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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2023

Targeting RNA with small molecules: lessons learned from Xist RNA.

Elliott B Nickbarg, Kerrie B Spencer, Jonathan D Mortison, Jeannie T Lee

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elliott B NickbargMerck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA lee@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu elliott.nickbarg@merck.com.
Kerrie B SpencerMerck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Jonathan D MortisonMerck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Jeannie T LeeDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA lee@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu elliott.nickbarg@merck.com.

Funding

Spreading of Xist RNA and Polycomb complexes along the inactive X-chromosome.R01HD097665 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LEE, JEANNIE T · 2019 to 2023
$3.5M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD097665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although more than 98% of the human genome is noncoding, nearly all drugs on the market target one of about 700 disease-related proteins. However, an increasing number of diseases are now being attributed to noncoding RNA and the ability to target them would vastly expand the chemical space for drug development. We recently devised a screening strategy based upon affinity-selection mass spectrometry and succeeded in identifying bioactive compounds for the noncoding RNA prototype, Xist. One such compound, termed X1, has drug-like properties and binds specifically to the RepA motif of Xist in vitro and in vivo. Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis reveals that X1 changes the conformation of RepA in solution, thereby explaining the displacement of cognate interacting protein factors (PRC2 and SPEN) and inhibition of X-chromosome inactivation. In this Perspective, we discuss lessons learned from these proof-of-concept experiments and suggest that RNA can be systematically targeted by drug-like compounds to disrupt RNA structure and function.

Indexed as

RNA, Long NoncodingHumansProteinsRNA, UntranslatedX Chromosome InactivationProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, UntranslatedRNA targetingRNA therapeuticssmall moleculesXist RNA

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PMID36725318
PMCPMC10019374

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