Competitive Microarray Screening Reveals Functional Ligands for the DHX15 RNA G-Quadruplex.

ACS Med Chem Lett

Chemical Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, United States.

Published: June 2024

RNAs are increasingly considered valuable therapeutic targets, and the development of methods to identify and validate both RNA targets and ligands is more important than ever. Here, we utilized a bioinformatic approach to identify a hairpin-containing RNA G-quadruplex (rG4) in the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) of mRNA. By using a novel competitive small molecule microarray (SMM) approach, we identified a compound that specifically binds to the rG4 ( = 12.6 ± 1.0 μM). This rG4 directly impacts translation of a reporter mRNA , and binding of our compound () to the structure inhibits translation up to 57% (IC = 22.9 ± 3.8 μM). This methodology allowed us to identify and target the mRNA of a cancer-relevant helicase with no known inhibitors. Our target identification method and the novelty of our screening approach make our work informative for future development of novel small molecule cancer therapeutics for RNA targets.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11181508PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00574DOI Listing

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