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Screening for Small-Molecule Modulators of Long Noncoding RNA-Protein Interactions Using AlphaScreen.


ABSTRACT: Long non-protein coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an important class of molecules that help orchestrate key cellular events. Although their functional roles in cells are not well understood, thousands of lncRNAs and a number of possible mechanisms by which they act have been reported. LncRNAs can exert their regulatory function in cells by interacting with epigenetic enzymes. In this study, we developed a tool to study lncRNA-protein interactions for high-throughput screening of small-molecule modulators using AlphaScreen technology. We tested the interaction of two lncRNAs: brain-derived neurotrophic factor antisense (BDNF-AS) and Hox transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR), with Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase against a phytochemical library, to look for small-molecule inhibitors that can alter the expression of downstream target genes. We identified ellipticine, a compound that up-regulates BDNF transcription. Our study shows the feasibility of using high-throughput screening to identify modulators of lncRNA-protein interactions and paves the road for targeting lncRNAs that are dysregulated in human disorders using small-molecule therapies.

SUBMITTER: Pedram Fatemi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4576503 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Screening for Small-Molecule Modulators of Long Noncoding RNA-Protein Interactions Using AlphaScreen.

Pedram Fatemi Roya R   Salah-Uddin Sultan S   Modarresi Farzaneh F   Khoury Nathalie N   Wahlestedt Claes C   Faghihi Mohammad Ali MA  

Journal of biomolecular screening 20150714 9


Long non-protein coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an important class of molecules that help orchestrate key cellular events. Although their functional roles in cells are not well understood, thousands of lncRNAs and a number of possible mechanisms by which they act have been reported. LncRNAs can exert their regulatory function in cells by interacting with epigenetic enzymes. In this study, we developed a tool to study lncRNA-protein interactions for high-throughput screening of small-molecule modulato  ...[more]

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