First Evaluation of Acyloxymethyl or Acylthiomethyl Groups as Biolabile 2‘-O-Protections of RNA
摘要:
Short oligo-U sequences containing 2'-O-acyloxymethyl or acylthiomethyl groups as biolabile 2'-O-protections of RNA have been synthesized. These modified homouridylates are deprotected upon cellular esterase activation to release the parent RNA. They exhibit exceptional resistance to nuclease degradation, and the evaluation of their pairing properties shows that the 2'-acyloxymethyl groups do not prevent the duplex dsRNA formation. These biolabile 2'-modifications overcome the first hurdle to turn oligoribonucleotides into canditates for RNA interference drugs.
First Evaluation of Acyloxymethyl or Acylthiomethyl Groups as Biolabile 2‘-O-Protections of RNA
摘要:
Short oligo-U sequences containing 2'-O-acyloxymethyl or acylthiomethyl groups as biolabile 2'-O-protections of RNA have been synthesized. These modified homouridylates are deprotected upon cellular esterase activation to release the parent RNA. They exhibit exceptional resistance to nuclease degradation, and the evaluation of their pairing properties shows that the 2'-acyloxymethyl groups do not prevent the duplex dsRNA formation. These biolabile 2'-modifications overcome the first hurdle to turn oligoribonucleotides into canditates for RNA interference drugs.
Assessment of new 2′-O-acetalester protecting groups for regular RNA synthesis and original 2′-modified proRNA
作者:Anthony R. Martin、Thomas Lavergne、Jean-Jacques Vasseur、Françoise Debart
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.06.015
日期:2009.8
New base-labile acyloxymethyl groups were evaluated to protect 2′-OH functions of ribonucleotides for regular RNAsynthesis in order to shorten the deprotection procedure upon ammonia. These same acetalester groups were assessed in 2′-modified proRNA as biolabile 2′-protections removable by cell enzymes to generate parent RNA. Demasking of 2′-modified pro-uridylates was studied in cell extracts.