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 …

Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function

SM Assmann, HL Chou, PC Bevilacqua - The Plant Cell, 2023 - academic.oup.com
RNA can fold back on itself to adopt a wide range of structures. These range from relatively
simple hairpins to intricate 3D folds and can be accompanied by regulatory interactions with …

[HTML][HTML] Programming inactive RNA-binding small molecules into bioactive degraders

Y Tong, Y Lee, X Liu, JL Childs-Disney, BM Suresh… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Target occupancy is often insufficient to elicit biological activity, particularly for RNA,
compounded by the longstanding challenges surrounding the molecular recognition of RNA …

RNA genome conservation and secondary structure in SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-related viruses: a first look

R Rangan, IN Zheludev, RJ Hagey, EA Pham… - Rna, 2020 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads, there is a growing need for a compilation of conserved
RNA genome regions in the SARS-CoV-2 virus along with their structural propensities to …

How we think about targeting RNA with small molecules

MG Costales, JL Childs-Disney, HS Haniff… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
RNA offers nearly unlimited potential as a target for small molecule chemical probes and
lead medicines. Many RNAs fold into structures that can be selectively targeted with small …

Targeting genomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA with siRNAs allows efficient inhibition of viral replication and spread

S Ambike, CC Cheng, M Feuerherd… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A promising approach to tackle the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-
CoV-2) could be small interfering (si) RNAs. So far it is unclear, which viral replication steps …

Comprehensive map** of SARS-CoV-2 interactions in vivo reveals functional virus-host interactions

SL Yang, L DeFalco, DE Anderson, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is a major threat to global health. Here, we investigate the RNA structure and
RNA-RNA interactions of wildtype (WT) and a mutant (Δ382) SARS-CoV-2 in cells using …

Transcriptome-Wide Map** of Small-Molecule RNA-Binding Sites in Cells Informs an Isoform-Specific Degrader of QSOX1 mRNA

Y Tong, QMR Gibaut, W Rouse… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The interactions between cellular RNAs in MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cells
and a panel of small molecules appended with a diazirine cross-linking moiety and an …

A map of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA structurome

RJ Andrews, CA O'Leary, VS Tompkins… - NAR genomics and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
SARS-CoV-2 has exploded throughout the human population. To facilitate efforts to gain
insights into SARS-CoV-2 biology and to target the virus therapeutically, it is essential to …

To knot or not to knot: multiple conformations of the SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting RNA element

T Schlick, Q Zhu, A Dey, S Jain, S Yan… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting RNA element (FSE) is an excellent target for therapeutic
intervention against Covid-19. This small gene element employs a shifting mechanism to …