An essential and challenging task during the development of our sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) technique is the evaluation of efficient cyanoethyl (CE) cleavage conditions. For this purpose 3′-O-(2-cyanoethyl)-2′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate as a model compound as well as a short DNA oligomer bearing the CE function as terminal group were synthesized and used for various deprotection experiments. As it is already known for 2′-O-CE-protected RNA oligonucleotides, the CE function can be cleaved with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) in THF. Indeed, by using 3′-O-(2-cyanoethyl)-2′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate as a simple model compound for cleavage tests, we found out that the 3′-O-CE function is quantitatively cleaved with 1 M TBAF in THF. However, the CE group is also cleaved by other small bases like hydroxy groups under alkaline conditions. The CE cleavage with TBAF in THF gives the fastest and quantitative removal of the CE group under mild conditions for our sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) application. The efficient removal of the 3′-CE group is crucial for the proof-of-principle of our SBS approach using dye-labeled 3′-CE-blocked dNTPs, which is currently under investigation. Herein we describe the application of 3′-O-(2-cyanoethyl)-2′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate as model compound for the development of reversible terminators for the SBS technique. Furthermore we suggest that nucleoside phosphates bearing any removable 3′-modification might be suitable model compounds for cleavage studies in a heterogeneous environment comparable to an oligonucleotide/ aprotic solvent system.
在我们的合成-通过合成(SBS)技术开发过程中,一个重要且具有挑战性的任务是评估高效的
氰乙基(CE)裂解条件。为此,我们合成了3'-
O-(2-
氰乙基)-2'-脱氧
胸苷-5'-
磷酸作为模型化合物,以及一个带有CE功能作为末端基团的短DNA寡聚体,并用于各种去保护实验。正如已经知道的对于2'-
O-CE-保护的RNA寡核苷酸,CE功能可通过THF中的
四丁基氟化铵(TBAF)来裂解。事实上,通过使用3'-
O-(2-
氰乙基)-2'-脱氧
胸苷-5'-
磷酸作为裂解试验的简单模型化合物,我们发现3'-
O-CE功能在1 M TBAF/THF条件下可以被完全裂解。然而,CE基团也会在碱性条件下被其他小碱基如羟基裂解。在我们的合成-通过合成(SBS)应用中,CE裂解与TBAF/THF在温和条件下提供了最快和定量的CE基团去除。对3'-CE基团的高效去除对于使用
染料标记的3'-CE阻断的dNTPs进行SBS方法的原理证明至关重要,目前正在进行研究。在这里,我们描述了3'-
O-(2-
氰乙基)-2'-脱氧
胸苷-5'-
磷酸作为合成-通过合成(SBS)技术的可逆终止子的开发的模型化合物的应用。此外,我们建议带有任何可去除的3'-修饰的核苷酸
磷酸盐可能是适合的模型化合物,用于在类似寡核苷酸/无极性溶剂体系中进行裂解研究。