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 …

Contemporary progress and opportunities in RNA-targeted drug discovery

AL Garner - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The surprising discovery that RNAs are the predominant gene products to emerge from the
human genome catalyzed a renaissance in RNA biology. It is now well-understood that …

DNA-encoded library screening to inform design of a ribonuclease targeting chimera (RiboTAC)

SM Meyer, T Tanaka, PRA Zanon… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ribonuclease targeting chimeras (RiboTACs) induce degradation of an RNA target by
facilitating an interaction between an RNA and a ribonuclease (RNase). We describe the …

Pervasive transcriptome interactions of protein-targeted drugs

L Fang, WA Velema, Y Lee, L Xiao, MG Mohsen… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The off-target toxicity of drugs targeted to proteins imparts substantial health and economic
costs. Proteome interaction studies can reveal off-target effects with unintended proteins; …

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 …

Study of an RNA-focused DNA-encoded library informs design of a degrader of ar (CUG) repeat expansion

QMR Gibaut, Y Akahori, JA Bush… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A solid-phase DNA-encoded library (DEL) was studied for binding the RNA repeat
expansion r (CUG) exp, the causative agent of the most common form of adult-onset …

Targeting ribonucleases with small molecules and bifunctional molecules

L Borgelt, P Wu - ACS Chemical Biology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ribonucleases (RNases) cleave and process RNAs, thereby regulating the biogenesis,
metabolism, and degradation of coding and noncoding RNAs. Thus, small molecules …

Fragment-based approaches to identify RNA binders

BM Suresh, A Taghavi, JL Childs-Disney… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) has been successfully implemented and
well-explored for protein targets, its feasibility for RNA targets is emerging. Despite the …

Discovery of RNA-targeted small molecules through the merging of experimental and computational technologies

EC Morishita - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The field of RNA-targeted small molecules is rapidly evolving, owing to the
advances in experimental and computational technologies. With the identification of several …

Low-molecular weight small molecules can potently bind RNA and affect oncogenic pathways in cells

BM Suresh, Y Akahori, A Taghavi… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
RNA is challenging to target with bioactive small molecules, particularly those of low
molecular weight that bind with sufficient affinity and specificity. In this report, we developed …