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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2022

The current toolbox for APOBEC drug discovery.

Michael J Grillo, Katherine F M Jones, Michael A Carpenter, Reuben S Harris, Daniel A Harki

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  4. HAMMER: Hairpin-based APOBEC3A-mediated mRNA editing reporter.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Deaminase Modulation Driving a New Era in Drug Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Development of Allosteric Small Molecule APOBEC3B Inhibitors frombioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  18. Structure-guided inhibition of the cancer DNA-mutating enzyme APOBEC3A.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J GrilloDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Katherine F M JonesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Michael A CarpenterDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Reuben S HarrisDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Daniel A HarkiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: daharki@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

PROJECT 3 – BIOLOGY OF DNA DEAMINASES IN CANCERP01CA234228 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Michael Allen Carpenter · 2019 to 2026
$14.5M
APOBEC3 Proteins in HIV RestrictionR37AI064046 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI HARRIS, REUBEN S · 2015 to 2024
$4.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P01 CA234228NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI064046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutational processes driving genome evolution and heterogeneity contribute to immune evasion and therapy resistance in viral infections and cancer. APOBEC3 (A3) enzymes promote such mutations by catalyzing the deamination of cytosines to uracils in single-stranded DNA. Chemical inhibition of A3 enzymes may yield an antimutation therapeutic strategy to improve the durability of current drug therapies that are prone to resistance mutations. A3 small-molecule drug discovery efforts to date have been restricted to a single high-throughput biochemical activity assay; however, the arsenal of discovery assays has significantly expanded in recent years. The assays used to study A3 enzymes are reviewed here with an eye towards their potential for small-molecule discovery efforts.

Indexed as

Cytidine DeaminaseDrug DiscoveryHumansMutationCytidine DeaminaseAPOBECchemical probesDNA deaminase inhibitorsdrug discoveryscreening

Identifiers

PMID35272863
PMCPMC9018551
OpenAlexW4220923012

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