Triplex formation with 2′-O,4′-C-ethylene-bridged nucleic acids (ENA) having C3′-endo conformation at physiological pH

AUTOR(ES)

Koizumi, Makoto

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

Antigenes, which are substances that inhibit gene expression by binding to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) in a sequence-specific manner, are currently sought for the treatment of various gene-related diseases. As such antigenes, we developed new nuclease-resistant oligopyrimidine nucleotides that are partially modified with 2′-O,4′-C-ethylene nucleic acids (ENA), which are constrained in the C3′-endo conformation and can form a triplex with dsDNA at physiological pH. It was found that these oligonucleotides formed triplexes similarly to those partially modified with 2′-O,4′-C-methylene nucleic acids (2′,4′-BNA or LNA), as determined by UV melting analyses, electromobility shift assays, CD spectral analyses and restriction enzyme inhibition assays. In our studies, oligonucleotides fully modified with ENA have δ torsion angle values that are marginally higher than those of 2′,4′-BNA/LNA. ENA oligonucleotides present in 10-fold the amount of dsDNA were found to be favorable in forming triplexes. These results provide useful information for the future design of triplex-forming oligonucleotides fully modified with such nucleic acids constrained in the C3′-endo conformation considering that oligonucleotides fully modified with 2′,4′-BNA/LNA do not form triplexes.

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