Chemically modified platforms for better RNA therapeutics

Y Shi, X Zhen, Y Zhang, Y Li, S Koo, Q Saiding… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapies have catalyzed a revolutionary transformation in the biomedical
landscape, offering unprecedented potential in disease prevention and treatment. However …

RNA‐based medicine: from molecular mechanisms to therapy

A Sparmann, J Vogel - The EMBO Journal, 2023 - embopress.org
RNA‐based therapeutics have the potential to revolutionize the treatment and prevention of
human diseases. While early research faced setbacks, it established the basis for …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted protein degradation directly engaging lysosomes or proteasomes

J Kim, I Byun, H Joh, HJ Kim, MJ Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has been established as a viable alternative to
attenuate the function of a specific protein of interest in both biological and clinical contexts …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of tertiary alkylphosphonate oligonucleotides through light-driven radical-polar crossover reactions

K Ota, K Nagao, D Hata, H Sugiyama… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemical modification of nucleotides can improve the metabolic stability and target
specificity of oligonucleotide therapeutics, and alkylphosphonates have been employed as …

[HTML][HTML] Possibilities and limitations of antisense oligonucleotide therapies for the treatment of monogenic disorders

MC Lauffer, W van Roon-Mom, A Aartsma-Rus… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are incredibly versatile molecules that can be designed
to specifically target and modify RNA transcripts to slow down or halt rare genetic disease …

Nuclear localization of Argonaute 2 is affected by cell density and may relieve repression by microRNAs

KC Johnson, A Kilikevicius, C Hofman, J Hu… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Argonaute protein is associated with post-transcriptional control of cytoplasmic gene
expression through miRNA-induced silencing complexes (miRISC). Specific cellular and …

Shorter Is Better: The α-(l)-Threofuranosyl Nucleic Acid Modification Improves Stability, Potency, Safety, and Ago2 Binding and Mitigates Off-Target Effects of Small …

S Matsuda, S Bala, JY Liao, D Datta… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemical modifications are necessary to ensure the metabolic stability and efficacy of
oligonucleotide-based therapeutics. Here, we describe analyses of the α-(l)-threofuranosyl …

RNAi-based drug design: considerations and future directions

Q Tang, A Khvorova - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
More than 25 years after its discovery, the post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanism
termed RNAi is now transforming pharmaceutical development, proved by the recent FDA …

Three 'E'challenges for siRNA drug development

S Guo, M Zhang, Y Huang - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2023 - cell.com
siRNA therapeutics have gained extensive attention, and to date six siRNAs are approved
for clinical use. Despite being investigated for the treatment of metabolic, cardiovascular …

Polyplex designs for improving the stability and safety of RNA therapeutics

S Uchida, CYJ Lau, M Oba, K Miyata - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-based delivery systems have contributed to the recent clinical success of RNA
therapeutics, including siRNA and mRNA. RNA delivery using polymers has several distinct …