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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Mechanism of read-through enhancement by aminoglycosides and mefloquine.

Olga Kolosova, Yury Zgadzay, Artem Stetsenko, Anastasia P Sukhinina, Anastasia Atamas, Shamil Validov, Andrey Rogachev, Konstantin Usachev, Lasse Jenner, Sergey E Dmitriev and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. 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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Olga Kolosova *Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67400, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1348-2152
Yury Zgadzay *Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67400, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0801-4656
Artem StetsenkoGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, the Netherlands.
Anastasia P SukhininaBelozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia.ORCID 0009-0004-5308-6634
Anastasia AtamasGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7884-7653
Shamil ValidovLaboratory of Structural Biology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia.
Andrey RogachevMoscow Centre for Advanced Studies, Moscow 123592, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-2872-7976
Konstantin UsachevLaboratory of Structural Biology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-6331-7764
Lasse JennerDepartment of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67400, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3917-8853
Sergey E DmitrievBelozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-1774-8475
Gulnara YusupovaDepartment of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67400, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9119-9136
Albert GuskovGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2340-2216
Marat YusupovDepartment of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Illkirch 67400, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5544-0597

Funding

Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) FDT202204014886Russian Science Foundation (RSF) 20-64-47041Russian Science Foundation (RSF) 20-65-47031Russian Science Foundation (RSF) 23-14-00218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonsense mutations are associated with numerous and diverse pathologies, yet effective treatment strategies remain elusive. A promising approach to combat these conditions involves the use of aminoglycosides, particularly in combination with stop-codon read-through enhancers, for developing drugs that can rescue the production of full-length proteins. Using X-ray crystallography and single-particle cryo-EM, we obtained structures of the eukaryotic ribosome in complexes with several aminoglycosides (geneticin G418, paromomycin, and hygromycin B) and the antimalarial drug mefloquine (MFQ), which has also been identified as a read-through enhancer. Our study reveals a binding site of MFQ, which holds significant promise for the development of therapies targeting premature termination codon-related genetic and oncological diseases. The results underscore the crucial role of the bridge B7b/c in mediating the effects of MFQ on subunit rotation dynamics. Through a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between the drugs and the eukaryotic ribosome, we propose a unifying hypothesis for read-through enhancement by small molecules, highlighting the role of decoding center rearrangements and intersubunit rotation dynamics.

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AminoglycosidesMefloquineBinding SitesCodon, NonsenseCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayHumansRibosomesAminoglycosidesCodon, NonsenseMefloquineaminoglycosidesmefloquineread-throughribosome

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PMID40273100
PMCPMC12054815

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