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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2012

Multispecies-compatible antitumor effects of a cross-species small-interfering RNA against mammalian target of rapamycin.

Jeonghyun Ahn, Ha-Na Woo, Ara Ko, Maria Khim, Catherine Kim, Nung Hwa Park, Ho-Young Song, Seong Who Kim, Heuiran Lee

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeonghyun AhnDepartment of Microbiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 86 Asanbyeongwon-Gil Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea.
Ha-Na Woo
Ara Ko
Maria Khim
Catherine Kim
Nung Hwa Park
Ho-Young Song
Seong Who Kim
Heuiran Lee
University of Ulsan · KRUlsan College · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful development of sequence-specific siRNA (small interfering RNA)-based drugs requires an siRNA design that functions consistently in different organisms. Utilizing the CAPSID program previously developed by our group, we here designed siRNAs against mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) that are entirely complementary among various species and investigated their multispecies-compatible gene-silencing properties. The mTOR siRNAs markedly reduced mTOR expression at both the mRNA and protein levels in human, mouse, and monkey cell lines. The reduction in mTOR expression resulted in inactivation of both mTOR complex I and II signaling pathways, as confirmed by reduced phosphorylation of p70S6K (70-kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase), 4EBP1 (eIF4E-binding protein 1), and AKT, and nuclear accumulation of FOXO1 (forkhead box O1), with consequent cell-cycle arrest, proliferation inhibition, and autophagy activation. Moreover, interfering with mTOR activity in vivo using mTOR small-hairpin RNA-expressing recombinant adeno-associated virus led to significant antitumor effects in xenograft and allograft models. Thus, the present study demonstrates that cross-species siRNA successfully silences its target and readily produces multispecies-compatible phenotypic alterations-antitumor effects in the case of mTOR siRNA. Application of cross-species siRNA should greatly facilitate the development of siRNA-based therapeutic agents.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBase SequenceCell LineDependovirusDrug DesignDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorGene Expression RegulationGene SilencingHaplorhiniHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular Sequence DataPhosphorylationAntineoplastic AgentsMTOR protein, humanmTOR protein, mouseRNA, Small InterferingTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID22562582
PMCPMC11115121
OpenAlexW2147346393

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