Synthesis of Conformationally Locked Carba-LNAs through Intramolecular Free-Radical Addition to C═N. Electrostatic and Steric Implication of the Carba-LNA Substituents in the Modified Oligos for Nuclease and Thermodynamic Stabilities
摘要:
The syntheses of the hitherto unavailable parentfully unsubstituted carba-LNA and its C7'-amino and/or C6'-hydroxyl substituted derivatives, have been accomplished by the intramolecular 5-exo free-radical addition to a C4'-tethered C=N to give carba-LNAs with variable hydrophilic substituents at C6'/C7' (amino and/or hydroxyl). They have been introduced into isosequential antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) to examine how their relative electrostatic and steric effects in the minor groove of a putative AON-RNA duplex affect the target affinity, nuclease resistance, and RNase H elicitation. We show that 2'-oxygen in LNA is important in stabilizing the DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes vis-a-vis the unsubstituted carba-LNA and its other derivatives and that hydrophobic groups at C6'/C7' in both carba-LNA and carba-ENA relatively destabilize the AON/DNA duplex more profoundly than those in the AON/RNA duplexes. Two main factors affect the relative stabilities of AON/DNA versus AON/RNA duplexes: (i) hydration in the minor groove depending upon hydrophilicity vis-a-vis hydrophobicity of the substituents, and (ii) the relative size of the minor groove in the AON/DNA versus AON/RNA duplexes dictates the steric clash with the substituents depending upon their relative chiralities. We also show how the chirality and chemical nature of the C6'/C7' substituents affect the nuclease stability as well as the thermal stability and the RNase recruitment by AON/RNA duplexes.
Synthesis of Conformationally Locked Carba-LNAs through Intramolecular Free-Radical Addition to C═N. Electrostatic and Steric Implication of the Carba-LNA Substituents in the Modified Oligos for Nuclease and Thermodynamic Stabilities
摘要:
The syntheses of the hitherto unavailable parentfully unsubstituted carba-LNA and its C7'-amino and/or C6'-hydroxyl substituted derivatives, have been accomplished by the intramolecular 5-exo free-radical addition to a C4'-tethered C=N to give carba-LNAs with variable hydrophilic substituents at C6'/C7' (amino and/or hydroxyl). They have been introduced into isosequential antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) to examine how their relative electrostatic and steric effects in the minor groove of a putative AON-RNA duplex affect the target affinity, nuclease resistance, and RNase H elicitation. We show that 2'-oxygen in LNA is important in stabilizing the DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes vis-a-vis the unsubstituted carba-LNA and its other derivatives and that hydrophobic groups at C6'/C7' in both carba-LNA and carba-ENA relatively destabilize the AON/DNA duplex more profoundly than those in the AON/RNA duplexes. Two main factors affect the relative stabilities of AON/DNA versus AON/RNA duplexes: (i) hydration in the minor groove depending upon hydrophilicity vis-a-vis hydrophobicity of the substituents, and (ii) the relative size of the minor groove in the AON/DNA versus AON/RNA duplexes dictates the steric clash with the substituents depending upon their relative chiralities. We also show how the chirality and chemical nature of the C6'/C7' substituents affect the nuclease stability as well as the thermal stability and the RNase recruitment by AON/RNA duplexes.
FIVE- AND SIX-MEMBERED CONFORMATIONALLY LOCKED 2',4'-CARBOCYCLIC RIBO-THYMIDINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS AND CANCER
申请人:Chattopadhyaya Jyoti
公开号:US20100087387A1
公开(公告)日:2010-04-08
Compounds (1, 2, 3, 4) according to the formulae shown below: (Formula 1, 2, 3, 4). For General Formula1-4:N=1-Thyminyl,9-Adeninyl,9-Guaninyl,1-Cytosinyl, 5-methyl-1-cytosinyl, 5-trifluoromethyl-1-cytosinyl, 5-fluoro-1-cytosinyl, 5-fluoro-1-cytosinyl, 5-trifluoromethyl-1-Uracilyl or Formula (A) (12a/12b) wherein for 12a: n=1, Q=CH
3
(R) [5-membered carbocyclic with C7′ in R configuration], 12b: n=1, Q=CH
3
(S) [5-membered carbocyclic with C7′ in S configuration].