Small molecule recognition of disease-relevant RNA structures

SM Meyer, CC Williams, Y Akahori, T Tanaka… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeting RNAs with small molecules represents a new frontier in drug discovery and
development. The rich structural diversity of folded RNAs offers a nearly unlimited reservoir …

Dications that target the DNA minor groove: compound design and preparation, DNA interactions, cellular distribution and biological activity

WD Wilson, B Nguyen, FA Tanious… - … -Anti-Cancer Agents, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Fluorescence microscopy of trypanosomes from drug treated mice shows that biologically
active heterocyclic diamidines that target the DNA minor groove bind rapidly and specifically …

Discovery of small molecule ligands for MALAT1 by tuning an RNA‐binding scaffold

A Donlic, BS Morgan, JL Xu, A Liu… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Structural studies of the 3′‐end of the oncogenic long non‐coding RNA metastasis‐
associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) confirmed a unique triple‐helix …

Cooperative NHC and Photoredox Catalysis for the Synthesis of 1, 4-Dicarbonyl Compounds via Diacylation of Alkenes

S Li, H Shu, S Wang, W Yang, F Tang, XX Li… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An intermolecular 1, 2-diacylation of alkenes is disclosed via cooperative N-heterocyclic
carbene and photoredox catalysis under the mediation of PPh3 and Cs2CO3. This protocol …

Small molecule–RNA targeting: starting with the fundamentals

AE Hargrove - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The structural and regulatory elements in therapeutically relevant RNAs offer many
opportunities for targeting by small molecules, yet fundamental understanding of what drives …

Regulation of MALAT1 triple helix stability and in vitro degradation by diphenylfurans

A Donlic, M Zafferani, G Padroni, M Puri… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Small molecule-based modulation of a triple helix in the long non-coding RNA metastasis-
associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) has been proposed as an attractive …

A gold nanoparticle based approach for screening triplex DNA binders

MS Han, AKR Lytton-Jean… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle assemblies interconnected with DNA triple helixes can be used to
colorimetrically screen for triplex DNA binding molecules and simultaneously determine …

Synthesis of unsymmetrical 1, 4-dicarbonyl compounds by photocatalytic oxidative radical additions

Y Dong, R Li, J Zhou, Z Sun - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein we report a photocatalytic oxidative radical addition reaction for the synthesis of
unsymmetrical 1, 4-dicarbonyl compounds. This reaction utilizes a desulfurization process to …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecule targeting of biologically relevant RNA tertiary and quaternary structures

M Zafferani, AE Hargrove - Cell chemical biology, 2021 - cell.com
Initial successes in developing small molecule ligands for non-coding RNAs have
underscored their potential as therapeutic targets. More recently, these successes have …

Recognizing the power of machine learning and other computational methods to accelerate progress in small molecule targeting of RNA

G Bagnolini, TTB Luu, AE Hargrove - RNA, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
RNA structures regulate a wide range of processes in biology and disease, yet small
molecule chemical probes or drugs that can modulate these functions are rare. Machine …