Bates, PJ;
Laughton, CA;
Jenkins, TC;
Capaldi, DC;
Roselt, PD;
Reese, CB;
Neidle, S;
(1996)
Efficient triple helix formation by oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing alpha- or beta-2-amino-5-(2-deoxy-D-ribofuranosyl) pyridine residues.
Nucleic Acids Res
, 24
(21)
4176 - 4184.
10.1093/nar/24.21.4176.
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Abstract
Triple helices containing C+xGxC triplets are destabilised at physiological pH due to the requirement for base protonation of 2'-deoxycytidine (dC), which has a pKa of 4.3. The C nucleoside 2-amino-5-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)pyridine (beta-AP) is structurally analogous to dC but is considerably more basic, with a pKa of 5.93. We have synthesised 5'-psoralen linked oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODNs) containing thymidine (dT) and either beta-AP or its alpha-anomer (alpha-AP) and have assessed their ability to form triplexes with a double-stranded target derived from standard deoxynucleotides (i.e. beta-anomers). Third strand ODNs derived from dT and beta-AP were found to have considerably higher binding affinities for the target than the corresponding ODNs derived from dT and either dC or 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Me-dC). ODNs containing dT and alpha-AP also showed enhanced triplex formation with the duplex target and, in addition are more stable in serum-containing medium than standard oligopyrimidine-derived ODNs or ODNs derived from dT and beta-AP. Molecular modelling studies showed that an alpha-anomeric AP nucleotide can be accommodated within an otherwise beta-anomeric triplex with only minor perturbation of the triplex structure. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on triplexes containing either the alpha- or beta-anomer of (N1-protonated) AP showed that in both cases the base retained two standard hydrogen bonds to its associated guanine when the 'A-type' model of the triplex was used as the start-point for the simulation, but that bifurcated hydrogen bonds resulted when the alternative 'B-type' triplex model was used. The lack of a differential stability between alpha-AP- and beta-AP-containing triplexes at pH >7, predicted from the behaviour of the B-type models, suggests that the A-type models are more appropriate.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Efficient triple helix formation by oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing alpha- or beta-2-amino-5-(2-deoxy-D-ribofuranosyl) pyridine residues. |
| Location: | ENGLAND |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/nar/24.21.4176 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/24.21.4176 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | PMCID: PMC146246. © 1996 Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Models, Molecular, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Thermodynamics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1367852 |
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