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A Novel Small Molecule That Alters Shelterin Integrity and Triggers a DNA-Damage Response at Telomeres

2008; American Chemical Society; Volume: 130; Issue: 47 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ja805615w

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Raphaël Rodriguez, Sebastian Müller, Justin A. Yeoman, Chantal Trentesaux, Jean‐François Riou, Shankar Balasubramanian,

RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

We describe a novel synthetic small molecule which shows an unprecedented stabilization of the human telomeric G-quadruplex with high selectivity relative to double-stranded DNA. We report that this compound can be used in vitro to inhibit telomerase activity and to uncap human POT1 (protection of telomeres 1) from the telomeric G-overhang. We also show that the small molecule G-quadruplex binder induces a partial alteration of shelterin through POT1 uncapping from telomeres in human HT1080 cancer cells and the presence of γH2AX foci colocalized at telomeres.