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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Programmable DNA Assemblies Reconstitute Supramolecular Protein Function.

Dhanush Gandavadi, Abhisek Dwivedy, Revathi Manoharaan, Seongmin Im, Saurabh Umrao, Chau Nguyen Minh Hoang, Kadmos Hammoud, Lauren Nguyen, Yang Zhao, Rohit Bhargava and 1 more

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Dhanush GandavadiDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-3063-4408
Abhisek DwivedyDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9745-8138
Revathi ManoharaanDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-8780-5783
Seongmin ImHolonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1708-4082
Saurabh UmraoDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9735-8062
Chau Nguyen Minh HoangDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-9594-7737
Kadmos HammoudDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Lauren NguyenDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Yang ZhaoDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0154-3483
Rohit BhargavaDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7360-994X
Xing WangDepartment of Bioengineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9930-3287

Funding

Tumor Engineering and Phenotyping Shared ResourceP30CA275774 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Rohit Bhargava · 2026 to 2026
$3.8M
Tissue microenvironment (TIMe) training programT32EB019944 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI BHARGAVA, ROHIT, GASKINS, REX · 2016 to 2025
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA275774NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB019944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological processes are often regulated through reactions involving supramolecular protein complexes organized with nanoscale precision, such as the apoptosome that activates procaspase-9 through defined stoichiometry to induce apoptosis. Here we report designer CASCAD (CARD Assembly on SCAffold DNA), a self-assembled DNA nanoplatform that spatially organizes caspase recruitment domains (CARDs), exhibiting catalytic intracellular caspase-9 activation. By functioning like a natural apoptosome, CASCAD enhances caspase-9 oligomerization and promotes valency-dependent enzymatic activation. Further, after incorporating targeting aptamers and membrane-interacting peptides for cellular uptake and cytosolic delivery, CASCAD has successfully reconstituted apoptosome function and downstream apoptotic signaling in

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PMID42779922
PMCPMC13596336

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