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Nucleic Acids Res ; 43(18): 8638-50, 2015 Oct 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26338776

RESUMO

With many safety and technical limitations partly mitigated through chemical modifications, antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are gaining recognition as therapeutic entities. The increase in potency realized by 'third generation chemistries' may, however, simultaneously increase affinity to unintended targets with partial sequence complementarity. However, putative hybridization-dependent off-target effects (OTEs), a risk historically regarded as low, are not being adequately investigated. Here we show an unexpectedly high OTEs confirmation rate during screening of fully phosphorothioated (PS)-LNA gapmer ASOs designed against the BACH1 transcript. We demonstrate in vitro mRNA and protein knockdown of off-targets with a wide range of mismatch (MM) and gap patterns. Furthermore, with RNase H1 activity residing within the nucleus, hybridization predicted against intronic regions of pre-mRNAs was tested and confirmed. This dramatically increased ASO-binding landscape together with relatively high potency of such interactions translates into a considerable safety concern. We show here that with base pairing-driven target recognition it is possible to predict the putative off-targets and address the liability during lead design and optimization phases. Moreover, in silico analysis performed against both primary as well as spliced transcripts will be invaluable in elucidating the mechanism behind the hepatoxicity observed with some LNA-modified gapmers.


Assuntos
Éxons , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Íntrons , Oligonucleotídeos Antissenso , Pareamento Incorreto de Bases , Células Cultivadas , Simulação por Computador , Inativação Gênica , Humanos , Oligonucleotídeos Antissenso/química , Oligonucleotídeos Antissenso/uso terapêutico , Ribonuclease H/metabolismo
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Biochem J ; 419(1): 65-73, 2009 Apr 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19061480

RESUMO

Identification of small-molecule inhibitors by high-throughput screening necessitates the development of robust, reproducible and cost-effective assays. The assay approach adopted may utilize isolated proteins or whole cells containing the target of interest. To enable protein-based assays, the baculovirus expression system is commonly used for generation and isolation of recombinant proteins. We have applied the baculovirus system into a cell-based assay format using NIK [NF-kappaB (nuclear factor kappaB)-inducing kinase] as a paradigm. We illustrate the use of the insect-cell-based assay in monitoring the activity of NIK against its physiological downstream substrate IkappaB (inhibitor of NF-kappaB) kinase-1. The assay was robust, yielding a signal/background ratio of 2:1 and an average Z' value of >0.65 when used to screen a focused compound set. Using secondary assays to validate a selection of the hits, we identified a compound that (i) was non-cytotoxic, (ii) interacted directly with NIK, and (iii) inhibited lymphotoxin-induced NF-kappaB p52 translocation to the nucleus. The insect cell assay represents a novel approach to monitoring kinase inhibition, with major advantages over other cell-based systems including ease of use, amenability to scale-up, protein expression levels and the flexibility to express a number of proteins by infecting with numerous baculoviruses.


Assuntos
Bioensaio/métodos , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Animais , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Quinase I-kappa B/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Subunidade p52 de NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Spodoptera , Quinase Induzida por NF-kappaB
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 17(14): 3972-7, 2007 Jul 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17502144

RESUMO

A potent and selective series of 2-amino-3,5-diarylbenzamide inhibitors of IKK-alpha and IKK-beta is described. The most potent compounds are 8h, 8r and 8v, with IKK-beta inhibitory potencies of pIC(50) 7.0, 6.8 and 6.8, respectively. The series has excellent selectivity, both within the IKK family over IKK-epsilon, and across a wide variety of kinase assays. The potency of 8h in the IKK-beta enzyme assay translates to significant cellular activity (pIC(50) 5.7-6.1) in assays of functional and mechanistic relevance.


Assuntos
Benzamidas/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Quinase I-kappa B/antagonistas & inibidores , Benzamidas/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Ligação de Hidrogênio , Modelos Moleculares
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