Expansion of cat-ELCCA for the Discovery of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Pre-let-7-Lin28 RNA-Protein Interaction.

ABSTRACT: Dysregulation of microRNA (miRNA) expression has been linked to many human diseases; however, because of the challenges associated with RNA-targeted drug discovery, additional approaches are needed for probing miRNA biology. The emerging regulatory role of miRNA-binding proteins in miRNA maturation presents such an alternative strategy. Exploiting our laboratory's click chemistry-based high-throughput screening (HTS) technology, catalytic enzyme-linked click chemistry assay or cat-ELCCA, we have designed a modular method by which to discover new chemical tools for manipulating pre-miRNA-miRNA-binding protein interactions. Using the pre-let-7d-Lin28 interaction as proof-of-concept, the results presented demonstrate how HTS using cat-ELCCA can enable the discovery of small molecules targeting RNA-protein interactions.

SUBMITTER: Lorenz DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6004563 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature