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MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 259-268Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2019.08.019
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- EU Consolidator Grant Longheart
- ERANET network EXPERT
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Besides the acquisition of pharmacokinetic parameters of antisense oligonucleotide microRNA (miRNA) inhibitors, such as measuring in vivo concentration, their pharmacodynamic characteristics are also of interest. An emerging and straight-forward method for studying molecular interactions is microscale thermophoresis (MST). This technique makes it possible to study interactions between miRNAs and various oligonucleotide inhibitors, independent of the chemical modifications of the inhibitors or their respective target structure, with very little sample volume required compared to competitive techniques, such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Interaction studies between these inhibitors and their respective target structures were performed, and they allowed the assessment of binding characteristics and parameters, such as EC50 for a number of these inhibitors, with little effort. Furthermore, MST could be utilized for obtaining kinetic binding data of the Argonaute-2 protein with a miRNA, which showed a possible RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC)-mediated turnover of inhibited miRNAs.
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