Designing mRNA transcripts resistant to enzymatic cap hydrolysis applicable for anti-cancer vaccines; multiplexed biochemical and biophysical studies on representative classes of decapping enzymes.

2013/08/A/NZ1/00866

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ1_1: Biologia molekularna
  • NZ1_3: Biofizyka
  • NZ1_6: Biologia syntetyczna

Panel

NZ1 – Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Edward Darżynkiewicz

Number of co-investigators in the project: 20

Call

MAESTRO 4 – announced on 2012-12-15

Amount awarded
2 983 800 PLN
Project start date
2013-09-23
Project end date
2019-09-22
Project duration
72 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Aparat HPLC. Cost: 190 000 PLN
  2. Aparat do badania oddziaływań pomiędzy makrocząsteczkami.
  3. Chłodziarko-zamrażarki.
  4. Kolektor frakcji. Cost: 32 000 PLN
  5. Komputery.
  6. Komputery, oprogramowanie biurowe i specjalistyczne oraz akcesoria komputerowe. Cost: 7 226 PLN
  7. Koszyki do wirowania płytek. Cost: 7 131 PLN
  8. Luminometr. Cost: 38 000 PLN
  9. Pipeta 8-kanałowa o zmiennych pojemnościach z pudełkami na końcówki. Cost: 2 484 PLN
  10. Podręczny mikrofalowy autoklaw.
  11. Spektrofluorymetr. Cost: 220 000 PLN
  12. Spektrofotometr dwuwiązkowy UV-VIS.
  13. Witryna chłodnicza.
  14. Wymienny termoblok na probówki stożkowe. Cost: 2 329 PLN
  15. Wyparka próżniowa.
  16. Wózki do pożywek.

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (19)

  1. Structural analysis of human 2'-O-ribose methyltransferases involved in mRNA cap structure formation

    Authors:
    Smietanski M., Werner M., Purta E., Kaminska K.H., Stepinski J., Darzynkiewicz E., Nowotny M., Bujnicki J.M.
    Academic press:
    Nature Communications (year: 2014, volume: 5, pages: 46032), Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/ncomms4004 – link to the publication
  2. Synthesis, properties, and biological activity of boranophosphate analogs of the mRNA cap: versalite tools for manipulation of therapeutically relevant cap-dependent processes

    Authors:
    Kowalska J., Wypijewska del Nogal A., Darzynkiewicz Z.M., Buck J., Nicola C., Kuhn A.N., Lukaszewicz M., Zuberek J., Strenkowska M., Ziemniak M., Maciejczyk M., Bojarska E., Rhoads R.E., Darzynkiewicz E., Sahin U., Jemielity J.
    Academic press:
    Nucleic Acids Research (year: 2014, volume: 42, pages: 10245-10264), Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/nar/gku757 – link to the publication
  3. Triazole-containing monophosphate mRNA cap analogs as effective translation inhibitors

    Authors:
    Piecyk K., Lukaszewicz M., Darzynkiewicz E., Jankowska-Anyszka M.
    Academic press:
    RNA (year: 2014, volume: 20, pages: 1539-1547), Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1261/rna.046193.114 – link to the publication
  4. Effect of the His-Tag Location on Decapping Scavenger Enzymes and Their Hydrolytic Activity toward Cap Analogs

    Authors:
    Ferenc-Mrozek A., Bojarska E., Stepinski J., Darzynkiewicz E., Lukasiewicz M.
    Academic press:
    ACS Omega (year: 2020, volume: 5, pages: 10759-10766), Publisher: ACS Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsomega.0c00304 – link to the publication
  5. Kinetic analysis of IFIT1 and IFIT5 interaction with different native and engineered RNAs and its consequences for designing mRNA-based therapeutics.

    Authors:
    Miedziak B., Dobiezynska A., Darzynkiewicz Z.M., Bartkowska J., Miszkiewicz J., Kowalska J., Warminski M., Tyras M., Trylska J., Jemielity J., Darzynkiewicz E., Grzela R.
    Academic press:
    RNA (year: 2020, volume: 26, pages: 58-68), Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1261/rna/073304.119 – link to the publication
  6. Molecular recognition of mRNA 5' cap by 3' poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) differs from interactions known for other cap-binding proteins

    Authors:
    Niedzwiecka A., Nilsson P., Worch R., Stepinski J., Darzynkiewicz E., Virtanen A.
    Academic press:
    Biochimica at Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics (year: 2016, volume: 1864, pages: 331-345), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.01.002 – link to the publication
  7. eIF4E-like complexes formed by cap-binding homolog TbEIF4E5 with TbEIF4G1 or TbEIF4G2 are implicated in post-transcriptional regulation in Trypanosoma brucei

    Authors:
    Freire E.R., Vashisht A.A., Malvezzi A.M., Zuberek J., Langousis G., Saada E.A., Nascimento J. DE F., Stepinski J., Darzynkiewicz E., Hill K., De Melo Neto O.P., Wohlschlegel J.A., Sturm N.R., Campbell D.A.
    Academic press:
    RNA (year: 2014, volume: 20, pages: 1272-1286), Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1261/rna.045534.114 – link to the publication
  8. Decapping Scavenger (DcpS) enzyme: Advences in its structure, activity and roles in the cap-dependent mRNA metabolism

    Authors:
    Milac A.L., Bojarska E., Wypijewska del Nogal A.
    Academic press:
    Biochimica at Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanism (year: 2014, volume: 1839, pages: 452-462), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.04.007 – link to the publication
  9. Helix 69 of Escherichia coli 23S ribosomal RNA as a peptide nucleic acid target

    Authors:
    Kulik M., Markowska-Zagrajek A., Wojciechowska M., Grzela R., Witula T., Trylska J.
    Academic press:
    Biochimie (year: 2017, volume: 138, pages: 32-42), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.biochi.2017.04.001 – link to the publication
  10. Quantum dots use both LUMO and surface trap electrons in photoreduction process

    Authors:
    Darzynkiewicz Z.M., Pedziwiatr M., Grzyb J.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Luminescence (year: 2017, volume: 183, pages: 401-409), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.11.070 – link to the publication
  11. Amino-Functionalized 5' Cap Analogs as Tools for Site-Specific Sequence-Independent Labeling of mRNA

    Authors:
    Warminski M., Sikorski P.J., Warminska Z., Lukaszewicz M., Kropiwnicka A., Zuberek J., Darzynkiewicz E., Kowalska J., Jemielity J.
    Academic press:
    Bioconjugate Chemistry (year: 2017, volume: 28, pages: 1978-1992), Publisher: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00291 – link to the publication
  12. Modified ARCA analogs providing enhanced translational properties of capped mRNAs

    Authors:
    Kocmik I., Piecyk K., Rudzinska M., Niedzwiecka A., Darzynkiewicz E., Grzela R., Jankowska-Anyszka M.
    Academic press:
    Cell Cycle (year: 2018, volume: 17, pages: 1624-1636), Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/15384101.2018.1486164 – link to the publication
  13. Hydrolytic activity of human Nudt16 enzyme on dinucleotide cap analogs and short capped oligonucleotides

    Authors:
    Grzela R., Nasilowska K., Lukaszewicz M., Tyras M., Stepinski J., Jankowska-Anyszka M., Bojarska E., Darzynkiewicz E.
    Academic press:
    RNA (year: 2018, volume: 24, pages: 633-642), Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1261/rna.065698.118 – link to the publication
  14. Cap analgs modified with 1,2-dithiodiphosphate moiety protect mRNA from decapping and enhance its translational potential

    Authors:
    Strenkowska M., Grzela R., Majewski M., Wnek K., Kowalska J., Lukaszewicz M., Zuberek J., Darzynkiewicz E., Kuhn A.N., Sahin U., Jemielity J.
    Academic press:
    Nucleic Acids Research (year: 2016, volume: 44, pages: 9578-9590), Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/nar/gkw896 – link to the publication
  15. Decapping Scavenger Enzyme Activity toward N2-substituted 5' end mRNA Cap Analogues

    Authors:
    Pietrow P., Ferenc-Mrozek A., Piecyk K., Bojarska E., Darzynkiewicz E., Jankowska-Anyszka M.
    Academic press:
    ACS Omega (year: 2019, volume: 4, pages: 17576-17580), Publisher: ACS Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsomega.9b02715 – link to the publication
  16. Cap analogs containing 6-thioguanosine - reagents for the synthesis of mRNAs selectively photo-crosslinkable with cap-binding biomolecules

    Authors:
    Nowakowska M., Kowalska J., Martin F., d'Orchymont A., Zuberek J., Lukaszewicz M., Darzynkiewicz E., Jemielity J.
    Academic press:
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (year: 2014, volume: 12, pages: 4841-4847), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c4ob00059e – link to the publication
  17. Effect of different N7 substitution of dinucleotide cap analogs on the hydrolytic susceptibility towards scavenger decapping enzymes (DcpS)

    Authors:
    Piecyk K., Darzynkiewicz Z.M., Jankowska-Anyszka M., Ferenc-Mrozek A., Stepinski J., Darzynkiewicz E., Bojarska E.
    Academic press:
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (year: 2015, volume: 464, pages: 89-93), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.06.001 – link to the publication
  18. Clickable trimethylguanosine cap analogs modified within the triphosphate bridge: synthesis, conjugation to RNA and susceptibility to degradation

    Authors:
    Wojtczak B.A., Warminski M., Kowalska J., Lukaszewicz M., Honcharenko M., Smith C.I.E., Stromberg R., Darzynkiewicz E., Jemielity J.
    Academic press:
    RCS Advances (year: 2016, volume: 6, pages: 8317-8328), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c5ra25684d – link to the publication
  19. Phosphate-modified analogues of m7GTP and m7Gppppm7G - Synthesis and biochemical properties

    Authors:
    Ziemniak M., Kowalska J., Lukaszewicz M., Zuberek J., Wnek K., Darzynkiewicz E., Jemielity J.
    Academic press:
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (year: 2015, volume: 23, pages: 5369-5381), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.bmc.2015.07.052 – link to the publication

Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)

  1. mRNA and snRNA Cap Analogs: Synthesis and Applications

    Authors:
    Stepinski J., Darzynkiewicz E.
    Book:
    Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids - Fundamentals and Clinical Applications, RNA Technologies (year: 2014, volume: 28, pages: 511-561), Publisher: Springer-Verlag
    Status:
    Published

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