2'-O-alkyl oligoribonucleotides as antisense probes.

AUTOR(ES)

Iribarren, A M

RESUMO

2'-O-Methyl oligoribonucleotides have recently been introduced as antisense probes for studying RNA processing and for affinity purification of RNA-protein complexes. To identify RNA analogues with improved properties for antisense analysis, 2'-O-alkyl oligoribonucleotides were synthesized in which the alkyl moiety was either the three-carbon linear allyl group or the five-carbon branched 3,3-dimethylallyl group. Both these analogues were found to be completely resistant to degradation by either DNA- or RNA-specific nucleases. Use of biotinylated derivatives of the probes to affinity-select ribonucleoprotein particles from crude HeLa cell nuclear extracts showed that the presence of the bulky 3,3-dimethylallyl group significantly reduces affinity selection, whereas the allyl derivative binds rapidly and stably to targeted sequences and affinity-selects efficiently. The allyl derivatives also showed an increase in the level of specific binding to targeted sequences compared with 2'-O-methyl probes of identical sequence. These properties indicate that the 2'-O-allyl oligoribonucleotides are particularly well suited for use as antisense probes.

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