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Stachelska-Wierzchowska A, Wierzchowski J. Chemo-Enzymatic Generation of Highly Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogs Using Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase. Biomolecules 2024; 14:701. [PMID: 38927104 PMCID: PMC11201700 DOI: 10.3390/biom14060701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 06/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Chemo-enzymatic syntheses of strongly fluorescent nucleoside analogs, potentially applicable in analytical biochemistry and cell biology are reviewed. The syntheses and properties of fluorescent ribofuranosides of several purine, 8-azapurine, and etheno-purine derivatives, obtained using various types of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) as catalysts, as well as α-ribose-1-phosphate (r1P) as a second substrate, are described. In several instances, the ribosylation sites are different to the canonical purine N9. Some of the obtained ribosides show fluorescence yields close to 100%. Possible applications of the new analogs include assays of PNP, nucleoside hydrolases, and other enzyme activities both in vitro and within living cells using fluorescence microscopy.
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland;
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Xia Z, Kondhare D, Chandankar SS, Ingale SA, Leonard P, Seela F. Nucleobase-Functionalized 7-Deazaisoguanine and 7-Deazapurin-2,6-diamine Nucleosides: Halogenation, Cross-Coupling, and Cycloaddition. J Org Chem 2024; 89:1807-1822. [PMID: 38227281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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The functionalization in position-7 of 7-deazaisoguanine and 7-deazapurin-2,6-diamine ribo- and 2'-deoxyribonucleosides by halogen atoms (chloro, bromo, iodo), and clickable alkynyl and vinyl side chains for copper-catalyzed and copper-free cycloadditions is described. Problems arising during the synthesis of the 7-iodinated isoguanine ribo- and 2'-deoxyribonucleosides were solved by the action of acetone. The impact of side chains and halogen atoms on the pKa values and hydrophobicity of nucleosides was investigated. Halogenated substituents increase the lipophilic character of nucleosides in the order Cl < Br < I and decrease the pK values of protonation. Photophysical properties (fluorescence, solvatochromism, and quantum yields) of azide-alkyne click adducts bearing pyrene as sensor groups were determined. Pyrene fluorescence was solvent-dependent and changed according to the linker lengths. Excimer emission was observed in dioxane for the long linker adduct. Bioorthogonal inverse-electron-demanding Diels-Alder cycloadditions (iEDDA) were conducted on the electron-rich vinyl groups of 7-deazaisoguanine and 7-deazapurin-2,6-diamine nucleosides as dienophiles and 3,6-dipyridyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine as diene. The initially formed complex reaction mixture of isomers could be easily oxidized with iodine in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/pyridine leading to single aromatic tetrazine adducts within a short time and in excellent yields.
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- Zhenqiang Xia
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Liu ZQ. Is it still worth renewing nucleoside anticancer drugs nowadays? Eur J Med Chem 2024; 264:115987. [PMID: 38056297 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Nucleoside has situated the convergence point in the discovery of novel drugs for decades, and a large number of nucleoside derivatives have been constructed for screening novel pharmacological properties at various experimental platforms. Notably, nearly 20 nucleosides are approved to be used in the clinic treatment of various cancers. Nevertheless, the blossom of synthetic nucleoside analogs in comparison with the scarcity of nucleoside anticancer drugs leads to a question: Is it still worth insisting on the screening of novel anticancer drugs from nucleoside derivatives? Hence, this review attempts to emphasize the importance of nucleoside analogs in the discovery of novel anticancer drugs. Firstly, we introduce the metabolic procedures of nucleoside anticancer drug (such as 5-fluorouracil) and summarize the designing of novel nucleoside anticancer candidates based on clinically used nucleoside anticancer drugs (such as gemcitabine). Furthermore, we collect anticancer properties of some recently synthesized nucleoside analogs, aiming at emphasizing the availability of nucleoside analogs in the discovery of anticancer drugs. Finally, a variety of synthetic strategies including the linkage of sugar moiety with nucleobase scaffold, modifications on the sugar moiety, and variations on the nucleobase structure are collected to exhibit the abundant protocols in the achievement of nucleoside analogs. Taken the above discussions collectively, nucleoside still advantages for the finding of novel anticancer drugs because of the clearly metabolic procedures, successfully clinic applications, and abundantly synthetic routines.
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- Zai-Qun Liu
- Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People's Republic of China.
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Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. The Base Pairs of Isoguanine and 8-Aza-7-deazaisoguanine with 5-Methylisocytosine as Targets for DNA Functionalization. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:422-432. [PMID: 36735859 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The isoguanine-isocytosine base pair (isoG-isoC) represents an important expansion of the DNA coding system. The base pair is more stable than the canonical adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine pairs. However, nothing is known on the functionalization of the noncanonical isoG-isoC pair at the isoguanine site. In this work, functionalization of the isoG-isoC and the isosteric base pair that contains 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine in place of isoguanine is studied. Short ethynyl, more space demanding octadiynyl, and dendritic tripropargylamine residues attached to the isoG-isoC base pairs were introduced to oligonucleotides. 12-mer duplexes were formed by hybridization with single base pair modification. The use of the two modified nucleobases gave us the freedom to shift nucleobase substituents within the major groove of double helical DNA. Clickable side chains at position-7 stabilize the base pair, whereas 8-substituents reduce its stability strongly. The weak isoguanine-thymine or 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine-thymine base pairs show a similar sensitivity to the position of nucleobase functionalization as base pair matches formed with 5-methylisocytosine. CD spectra of all modified duplexes display the typical shape of a B-DNA with only marginal changes. Fluorescent pyrene labeled DNA with long, short, and branched linkers was generated using click chemistry. Pyrene click adducts with long linkers are essential to maintain or to increase base pair stability. Labeled duplexes are more fluorescent than corresponding single strands. For the dendritic linker excimer emission was observed for single strands but only monomer emission in duplexes.
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- Dasharath Kondhare
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Zhang A, Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. DNA Strand Displacement with Base Pair Stabilizers: Purine-2,6-Diamine and 8-Aza-7-Bromo-7-Deazapurine-2,6-Diamine Oligonucleotides Invade Canonical DNA and New Fluorescent Pyrene Click Sensors Monitor the Reaction. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202412. [PMID: 36178316 PMCID: PMC10100337 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Purine-2,6-diamine and 8-aza-7-deaza-7-bromopurine-2,6-diamine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides (1 and 2) were implemented in isothermal DNA strand displacement reactions. Nucleoside 1 is a weak stabilizer of dA-dT base pairs, nucleoside 2 evokes strong stabilization. Strand displacement reactions used single-stranded invaders with single and multiple incorporations of stabilizers. Displacement is driven by negative enthalpy changes between target and displaced duplex. Toeholds are not required. Two new environmental sensitive fluorescent pyrene sensors were developed to monitor the progress of displacement reactions. Pyrene was connected to the nucleobase in the invader or to a dendritic linker in the output strand. Both new sensors were constructed by click chemistry; phosphoramidites and oligonucleotides were prepared. Sensors show monomer or excimer emission. Fluorescence intensity changes when the displacement reaction progresses. Our work demonstrates that strand displacement with base pair stabilizers is applicable to DNA, RNA and to related biopolymers with applications in chemical biology, nanotechnology and medicinal diagnostics.
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- Aigui Zhang
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069, Osnabrück, Germany
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Zhang A, Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. Purine–Purine Base Pairs in Parallel DNA: β-D Anomeric 8-Aza-7-deazaisoguanine and 7-Functionalized Conjugates Form Stable Base Pairs with α-D 5-Aza-7-deaza-2′-deoxyguanosine. Bioconjug Chem 2022; 33:1796-1802. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Aigui Zhang
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Kondhare D, Zhang A, Leonard P, Seela F. DNA with Purine-Purine Base Pairs: Size and Position of Isoguanine and 8-Aza-7-deazaisoguanine Clickable Residues Control the Molecular Recognition of Guanine and 5-Aza-7-deazaguanine. J Org Chem 2022; 87:10630-10650. [PMID: 35948421 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Purine-purine base pairs represent an alternative recognition system to the purine-pyrimidine pairing reported by Watson and Crick. Modified purines are the source for non-canonical interactions. To mimic dG-dC interactions, 2'-deoxyisoguanosine (1a) and 8-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanosine (2a) are used to construct base pairs with 2'-deoxyguanosine or 5-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine (dZ). This work reports the chemical functionalization of 1a and its shape mimic 2a in purine-purine base pairs. Clickable rigid ethynyl and more flexible octadiynyl side chain derivatives of 1a and 2a were synthesized. They were protected and converted into phosphoramidites. Building blocks were employed in the synthesis of base-modified 12-mer oligonucleotides with clickable side chains. Pyrene azide was clicked to the linkers. After hybridization, oligonucleotides with purine-purine base pairs were constructed with linkers and pyrene adducts at position-8 of isoguanine and at position-7 of 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine. Recognition and stability of purine-purine base pairs were explored using Tm values, thermodynamic data, and CD-spectroscopic changes. Side chains at position-7 of 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine-guanine base pairs or with 5-aza-7-deazaguanine are well accommodated in DNA, whereas functionalization at 8-position of isoguanine makes the DNA unstable. Pyrene click adducts verified the observation. In conclusion, position-7 is the place of choice for purine-purine base pair functionalization.
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- Dasharath Kondhare
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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