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Stealth Fluorescence Labeling for Live Microscopy Imaging of mRNA Delivery
Baladi, Tom,Nilsson, Jesper R.,Gallud, Audrey,Celauro, Emanuele,Gasse, Cécile,Levi-Acobas, Fabienne,Sarac, Ivo,Hollenstein, Marcel R.,Dahlén, Anders,Esbj?rner, Elin K.,Wilhelmsson, L. Marcus
supporting information, p. 5413 - 5424 (2021/05/04)
Methods for tracking RNA inside living cells without perturbing their natural interactions and functions are critical within biology and, in particular, to facilitate studies of therapeutic RNA delivery. We present a stealth labeling approach that can efficiently, and with high fidelity, generate RNA transcripts, through enzymatic incorporation of the triphosphate of tCO, a fluorescent tricyclic cytosine analogue. We demonstrate this by incorporation of tCO in up to 100% of the natural cytosine positions of a 1.2 kb mRNA encoding for the histone H2B fused to GFP (H2B:GFP). Spectroscopic characterization of this mRNA shows that the incorporation rate of tCO is similar to cytosine, which allows for efficient labeling and controlled tuning of labeling ratios for different applications. Using live cell confocal microscopy and flow cytometry, we show that the tCO-labeled mRNA is efficiently translated into H2B:GFP inside human cells. Hence, we not only develop the use of fluorescent base analogue labeling of nucleic acids in live-cell microscopy but also, importantly, show that the resulting transcript is translated into the correct protein. Moreover, the spectral properties of our transcripts and their translation product allow for their straightforward, simultaneous visualization in live cells. Finally, we find that chemically transfected tCO-labeled RNA, unlike a state-of-the-art fluorescently labeled RNA, gives rise to expression of a similar amount of protein as its natural counterpart, hence representing a methodology for studying natural, unperturbed processing of mRNA used in RNA therapeutics and in vaccines, like the ones developed against SARS-CoV-2.
Discovery, synthesis and anti-atherosclerotic activities of a novel selective sphingomyelin synthase 2 inhibitor
Li, Yali,Huang, Taomin,Lou, Bin,Ye, Deyong,Qi, Xiangyu,Li, Xiaoxia,Hu, Shuang,Ding, Tingbo,Chen, Yan,Cao, Yang,Mo, Mingguang,Dong, Jibin,Wei, Min,Chu, Yong,Li, Huiti,Jiang, Xian-Cheng,Cheng, Nengneng,Zhou, Lu
supporting information, p. 864 - 882 (2019/01/04)
The sphingomyelin synthase 2 (SMS2) is a potential target for pharmacological intervention in atherosclerosis. However, so far, few selective SMS2 inhibitors and their pharmacological activities were reported. In this study, a class of 2-benzyloxybenzamides were discovered as novel SMS2 inhibitors through scaffold hopping and structural optimization. Among them, Ly93 as one of the most potent inhibitors exhibited IC50 values of 91 nM and 133.9 μM against purified SMS2 and SMS1 respectively. The selectivity ratio of Ly93 was more than 1400-fold for purified SMS2 over SMS1. The in vitro studies indicated that Ly93 not only dose-dependently diminished apoB secretion from Huh7 cells, but also significantly reduced the SMS activity and increased cholesterol efflux from macrophages. Meanwhile, Ly93 inhibited the secretion of LPS-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine and chemokine in macrophages. The pharmacokinetic profiles of Ly93 performed on C57BL/6J mice demonstrated that Ly93 was orally efficacious. As a potent selective SMS2 inhibitor, Ly93 significantly decreased the plasma SM levels of C57BL/6J mice. Furthermore, Ly93 was capable of dose-dependently attenuating the atherosclerotic lesions in the root and the entire aorta as well as macrophage content in lesions, in apolipoprotein E gene knockout mice treated with Ly93. In conclusion, we discovered a novel selective SMS2 inhibitor Ly93 and demonstrated its anti-atherosclerotic activities in vivo. The preliminary molecular mechanism-of-action studies revealed its function in lipid homeostasis and inflammation process, which indicated that the selective inhibition of SMS2 would be a promising treatment for atherosclerosis.
Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulations of 1,3-Dienes and Salicylaldehydes/2-Hydroxybenzyl Alcohols Promoted by 2-Ethylacrolein
Li, Hong-Shuang,Xiong, Yang,Zhang, Guozhu
supporting information, p. 4246 - 4251 (2018/10/02)
A rhodium-catalyzed 2-ethylacrolein-promoted protocol enables the annulation reactions of 1,3-dienes with either salicylaldehydes or 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohols leading to 2-alkylchroman-4-ones with high regioselectivity. This research highlights the use of 2-ethylacrolein which probably serves as a tool of bidentate coordination to rhodium intermediates. Mechanistic studies reveal that the transformation proceeds through the 1,4-hydroacylation pathway to access unsaturated linear ketones with subsequent oxo-Michael addition. (Figure presented.).
