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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2025

Giving an Enzyme Scissors: Serotonin Derivatives as Potent Organocatalytic Switches for DNA Repair Enzyme OGG1.

Marek Varga, Florian Ortis, Alicia Del Prado, Alice Eddershaw, Emma Scaletti Hutchinson, Emily C Hank, Kaixin Zhou, Natálie Rudolfová, Alessia Dodaro, Elisée Wiita and 14 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. An Integrated DNA Nanoprobe for Intranuclear Imaging and In Situ Profiling of OGG1 Activity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. DNA-Protective Effects ofPreventive nutrition and food science · 2026
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Marek VargaEaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9685-8145
Florian OrtisKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Alicia Del PradoCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid 28049, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5480-0367
Alice EddershawKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Hospital, L8:05, Visionsgatan 18, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8381-4135
Emma Scaletti HutchinsonStockholm University, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8741-8981
Emily C HankKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3777-4697
Kaixin ZhouKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Natálie RudolfováKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Hospital, L8:05, Visionsgatan 18, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden.
Alessia DodaroDipartimento di Chimica E Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Degli Studi della, Rende, Calabria 87036, Italy.
Elisée WiitaKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Ingrid AlmlöfKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Stella KarstenKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Kirill MamonovKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Sara H AhmedEaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom.
Kirsty BentleyKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Olov WallnerKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Evert J HomanKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Martin ScobieKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.
Thomas HelledayKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7384-092X
Mario PrejanòDipartimento di Chimica E Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Degli Studi della, Rende, Calabria 87036, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9140-6246
Pål StenmarkStockholm University, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4777-3417
Miguel de VegaCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid 28049, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1285-7549
Allan J B WatsonEaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1582-4286
Maurice MichelKarolinska Institute, Oncology and Pathology Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm 171 65, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The base excision repair enzyme 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (OGG1) plays a central role in maintaining genome integrity and mediating cellular responses to oxidative stress. As such, it represents an attractive target for pharmaceutical modulation. Small-molecule organocatalytic switches (ORCAs) greatly enhance the rate of OGG1-catalyzed cleavage of DNA abasic sites, thereby accelerating DNA repair. Here, we present the discovery and hit-to-lead optimization of a novel class of highly potent serotonin-derived ORCAs with greatly improved pharmacokinetic properties. Biochemical assays, X-ray crystallography, and molecular dynamics simulations point toward a water-mediated mechanism of activation, distinct from previously proposed Brønsted base-assisted models. These findings establish serotonin-based ORCAs as promising chemical probes and potential leads for therapeutic modulation of OGG1 in oxidative stress-driven diseases.

Indexed as

DNA GlycosylasesDNA RepairSerotoninAnimalsCrystallography, X-RayHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationStructure-Activity RelationshipDNA Glycosylasesoxoguanine glycosylase 1, humanSerotonin

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PMID41092057
PMCPMC12621200

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