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ReviewMolecular pharmaceutics2026

Developing Potent Therapeutics for Liver Cancer Chemoresistance via an RNA Nanotech and Series-Circuit-Christmas-Bulb Mechanism Targeting ABC Transporters.

Tesla Yudhistira, Bennett Yunker, Laksh Dhir, Yuan-Soon Ho, Shujun Liu, Peixuan Guo

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Review in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Tesla YudhistiraDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy; Center for RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine; James Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.
Bennett YunkerDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy; Center for RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine; James Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-9038-5600
Laksh DhirDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy; Center for RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine; James Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-6182-4458
Yuan-Soon HoInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Taichung City 406040, Taiwan.
Shujun LiuDepartment of Medicine, The MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 Metro Health Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44109, United States.
Peixuan GuoDivision of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy; Center for RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine; James Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5706-2833

Funding

Phi29 DNA-Packaging Motor for NanomedicinePN2EY018230 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI GUO, PEIXUAN · 2006 to 2009
$4.6M
Dissect the molecular mechanism of a viral genome packaging motor by an integrated structural approachR01GM141394 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHENG, XIAOLIN, GUO, PEIXUAN · 2021 to 2024
$2.0M
RNA Nanosystem for Posterior Eye Drug DeliveryR01EY031452 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LI, KEVIN S. · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY018230NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031452NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver cancer, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), poses significant treatment challenges due to chemoresistance and cancer recurrence. Similar to customs at the border, the liver detoxifies incoming chemicals via efflux pumps and overexpresses ATP-binding cassette (ABC) drug exporters, leading to chemoresistance. ABC contains a multihomosubunit structure and a revolving transport mechanism, actively effluxing drugs from cancer cells, thereby reducing intracellular drug accumulation and therapeutic efficacy. Based on the understanding of the dsDNA translocating mechanism and complete inhibition observed in the multihomosubunit-revolving ATPase of the Phi29 DNA packaging motor, we report here an unprecedented approach to develop a potent HCC drug mimicking the series-circuits of "Christmas light bulbs", as described by the calculation formula:

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersCarcinoma, HepatocellularDrug Resistance, NeoplasmLiver NeoplasmsRNAAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAntineoplastic AgentsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersRNAABC Drug Efflux PumpDrug DeliveryExosome-Based DeliveryGalNAcHepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)Nanoparticle DesignRNA NanotechnologySeries-Circuit MechanismSynergetic Therapy

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PMID40921731
PMCPMC12522105

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