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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Identification and characterization of topoisomerase III beta poisons.

Wenjie Wang, Sourav Saha, Xi Yang, Yves Pommier, Shar-Yin N Huang

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Roles of Topoisomerases in Transcriptional Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenjie Wang *Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.ORCID 0000-0002-3199-7785
Sourav Saha *Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.ORCID 0000-0002-0854-5991
Xi YangLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Yves PommierLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.ORCID 0000-0002-3108-0758
Shar-Yin N HuangLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
National Cancer Institute · US

Funding

DNA TOPOISOMERASES AS TARGET OF ACTION OF ANTICANCER DRUGSZ01BC006161 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI POMMIER, YVES · 1996 to 2008
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC006161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We designed and carried out a high-throughput screen for compounds that trap topoisomerase III beta (TOP3B poisons) by developing a Comparative Cellular Cytotoxicity Screen. We found a bisacridine compound NSC690634 and a thiacyanine compound NSC96932 that preferentially sensitize cell lines expressing TOP3B, indicating that they target TOP3B. These compounds trap TOP3B cleavage complex (TOP3Bcc) in cells and in vitro and predominately act on RNA, leading to high levels of RNA-TOP3Bccs. NSC690634 also leads to enhanced R-loops in a TOP3B-dependent manner. Preliminary structural activity studies show that the lengths of linkers between the two aromatic moieties in each compound are critical; altering the linker length completely abolishes the trapping of TOP3Bccs. Both of our lead compounds share a similar structural motif, which can serve as a base for further modification. They may also serve in anticancer, antiviral, and/or basic research applications.

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DNA Topoisomerases, Type ITopoisomerase I InhibitorsCell LineRNADNA Topoisomerases, Type IRNATopoisomerase I Inhibitorsanti-cancerinhibitor screenTOP3B

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PMID37579177
PMCPMC10450851
OpenAlexW4385802167

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