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Morganti M, Coronnello M, Caciagli B, Biondi C, Quattrone A, Capaccioli S, Mazzei T, Mini E. Modulation of dihydrofolate reductase gene expression in methotrexate-resistant human leukemia CCRF-CEM/E cells by antisense oligonucleotides. Anticancer Drugs 2000; 11:285-94. [PMID: 10898545 DOI: 10.1097/00001813-200004000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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An increase in the cellular levels of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is one of the most common mechanisms of tumor resistance to methotrexate (MTX), an antimetabolite that is widely used in the treatment of a variety of human malignancies. The MTX-resistant phenotype generally occurs as a consequence of DHFR gene amplification which in turn is responsible for DHFR gene overexpression. We have designed antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (aODNs) against the DHFR mRNA and tested their in vitro effect on human leukemia CCRF-CEM/E cells, overexpressing the DHFR gene about 20-fold in comparison with the CCRF-CEM/S parental cell line. An aODN complementary to a region encompassing the AUG translation start (DHFR1) of DHFR mRNA and a mixture of two aODNs complementary to the 5' untranslated region (DHFR2+DHFR3) have been used. A DHFR1 scrambled-sequence ODN and a fully degenerated ODN were the controls. All ODNs had a phosphodiester backbone. DHFR1 and the relevant scrambled ODN were also capped with two phosphorothioate derivatives at both the 5' and 3' ends in order to increase ODN stability against serum nucleases. ODNs were vehiculated with a cationic lipid, N-[1-(dioleoyloxy)propyl]-N,N,N-trimethylammonium methyl sulfate (DOTAP), known to enhance ODN cell uptake and biological activity. The effects of ODNs on DHFR gene expression were studied after a 4 day treatment by measuring both DHFR mRNA levels, using a semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction method, and DHFR protein levels by flow cytometry. A marked reduction in DHFR mRNA levels (79.7 and 74.2%, respectively) was observed with both DHFR1 and DHFR2+DHFR3 aODNs, associated with a lower decrease in DHFR enzyme (44.8 and 61%, respectively). aODN effects on MTX cytotoxicity in CCRF-CEM/E cells were also assessed. No marked enhancement of in vitro MTX cytotoxicity was observed following co-exposure of cells with aODNs and the tested concentrations of the antifol (0.05 and 0.5 microM), indicating that no substantial reversal of the MTX-resistant phenotype was induced by the study aODNs.
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- M Morganti
- Dipartimento di Farmacologia Preclinica e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Rodríguez M, Noé V, Alemany C, Miralles A, Bemi V, Caragol I, Ciudad CJ. Effects of anti-sense oligonucleotides directed toward dihydrofolate reductase RNA in mammalian cultured cells. Int J Cancer 1999; 81:785-92. [PMID: 10328234 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990531)81:5<785::aid-ijc20>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The effect of incubations with anti-sense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides directed toward sequences of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) RNA has been tested on Chinese hamster ovary cells. The selected targets were the 5'-untranslated region, the translational start, the splice sites and branch point of intron I and polyadenylation regions 1 and 3 of the DHFR RNA. To introduce the oligonucleotides, the cationic liposome DOTAP was used. The oligonucleotides most effective at causing cytotoxicity were ATNL and DTNL, both directed toward the translation-start site, at a range of concentrations between 1 and 4 microM. The minimum time for the oligonucleotide to exert its full cytotoxic effect was 3 days. Excess of oligonucleotide diminished the cytotoxic effect. Oligonucleotide uptake was monitored by the incorporation of [32P]- or fluorescein-labeled oligonucleotide and was found to depend on liposome and oligonucleotide concentrations and duration of incubation. Formation of in vitro complexes between the oligonucleotide and the liposome was also studied. Cytotoxicity was observed when the oligonucleotide was incubated with cell lines containing either the endogenous gene or co-transfected DHFR minigenes. Cell incubation with ATNL caused a time-dependent decrease in the levels of DHFR mRNA and enzymatic activity. Moreover, a cell line bearing amplification at the dhfr locus was equally affected by the action of ATNL. Human hepatoma cells were also affected by treatment with the counterpart of ATNL in the human DHFR mRNA sequence. Our results set the basis for a possible cancer therapy with anti-sense oligonucleotides using DHFR as the target.
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- M Rodríguez
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Denman RB. Ribozyme and antisense RNAs inhibit coupled transcription translation by binding to rabbit polyribosomes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 230:226-31. [PMID: 9020052 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.5926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The behavior of ribozyme and antisense RNAs was analyzed in a coupled rabbit reticulocyte transcription translation system. Both ribozyme and antisense RNAs were efficiently produced and bound tightly to polyribosomes at 30 degrees C, but did not produce a protein product. Antisense and ribozyme RNA binding depended upon the presence of intact ribosomes, was specific since, plasmid DNA did not associate with either ribosomes or polyribosomes, and was temperature dependent. Ribozyme-specific mRNA cleavage in the coupled system was inferred from translation inhibition studies and was confirmed by primer extension analysis. Thus, ribozyme RNA can inhibit target protein production in the coupled transcription translation system by competing out cellular mRNAs and via targeted message degradation.
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- R B Denman
- New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
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Rapid advances in cancer gene therapy are driven by an explosive development of gene transfer technology and a strong demand for seeking alternatives to unsatisfactory conventional cancer therapies. Discovery of the genetic basis of cancer has indicated that cancer is a disease of genes. Among a variety of approaches to gene therapy of cancer, antisense oncogene and tumor suppressor gene therapy of cancer are the two strategies that aim at correcting genetic disorders of cancer through suppression of the abnormal expression of the proliferative genes. The potential effectiveness of these approaches is promised by their precise targeting at the mechanisms of the disease. Examples of several preclinical studies of these types of approaches that led to the approval of clinical trials are reviewed. Limitation and future development of these approaches are also discussed.
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- W W Zhang
- Gene Therapy Unit, Biotech Group, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Round Lake, IL 60073-0490, USA
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Stull RA, Zon G, Szoka FC. An in vitro messenger RNA binding assay as a tool for identifying hybridization-competent antisense oligonucleotides. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 1996; 6:221-8. [PMID: 8915507 DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1996.6.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The apparent dissociation constants for 32 phosphodiester and 5 phosphorothioate antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODN) targeted to murine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (mTNF-alpha) mRNA were determined using a gel-shift binding assay. In this assay, radiolabeled ODN were hybridized in solution to a structured mRNA transcript generated in vitro. Free ODN was resolved from bound ODN on a two-phase discontinuous polyacrylamide gel. Excision of gel slices containing free ODN or bound ODN, followed by Cerenkov counting of the slices, was used to prepare apparent binding isotherms for each ODN. Apparent dissociation constants for the anti-mTNF-alpha ODN varied from > 100 microM to 0.4 nM. Slight differences in RNA target site position resulted in significant differences in apparent affinity, particularly for shorter (12-mer) ODN. This binding assay provides an empirical means for selecting ODN sequences possessing high affinity for a target RNA and lends itself to a high throughput assay in which all possible antisense sequences of a given length can be evaluated to obtain the better binders for use in cell culture or in vivo.
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- R A Stull
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446, USA
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Kramm CM, Sena-Esteves M, Barnett FH, Rainov NG, Schuback DE, Yu JS, Pechan PA, Paulus W, Chiocca EA, Breakefield XO. Gene therapy for brain tumors. Brain Pathol 1995; 5:345-81. [PMID: 8974620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1995.tb00615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Gene therapy has opened new doors for treatment of neoplastic diseases. This new approach seems very attractive, especially for glioblastomas, since treatment of these brain tumors has failed using conventional therapy regimens. Many different modes of gene therapy for brain tumors have been tested in culture and in vivo. Many of these approaches are based on previously established anti-neoplastic principles, like prodrug activating enzymes, inhibition of tumor neovascularization, and enhancement of the normally weak anti-tumor immune response. Delivery of genes to tumor cells has been mediated by a number of viral and synthetic vectors. The most widely used paradigm is based on the activation of ganciclovir to a cytotoxic compound by a viral enzyme, thymidine kinase, which is expressed by tumor cells, after the gene has been introduced by a retroviral vector. This paradigm has proven to be a potent therapy with minimal side effects in several rodent brain tumor models, and has proceeded to phase 1 clinical trials. In this review, current gene therapy strategies and vector systems for treatment of brain tumors will be described and discussed in light of further developments needed to make this new treatment modality clinically efficacious.
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- C M Kramm
- Neuroscience Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
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Kandimalla ER, Manning A, Lathan C, Byrn RA, Agrawal S. Design, biochemical, biophysical and biological properties of cooperative antisense oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 1995; 23:3578-84. [PMID: 7567472 PMCID: PMC307240 DOI: 10.1093/nar/23.17.3578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Short oligonucleotides that can bind to adjacent sites on target mRNA sequences are designed and evaluated for their binding affinity and biological activity. Sequence-specific binding of short tandem oligonucleotides is compared with a full-length single oligonucleotide (21mer) that binds to the same target sequence. Two short oligonucleotides that bind without a base separation between their binding sites on the target bind cooperatively, while oligonucleotides that have a one or two base separation between the binding oligonucleotides do not. The binding affinity of the tandem oligonucleotides is improved by extending the ends of the two oligonucleotides with complementary sequences. These extended sequences form a duplex stem when both oligonucleotides bind to the target, resulting in a stable ternary complex. RNase H studies reveal that the cooperative oligonucleotides bind to the target RNA with sequence specificity. A short oligonucleotide (9mer) with one or two mismatches does not bind at the intended site, while longer oligonucleotides (21mers) with one or two mismatches still bind to the same site, as does a perfectly matched 21mer, and evoke RNase H activity. HIV-1 inhibition studies reveal an increase in activity of the cooperative oligonucleotide combinations as the length of the dimerization domain increases.
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Zhang WW, Fang X. Section Review—Oncologic, Endocrine & Metabolic: Gene Therapy Strategies for Cancer. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 1995. [DOI: 10.1517/13543784.4.6.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Moulds C, Lewis JG, Froehler BC, Grant D, Huang T, Milligan JF, Matteucci MD, Wagner RW. Site and mechanism of antisense inhibition by C-5 propyne oligonucleotides. Biochemistry 1995; 34:5044-53. [PMID: 7536034 DOI: 10.1021/bi00015a015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Antisense gene inhibition occurs when an oligonucleotide (ON) has sufficient binding affinity such that it hybridizes its reverse complementary target RNA and prevents translation either by causing inactivation of the RNA (possibly by RNase H) or by interfering with a cellular process such as stalling a ribosome. The mechanisms underlying these processes were explored. Cellular antisense inhibition was evaluated in a microinjection assay using ON modifications which precluded or allowed in vitro RNase H cleavage of ON/RNA hybrids. RNase H-independent inhibition of protein synthesis could be achieved by targeting either the 5'-untranslated region or the 5'-splice junction of SV40 large T antigen using 2'-O-allyl phosphodiester ONs which contained C-5 propynylpyrimidines (C-5 propyne). Inhibition at both sites was 20-fold less active than inhibition using RNase H-competent C-5 propyne 2'-deoxy phosphorothioate ONs. In vitro analysis of association and dissociation of the two classes of ONs with complementary RNA showed that the C-5 propyne 2'-O-allyl phosphodiester ON bound to RNA as well as the C-5 propyne 2'-deoxy phosphorothioate ON. In vitro translation assays suggested that the two classes of ONs should yield equivalent antisense effects in the absence of RNase H. Next, ON/T antigen RNA hybrids were injected into the nuclei and cytoplasm of cells. Injection of C-5 propyne 2'-O-allyl phosphodiester ON/RNA hybrids resulted in expression of T antigen, implying that the ONs dissociated from the RNA in cells which likely accounted for their low potency. In contrast, when C-5 propyne 2'-deoxy phosphorothioate ON/T antigen RNA complexes were injected into the nucleus, the duplexes were stable enough to completely block T antigen translation, presumably by RNA inactivation. Thus, a dramatic finding is that C-5 propyne 2'-deoxy phosphorothioate ONs, once hybridized to RNA, are completely effective at preventing mRNA translation. The implication is that further increases in complex stability coupled with effective RNase H cleavage will not result in enhanced potency. We predict that the development of more effective ONs will only come from modifications which increase the rate of ON/RNA complex formation within the nucleus.
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- C Moulds
- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California 94404, USA
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Zhang WW, Fujiwara T, Grimm EA, Roth JA. Advances in cancer gene therapy. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1995; 32:289-341. [PMID: 7748797 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)61016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- W W Zhang
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
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Matsumoto K, Kakidani H, Anzai M, Nakagata N, Takahashi A, Takahashi Y, Miyata K. Evaluation of an antisense RNA transgene for inhibiting growth hormone gene expression in transgenic rats. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS 1995; 16:273-7. [PMID: 7796536 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020160307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We compared the levels of growth hormone (GH) mRNA in the pituitary, plasma GH concentration, and altered phenotype in rats heterozygous and homozygous for an antisense RNA transgene targeted to the rat GH gene, with those in nontransgenic rats. We initially investigated whether the transgene promoter, which is connected to four copies of a thyroid hormone response element (TRE) that increases promoter activity, affected in vivo transgene expression in the pituitary of the transgenic rats. Plasma GH concentration correlated negatively with T3 injection in surgically thyroidectomized heterozygous transgenic rats. There was a reduction of about approximately 35-40% in GH mRNA levels in the pituitary of homozygous animals compared with those in non-transgenic rats. Plasma GH concentration was significantly approximately 25-32 and approximately 29-41% lower in heterozygous and homozygous transgenic rats, respectively, compared with that in nontransgenic animals. Furthermore, the growth rates in homozygous transgenic rats were reduced by approximately 72-81 and approximately 51-70% compared with those of their heterozygous and nontransgenic littermates, respectively. The results of these studies suggested that the biological effect of GH in vivo is modulated dose-dependently by the antisense RNA transgene. The rat GH gene can therefore be targeted by antisense RNA produced from a transgene, as reflected in the protein and RNA levels.
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Godard G, François JC, Duroux I, Asseline U, Chassignol M, Nguyen T, Hélène C, Saison-Behmoaras T. Photochemically and chemically activatable antisense oligonucleotides: comparison of their reactivities towards DNA and RNA targets. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:4789-95. [PMID: 7527139 PMCID: PMC308531 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.22.4789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Dodecadeoxyribonucleotides derivatized with 1,10-phenanthroline or psoralen were targeted to the point mutation (G<-->U) in codon 12 of the Ha-ras mRNA. DNA and RNA fragments, 27 nucleotides in length, and containing the complementary sequence of the 12mers, were used to compare the reactivity of the activatable dodecamers (cleavage of the target by the phenanthroline-12mer conjugates; photo-induced cross-linking of psoralen-12mer conjugates to the target). The reactivity of the RNA with the dodecamers was weaker than that of the DNA target. With psoralen-substituted oligonucleotides, it was possible to obtain complete discrimination between the mutated target (which contained a psoralen-reactive T(U) in the 12th codon) and the normal target (which contained G at the same position). When longer Ha-ras RNA fragments were used as targets (120 and 820 nucleotides), very little reactivity was observed. Part of the reactivity could be recovered by using 'helper' oligonucleotides that hybridized to adjacent sites on the substrate. A 'helper' chain length greater than 13 was required to improve the reactivity of dodecamers. However, the dodecanucleotides induced RNase H cleavage of the target RNA in the absence of 'helper' oligonucleotide. Therefore, in the absence of the RNase H enzyme, long oligonucleotides are needed to compete with the secondary structures of the mRNA. In contrast, formation of a ternary complex oligonucleotide-mRNA-RNase H led to RNAT cleavage with shorter oligonucleotides.
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- G Godard
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, INSERM U 201-CNRS UA 481, Paris, France
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Rubin E, Kool ET. Strong, Specific Binding of Six Different DNA Sequences by a Single Conformation-Switching DNA Macrocycle. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1994; 33:1004-1007. [PMID: 20808717 PMCID: PMC2929799 DOI: 10.1002/anie.199410041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ethel Rubin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 (USA), Telefax: Int. code + (716)473-6889
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Rubin E, Kool ET. Starke, spezifische Bindung sechs verschiedener DNA-Sequenzen an einen konformativ flexiblen DNA-Makrocyclus. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.19941060929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Wang S, Dolnick BJ. Quantitative evaluation of intracellular sense: antisense RNA hybrid duplexes. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:4383-91. [PMID: 8414997 PMCID: PMC310077 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.18.4383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that for an antisense RNA to be effective in attenuating gene expression, a large but indeterminate excess of antisense RNA is required. To quantitatively evaluate RNA hybrid duplex formation, expression vectors containing antisense dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) cDNAs were transfected into KB and KB-1BT (a DHFR overexpressing variant) cells and transfectants expressing antisense transcripts of exon 1 through intron I (ex1-I) or exons 1 through 4 (ex1-4) were analyzed for hybrid duplex formation. Stable duplexes were detectable in KB-1BT but not in KB cells. Approximately 5-9% of antisense ex1-I RNA and 20-37% of antisense ex1-4 RNA were found in duplexes. The amount of each hybrid duplex RNA was found to be a linear function of intracellular single-stranded antisense RNA levels and a hybrid index, Hs:as, was devised to describe this relationship. Based upon the value of Hs:as for each antisense RNA:mRNA duplex, it is calculated that an approximate 2,800- and 600-fold excess of ex1-I and ex1-4 antisense RNA are respectively required for 50% of DHFR mRNA to be present in duplexes. Results support the hypothesis that intracellular sense:antisense RNA hybrid duplex formation is inefficient and dependent upon the levels, lengths and possibly the structures of the RNAs involved.
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- S Wang
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Grace Cancer Drug Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263
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The sequences surrounding the first 5'GUC3' in the mRNA encoding the Alzheimer amyloid peptide precursor (beta APP) were used to construct a pair of transacting hammerhead ribozymes. Each ribozyme contained the conserved core bases of the hammerhead motif found in the positive strand of satellite RNA of tobacco ringspot virus [(+)sTRSV] and two stems, 7 and 8 bases long, complementary to the target, beta APP mRNA. However, one of the ribozyme cleaving strands was lengthened at its 3' end to include the early splicing and polyadenylation signal sequences of SV40 viral RNA. This RNA, therefore, more closely mimics transcripts produced by RNA polymerase II from eucaryotic expression vectors in vivo. RNA, prepared by run-off transcription of cDNA oligonucleotide or plasmid constructs containing a T7 RNA polymerase promoter was used to characterize several properties of the cleavage reaction. In the presence of both ribozyme cleaving strands magnesium-ion dependent cleavage of a model 26 base beta APP substrate RNA or full-length beta APP-751 mRNA was observed at the hammerhead consensus cleavage site. Neither ribozyme was active against non-message homologs of beta APP mRNA, nor was cleavage detected when point mutations were made in the conserved core sequences. However, the kcat/Km at 37 degrees C in 10 mM Mg+2 of the longer ribozyme was reduced twenty-fold when model and full-length substrates were compared. The use of short deoxyoligonucleotides (13-17 mers) that bind upstream of the ribozyme was found to enhance the rate of cleavage of the full-length but not beta APP model substrate RNAs. The rate of enhancement depended on both the length of the deoxyoligonucleotide used as well as its site of binding with respect to the ribozyme. These data demonstrate the utility of ribozymes to cleave target RNAs in a catalytic, site-specific fashion in vitro. Direct comparison of the efficiency of different ribozyme constructs and different modulating activities provide an experimental strategy for designing more effective ribozymes for therapeutic purposes.
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- R B Denman
- New York Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island 10314
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- M A Israel
- University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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Krieg AM. Applications of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides in immunology and autoimmunity research. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s1058-6687(05)80016-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Stull RA, Taylor LA, Szoka FC. Predicting antisense oligonucleotide inhibitory efficacy: a computational approach using histograms and thermodynamic indices. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:3501-8. [PMID: 1352874 PMCID: PMC312508 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.13.3501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are designed to bind to a specific mRNA and selectively suppress its translation. To facilitate selection of optimal ASO targets, we have developed three thermodynamic indices to evaluate putative structural complexes important in ASO action. These indices are: a secondary structure score (Sscore), which estimates the strength of local mRNA secondary structures at the ASO target site; a duplex score (Dscore), which estimates the delta Gformation for the ASO:mRNA target sequence duplex; and a competition score (Cscore), which is the difference between the Dscore and the Sscore. We also present two histograms to graphically display these indices from different regions of the mRNA. The indices are compared to the inhibition reported in five studies of ASO-mediated suppression of gene expression. The Dscore is the most consistent predictor of ASO efficacy in four of the five studies (r2 from 0.44 to 0.99), while the results of the fifth study could not be predicted by any thermodynamic or physical index. Thus the Dscores and their histogram may prove useful in selection of ASO targets.
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- R A Stull
- Department of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446
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Porumb H, Bertrand JR, Paoletti J, Vasseur JJ, Rayner B, Imbach JL, Malvy C. 9-Aminoellipticine-derivatized alpha- and beta-oligodeoxyribonucleotides targeted to the cap of beta-globin mRNA: hybridization to natural and engineered mRNA, inhibition of translation, and improved effect of tandem chains. ANTISENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1992; 2:279-92. [PMID: 1292777 DOI: 10.1089/ard.1992.2.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We studied the duplex stability and the antimessenger activity of 9-aminoellipticine-5'-functionalized alpha- and beta-anomeric DNA sequences complementary to the first 14 nucleotides of the rabbit beta-globin mRNA. The duplex formed by the beta-conjugate with the natural mRNA target possessed a marginally better stability to that of the duplex formed by the unfunctionalized compound, as measured by the thermal elution. The alpha-conjugate did not anneal to native mRNA, possibly due to the interference of the 9-aminoellipticine with the cap structure and, unlike the beta-adduct, was practically inactive as inhibitor of translation in a cell-free system. However, it did hybridize to an RNA construction containing the beta-globin mRNA plus an additional 50 bases in 5'. Surprisingly, translation from this construction was inhibited by the alpha-species in spite of the nonvicinity of the target to the cap. Both alpha and beta conjugates hybridized to a DNA 14-mer of the same sequence as that targeted onto the mRNA. Thermal denaturation and fluorescence spectroscopy showed that the drug brought no considerable stabilization to the duplex, the linker presumably being unfavorable to intercalation. An increased stability of the complex and a higher inhibitory effect on cell-free beta-globin translation were obtained with two contiguous beta-oligomers of which one was functionalized.
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- H Porumb
- Laboratoire de Biochimie-Enzymologie et de Physicochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS URA 147, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Holcenberg JS, Wu HP. Pharmacologic control of specific gene expression. Cancer Treat Res 1992; 58:1-18. [PMID: 1683779 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3876-9_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sartorius C, Franklin RM. Hybridization arrest of cell-free translation of the malarial dihydrofolate reductase/thymidylate synthase mRNA by anti-sense oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 1991; 19:1613-8. [PMID: 2027768 PMCID: PMC333923 DOI: 10.1093/nar/19.7.1613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In order to inhibit the in vitro translation of Plasmodium falciparum mRNA coding for the bifunctional enzyme dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (DHFR-TS), oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) were directed against the translation initiation site or a site in the TS-coding region. In both cases considerable hybridization arrest, i.e. greater than 50% inhibition, was only achieved if the lengths of the ODNs to the two regions were 30 and 39 nucleotides, respectively, or longer. The ODN with the highest efficiency was a 49-mer directed against the TS-coding region (OTS49); 45 microM was sufficient to inhibit the expression of DHFR-TS by almost 90%. In this case the synthesis of DHFR-TS was interrupted at the binding site of OTS49 by a RNase H-independent mechanism. The resulting polypeptide was smaller (55 kDa) than one subunit of the native protein (71 kDa) and lacked TS activity.
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- C Sartorius
- Biocenter, Department Structural Biology, Basel, Switzerland
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Oligonucleoside methylphosphonates contain nonionic internucleotide bonds that resist degradation by cellular nucleases and allow the oligomers to be taken up intact by mammalian cells in culture. Antisense methylphosphonate oligomers targeted against cellular or viral mRNA initiation codon or coding regions or against precursor mRNA splice sites effectively and specifically inhibit mRNA expression in cells. The efficacy of antisense methylphosphonate oligomers can be enhanced by derivatization with functional groups that allow the oligomer to covalently cross-link with its targeted mRNA. These oligonucleotide analogs will be useful tools for studying and controlling gene expression and are also promising candidates for development as therapeutic agents.
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- P S Miller
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- B J Dolnick
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263
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Sartorius C, Franklin RM. The use of antisense oligonucleotides as chemotherapeutic agents for parasites. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991; 7:90-3. [PMID: 15463454 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(91)90204-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although several approaches to the control of human parasites are possible, the prevention and therapy of the corresponding diseases still remain a difficult task. The development of vaccines has been hampered by the poor immunological response to or the high variability of parasitic antigens. Problems also arise for chemotherapy where differences in the biochemistry of host and parasite must be exploited. The increasingly difficult search for new drugs is always challenged by the appearance of resistance.
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- C Sartorius
- Biocenter, Department of Structural Biology, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Ho PT, Ishiguro K, Wickstrom E, Sartorelli AC. Non-sequence-specific inhibition of transferrin receptor expression in HL-60 leukemia cells by phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides. ANTISENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1991; 1:329-42. [PMID: 1821654 DOI: 10.1089/ard.1991.1.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A series of phosphodiester and phosphorothioate antisense oligodeoxynucleotides were synthesized against the human transferrin receptor (TfR). The phosphorothioate analogs exhibited marked biologic efficacy in culture, as assessed by inhibition of surface TfR content and HL-60 cell growth, whereas their unmodified phosphodiester counterparts were ineffective. Phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides were more resistant to hydrolysis by serum and cellular nucleases and were more readily taken up by cells than phosphodiesters, thus providing a partial explanation for the differences in biologic activity. A length effect was observed, with antisense 30-mers exhibiting greater TfR inhibitory activity than 17-mers. The degree of receptor inhibition observed, however, was not sequence dependent, suggesting that the phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides may have pleiotropic activities in eukaryotic cells in addition to inhibiting gene expression by classic antisense complementary binding to mRNA.
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- P T Ho
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Hillcoat BL. Priorities in experimental therapeutics--a surfeit of riches. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER & CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 1989; 25:1263-9. [PMID: 2680511 DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(89)90071-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Experimental therapeutics plays a key role in determining which areas of basic biological research are developed to see if they can be of use in cancer medicine. The recent expansion in our basic knowledge about biology and cancer makes difficult the choice of what areas should be developed. Six such areas are reviewed and assessed. Several hold the promise of improving the management of cancer. More important, developmental therapeutics itself adds to our basic knowledge of cancer and this in turn may indicate those areas which, if developed, will lead to cure of this disease.
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- B L Hillcoat
- Department of Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Toulmé JJ, Hélène C. Antimessenger oligodeoxyribonucleotides: an alternative to antisense RNA for artificial regulation of gene expression--a review. Gene 1988; 72:51-8. [PMID: 2468575 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90127-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides (oligos) are now widely used as artificial regulators for gene expression both in cell-free media and in cultured cells. We describe the biological consequence of the various chemical modifications that have been introduced into the molecules to improve their resistance against nuclease attack, their affinity for the target mRNA and their uptake by cells. We also describe the rising generation of antimessenger oligos. Covalently linked to reactive groups these molecules direct irreversible modifications of the complementary nucleic acids. We anticipate that these oligos will be targeted to double-stranded nucleic acids to interfere with gene expression at the DNA level.
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- J J Toulmé
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, INSERM, Paris, France
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Marcus-Sekura CJ. Techniques for using antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides to study gene expression. Anal Biochem 1988; 172:289-95. [PMID: 3056098 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(88)90447-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Molecular biology is providing powerful tools for cloning and sequencing genes. The more difficult task is that of ascribing functions to the specific DNA sequences that appear to code for proteins, the "open reading frames," or of regulating the expression of known genes in biological systems in order to determine their contributions to cellular functions. The classical genetic approach of making mutants is difficult in eukaryotic systems, with the exception of yeasts and viruses, and has proved of limited utility. A promising approach to this problem has been to introduce into either the in vitro assay or tissue culture system oligodeoxyribonucleotides with nucleotide sequences complementary to the protein coding or "sense" sequence, usually referred to as "antisense" oligonucleotides. The term MATAGEN (MAsking TApe for Gene ExpressioN) has also been used for these compounds, which appear to inhibit gene expression predominantly by hybridization arrest of translation. Interest in the use of antisense molecules for the study of gene expression and regulation has increased dramatically in the past few years. The demonstrated utility of the antisense oligomer in both in vitro and tissue culture assays, the increased availability of nucleotide sequence data as well as improvements in nucleic acid sequencing techniques, and the automation of synthetic procedures for their preparation have made studies using these molecules more practical. This review focuses on short oligodeoxyribonucleotides, which offer important stability and synthetic advantages over the use of antisense RNA transcripts, and is intended as an introduction to practical approaches in the use of antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides in biological systems. For synthetic techniques, the reader is referred to the individual references cited.
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- C J Marcus-Sekura
- Division of Virology, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Bacon TA, Morvan F, Rayner B, Imbach JL, Wickstrom E. alpha-Oligodeoxynucleotide stability in serum, subcellular extracts and culture media. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 1988; 16:311-8. [PMID: 3221039 DOI: 10.1016/0165-022x(88)90065-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Degradation of a synthetic alpha-oligodeoxynucleotide was studied in order to compare its survival with naturally occurring beta-oligodeoxynucleotides in five systems used for antisense hybridization arrest experiments. In contrast to beta-oligodeoxynucleotides, alpha-oligodeoxynucleotides were not detectably degraded over 24 h at 37 degrees C in HeLa cell postmitochondrial cytoplasmic extract or RPMI 1640 with 10% fetal bovine serum, and showed significant survival after 24 h at 37 degrees C in rabbit reticulocyte lysate, fetal bovine serum and human serum.
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- T A Bacon
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620
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Walder RY, Walder JA. Role of RNase H in hybrid-arrested translation by antisense oligonucleotides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:5011-5. [PMID: 2839827 PMCID: PMC281677 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.14.5011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The mechanism of hybrid-arrested translation by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides has been investigated with the rabbit reticulocyte lysate system. The oligonucleotides studied were directed against different regions of mouse alpha- or beta-globin mRNAs. Freshly prepared reticulocyte lysates were found to contain 1-2% of the level of RNase H in nucleated cells. This level of activity was sufficient to cleave nearly 100% of the targeted mRNA at the site of hybridization with a complementary oligodeoxynucleotide in 1 hr under conditions of active translation. Using poly(rA).oligo(dT) as a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme, hybrid arrest by oligodeoxynucleotides complementary to the sequence spanning the initiation codon or to a sequence in the coding region was found to be due entirely to cleavage of mRNA by RNase H. Hybridization of oligodeoxynucleotides adjacent to the cap site of beta-globin mRNA, but not the alpha-globin mRNA, also inhibited protein synthesis directly. Even in this case, however, cleavage of the mRNA by RNase H was the predominant pathway of inhibition.
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- R Y Walder
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Lee BL, Murakami A, Blake KR, Lin SB, Miller PS. Interaction of psoralen-derivatized oligodeoxyribonucleoside methylphosphonates with single-stranded DNA. Biochemistry 1988; 27:3197-203. [PMID: 3390429 DOI: 10.1021/bi00409a011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Oligodeoxyribonucleoside methylphosphonates derivatized at the 5' end with 4'-(amino-alkyl)-4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen were prepared. The interaction of these psoralen-derivatized methylphosphonate oligomers with synthetic single-stranded DNAs 35 nucleotides in length was studied. Irradiation of a solution containing the 35-mer and its complementary methylphosphonate oligomer at 365 nm gave a cross-linked duplex produced by cycloaddition between the psoralen pyrone ring of the derivatized methylphosphonate oligomer and a thymine base of the DNA. Photoadduct formation could be reversed by irradiation at 254 nm. The rate and extent of cross-linking were dependent upon the length of the aminoalkyl linker between the trimethylpsoralen group and the 5' end of the methylphosphonate oligomer. Methylphosphonate oligomers derivatized with 4'-[[N-(2-aminoethyl)amino]methyl]- 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen gave between 70% and 85% cross-linked product when irradiated for 20 min at 4 degrees C. Further irradiation did not increase cross-linking, and preirradiation of the psoralen-derivatized methylphosphonate oligomer at 365 nm reduced or prevented cross-linking. These results suggest that the methylphosphonate oligomers undergo both cross-linking and deactivation reactions when irradiated at 365 nm. The extent of cross-linking increased up to 10 microM oligomer concentration and dramatically decreased at temperatures above the estimated Tm of the methylphosphonate oligomer-DNA duplex. The cross-linking reaction was dependent upon the fidelity of base-pairing interactions between the methylphosphonate oligomers and the single-stranded DNA. Noncomplementary oligomers did not cross-link, and the extent of cross-linking of oligomers containing varying numbers of noncomplementary bases was greatly diminished or eliminated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- B L Lee
- Division of Biophysics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Maher LJ, Dolnick BJ. Comparative hybrid arrest by tandem antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides or oligodeoxyribonucleoside methylphosphonates in a cell-free system. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:3341-58. [PMID: 2836793 PMCID: PMC336498 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.8.3341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Antisense oligonucleotides containing either anionic diester or neutral methylphosphonate internucleoside linkages were prepared by automated synthesis, and were compared for their ability to arrest translation of human dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) mRNA in a nuclease treated rabbit reticulocyte lysate. In the case of oligodeoxyribonucleotides, tandem targeting of three 14-mers resulted in synergistic and complete selective inhibition of DHFR synthesis at a total oligomer concentration of 25 microM. Hybrid arrest by three or six tandem oligodeoxyribonucleoside methylphosphonates was dramatically less effective. This difference does not result from preferential recognition of hybrids involving oligodeoxyribonucleotides by endogenous RNaseH activity. A ribonuclease protection assay demonstrated that antisense oligodeoxyribonucleoside methylphosphonates bind selectively to target RNA sequences, but with 275 fold lower affinity than the corresponding oligodeoxyribonucleotides. This low binding affinity results in poor arrest of translation, and may be related to the stereochemistry of the methylphosphonate linkage.
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- L J Maher
- University of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, Madison
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Miller PS, Ts'o PO. Chapter 30. Oligonucleotide Inhibitors of Gene Expression in Living Cells: New Opportunities in Drug Design. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(08)60858-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Gagnor C, Bertrand JR, Thenet S, Lemaître M, Morvan F, Rayner B, Malvy C, Lebleu B, Imbach JL, Paoletti C. alpha-DNA. VI: Comparative study of alpha- and beta-anomeric oligodeoxyribonucleotides in hybridization to mRNA and in cell free translation inhibition. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:10419-36. [PMID: 2447562 PMCID: PMC339953 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.24.10419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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alpha and beta-anomeric d(G2T12G2) oligodeoxyribonucleotides were compared for their hybridization to rA12: the observed melting temperatures are 27 degrees C for beta-oligodeoxyribonucleotide/RNA hybrid and 53 degrees C for alpha-oligodeoxyribonucleotide/RNA. alpha-oligonucleotides with the four bases, complementary to natural mRNAs, were synthesized for the first time, labeled at their 5'-end with [32P] and used as probes in Northern blot experiments. In spite of these higher affinities for their target RNA's, they were unable to block translation of natural or synthetic mRNA's in rabbit reticulocyte lysate. We have studied the RNase H activity on model rA12:alpha- or beta-d(G2T12G2) hybrids or on mRNA:alpha- or beta-oligonucleotides hybrids. Specific hybridization protects RNA strech when using alpha-oligonucleotides but not beta-oligonucleotides. Thus, our results show the inability of RNase H to degrade RNA in alpha-oligodeoxyribonucleotides:RNA duplexes.
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- C Gagnor
- Laboratoire de Biochimie des Protéines, UA 1191 CNRS, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France
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Marcus-Sekura CJ, Woerner AM, Shinozuka K, Zon G, Quinnan GV. Comparative inhibition of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene expression by antisense oligonucleotide analogues having alkyl phosphotriester, methylphosphonate and phosphorothioate linkages. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:5749-63. [PMID: 3475677 PMCID: PMC306020 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.14.5749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Several classes of oligonucleotide antisense compounds of sequence complementary to the start of the mRNA coding sequence for chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT), including methylphosphonate, alkyltriester, and phosphorothioate analogues of DNA, have been compared to "normal" phosphodiester oligonucleotides for their ability to inhibit expression of plasmid-directed CAT gene activity in CV-1 cells. CAT gene expression was inhibited when transfection with plasmid DNA containing the gene for CAT coupled to simian virus 40 regulatory sequences (pSV2CAT) or the human immunodeficiency virus enhancer (pHIVCAT) was carried out in the presence of 30 microM concentrations of analogue. For the oligo-methylphosphonate analogue, inhibition was dependent on both oligomer concentration and chain length. Analogues with phosphodiester linkages that alternated with either methylphosphonate, ethyl phosphotriester, or isopropyl phosphotriester linkages were less effective inhibitors, in that order. The phosphorothioate analogue was about two-times more potent than the oligo-methylphosphonate, which was in turn approximately twice as potent as the normal oligonucleotide.
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