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Corradini R, Sforza S, Tedeschi T, Marchelli R. Chirality as a tool in nucleic acid recognition: principles and relevance in biotechnology and in medicinal chemistry. Chirality 2007; 19:269-94. [PMID: 17345563 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The understanding of the interaction of chiral species with DNA or RNA is very important for the development of new tools in biology and of new drugs. Several cases in which chirality is a crucial point in determining the DNA binding mode are reviewed and discussed, with the aim of illustrating how chirality can be considered as a tool for improving the understanding of mechanisms and the effectiveness of nucleic acid recognition. The review is divided into two parts: the former describes examples of chiral species interacting with DNA: intercalators, metal complexes, and groove binders; the latter part is dedicated to chirality in DNA analogs, with discussion of phosphate stereochemistry and chirality of ribose substitutes, in particular of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) for which a number of works have been published recently dealing with the effect of chirality in DNA recognition. The discussion is intended to show how enantiomeric recognition originates at the molecular level, by exploiting the enormous progresses recently achieved in the field of structural characterization of complexes formed by nucleic acid with their ligands by crystallographic and spectroscopic methods. Examples of application of the DNA binding molecules described and the role of chirality in DNA recognition relevant for biotechnology or medicinal chemistry are reported.
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- Roberto Corradini
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Università di Parma, I-4310 Parma, Italy.
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Hu J, Corey DR. Inhibiting gene expression with peptide nucleic acid (PNA)--peptide conjugates that target chromosomal DNA. Biochemistry 2007; 46:7581-9. [PMID: 17536840 PMCID: PMC2564818 DOI: 10.1021/bi700230a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are nonionic DNA/RNA mimics that can recognize complementary sequences by Watson-Crick base pairing. The neutral PNA backbone facilitates the recognition of duplex DNA by strand invasion, suggesting that antigene PNAs (agPNAs) can be important tools for exploring the structure and function of chromosomal DNA inside cells. However, before agPNAs can enter wide use, it will be necessary to develop straightforward strategies for introducing them into cells. Here, we demonstrate that agPNA-peptide conjugates can target promoter DNA and block progesterone receptor (PR) gene expression inside cells. Thirty-six agPNA-peptide conjugates were synthesized and tested. We observed inhibition of gene expression using cationic peptides containing either arginine or lysine residues, with eight or more cationic amino acids being preferred. Both 13 and 19 base agPNA-peptide conjugates were inhibitory. Inhibition was observed in human cancer cell lines expressing either high or low levels of progesterone receptor. Modification of agPNA-peptide conjugates with hydrophobic amino acids or small molecule hydrophobic moieties yielded improved potency. Inhibition by agPNAs did not require cationic lipid or any other additive, but adding agents to cell growth media that promote endosomal release caused modest increases in agPNA potency. These data demonstrate that chromosomal DNA is accessible to agPNA-peptide conjugates and that chemical modifications can improve potency.
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- Jiaxin Hu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas 75390-9041, USA
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Smolina IV, Kuhn H, Lee C, Frank-Kamenetskii MD. Fluorescence-based detection of short DNA sequences under non-denaturing conditions. Bioorg Med Chem 2007; 16:84-93. [PMID: 17512202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2007.04.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Revised: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The ability of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) to open up duplex DNA in a highly sequence-specific manner makes it possible to detect short DNA sequences on the background of or within genomic DNA under non-denaturing conditions. To do so, chosen marker sites in double-stranded DNA are locally opened by a pair of PNA openers, thus transforming one strand within the target region (20-30 bp) into the single-stranded form. Onto this accessible DNA sequence a circular oligonucleotide probe is assembled, which serves as a template for rolling circle amplification (RCA). Both homogeneous and heterogeneous assay formats are investigated, as are different formats for fluorescence-based amplicon detection. Our recent data with immobilized analytes suggest that marker sequences in plasmid and bacterial chromosomal DNA can be successfully detected.
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- Irina V Smolina
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 36 Cummington Street, MA 02215, USA
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Englund EA, Appella DH. Gamma-substituted peptide nucleic acids constructed from L-lysine are a versatile scaffold for multifunctional display. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 46:1414-8. [PMID: 17133633 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Englund E, Appella D. γ-Substituted Peptide Nucleic Acids Constructed fromL-Lysine are a Versatile Scaffold for Multifunctional Display. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200603483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Topham CM, Smith JC. Orientation preferences of backbone secondary amide functional groups in peptide nucleic acid complexes: quantum chemical calculations reveal an intrinsic preference of cationic D-amino acid-based chiral PNA analogues for the P-form. Biophys J 2006; 92:769-86. [PMID: 17071666 PMCID: PMC1779963 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.079723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Geometric descriptions of nonideal interresidue hydrogen bonding and backbone-base water bridging in the minor groove are established in terms of polyamide backbone carbonyl group orientation from analyses of residue junction conformers in experimentally determined peptide nucleic acid (PNA) complexes. Two types of interresidue hydrogen bonding are identified in PNA conformers in heteroduplexes with nucleic acids that adopt A-like basepair stacking. Quantum chemical calculations on the binding of a water molecule to an O2 base atom in glycine-based PNA thymine dimers indicate that junctions modeled with P-form backbone conformations are lower in energy than a dimer comprising the predominant conformation observed in A-like helices. It is further shown in model systems that PNA analogs based on D-lysine are better able to preorganize in a conformation exclusive to P-form helices than is glycine-based PNA. An intrinsic preference for this conformation is also exhibited by positively charged chiral PNA dimers carrying 3-amino-D-alanine or 4-aza-D-leucine residue units that provide for additional rigidity by side-chain hydrogen bonding to the backbone carbonyl oxygen. Structural modifications stabilizing P-form helices may obviate the need for large heterocycles to target DNA pyrimidine bases via PNA.DNA-PNA triplex formation. Quantum chemical modeling methods are used to propose candidate PNA Hoogsteen strand designs.
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- Christopher M Topham
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5089, Toulouse, France.
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Bentin T, Hansen GI, Nielsen PE. Structural diversity of target-specific homopyrimidine peptide nucleic acid-dsDNA complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:5790-9. [PMID: 17053099 PMCID: PMC1635314 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Sequence-selective recognition of double-stranded (ds) DNA by homopyrimidine peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers can occur by major groove triplex binding or by helix invasion via triplex P-loop formation. We have compared the binding of a decamer, a dodecamer and a pentadecamer thymine–cytosine homopyrimidine PNA oligomer to a sequence complementary homopurine target in duplex DNA using gel-shift and chemical probing analyses. We find that all three PNAs form stable triplex invasion complexes, and also conventional triplexes with the dsDNA target. Triplexes form with much faster kinetics than invasion complexes and prevail at lower PNA concentrations and at shorter incubation times. Furthermore, increasing the ionic strength strongly favour triplex formation over invasion as the latter is severely inhibited by cations. Whereas a single triplex invasion complex is formed with the decameric PNA, two structurally different target-specific invasion complexes were characterized for the dodecameric PNA and more than five for the pentadecameric PNA. Finally, it is shown that isolated triplex complexes can be converted to specific invasion complexes without dissociation of the Hoogsteen base-paired triplex PNA. These result demonstrate a clear example of a ‘triplex first’ mechanism for PNA helix invasion.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +45 35327762/61; Fax: +45 35396042;
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Englund EA, Appella DH. Synthesis of gamma-substituted peptide nucleic acids: a new place to attach fluorophores without affecting DNA binding. Org Lett 2006; 7:3465-7. [PMID: 16048318 DOI: 10.1021/ol051143z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular beacon strategies using PNA are currently restricted to fluorophore attachment to the ends of the PNA. We report the synthesis of PNA oligomers wherein fluorophores can be attached to the PNA backbone from novel gamma-lysine PNA monomers. Oligomers incorporating the modified PNA showed comparable thermal stability to the corresponding aegPNA oligomer with DNA. When the modified PNA oligomer was annealed with complementary DNA, the fluorescence intensity increased 4-fold over the unbound PNA. [structure: see text]
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- Ethan A Englund
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Reshetnyak YK, Andreev OA, Lehnert U, Engelman DM. Translocation of molecules into cells by pH-dependent insertion of a transmembrane helix. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:6460-5. [PMID: 16608910 PMCID: PMC1435408 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601463103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have previously observed the spontaneous, pH-dependent insertion of a water-soluble peptide to form a helix across lipid bilayers [Hunt, J. F., Rath, P., Rothschild, K. J. & Engelman, D. M. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 15177-15192]. We now use a related peptide, pH (low) insertion peptide, to translocate cargo molecules attached to its C terminus across the plasma membranes of living cells. Translocation is selective for low pH, and various types of cargo molecules attached by disulfides can be released by reduction in the cytoplasm, including peptide nucleic acids, a cyclic peptide (phalloidin), and organic compounds. Because a high extracellular acidity is characteristic of a variety of pathological conditions (such as tumors, infarcts, stroke-afflicted tissue, atherosclerotic lesions, sites of inflammation or infection, or damaged tissue resulting from trauma) or might be created artificially, pH (low) insertion peptide may prove a useful tool for selective delivery of agents for drug therapy, diagnostic imaging, genetic control, or cell regulation.
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- Yana K. Reshetnyak
- *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520; and
- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, 2 Lippitt Road, Kingston, RI 02881
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520; and
- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, 2 Lippitt Road, Kingston, RI 02881
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- *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520; and
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- *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520; and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Many peptides are reported to enhance cellular uptake of peptide nucleic acids and other macromolecules. Cellular uptake, however, is not synonymous with cellular activity. In this issue of Chemistry and Biology, Nielsen and colleagues examine the traffic of PNAs and investigate protocols for improving recognition of target mRNA inside cells.
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- David R Corey
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
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Filichev VV, Vester B, Hansen LH, Pedersen EB. Easily denaturing nucleic acids derived from intercalating nucleic acids: thermal stability studies, dual duplex invasion and inhibition of transcription start. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:7129-37. [PMID: 16377781 PMCID: PMC1322271 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The bulged insertions of (R)-1-O-(pyren-1-ylmethyl)glycerol (monomer P) in two complementary 8mer DNA strands (intercalating nucleic acids) opposite to each other resulted in the formation of an easily denaturing duplex, which had lower thermal stability (21.0 degrees C) than the wild-type double-stranded DNA (dsDNA, 26.0 degrees C), but both modified oligodeoxynucleotides had increased binding affinity toward complementary single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) (41.5 and 39.0 degrees C). Zipping of pyrene moieties in an easily denaturing duplex gave formation of a strong excimer band at 480 nm upon excitation at 343 nm in the steady-state fluorescence spectra. The excimer band disappeared upon addition of a similar short dsDNA, but remained when adding a 128mer dsDNA containing the same sequence. When P was inserted into 2'-OMe-RNA strands, the duplex with zipping P was found to be more stable (42.0 degrees C) than duplexes with the complementary ssDNAs (31.5 and 19.5 degrees C). The excimer band observed in the ds2'-OMe-RNA with zipping P had marginal changes upon addition of both 8 and 128mer dsDNA. Synthesized oligonucleotides were tested in a transcriptional inhibition assay for targeting of the open complex formed by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase with the lac UV-5 promoter using the above mentioned 128mer dsDNA. Inhibition of transcription was observed for 8mer DNAs possessing pyrene intercalators and designed to target both template and non-template DNA strands within the open complex. The observed inhibition was partly a result of unspecific binding of the modified DNAs to the RNA polymerase. Furthermore, the addition of 8mer DNA with three bulged insertions of P designed to be complementary to the template strand at the +36 to +43 position downstream of the transcription start resulted in a specific halt of transcription producing a truncated RNA transcript. This is to our knowledge the first report of an RNA elongation stop mediated by a small DNA sequence possessing intercalators. The insertions of P opposite to each other in ds2'-OMe-RNA showed inhibition efficiency of 96% compared with 25% for unmodified ds2'-OMe-RNA.
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- Vyacheslav V Filichev
- Department of Chemistry, Nucleic Acid Center, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Roberts MR. Fast-track applications: the potential for direct delivery of proteins and nucleic acids to plant cells for the discovery of gene function. PLANT METHODS 2005; 1:12. [PMID: 16356171 PMCID: PMC1325021 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-1-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In animal systems, several methods exist for the direct delivery of nucleic acids and proteins into cells for functional analysis. Until recently, these methods have not been applied to plant systems. Now, however, several preliminary reports suggest that both nucleic acids and proteins can also be delivered into plant cells by very simple, direct application. This promises to open the way for high-throughput screening for gene function in a range of plant species.
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- Michael R Roberts
- Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
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The ability to achieve site-specific manipulation of the mammalian genome has widespread implications for basic and applied research. Gene targeting is a process in which a DNA molecule introduced into a cell replaces the corresponding chromosomal segment by homologous recombination, and thus presents a precise way to manipulate the genome. In the past, the application of gene targeting to mammalian cells has been limited by its low efficiency. Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) show promise in improving the efficiency of gene targeting by introducing DNA double-strand breaks in target genes, which then stimulate the cell's endogenous homologous recombination machinery. Recent results have shown that ZFNs can be used to create targeting frequencies of up to 20% in a human disease-causing gene. Future work will be needed to translate these in vitro findings to in vivo applications and to determine whether zinc finger nucleases create undesired genomic instability.
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- Matthew H Porteus
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA.
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Smolina IV, Demidov VV, Soldatenkov VA, Chasovskikh SG, Frank-Kamenetskii MD. End invasion of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) with mixed-base composition into linear DNA duplexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:e146. [PMID: 16204449 PMCID: PMC1243805 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a synthetic DNA mimic with valuable properties and a rapidly growing scope of applications. With the exception of recently introduced pseudocomplementary PNAs, binding of common PNA oligomers to target sites located inside linear double-stranded DNAs (dsDNAs) is essentially restricted to homopurine-homopyrimidine sequence motifs, which significantly hampers some of the PNA applications. Here, we suggest an approach to bypass this limitation of common PNAs. We demonstrate that PNA with mixed composition of ordinary nucleobases is capable of sequence-specific targeting of complementary dsDNA sites if they are located at the very termini of DNA duplex. We then show that such targeting makes it possible to perform capturing of designated dsDNA fragments via the DNA-bound biotinylated PNA as well as to signal the presence of a specific dsDNA sequence, in the case a PNA beacon is employed. We also examine the PNA-DNA conjugate and prove that it can initiate the primer-extension reaction starting from the duplex DNA termini when a DNA polymerase with the strand-displacement ability is used. We thus conclude that recognition of duplex DNA by mixed-base PNAs via the end invasion has a promising potential for site-specific and sequence-unrestricted DNA manipulation and detection.
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- Irina V Smolina
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology, Boston University, 36 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Janowski BA, Kaihatsu K, Huffman KE, Schwartz JC, Ram R, Hardy D, Mendelson CR, Corey DR. Inhibiting transcription of chromosomal DNA with antigene peptide nucleic acids. Nat Chem Biol 2005; 1:210-5. [PMID: 16408037 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2005] [Accepted: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Synthetic molecules that recognize specific sequences within cellular DNA are potentially powerful tools for investigating chromosome structure and function. Here, we designed antigene peptide nucleic acids (agPNAs) to target the transcriptional start sites for the human progesterone receptor B (hPR-B) and A (hPR-A) isoforms at sequences predicted to be single-stranded within the open complex of chromosomal DNA. We found that the agPNAs were potent inhibitors of transcription, showing for the first time that synthetic molecules can recognize transcription start sites inside cells. Breast cancer cells treated with agPNAs showed marked changes in morphology and an unexpected relationship between the strictly regulated levels of hPR-B and hPR-A. We confirmed these phenotypes using siRNAs and antisense PNAs, demonstrating the power of combining antigene and antisense strategies for gene silencing. agPNAs provide a general approach for controlling transcription initiation and a distinct option for target validation and therapeutic development.
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- Bethany A Janowski
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Ziemba AJ, Zhilina ZV, Krotova-Khan Y, Stankova L, Ebbinghaus SW. Targeting and regulation of the HER-2/neu oncogene promoter with bis-peptide nucleic acids. Oligonucleotides 2005; 15:36-50. [PMID: 15788899 DOI: 10.1089/oli.2005.15.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Antigene oligonucleotides have the potential to regulate gene expression through site-specific DNA binding. However, in vivo applications have been hindered by inefficient cellular uptake, degradation, and strand displacement. Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) address several of these problems, as they are resistant to degradation and bind DNA with high affinity. We designed two cationic pyrimidine bis-PNAs (cpy-PNAs) to target the polypurine tract of the HER-2/neu promoter and compared them to an unmodified phosphodiester triplex-forming oligonucleotide (TFO1) and a TFO-nitrogen mustard conjugate (TFO2). PNA1 contains a + 2 charge and bound two adjacent 9-bp target sequences with high affinity and specificity, but only at low pH. PNA2 contains a +5 charge and bound one 11-bp target with high affinity up to pH 7.4, but with lower specificity. The PNA:DNA:PNA triplex formed by these cpy-bis-PNAs presented a stable barrier to DNA polymerase extension. The cpy-bis-PNAs and the TFO-alkylator conjugate prevented HER-2/neu transcription in a reporter gene assay (TFO2 = PNA1 > PNA2 >> TFO1). Both PNAs and TFOs were effective at binding the target sequence in naked genomic DNA, but only the TFO-alkylator (TFO2) and the more cationic PNA (PNA2) were detected at the endogenous HER-2/neu promoter in permeabilized cells. This work demonstrates the potential for preventing HER-2/neu gene expression with cpy-bis-PNAs in tumor cells.
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Upert G, Mehiri M, Goddard ML, Giorgio AD, Benhida R, Condom R, Patino N. The ‘fully protected backbone’ approach as a versatile tool for a new solid-phase PNA synthesis strategy. Tetrahedron Lett 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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