Nucleic acid-assisted CRISPR-Cas systems for advanced biosensing and bioimaging

S Chen, B Gong, C Zhu, C Lei, Z Nie - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid molecules possess many superior properties, including high designability and
structural predictability, making them attractive biosensing and bioimaging tools. The …

Nucleic‐acid structures as intracellular probes for live cells

D Samanta, SB Ebrahimi, CA Mirkin - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The chemical composition of cells at the molecular level determines their growth,
differentiation, structure, and function. Probing this composition is powerful because it …

Small-molecule targeting of oncogenic FTO demethylase in acute myeloid leukemia

Y Huang, R Su, Y Sheng, L Dong, Z Dong, H Xu, T Ni… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
FTO, an mRNA N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) demethylase, was reported to promote
leukemogenesis. Using structure-based rational design, we have developed two promising …

Visualizing RNA dynamics in live cells with bright and stable fluorescent RNAs

X Chen, D Zhang, N Su, B Bao, X **e, F Zuo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Fluorescent RNAs (FRs), aptamers that bind and activate fluorescent dyes, have
been used to image abundant cellular RNA species. However, limitations such as low …

m6A-RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitors Impair Self-Renewal in Glioblastoma Stem Cells

S Huff, SK Tiwari, GM Gonzalez, Y Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) has emerged as the most abundant mRNA modification that
regulates gene expression in many physiological processes. m6A modification in RNA …

Orthogonal demethylase-activated deoxyribozyme for intracellular imaging and gene regulation

Q Wang, K Tan, H Wang, J Shang, Y Wan… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The epigenetic modification of nucleic acids represents a versatile approach for achieving
high-efficient control over gene expression and transcription and could dramatically expand …

Construction of multiple DNAzymes driven by single base elongation and ligation for single-molecule monitoring of FTO in cancer tissues

N Zhao, Y Liu, L Zhang, W Liu, X Zou, Q Xu… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fat mass and obesity-associated proteins (FTO) play an essential role in the reversible
regulation of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epigenetic modification, and the overexpression of …

Rational Design and Optimization of m6A-RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents

S Huff, IR Kummetha, L Zhang, L Wang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aberrant regulation of N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification has been implicated in
the progression of multiple diseases, including cancer. Previously, we identified a small …

An Integrated Dual‐Functional Nanotool Capable of Studying Single‐Cell Epigenetics and Programmable Gene Regulation

XM Shi, YT Xu, B Wang, Z Li, SY Yu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐cell epigenetics is envisioned to decipher manifold epigenetic phenomena and to
contribute to our accurate knowledge about basic epigenetic mechanisms. Engineered …

RNA fluorescence with light-up aptamers

J Ouellet - Frontiers in chemistry, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Seeing is not only believing; it also includes understanding. Cellular imaging with GFP in
live cells has been transformative in many research fields. Modulation of cellular regulation …