A Toxic RNA Catalyzes the Cellular Synthesis of Its Own Inhibitor, Shunting It to Endogenous Decay Pathways

Raphael I. Benhamou, Alicia J. Angelbello, Eric T. Wang, Matthew D. Disney

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Abstract

RNA repeat expansions cause >30 diseases, and both oligonucleotides and small molecules have been developed to inhibit their dysfunction. Benhamou et al. show for the first time that small molecules targeting structured, disease-causing RNAs can shunt them toward native decay pathways by affecting their processing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)223-231.e4
JournalCell Chemical Biology
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • RNA
  • chemical biology
  • click chemistry
  • drug design
  • intron retention
  • medicinal chemistry
  • microsatellite disease
  • myotonic dystrophy
  • nucleic acids
  • repeat expansion disorder

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Drug Discovery
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology

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