Aromaticvs. Carbohydrate Residues in the Major Groove: Synthesis of 5-[(Benzyloxy)methyl]pyrimidine Nucleosides and Their Incorporation into Oligonucleotides
作者:Reto Bertolini、Jürg Hunziker
DOI:10.1002/1522-2675(20000809)83:8<1962::aid-hlca1962>3.0.co;2-8
日期:2000.8.9
The synthesis of 5-[(benzyloxy)methyl]-substituted pyrimidine 2'-deoxynucleosides 14 and 15 starting from the uracil derivative 6 and tetra-O-acetyl-D-ribose is described (Schemes 1-3). These nucleosides were converted to the corresponding cyanoethyl phosphoramidites 18 and 19, respectively, and incorporated into oligodeoxynucleotide decamers. The 5-[(benzyloxy)methyl]-nucleoside building blocks T-bo(d) and C-bom(d) (bo = benzyloxy, bom = (benzyloxy)methyl) - shape analogs of the naturally occurring glucosylated nucleosides 1 and 2 (see Fig. 1) - lead to weaker binding affinities of oligodeoxynucleotides pairing to DNA as well as RNA complements. The modification is more destabilizing in the case of T-bo(d) than C-bom(d). Analysis of the thermodynamics of duplex formation shows that T-bo(d) and C-bom(d), incorporation leads to a smaller entropy change in duplex formation that is, however, overcompensated by a less Favorable enthalpy term. Molecular-modeling studies suggest that the benzyl groups reside in the major groove which would explain the improved pairing entropy as a result of the exclusion of ordered H2O.