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ArticleNature2023

Programming inactive RNA-binding small molecules into bioactive degraders.

Yuquan Tong, Yeongju Lee, Xiaohui Liu, Jessica L Childs-Disney, Blessy M Suresh, Raphael I Benhamou, Chunying Yang, Weimin Li, Matthew G Costales, Hafeez S Haniff and 15 more

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
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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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. RNA G-Quadruplex RIBOTAC-Mediated Targeted Degradation of lncRNA TERRA.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Yuquan Tong *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Yeongju Lee *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Xiaohui Liu *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Jessica L Childs-Disney *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Blessy M SureshDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Raphael I BenhamouDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Chunying YangDepartment of Tumor Biology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
Weimin LiDepartment of Tumor Biology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
Matthew G CostalesDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Hafeez S HaniffDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Sonja SieversMax Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.
Daniel AbeggDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6829-3119
Tristan WegnerOrganisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Tiffany O PaulischOrganisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Elizabeth LekahDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Maison GrefeDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Gogce CrynenBioinformatics and Statistics Core, The Scripps Research Institute and The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Montina Van MeterHistology Core, The Scripps Research Institute and The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Tenghui WangDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Quentin M R GibautDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
John L ClevelandDepartment of Tumor Biology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7561-9065
Alexander AdibekianDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6453-0244
Frank GloriusOrganisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Münster, Münster, Germany. glorius@uni-muenster.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0648-956X
Herbert WaldmannMax Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany. herbert.waldmann@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9606-7247
Matthew D DisneyDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute & The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA. disney@scripps.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8486-1796

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI Christine O'Connell · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
Design of Precision Small Molecules Targeting RNA Repeating Transcripts to Manipulate and Study Disease BiologyR35NS116846 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Matthew D Disney · 2020 to 2026
$9.4M
Targeted degradation of RNAs by using small moleculesR01CA249180 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Matthew D Disney · 2020 to 2026
$4.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292NCI NIH HHS R01 CA249180NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS116846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Target occupancy is often insufficient to elicit biological activity, particularly for RNA, compounded by the longstanding challenges surrounding the molecular recognition of RNA structures by small molecules. Here we studied molecular recognition patterns between a natural-product-inspired small-molecule collection and three-dimensionally folded RNA structures. Mapping these interaction landscapes across the human transcriptome defined structure-activity relationships. Although RNA-binding compounds that bind to functional sites were expected to elicit a biological response, most identified interactions were predicted to be biologically inert as they bind elsewhere. We reasoned that, for such cases, an alternative strategy to modulate RNA biology is to cleave the target through a ribonuclease-targeting chimera, where an RNA-binding molecule is appended to a heterocycle that binds to and locally activates RNase L

Indexed as

EndoribonucleasesMicroRNAsRNA, MessengerGenes, junGenes, mycHumansNucleic Acid ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipSubstrate SpecificityTranscriptome2-5A-dependent ribonucleaseEndoribonucleasesMicroRNAsMIRN155 microRNA, humanRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID37225982
PMCPMC10232370

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