State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2024 Jun 12;146(23):15815-15824. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c02091. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
Ribonuclease targeting chimera (RIBOTAC) represents an emerging strategy for targeted therapy. However, RIBOTAC that is selectively activated by bio-orthogonal or cell-specific triggers has not been explored. We developed a strategy of inducible RIBOTAC (iRIBOTAC) that enables on-demand degradation of G-quadruplex (G4) RNAs for precision cancer therapy. iRIBOTAC is designed by coupling an RNA G4 binder with a caged ribonuclease recruiter, which can be decaged by a bio-orthogonal reaction, tumor-specific enzyme, or metabolite. A bivalent G4 binder is engineered by conjugating a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence G4 ligand to a noncompetitive G4 ligand, conferring fluorescence activation on binding G4s with synergistically enhanced affinity. iRIBOTAC is demonstrated to greatly knockdown G4 RNAs upon activation under bio-orthogonal or cell-specific stimulus, with dysregulation of gene expressions involving cell killing, channel regulator activity, and metabolism as revealed by RNA sequencing. This strategy also shows a crucial effect on cell fate with remarkable biochemical hallmarks of apoptosis. Mice model studies demonstrate that iRIBOTAC allows selective imaging and growth suppression of tumors with bio-orthogonal and tumor-specific controls, highlighting G4 RNA targeting and inducible silencing as a valuable RIBOTAC paradigm for cancer therapy.
核糖核酸酶靶向嵌合体 (RIBOTAC) 代表了一种新兴的靶向治疗策略。然而,目前尚未探索出通过生物正交或细胞特异性触发选择性激活的 RIBOTAC。我们开发了一种诱导型 RIBOTAC (iRIBOTAC) 的策略,能够按需降解 G-四链体 (G4) RNA,实现精准癌症治疗。iRIBOTAC 通过将 RNA G4 结合物与笼状核糖核酸酶招募物偶联而设计,该偶联物可通过生物正交反应、肿瘤特异性酶或代谢物进行脱笼。通过将近红外 (NIR) 荧光 G4 配体与非竞争性 G4 配体偶联,工程化出二价 G4 结合物,赋予其结合 G4 时的荧光激活作用,并协同增强亲和力。在生物正交或细胞特异性刺激下激活时,iRIBOTAC 可大大降低 G4 RNA 的表达,通过 RNA 测序揭示了涉及细胞杀伤、通道调节剂活性和代谢的基因表达失调。该策略还通过显著的细胞凋亡的生化特征,对细胞命运产生了至关重要的影响。小鼠模型研究表明,iRIBOTAC 允许通过生物正交和肿瘤特异性控制选择性地对肿瘤进行成像和生长抑制,突出了 G4 RNA 靶向和诱导沉默作为癌症治疗的一种有价值的 RIBOTAC 范例。
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