A small molecule screen to identify regulators of let-7 targets
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Cinkornpumin, J.
Roos, M.
Nguyen, L.
Liu, Xiaoguang
Gaeta, X.
Lin, S.
Chan, D. N.
Liu, A.
Gregory, R. I.
Jung, M.
Chute, J.
Zhu, H.
Lowry, W. E.
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Cinkornpumin, J., M. Roos, L. Nguyen, X. Liu, X. Gaeta, S. Lin, D. N. Chan, et al. 2017. “A small molecule screen to identify regulators of let-7 targets.” Scientific Reports 7 (1): 15973. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-16258-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16258-9.Abstract
The let-7 family of miRNAs has been shown to be crucial in many aspects of biology, from the regulation of developmental timing to cancer. The available methods to regulate this family of miRNAs have so far been mostly genetic and therefore not easily performed experimentally. Here, we describe a small molecule screen designed to identify regulators of let-7 targets in human cells. In particular, we focused our efforts on the identification of small molecules that could suppress let-7 targets, as these could serve to potentially intercede in tumors driven by loss of let-7 activity. After screening through roughly 36,000 compounds, we identified a class of phosphodiesterase inhibitors that suppress let-7 targets. These compounds stimulate cAMP levels and raise mature let-7 levels to suppress let-7 target genes in multiple cancer cell lines such as HMGA2 and MYC. As a result, these compounds also show growth inhibitory activity on cancer cells.Other Sources
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