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Shanmugasundaram M, Senthilvelan A, Kore AR. An efficient green synthesis of UNA-nucleoside-5′-triphosphates: a versatile synthon for RNA modification with broad therapeutic potential. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2023.100841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Murayama K, Asanuma H. Design and Hybridization Properties of Acyclic Xeno Nucleic Acid Oligomers. Chembiochem 2021; 22:2507-2515. [PMID: 33998765 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Xeno nucleic acids (XNAs) are analogues of DNA and RNA that have a non-ribose artificial scaffold. XNAs are possible prebiotic genetic carriers as well as alternative genetic systems in artificial life. In addition, XNA oligomers can be used as biological tools. Acyclic XNAs, which do not have cyclic scaffolds, are attractive due to facile their synthesis and remarkably high nuclease resistance. To maximize the performance of XNAs, a negatively charged backbone is preferable to provide sufficient water solubility; however, acyclic XNAs containing polyanionic backbones suffer from high entropy cost upon duplex formation, because of the high flexibility of the acyclic nature. Herein, we review the relationships between the structure and duplex hybridization properties of various acyclic XNA oligomers with polyanion backbones.
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- Keiji Murayama
- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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Novopashina DS, Semikolenova OA, Venyaminova AG. 5'-Monopyrene and 5'-Bispyrene 2'-O-methyl RNA Probes for Detection of RNA Mismatches. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2063:45-56. [PMID: 31667762 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0138-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Progress in synthesis of novel fluorescent oligonucleotides has provided effective instruments for nucleic acid detection. Pyrene conjugated oligonucleotides have demonstrated their effectiveness as fluorescent hybridization probes. Here we describe the synthesis, isolation, and analysis of 5'-monopyrene and 5'-bispyrene conjugates of oligo(2'-O-methylribonucleotides) and their application as probes for fluorescent detection of mismatches in RNA targets.
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- D S Novopashina
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia. .,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Lee SY, Hong SW, Yeo H, Hwang GT. The linkers in fluorene-labeled 2′-deoxyuridines affect fluorescence discriminating phenomena upon duplex formation. RSC Adv 2020; 10:18853-18859. [PMID: 35518342 PMCID: PMC9053879 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra01651a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Three fluorene-labeled 2′-deoxyuridines that differ in terms of their linkers—UF (without linker), UFL (with ethynyl linker), and UDF (with diethynyl linker)—have been introduced at the central positions of oligodeoxynucleotides to examine the effects that their linkers have on the fluorescence emission properties upon duplex formation with fully matched and single-base-mismatched targets. Here, we describe the influence of the linkers on the emission behavior, the intramolecular electron transfer between the fluorene moiety and the uracil base after photoexcitation, and the structural stability upon duplex formation. The probe containing the UFL residue (with an ethynyl linker) and cytosine residues as flanking bases exhibited the greatest fluorescence turn-on selective behavior toward the perfectly matched target. Three fluorene-labeled 2′-deoxyuridines that differ in terms of their linkers have been introduced at the central positions of oligodeoxynucleotides to examine the effects that their linkers have on the emission properties upon duplex formations.![]()
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- So Young Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center
- Kyungpook National University
- Daegu 41566
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center
- Kyungpook National University
- Daegu 41566
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Education
- Kyungpook National University
- Daegu 41566
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center
- Kyungpook National University
- Daegu 41566
- Republic of Korea
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Kumar V, Nguyen TJD, Palmfeldt J, Gothelf KV. Formation of i-motifs from acyclic (l)-threoninol nucleic acids. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:7655-7659. [PMID: 31360984 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01220f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Acyclic (l)-threoninol nucleic acids ((l)-aTNA) containing poly-cytosines are prepared and investigated at various pH values, revealing the formation of a highly stable structure at lower pH that have the characteristics of an i-motif. Depending on the sequence, the aTNA forms inter-, bi- and intra-molecular i-motif structures. Pyrene was conjugated to aTNA sequences and both monomeric and excimer fluorescence were efficiently quenched by the i-motif structures and thus demonstrated that the aTNA i-motif can serve as a pH switch.
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- Vipin Kumar
- Center for Multifunctional Biomolecular Drug Design (CEMBID), iNANO and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Center for Multifunctional Biomolecular Drug Design (CEMBID), iNANO and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine - Research Unit for Molecular Medicine Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Center for Multifunctional Biomolecular Drug Design (CEMBID), iNANO and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Krasheninina OA, Novopashina DS, Apartsin EK, Venyaminova AG. Recent Advances in Nucleic Acid Targeting Probes and Supramolecular Constructs Based on Pyrene-Modified Oligonucleotides. Molecules 2017; 22:E2108. [PMID: 29189716 PMCID: PMC6150046 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22122108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In this review, we summarize the recent advances in the use of pyrene-modified oligonucleotides as a platform for functional nucleic acid-based constructs. Pyrene is of special interest for the development of nucleic acid-based tools due to its unique fluorescent properties (sensitivity of fluorescence to the microenvironment, ability to form excimers and exciplexes, long fluorescence lifetime, high quantum yield), ability to intercalate into the nucleic acid duplex, to act as a π-π-stacking (including anchoring) moiety, and others. These properties of pyrene have been used to construct novel sensitive fluorescent probes for the sequence-specific detection of nucleic acids and the discrimination of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), aptamer-based biosensors, agents for binding of double-stranded DNAs, and building blocks for supramolecular complexes. Special attention is paid to the influence of the design of pyrene-modified oligonucleotides on their properties, i.e., the structure-function relationships. The perspectives for the applications of pyrene-modified oligonucleotides in biomolecular studies, diagnostics, and nanotechnology are discussed.
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- Olga A Krasheninina
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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Aparin IO, Proskurin GV, Golovin AV, Ustinov AV, Formanovsky AA, Zatsepin TS, Korshun VA. Fine Tuning of Pyrene Excimer Fluorescence in Molecular Beacons by Alteration of the Monomer Structure. J Org Chem 2017; 82:10015-10024. [PMID: 28856889 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Oligonucleotide probes labeled with pyrene pairs that form excimers have a number of applications in hybridization analysis of nucleic acids. A long excited state lifetime, large Stokes shift, and chemical stability make pyrene excimer an attractive fluorescent label. Here we report synthesis of chiral phosphoramidite building blocks based on (R)-4-amino-2,2-dimethylbutane-1,3-diol, easily available from an inexpensive d-(-)-pantolactone. 1-Pyreneacetamide, 1-pyrenecarboxamide, and DABCYL derivatives have been used in preparation of molecular beacon (MB) probes labeled with one or two pyrenes/quenchers. We observed significant difference in the excimer emission maxima (475-510 nm; Stokes shifts 125-160 nm or 7520-8960 cm-1) and excimer/monomer ratio (from 0.5 to 5.9) in fluorescence spectra depending on the structure and position of monomers in the pyrene pair. The pyrene excimer formed by two rigid 1-pyrenecarboxamide residues showed the brightest emission. This is consistent with molecular dynamics data on excimer stability. Increase of the excimer fluorescence for MBs after hybridization with DNA was up to 24-fold.
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- Ilya O Aparin
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry , Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry , Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University , Leninskie gory 1-73, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry , Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry , Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology , 143026 Skolkovo, Russia
- Central Research Institute of Epidemiology , 111123 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University , Leninskie gory 1-73, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry , Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Gause Institute of New Antibiotics , 119021 Moscow, Russia
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Krasheninina OA, Fishman VS, Novopashina DS, Venyaminova AG. 5′-Bispyrene molecular beacons for RNA detection. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1068162017030086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ejlersen M, Langkjær N, Wengel J. 3'-Pyrene-modified unlocked nucleic acids: synthesis, fluorescence properties and a surprising stabilization effect on duplexes and triplexes. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:2073-2085. [PMID: 28210721 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02773c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Efficient synthesis of a new 3'-O-amino-UNA monomer was developed as a scaffold for further functionalization and incorporation into oligonucleotides (ONs). Pyrene-functionalized 3'-O-amino-UNA was incorporated one, two or three times into 21-mer DNA and 2'-O-Me-RNA ONs. Duplex melting temperatures, circular dichroism (CD) spectra, steady-state fluorescence emission spectra, UV/Vis absorption spectra and triplex melting temperatures were measured for the modified duplexes. The presence of the pyrene-modified UNA monomer lead to a surprising and unprecedented thermal stabilization of especially DNA:DNA duplexes when compared to the corresponding unmodified DNA:DNA duplexes. Improved mismatch discrimination was also seen for some of the modified duplexes. CD spectra revealed no major differences between modified and unmodified duplexes. Molecular modeling showed that the pyrene moieties were located in the minor groove of DNA:DNA duplexes as confirmed by CD and UV/Vis absorption studies. Upon multiple incorporations of the monomer in single-stranded ONs, steady-state fluorescence emission studies revealed the formation of a pyrene excimer which in most cases was quenched upon duplex hybridization, and fluorescence-based detection of mismatched hybridization was observed for some modified strand constitutions. Incorporation of the monomer in a triplex-forming oligonucleotide (TFO) strand lead to an increase of triplex melting temperature both at pH 6.0 and pH 7.0 for parallel triplexes - again an effect that has not been reported earlier for UNA-containing ONs. Steady-state fluorescence emission studies revealed significant differences in fluorescence for single-stranded ONs and triplexes.
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- Maria Ejlersen
- Biomolecular Nanoscale Engineering Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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- Biomolecular Nanoscale Engineering Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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- Biomolecular Nanoscale Engineering Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Krasheninina OA, Lomzov AA, Fishman VS, Novopashina DS, Venyaminova AG. Rational design and studies of excimer forming novel dual probes to target RNA. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:2244-2250. [PMID: 28279557 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this paper, we report structure-based rational design and physico-chemical and biological studies of novel pyrene excimer forming dual probes for visualization of intracellular RNAs. Herein, the probes based on 2'-O-methyl RNA with linkers of different structure and length between pyrene moiety and ribose are studied with respect to their hybridization and spectral properties. We found optimal linkers that provide more intense excimer emission (at ∼480nm) of RNA-bound probes; particularly, the length of the linker arm of the 3'-component of dual probes plays a key role in formation of pyrene excimer. Calculated molecular dynamics trajectories and probability distributions of pyrene-pyrene dimer formation upon hybridization of the dual probes with RNA target are in agreement with the obtained fluorescence spectroscopy data for the corresponding duplexes. Our study demonstrates the excellent binding properties of new dual probes to structured RNA and their feasibility for the visualization of intracellular RNA targets.
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- O A Krasheninina
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, 8 Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, 8 Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, 10 Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, 8 Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, 8 Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Imincan G, Pei F, Yu L, Jin H, Zhang L, Yang X, Zhang L, Tang X. Microenvironmental Effect of 2'-O-(1-Pyrenylmethyl)uridine Modified Fluorescent Oligonucleotide Probes on Sensitive and Selective Detection of Target RNA. Anal Chem 2016; 88:4448-55. [PMID: 27021236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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2'-O-(1-Pyrenylmethyl)uridine modified oligoribonucleotides provide highly sensitive pyrene fluorescent probes for detecting specific nucleotide mutation of RNA targets. To develop more stable and cost-effective oligonucleotide probes, we investigated the local microenvironmental effects of nearby nucleobases on pyrene fluorescence in duplexes of RNAs and 2'-O-(1-pyrenylmethyl)uridine modified oligonucleotides. By incorporation of deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, 2'-MeO-nucleotides and 2'-F-nucleotides at both sides of 2'-O-(1-pyrenylmethyl)uridine (U(p)) in oligodeoxynucleotide probes, we synthesized a series of pyrene modified oligonucleotide probes. Their pyrene fluorescence emission spectra indicated that only two proximal nucleotides have a substantial effect on the pyrene fluorescence properties of these oligonucleotide probes hybridized with target RNA with an order of fluorescence sensitivity of 2'-F-nucleotides > 2'-MeO-nucleotides > ribonucleotides ≫ deoxyribonucleotides. While based on circular dichroism spectra, overall helix conformations (either A- or B-form) of the duplexes have marginal effects on the sensitivity of the probes. Instead, the local substitution reflected the propensity of the nucleotide sugar ring to adopt North type conformation and, accordingly, shifted their helix geometry toward a more A-type like conformation in local microenvironments. Thus, higher enhancement of pyrene fluorescence emission favored local A-type helix structures and more polar and hydrophobic environments (F > MeO > OH at 2' substitution) of duplex minor grooves of probes with the target RNA. Further dynamic simulation revealed that local microenvironmental effect of 2'-F-nucleotides or ribonucleotides was enough for pyrene moiety to move out of nucleobases to the minor groove of duplexes; in addition, 2'-F-nucleotide had less effect on π-stack of pyrene-modified uridine with upstream and downstream nucleobases. The present oligonucleotide probes successfully distinguished target RNA from single-mutated RNA analyte during an in vitro assay of RNA synthesis.
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- Gülnur Imincan
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100191, China
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Langkjær N, Wengel J, Pasternak A. Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding of unlocked nucleic acids. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:5064-6. [PMID: 26497284 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We herein describe the synthesis of two new unlocked nucleic acid building blocks containing hypoxanthine and 2,6-diaminopurine as nucleobase moieties and their incorporation into oligonucleotides. The modified oligonucleotides were used to examine the thermodynamic properties of UNA against unmodified oligonucleotides and the resulting thermodynamic data support that the hydrogen bonding face of UNA is Watson-Crick like.
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- Niels Langkjær
- Nucleic Acid Center, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense 5230, Denmark
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- Nucleic Acid Center, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense 5230, Denmark.
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznań, Poland.
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Wang X, Hudson RHE. PNA Molecular Beacons Assembled by Post-Synthetic Click Chemistry Functionalization. Chembiochem 2015; 16:2156-61. [PMID: 26227668 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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To avoid the tedious synthesis of functionalized peptide nucleic acid (PNA) monomers for probe development, we proposed a simple approach to modify PNA oligomers by post-synthetic on-resin click chemistry. PNA molecular beacons (MBs) were prepared by incorporation of azide-containing monomers into the oligomer by automatic solid-phase peptide synthesis and subsequent derivatization with pyrene moieties by copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition. Two pyrene-based quencher-free PNA molecular beacons, a stemless MB and one possessing a stem-loop structure, targeting a portion of the cystic fibrosis gene, were successfully synthesized by using this method. Fluorescence studies showed that the stem-loop MB exhibited better discrimination of changes in excimer/monomer ratios as compared to the stemless MB construct.
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- Xiaoxiao Wang
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A 2K5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A 2K5, Canada.
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Fujii A, Sekiguchi Y, Matsumura H, Inoue T, Chung WS, Hirota S, Matsuo T. Excimer Emission Properties on Pyrene-Labeled Protein Surface: Correlation between Emission Spectra, Ring Stacking Modes, and Flexibilities of Pyrene Probes. Bioconjug Chem 2015; 26:537-48. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Akira Fujii
- Graduate
School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1
Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1
Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30050, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate
School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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Asanuma H, Akahane M, Niwa R, Kashida H, Kamiya Y. Highly Sensitive and Robust Linear Probe for Detection of mRNA in Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:4315-9. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Asanuma H, Akahane M, Niwa R, Kashida H, Kamiya Y. Highly Sensitive and Robust Linear Probe for Detection of mRNA in Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201411000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Perlíková P, Karlsen KK, Pedersen EB, Wengel J. Unlocked nucleic acids with a pyrene-modified uracil: synthesis, hybridization studies, fluorescent properties and i-motif stability. Chembiochem 2014; 15:146-56. [PMID: 24501777 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The synthesis of two new phosphoramidite building blocks for the incorporation of 5-(pyren-1-yl)uracilyl unlocked nucleic acid (UNA) monomers into oligonucleotides has been developed. Monomers containing a pyrene-modified nucleobase component were found to destabilize an i-motif structure at pH 5.2, both under molecular crowding and noncrowding conditions. The presence of the pyrene-modified UNA monomers in DNA strands led to decreases in the thermal stabilities of DNA*/DNA and DNA*/RNA duplexes, but these duplexes' thermal stabilities were better than those of duplexes containing unmodified UNA monomers. Pyrene-modified UNA monomers incorporated in bulges were able to stabilize DNA*/DNA duplexes due to intercalation of the pyrene moiety into the duplexes. Steady-state fluorescence emission studies of oligonucleotides containing pyrene-modified UNA monomers revealed decreases in fluorescence intensities upon hybridization to DNA or RNA. Efficient quenching of fluorescence of pyrene-modified UNA monomers was observed after formation of i-motif structures at pH 5.2. The stabilizing/destabilizing effect of pyrene-modified nucleic acids might be useful for designing antisense oligonucleotides and hybridization probes.
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Perlíková P, Ejlersen M, Langkjaer N, Wengel J. Bis-pyrene-modified unlocked nucleic acids: synthesis, hybridization studies, and fluorescent properties. ChemMedChem 2014; 9:2120-7. [PMID: 25044312 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201402185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Efficient synthesis of a building block for the incorporation of a bis-pyrene-modified unlocked nucleic acid (UNA) into oligonucleotides (DNA*) was developed. The presence of bis-pyrene-modified UNA within a duplex leads to duplex destabilization that is more profound in DNA*/RNA and less distinct in DNA*/DNA duplexes. Nevertheless, the destabilization effect of bis-pyrene-modified UNA is weaker than that of unmodified UNA. Some oligonucleotides with bis-pyrene-modified UNA incorporations displayed superior mismatch discrimination capabilities. UV/Vis absorption and molecular modeling studies indicate that the pyrene groups of bis-pyrene-modified UNA are located in the major groove of a duplex. Oligonucleotides containing two bis-pyrene-modified UNA monomers showed low pyrene monomer emission in bulge-containing duplexes, high pyrene monomer emission in fully matched duplexes, and 5-(pyrenyl)uracil:pyrene exciplex emission in the single-stranded form. Such fluorescent properties enable the application of bis-pyrene-modified UNA in the development of fluorescence probes for DNA/RNA detection and for detection of deletions at specific positions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pavla Perlíková
- Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M (Denmark); Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6 (Czech Republic)
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A color-tunable molecular beacon to sense miRNA-9 expression during neurogenesis. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4626. [PMID: 24713846 PMCID: PMC3980227 DOI: 10.1038/srep04626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
A typical molecular beacon (MB) composing of a fluorophore and a quencher has been used to sense various intracellular biomolecules including microRNAs (miRNA, miR). However, the on/off-tunable miRNA MB is difficult to distinguish whether the observed low fluorescence brightness results from low miRNA expression or low transfection of the miRNA MB. We developed a color-tunable miRNA-9 MB (ColoR9 MB) to sense miR-9 expression-dependent color change. The ColoR9 MB was synthesized by a partially double-stranded DNA oligonucleotide containing a miR-9 binding site and a reporter probe with Cy3/black hole quencher 1 (BHQ1) at one end and a reference probe with Cy5.5 at the other end. The ColoR9 MB visualized CHO and P19 cells with red color in the absence of miR-9 and yellow color in the presence of miR-9. In vivo imaging demonstrated that the green fluorescence recovery of the reporter probe from the ColoR9 MB increased gradually during neuronal differentiation of P19 cells, whereas red fluorescence activity of the reference probe remained constant. These results showed the great specificity of sensing miR-9 expression- and neurogenesis-dependent color change.
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