Dysregulation and therapeutic targeting of RNA splicing in cancer

RF Stanley, O Abdel-Wahab - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
High-throughput sequencing and functional characterization of the cancer transcriptome
have uncovered cancer-specific dysregulation of RNA splicing across a variety of cancers …

Therapeutic targeting of RNA splicing in cancer

EA Bonner, SC Lee - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
RNA splicing is a key regulatory step in the proper control of gene expression. It is a highly
dynamic process orchestrated by the spliceosome, a macro-molecular machinery that …

[HTML][HTML] Precision analysis of mutant U2AF1 activity reveals deployment of stress granules in myeloid malignancies

G Biancon, P Joshi, JT Zimmer, T Hunck, Y Gao… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Splicing factor mutations are common among cancers, recently emerging as drivers of
myeloid malignancies. U2AF1 carries hotspot mutations in its RNA-binding motifs; however …

U2AF1 in various neoplastic diseases and relevant targeted therapies for malignant cancers with complex mutations

Q Nian, Y Li, J Li, L Zhao… - Oncology …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 (U2AF1) is a multifunctional protein that plays a
crucial role in the regulation of RNA splicing during eukaryotic gene expression. U2AF1 …

Aberrant pre-mRNA processing in cancer

J Biswas, L Boussi, E Stein… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Dysregulation of the flow of information from genomic DNA to RNA to protein occurs within
all cancer types. In this review, we described the current state of understanding of how RNA …

Steering research on mRNA splicing in cancer towards clinical translation

O Anczukow, FHT Allain, BL Angarola, DL Black… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Splicing factors are affected by recurrent somatic mutations and copy number variations in
several types of haematologic and solid malignancies, which is often seen as prima facie …

A presumed missense variant in the U2AF2 gene causes exon skipping in neurodevelopmental diseases

X Wang, B You, F Yin, C Chen, H He, F Liu… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2 (U2AF2) is an indispensable pre-mRNA splicing
factor in the early process of splicing. Recently, U2AF2 was reported as a novel candidate …

Assessing the Binding Mode of a Splicing Modulator Stimulating Pre-mRNA Binding to the Plastic U2AF2 Splicing Factor

R Rozza, P Janoš, A Magistrato - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) play a pivotal role in RNA metabolism and the regulation of
gene expression. Owing to their plasticity and fuzziness, targeting RRM/RNA interfaces with …

Role of computational and structural biology in the development of small-molecule modulators of the spliceosome

R Rozza, P Janoš, A Spinello… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction RNA splicing is a pivotal step of eukaryotic gene expression during which the
introns are excised from the precursor (pre-) RNA and the exons are joined together to form …

Profiling the Binding Activities of Peptides and Inhibitors to the U2 Auxiliary Factor Homology Motif (UHM) Domains

X Yuan, KL Howie, M Kazemi Sabzvar… - ACS Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
RNA splicing is a biological process to generate mature mRNA (mRNA) by removing introns
and annexing exons in the nascent RNA transcript and is executed by a multiprotein …