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ArticleACS bio & med chem Au2025

RNA G‑Quadruplex Reprogramming with Guanine-Rich Antisense Oligonucleotides Inhibits Monoamine Oxidase B's Translation.

Marc-Antoine Turcotte, Jean-Pierre Perreault

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Article in ACS bio & med chem Au, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Marc-Antoine TurcotteDepartment of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Cancer Research Institute, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada.
Jean-Pierre PerreaultDepartment of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Cancer Research Institute, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4559-5541

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Abstract

The human transcriptome contains secondary RNA structures like RNA G-quadruplexes (rG4s) which regulate biological processes such as translation by ribosome stalling. Canonical rG4s, which are stabilized by both Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds and potassium ions, are known to hinder translation in the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of mRNAs. In neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), rG4s have been shown to influence protein synthesis. However, the impact of rG4s in nonmutated therapeutic targets like monoamine oxidase B (MAOB), an enzyme involved in dopamine metabolism, remains unexplored. In this study, an rG4 located in the MAOB mRNA's 5'UTR was identified, and ways to either stabilize or reprogram this rG4 were explored. The translation inhibitory role of the rG4 was demonstrated both

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antisense oligonucleotideG-quadruplexMAOBmRNAParkinson’s disease

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