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Sýkorová V, Tichý M, Hocek M. Polymerase Synthesis of DNA Containing Iodinated Pyrimidine or 7-Deazapurine Nucleobases and Their Post-synthetic Modifications through the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100608. [PMID: 34821441 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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All four iodinated 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) derived from 5-iodouracil, 5-iodocytosine, 7-iodo-7-deazaadenine and 7-iodo-7-deazaguanine were prepared and studied as substrates for KOD XL DNA polymerase. All of the nucleotides were readily incorporated by primer extension and by PCR amplification to form DNA containing iodinated nucleobases. Systematic study of the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions with two bulkier arylboronic acids revealed that the 5-iodopyrimidines were more reactive and gave cross-coupling products both in the terminal or internal position in single-stranded oligonucleotides (ssONs) and in the terminal position of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), whereas the 7-iodo-7-deazapurines were less reactive and gave cross-coupling products only in the terminal position. None of the four iodinated bases reacted in an internal position of dsDNA. These findings are useful for the use of the iodinated nucleobases for post-synthetic modification of DNA with functional groups for various applications.
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- Veronika Sýkorová
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Zarenezhad E, Farjam M, Iraji A. Synthesis and biological activity of pyrimidines-containing hybrids: Focusing on pharmacological application. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cupellini L, Wityk P, Mennucci B, Rak J. Photoinduced electron transfer in 5-bromouracil labeled DNA. A contrathermodynamic mechanism revisited by electron transfer theories. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:4387-4393. [PMID: 30729242 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07700b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The understanding of the 5-bromouracil (BrU) based photosensitization mechanism of DNA damage is of large interest due to the potential applications in photodynamic therapy. Photoinduced electron transfer (ET) in BrU labeled duplexes comprising the 5'-GBrU or 5'-ABrU sequence showed that a much lower reactivity was found for the 5'-GBrU pattern. Since the ionization potential of G is lower than that of A, this sequence selectivity has been dubbed a contrathermodynamic one. In the current work, we employ the Marcus and Marcus-Levich-Jortner theory of ET in order to shed light on the observed effect. By using a combination of Density Functional Theory (DFT) and solvation continuum models, we calculated the electronic couplings, reorganization energies, and thermodynamic stimuli for electron transfer which enabled the rates of forward and back ET to be estimated for the two considered sequences. The calculated rates show that the photoreaction could not be efficient if the ET process proceeded within the considered dimers. Only after introducing additional adenines between G and BrU, which accelerates the forward and slows down the back ET, is a significant amount of photodamage expected.
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- Lorenzo Cupellini
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Zdrowowicz M, Wityk P, Michalska B, Rak J. 5-Bromo-2'-deoxycytidine-a potential DNA photosensitizer. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:9312-9321. [PMID: 27714178 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01446a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A double-stranded oligonucleotide, 80 base pairs in length, was multiply labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxycytidine (BrdC) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The modified oligonucleotide was irradiated with 300 nm photons and its damage was assayed by employing DHPLC, LC-MS and denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Two types of damage were demonstrated, namely, single strand breaks (SSBs) and intrastrand cross-links (ICLs); the ICLs were in the form of d(G^C) and d(C^C) dimers. The former species are probably formed due to photoinduced electron transfer between the photoexcited BrdC and the ground state 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG), whereas the latter is a result of a cycloaddition reaction. Since SSBs and ICLs are potentially lethal to the cell, BrdC could be considered as a nucleoside with possible clinical applications.
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- Magdalena Zdrowowicz
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Westphal K, Makurat S, Rak J. The Sequence Dependence of Photoinduced Single Strand Break in 5-Bromo-2′-deoxyuridine Labeled DNA Supports That Electron Transfer Is Responsible for the Damage. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:9169-9174. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kinga Westphal
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Sosnowska M, Makurat S, Zdrowowicz M, Rak J. 5-Selenocyanatouracil: A Potential Hypoxic Radiosensitizer. Electron Attachment Induced Formation of Selenium Centered Radical. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:6139-6147. [PMID: 28574710 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The propensity of 5-selenocyanatouracil (SeCNU) to decomposition induced by attachment of electron was scrutinized with the G3B3 composite quantum-chemical method and radiolytic studies. Favorable thermodynamic (Gibbs free reaction energy of -13.65 kcal/mol) and kinetic (Gibbs free activation energy of 1.22 kcal/mol) characteristics revealed by the G3B3 free energy profile suggest SeCNU to be sensitive to electron attachment. The title compound was synthesized in the reaction between uracil and selenocyanogen chloride in acetic acid. Then, an aqueous and deoxygenated solution of the HPLC purified compound containing tert-butanol as a hydroxyl radical scavenger was irradiated with X-rays. SeCNU radio-degradation results in two major products: the U-Se-Se-U dimer and the adduct of the ●OtBu radical to the U-Se● radical, U-Se-OtBu. The effects of radiolysis as well as the results of G3B3 calculations point to U-Se● as the primary product of dissociative electron attachment to SeCNU. The MTT test shows that SeCNU is nontoxic in vitro in concentrations equal to or lower than 10-6 M. Ionizing radiation will probably induce cytotoxic intra- and interstrand DNA cross-links as well as protein-DNA cross-links in the genomic DNA labeled with SeCNU.
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- Marta Sosnowska
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Wityk P, Zdrowowicz M, Wiczk J, Rak J. UV-induced electron transfer between triethylamine and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine. A puzzle concerning the photochemical debromination of labeled DNA. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2017; 142:262-269. [PMID: 28528145 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) photosensitizes DNA to strand break formation. However, this type of photodamage is completely quenched by the presence of triethylamine (TEA) which originates from RP-HPLC purification commonly employed by oligonucleotide providers. While the presence of TEA in oligonucleotide samples does not interfere with PCR or other molecular biology applications, the mechanism of photochemical reaction proceeding in the labeled DNA is dramatically changed due to the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) between the photoexcited BrdU and the ground state TEA. For the first time, we demonstrated that the latter process produces 2'-deoxyuridne2'-deoxyuridine (debromination) in the labeled DNA instead of the expected strand break. PET between TEA and BrdU was additionally confirmed by the UV irradiations of aqueous solutions containing both species. Indeed, the efficient formation of 2'-deoxyuridine was observed in the studied photolytes. Moreover, we showed the formation of an additional product in these binary mixtures, i.e. imidazole derivative, that is not formed in DNA and was reported in the literature in the context of dark rather than photochemical processes. Using mass spectrometry we demonstrated that the amount of TEA impurity in the commercial samples of oligos exceeds up to 3 orders of magnitude that of the purchased DNA.
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- Paweł Wityk
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland.
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Westphal K, Zdrowowicz M, Zylicz-Stachula A, Rak J. Chemically–enzymatic synthesis of photosensitive DNA. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2017; 167:228-235. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Zylicz-Stachula A, Polska K, Skowron P, Rak J. Artificial plasmid labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine: a universal molecular system for strand break detection. Chembiochem 2014; 15:1409-12. [PMID: 24850054 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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DNA strand breaks (SBs) are among the most cytotoxic forms of DNA damage, and their residual levels correlate directly with cell death. Hence, the type and amount of SBs is directly related to the efficacy of a given anticancer therapy. In this study, we describe a molecular tool that can differentiate between single (SSBs) and double (DSBs) strand breaks and also assess them quantitatively. Our method involves PCR amplification of a linear DNA fragment labeled with a sensitizing nucleotide, circularization of that fragment, and enzymatic introduction of supercoils to transform the circular relaxed form of the synthesized plasmid into a supercoiled one. After exposure of the molecule to a damaging factor, SSB and DSB levels can be easily assayed with gel electrophoresis. We applied this method to prepare an artificial plasmid labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine and to assay SBs photoinduced in the synthesized plasmid.
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Zdrowowicz M, Michalska B, Zylicz-Stachula A, Rak J. Photoinduced single strand breaks and intrastrand cross-links in an oligonucleotide labeled with 5-bromouracil. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:5009-16. [PMID: 24766391 DOI: 10.1021/jp500192z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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5-Bromouracil (BrU) is photoreactive toward near UVB photons and can be introduced into genomic DNA during its biosynthesis in cells. However, PCR seems to be a simpler approach, which can be used to obtain labeled DNA similar to that synthesized within the cell. In the current work, PCR has been employed and optimized in order to substitute all thymines (besides those present in starters) with BrU in the dsDNA fragment of 80 base pairs (bp) in length. The modified oligonucleotide was irradiated with 300 nm photons in a buffered aqueous solution (pH = 7) and digested with a cocktail of enzymes specific to the phosphodiester bond cleavage. Initially, the extent of damage in the intact photolyte was measured with DHPLC. Then, the digested reaction mixture was subjected to HPLC and MS analyses and, in addition to the formation of 5-bromo-2'-deoxuyridine, which proves the occurrence of single strand breaks (SSBs) due to irradiation, U∧U and U∧C dimers were found, whose molecular structure was confirmed by MS/MS analysis. Although the abundance of such tandem lesions is lower than that of the SSB type, they pose a potent threat to genome integrity. Thus, our findings shed new light on the photosensitizing properties of BrU toward DNA.
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- Magdalena Zdrowowicz
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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