amirloo, A Williams… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Potent knockdown of pathogenic RNA in vivo is an urgent health need unmet by both small-
molecule and biologic drugs.'Smart'supramolecular assembly of catalysts offers precise …

Dual miRNases for triple incision of miRNA target: design concept and catalytic performance

O Patutina, D Chiglintseva, E Bichenkova, S Gaponova… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Irreversible destruction of disease-associated regulatory RNA sequences offers exciting
opportunities for safe and powerful therapeutic interventions against human …

“Bind, cleave and leave”: multiple turnover catalysis of RNA cleavage by bulge–loop inducing supramolecular conjugates

B Amirloo, Y Staroseletz, S Yousaf… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antisense sequence-specific knockdown of pathogenic RNA offers opportunities to find new
solutions for therapeutic treatments. However, to gain a desired therapeutic effect, the …

Site-Selective RNA activation by acridine-modified oligodeoxynucleotides in metal-ion catalyzed hydrolysis: a comprehensive study

A Kuzuya, K Machida, Y Shi, K Tanaka… - ACS omega, 2017 - ACS Publications
Various types of acridine were conjugated to DNA and used for site-selective RNA scission
together with another unmodified DNA and a Lu (III) ion. The target phosphodiester linkage …