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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Making target sites in large structured RNAs accessible to RNA-cleaving DNAzymes through hybridization with synthetic DNA oligonucleotides.

Connor Nurmi, Jimmy Gu, Amal Mathai, John D Brennan, Yingfu Li

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Chemically Evolved XNAzyme Platforms for Effective In Vivo Gene Regulation.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  4. Dual-functional nanoplatform for simultaneous degradation of circRNAJournal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Connor NurmiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
Jimmy GuDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
Amal MathaiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
John D BrennanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3461-9824
Yingfu LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7533-6743

Funding

CIHR VR2-172718Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN184073-18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 10-23 DNAzyme is one of the most active DNA-based enzymes, and in theory, can be designed to target any purine-pyrimidine junction within an RNA sequence for cleavage. However, purine-pyrimidine junctions within a large, structured RNA (lsRNA) molecule of biological origin are not always accessible to 10-23, negating its general utility as an RNA-cutting molecular scissor. Herein, we report a generalizable strategy that allows 10-23 to access any purine-pyrimidine junction within an lsRNA. Using three large SARS-CoV-2 mRNA sequences of 566, 584 and 831 nucleotides in length as model systems, we show that the use of antisense DNA oligonucleotides (ASOs) that target the upstream and downstream regions flanking the cleavage site can restore the activity (kobs) of previously poorly active 10-23 DNAzyme systems by up to 2000-fold. We corroborated these findings mechanistically using in-line probing to demonstrate that ASOs reduced 10-23 DNAzyme target site structure within the lsRNA substrates. This approach represents a simple, efficient, cost-effective, and generalizable way to improve the accessibility of 10-23 to a chosen target site within an lsRNA molecule, especially where direct access to the genomic RNA target is necessary.

Indexed as

DNA, CatalyticRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2COVID-19DNA, Single-StrandedNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid HybridizationOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNARNA CleavageRNA, MessengerDNA, CatalyticDNA, Single-StrandedOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNARNA-cleaving DNA 10-23RNA, MessengerRNA, Viral

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PMID39248110
PMCPMC11472044

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