Synthesis and Biochemical Activity of New Oligonucleotide Analogs
作者:Heather Brummel McCuen、Mary S. Noe、Magdalena Olesiak、Agnieszka B. Sierzchala、Marvin H. Caruthers、Adrian P. Higson
DOI:10.1080/10426500701734745
日期:2008.1.14
tetrazole, condensations in excess of 99% are observed. Oxidation with either THF·BH3 or a peroxyanion solution followed by cleavage of the silyl ether with fluoride completes a cycle. Following synthesis of an appropriate oligomer, protecting groups are removed using sequentially acetic acid, a dithiolate and ammonium hydroxide. Oligodeoxynucleotide 10 mers and 12 mers having any combination of borane
Synthesis And Biological Activity of Borane Phosphonate DNA
作者:Magdalena Olesiak、Angelika Krivenko、Heera Krishna、Marvin H. Caruthers
DOI:10.1080/10426507.2010.538456
日期:2011.3.31
complete synthesis of the oligodeoxyribonucleotide phosphite triester, oxidation with THF·BH3 yields the oligodeoxyribonucleotide borane phosphonate. Further treatment with 80% aqueous acetic acid followed by disodium 2-carbamoyl-2-cyanoethylene-1,1-dithiolate removes trimethoxytrityl from the 2′-deoxyribonucleoside bases and the methyl protecting group from the internucleotide phosphate triester,
Solid-Phase Synthesis, Thermal Denaturation Studies, Nuclease Resistance, and Cellular Uptake of (Oligodeoxyribonucleoside)methylborane Phosphine–DNA Chimeras
作者:Heera Krishna、Marvin H. Caruthers
DOI:10.1021/ja201314q
日期:2011.6.29
The major hurdle associated with utilizing oligo-deoxyribonucleotides for therapeutic purposes is their poor delivery into cells coupled with high nuclease susceptibility. In an attempt to combine the nonionic nature and high nuclease stability of the P-C bond of methylphosphonates with the high membrane permeability, low toxicity, and improved gene silencing ability of borane phosphonates, we have focused our research on the relatively unexplored methylborane phosphine (Me-P-BH3) modification. This Article describes the automated solid-phase synthesis of mixed-backbone oligodeoxynu-cleotides (ODNs) consisting of methylborane phosphine and phosphate or thiophosphate linkages (16-mers). Nuclease stability assays show that methylborane phosphine ODNs are highly resistant to 5' and 3' exonucleases. When hybridized to a complementary strand, the ODN:RNA duplex was more stable than its corresponding ODN:DNA duplex. The binding affinity of ODNANA duplex increased at lower salt concentration and approached that of a native DNA:RNA duplex under conditions close to physiological saline, indicating that the Me-P-BH3 linkage is positively charged. Cellular uptake measurements indicate that these ODNs are efficiently taken up by cells even when the strand is 13% modified. Treatment of HeLa cells and WM-239A cells with fluorescently labeled ODNs shows significant cytoplasmic fluorescence when viewed under a microscope. Our results suggest that methylborane phosphine ODNs may prove very valuable as potential candidates in antisense research and RNAi.