Targeting RNA structures with small molecules

JL Childs-Disney, X Yang, QMR Gibaut… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA adopts 3D structures that confer varied functional roles in human biology and
dysfunction in disease. Approaches to therapeutically target RNA structures with small …

RNA drugs and RNA targets for small molecules: principles, progress, and challenges

AM Yu, YH Choi, MJ Tu - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
RNA-based therapies, including RNA molecules as drugs and RNA-targeted small
molecules, offer unique opportunities to expand the range of therapeutic targets. Various …

Bridging molecular docking to molecular dynamics in exploring ligand-protein recognition process: An overview

V Salmaso, S Moro - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Computational techniques have been applied in the drug discovery pipeline since the
1980s. Given the low computational resources of the time, the first molecular modeling …

The roles of structural dynamics in the cellular functions of RNAs

LR Ganser, ML Kelly, D Herschlag… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
RNAs fold into 3D structures that range from simple helical elements to complex tertiary
structures and quaternary ribonucleoprotein assemblies. The functions of many regulatory …

Small molecule approaches to targeting RNA

S Kovachka, M Panosetti, B Grimaldi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of innovative methodologies to identify RNA binders has attracted
enormous attention in chemical biology and drug discovery. Although antibiotics targeting …

[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing approach against novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through virtual screening targeting SARS-CoV-2 main protease

KH Chowdhury, MR Chowdhury, S Mahmud, AM Tareq… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abstract Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was identified from China in December
2019 and spread rapidly through human-to-human transmission, affecting so many people …

RNA–ligand molecular docking: Advances and challenges

Y Zhou, Y Jiang, SJ Chen - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid advances in computer algorithms and hardware, fast and accurate virtual
screening has led to a drastic acceleration in selecting potent small molecules as drug …

RLBind: a deep learning method to predict RNA–ligand binding sites

K Wang, R Zhou, Y Wu, M Li - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Identification of RNA–small molecule binding sites plays an essential role in RNA-targeted
drug discovery and development. These small molecules are expected to be leading …

Computer-aided design of RNA-targeted small molecules: A growing need in drug discovery

J Manigrasso, M Marcia, M De Vivo - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
In recent years, researchers have identified certain RNAs as druggable targets for small
molecules to treat several human pathologies. However, these regulatory RNAs are …

Transcriptome-Wide Studies of RNA-Targeted Small Molecules Provide a Simple and Selective r(CUG)exp Degrader in Myotonic Dystrophy

QMR Gibaut, JA Bush, Y Tong, JT Baisden… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by a highly structured RNA repeat expansion, r
(CUG) exp, harbored in the 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) of dystrophia myotonica …