Targeting RNA with small molecules

JR Thomas, PJ Hergenrother - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
The recently discovered functions of RNA dramatically expand the cellular roles for this
macromolecule. RNA can no longer be viewed as a passive element, working simply as an …

Rational therapeutic approaches to progressive supranuclear palsy

M Stamelou, R de Silva, O Arias-Carrión, E Boura… - Brain, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Progressive supranuclear palsy is a sporadic and progressive neurodegenerative disease,
most often presenting as a symmetric, akinetic-rigid syndrome with postural instability …

Dynamic combinatorial selection of molecules capable of inhibiting the (CUG) repeat RNA− MBNL1 interaction in vitro: discovery of lead compounds targeting …

PC Gareiss, K Sobczak, BR McNaughton… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults, is
an RNA-mediated disease. Dramatically expanded (CUG) repeats accumulate in nuclei and …

Two-dimensional combinatorial screening identifies specific aminoglycoside− RNA internal loop partners

MD Disney, LP Labuda, DJ Paul… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Herein is described the identification of RNA internal loops that bind to derivatives of
neomycin B, neamine, tobramycin, and kanamycin A. RNA loop− ligand partners were …

New trends in the use of aminoglycosides

MY Fosso, Y Li, S Garneau-Tsodikova - MedChemComm, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite their inherent toxicity and the acquired bacterial resistance that continuously
threaten their long-term clinical use, aminoglycosides (AGs) still remain valuable …

A small molecule microarray platform to select RNA internal loop− ligand interactions

JL Childs-Disney, M Wu, A Pushechnikov… - ACS chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the development of a microarray platform to select RNA motif− ligand
interactions that allows simultaneous screening of both RNA and chemical space. We used …

Strategies for the design of RNA-binding small molecules

F Aboul-ela - Future medicinal chemistry, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Bacterial ribosomal RNA is the target of clinically important antibiotics, while biologically
important RNAs in viral and eukaryotic genomes present a range of potential drug targets …

Understanding the contributions of conformational changes, thermodynamics, and kinetics of RNA–small molecule interactions

A Umuhire Juru, NN Patwardhan… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The implication of RNA in multiple cellular processes beyond protein coding has revitalized
interest in the development of small molecules for therapeutically targeting RNA and for …

Microcalorimetrics Studies of the Thermodynamics and Binding Mechanism between l-Tyrosinamide and Aptamer

PH Lin, SL Yen, MS Lin, Y Chang… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In recent years, several high-resolution structures of aptamer complexes have shed light on
the binding mode and recognition principles of aptamer complexe interactions. In some …

pH-mediated fluorescence and G-quadruplex binding of amido phthalocyanines

J Alzeer, NW Luedtke - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
A new family of G-quadruplex ligands termed “amido phthalocyanines”(APcs) was
synthesized by reacting variable amino acids with tetraamino zinc phthalocyanine. Variation …