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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Rational design of base, sugar and backbone modifications improves ADAR-mediated RNA editing.

Genliang Lu, Chikdu Shivalila, Prashant Monian, Hui Yu, Ian Harding, Stearne Briem, Michael Byrne, Alyse Faraone, Stephen Friend, Olivia Huth and 18 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Targeting intracellular mRNA mJournal of advanced research · 2026
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  3. Evolution of Engineered ADAR-Based RNA Editing Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Clickable RNA via 4'-Bioconjugate chemistry · 2025
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  12. Emerging clinical applications of ADAR based RNA editing.Stem cells translational medicine · 2025
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28 authors.

Genliang LuWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Chikdu ShivalilaWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Prashant MonianWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Hui YuWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ian HardingWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Stearne BriemWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Michael ByrneWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Alyse FaraoneWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Stephen FriendWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Olivia HuthWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Naoki IwamotoWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tomomi KawamotoWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jayakanthan KumarasamyWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Anthony LamattinaWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kenneth LongoWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Leah McCarthyWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Andrew McGlynnWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Allison MolskiWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Qianli PanWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tom PuWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Erin Purcell-EstabrookWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jeff RossiWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Stephany StandleyWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Carina ThomasWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Alexandra WalenWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Hailin YangWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Pachamuthu KandasamyWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Chandra VargeeseWave Life Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4690-7543

Funding

Wave Life Sciences
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AIMers are short, chemically modified oligonucleotides that induce A-to-I RNA editing through interaction with endogenous adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADAR) enzymes. Here, we describe the development of new AIMer designs with base, sugar and backbone modifications that improve RNA editing efficiency over our previous design. AIMers incorporating a novel pattern of backbone and 2' sugar modifications support enhanced editing efficiency across multiple sequences. Further efficiency gains were achieved through incorporation of an N-3-uridine (N3U), in place of cytidine (C), in the 'orphan base' position opposite the edit site. Molecular modeling suggests that N3U might enhance ADAR catalytic activity by stabilizing the AIMer-ADAR interaction and potentially reducing the energy required to flip the target base into the active site. Supporting this hypothesis, AIMers containing N3U consistently enhanced RNA editing over those containing C across multiple target sequences and multiple nearest neighbor sequence combinations. AIMers combining N3U and the novel pattern of 2' sugar chemistry and backbone modifications improved RNA editing both in vitro and in vivo. We provide detailed N3U synthesis methods and, for the first time, explore the impact of N3U and its analogs on ADAR-mediated RNA editing efficiency and targetable sequence space.

Indexed as

Adenosine DeaminaseRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA EditingCytidineHEK293 CellsHumansModels, MolecularOligonucleotidesRNAUridineADAR protein, humanAdenosine DeaminaseCytidineOligonucleotidesRNARNA-Binding ProteinsUridine

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PMID39149897
PMCPMC11417349

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