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Chattha GM, Arshad S, Kamal Y, Chattha MA, Asim MH, Raza SA, Mahmood A, Manzoor M, Dar UI, Arshad A. Nanorobots: An innovative approach for DNA-based cancer treatment. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2023.104173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Devari S, Bhunia D, Bong D. Synthesis of Bifacial Peptide Nucleic Acids with Diketopiperazine Backbones. Synlett 2022; 33:965-968. [PMID: 35874045 PMCID: PMC9306277 DOI: 10.1055/a-1802-6873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We report a synthesis of bifacial peptide nucleic acids (bPNAs) with novel diketopiperazine (DKP) backbones that display unnatural melamine (M) bases, as well as native bases. To examine the structure-function scope of DKP bPNAs, we synthesized a set of bPNAs by using diaminopropionic acid, diaminobutyric acid, ornithine, and lysine derivatives to display the base-tripling motifs, which result in one, two, three, or four carbons linking the alpha carbon to the side-chain amine. Thermal denaturation of DNA hybrids with these bPNAs revealed that the optimal side-chain linkage was four carbons, corresponding to the lysine derivative. Accordingly, monomers displaying two bases per side-chain were prepared through double reductive alkylation of the ε-amine of Fmoc-lysine with acetaldehyde derivatives of adenine, cytidine, uridine, and melamine. With these building blocks in hand, DKP bPNAs were prepared to display a combination of native and synthetic (melamine) bases. Preliminary melting studies indicate binding signatures of cytidine- and melamine-displaying bPNAs to T-rich DNAs of noncanonical structure, though full characterization of this behavior is ongoing. The convenient and potentially scalable method described enables rapid access to DNA-binding scaffolds of low (<1 kD) molecular weight and previously established cell permeability. We expect that this straightforward and efficient approach to nucleic acid binders will enable studies on noncanonical nucleic acid hybridization.
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- Shekaraiah Devari
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Munyaradzi O, Rundell S, Bong D. Impact of bPNA Backbone Structural Constraints and Composition on Triplex Hybridization with DNA. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202100707. [PMID: 35167719 PMCID: PMC9136932 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We report herein a study on the impact of bifacial peptide nucleic acid (bPNA) amino acid composition and backbone modification on DNA binding. A series of bPNA backbone variants with identical net charge were synthesized to display either 4 or 6 melamine (M) bases. These bases form thymine-melamine-thymine (TMT) base-triples, resulting in triplex hybrid stem structures with T-rich DNAs. Analyses of 6 M bPNA-DNA hybrids suggested that hybrid stability was linked to amino acid secondary structure propensities, prompting a more detailed study in shorter 4 M bPNAs. We synthesized 4 M bPNAs predisposed to adopt helical secondary structure via helix-turn nucleation in 7-residue bPNAs using double-click covalent stapling. Generally, hybrid stability improved upon stapling, but amino acid composition had a more significant effect. We also pursued an alternative strategy for bPNA structural preorganization by incorporation of residues with strong backbone amide conformational preferences such as 4R- and 4S-fluoroprolines. Notably, these derivatives exhibited an additional improvement in hybrid stability beyond both unsubstituted proline bPNA analogues and the helically patterned bPNAs. Overall, these findings demonstrate the tunability of bPNA-DNA hybrid stability through bPNA backbone structural propensities and amino acid composition.
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- Oliver Munyaradzi
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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Rundell S, Munyaradzi O, Bong D. Enhanced Triplex Hybridization of DNA and RNA via Syndiotactic Side Chain Presentation in Minimal bPNAs. Biochemistry 2022; 61:85-91. [PMID: 34955016 PMCID: PMC9361178 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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General design principles for recognition at noncanonical interfaces of DNA and RNA remain elusive. Triplex hybridization of bifacial peptide nucleic acids (bPNAs) with oligo-T/U DNAs and RNAs is a robust recognition platform that can be used to define structure-function relationships in synthetic triplex formation. To this end, a set of minimal (mw < 1 kD) bPNA variants was synthesized to probe the impact of amino acid secondary structural propensity, stereochemistry, and backbone cyclization on hybridization with short, unstructured T-rich DNA and U-rich RNAs. Thermodynamic parameters extracted from optical melting analyses of bPNA variant hybrids indicated that there are two bPNA backbone modifications that significantly improve hybridization: alternating (d, l) configuration in open-chain dipeptides and homochiral dipeptide cyclization to diketopiperazine. Further, binding to DNA is preferred over RNA for all bPNA variants. Thymine-uracil substitutions in DNA substrates revealed that the methyl group of thymine accounts for 71% of ΔΔGDNA-RNA for open-chain bPNAs but only 40% of ΔΔGDNA-RNA for diketopiperazine bPNA, suggesting a greater sensitivity to RNA conformation and more optimized stacking in the cyclic bPNA. Together, these data reveal pressure points for tuning triplex hybridization at the chiral centers of bPNA, backbone conformation, stacking effects at the base triple, and the nucleic acid substrate itself. A structural blueprint for enhancing bPNA targeting of both DNA and RNA substrates includes syndiotactic base presentation (as found in homochiral diketopiperazines and d, l peptides), expansion of base stacking, and further investigation of bPNA backbone preorganization.
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- Sarah Rundell
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Liang Y, Miao S, Mao J, Devari S, Gonzalez M, Bong D. Screening of Minimalist Noncanonical Sites in Duplex DNA and RNA Reveals Context and Motif-Selective Binding by Fluorogenic Base Probes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202103616. [PMID: 34693570 PMCID: PMC8758549 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103616] [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: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We hypothesize that programmable hybridization to noncanonical nucleic acid motifs may be achieved by macromolecular display of binders to individual noncanonical pairs (NCPs). As each recognition element may individually have weak binding to an NCP, we developed a semi-rational approach to detect low affinity interactions between selected nitrogenous bases and noncanonical sites in duplex DNA and RNA. A set of fluorogenic probes was synthesized by coupling abiotic (triazines, pyrimidines) and native RNA bases to thiazole orange (TO) dye. This probe library was screened against duplex nucleic acid substrates bearing single abasic, single NCP, and tandem NCP sites. Probe engagement with NCP sites was reported by 100-1000× fluorescence enhancement over background. Binding is strongly context-dependent, reflective of both molecular recognition and stability: less stable motifs are more likely to bind a synthetic probe. Further, DNA and RNA substrates exhibit entirely different abasic and single NCP binding profiles. While probe binding in the abasic and single NCP screens was monotonous, much richer binding profiles were observed with the screen of tandem NCP sites in RNA, in part due to increased steric accessibility. In addition to known binding interactions between the triazine melamine (M) and T/U sites, the NCP screens identified new targeting elements for pyrimidine-rich motifs in single NCPs and 2×2 internal bulges. We anticipate that semi-rational approaches of this type will lead to programmable noncanonical hybridization strategies at the macromolecular level.
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- Yufeng Liang
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Miao S, Bhunia D, Devari S, Liang Y, Munyaradzi O, Rundell S, Bong D. Bifacial PNAs Destabilize MALAT1 by 3' A-Tail Displacement from the U-Rich Internal Loop. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1600-1609. [PMID: 34382766 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We report herein a new class of synthetic reagents for targeting the element for nuclear expression (ENE) in MALAT1, a long noncoding RNA upregulated in many cancers. The cis-acting ENE contains a U-rich internal loop (URIL) that forms an 11 base UAU-rich triplex stem with the truncated 3' oligo-A tail of MALAT1, protecting the terminus from exonuclease digestion and greatly extending transcript lifetime. Bifacial peptide nucleic acids (bPNAs) similarly bind URILs via base triple formation between two uracil bases and a synthetic base, melamine. We synthesized a set of low molecular weight bPNAs composed of α-linked peptide, isodipeptide, and diketopiperazine backbones and evaluated their ENE binding efficacy in vitro via oligo-A strand displacement and consequent exonuclease sensitivity. Degradation was greatly enhanced by bPNA treatment in the presence of exonucleases, with ENE half-life plunging to 6 min from >24 h. RNA digestion kinetics could clearly distinguish between bPNAs with similar URIL affinities, highlighting the utility of functional assays for evaluating synthetic RNA binders. In vitro activity was mirrored by a 50% knockdown of MALAT1 expression in pancreatic cancer (PANC-1) cells upon treatment with bPNAs, consistent with intracellular digestion triggered by a similar ENE A-tail displacement mechanism. Pulldown from PANC-1 total RNA with biotinylated bPNA enriched MALAT1 > 4000× , supportive of bPNA-URIL selectivity. Together, these experiments establish the feasibility of native transcript targeting by bPNA in both in vitro and intracellular contexts. Reagents such as bPNAs may be useful tools for the investigation of transcripts stabilized by cis-acting poly(A) binding RNA elements.
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- Shiqin Miao
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Wang J, Li Y, Nie G. Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy. NATURE REVIEWS. MATERIALS 2021; 6:766-783. [PMID: 34026278 PMCID: PMC8132739 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-021-00315-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Biomolecule-based nanostructures are inherently multifunctional and harbour diverse biological activities, which can be explored for cancer nanomedicine. The supramolecular properties of biomolecules can be precisely programmed for the design of smart drug delivery vehicles, enabling efficient transport in vivo, targeted drug delivery and combinatorial therapy within a single design. In this Review, we discuss biomolecule-based nanostructures, including polysaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides and proteins, and highlight their enormous design space for multifunctional nanomedicines. We identify key challenges in cancer nanomedicine that can be addressed by biomolecule-based nanostructures and survey the distinct biological activities, programmability and in vivo behaviour of biomolecule-based nanostructures. Finally, we discuss challenges in the rational design, characterization and fabrication of biomolecule-based nanostructures, and identify obstacles that need to be overcome to enable clinical translation.
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- Jing Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, Beijing, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, Beijing, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, Beijing, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- GBA Research Innovation Institute for Nanotechnology, Guangdong, China
- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Miao S, Liang Y, Rundell S, Bhunia D, Devari S, Munyaradzi O, Bong D. Unnatural bases for recognition of noncoding nucleic acid interfaces. Biopolymers 2021; 112:e23399. [PMID: 32969496 PMCID: PMC7855516 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The notion of using synthetic heterocycles instead of the native bases to interface with DNA and RNA has been explored for nearly 60 years. Unnatural bases compatible with the DNA/RNA coding interface have the potential to expand the genetic code and co-opt the machinery of biology to access new macromolecular function; accordingly, this body of research is core to synthetic biology. While much of the literature on artificial bases focuses on code expansion, there is a significant and growing effort on docking synthetic heterocycles to noncoding nucleic acid interfaces; this approach seeks to illuminate major processes of nucleic acids, including regulation of transcription, translation, transport, and transcript lifetimes. These major avenues of research at the coding and noncoding interfaces have in common fundamental principles in molecular recognition. Herein, we provide an overview of foundational literature in biophysics of base recognition and unnatural bases in coding to provide context for the developing area of targeting noncoding nucleic acid interfaces with synthetic bases, with a focus on systems developed through iterative design and biophysical study.
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- Shiqin Miao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Liang Y, Miao S, Mao J, DeSantis C, Bong D. Context-Sensitive Cleavage of Folded DNAs by Loop-Targeting bPNAs. Biochemistry 2020; 59:2410-2418. [PMID: 32519542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Herein, we demonstrate context-dependent molecular recognition of DNA by synthetic bPNA iron and copper complexes, using oxidative backbone cleavage as a chemical readout for binding. Oligoethylenimine bPNAs displaying iron·EDTA or copper·phenanthroline sites were found to be efficient chemical nucleases for designed and native structured DNAs with T-rich single-stranded domains. Cleavage reactivity depends strongly on structural context, as strikingly demonstrated with DNA substrates of the form (GGGTTA)n. This repeat sequence from the human telomere is known to switch between parallel and antiparallel G-quadruplex (G4) topologies with a change from potassium to sodium buffer: notably, bPNA-copper complexes efficiently cleave long repeat sequences into ∼22-nucleotide portions in sodium, but not potassium, buffer. We hypothesize preferential cleavage of the antiparallel topology (Na+) over the parallel topology (K+) due to the greater accessibility of the TTA loop to bPNA in the antiparallel (Na+) form. Similar ion-sensitive telomere shortening upon treatment with bPNA nucleases can be observed in both isolated and intracellular DNA from PC3 cells by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Live cell treatment was accompanied by accelerated cellular senescence, as expected for significant telomere shortening. Taken together, the loop-targeting approach of bPNA chemical nucleases complements prior intercalation strategies targeting duplex and quadruplex DNA. Structurally sensitive loop targeting enables discrimination between similar target sequences, thus expanding bPNA targeting beyond simple oligo-T sequences. In addition, bPNA nucleases are cell membrane permeable and therefore may be used to target native intracellular substrates. In addition, these data indicate that bPNA scaffolds can be a platform for new synthetic binders to particular nucleic acid structural motifs.
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- Yufeng Liang
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Frenkel-Pinter M, Samanta M, Ashkenasy G, Leman LJ. Prebiotic Peptides: Molecular Hubs in the Origin of Life. Chem Rev 2020; 120:4707-4765. [PMID: 32101414 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The fundamental roles that peptides and proteins play in today's biology makes it almost indisputable that peptides were key players in the origin of life. Insofar as it is appropriate to extrapolate back from extant biology to the prebiotic world, one must acknowledge the critical importance that interconnected molecular networks, likely with peptides as key components, would have played in life's origin. In this review, we summarize chemical processes involving peptides that could have contributed to early chemical evolution, with an emphasis on molecular interactions between peptides and other classes of organic molecules. We first summarize mechanisms by which amino acids and similar building blocks could have been produced and elaborated into proto-peptides. Next, non-covalent interactions of peptides with other peptides as well as with nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, metal ions, and aromatic molecules are discussed in relation to the possible roles of such interactions in chemical evolution of structure and function. Finally, we describe research involving structural alternatives to peptides and covalent adducts between amino acids/peptides and other classes of molecules. We propose that ample future breakthroughs in origin-of-life chemistry will stem from investigations of interconnected chemical systems in which synergistic interactions between different classes of molecules emerge.
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- Moran Frenkel-Pinter
- NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution, https://centerforchemicalevolution.com/.,School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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- NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution, https://centerforchemicalevolution.com/.,Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Miao S, Liang Y, Marathe I, Mao J, DeSantis C, Bong D. Duplex Stem Replacement with bPNA+ Triplex Hybrid Stems Enables Reporting on Tertiary Interactions of Internal RNA Domains. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9365-9372. [PMID: 31094510 PMCID: PMC7043357 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We report herein the synthesis and DNA/RNA binding properties of bPNA+, a new variant of bifacial peptide nucleic acid (bPNA) that binds oligo T/U nucleic acids to form triplex hybrids. By virtue of a new bivalent side chain on bPNA+, similar DNA affinity and hybrid thermostability can be obtained with half the molecular footprint of previously reported bPNA. Lysine derivatives bearing two melamine bases (K2M) can be prepared on multigram scale by double reductive alkylation with melamine acetaldehyde, resulting in a tertiary amine side chain that affords both peptide solubility and selective base-triple formation with 4 T/U bases; the Fmoc-K2M derivative can be used directly in solid phase peptide synthesis, rendering bPNA+ conveniently accessible. A compact bPNA+binding site of two U6 domains can be genetically encoded to replace existing 6 bp stem elements at virtually any location within an RNA transcript. We thus replaced internal 6 bp RNA stems that supported loop regions with 6 base-triple hybrid stems using fluorophore-labeled bPNA+. As the loop regions engaged in RNA tertiary interactions, the labeled hybrid stems provided a fluorescent readout; bPNA+ enabled this readout without covalent chemical modification or introduction of new structural elements. This strategy was demonstrated to be effective for reporting on widely observed RNA tertiary interactions such as intermolecular RNA-RNA kissing loop dimerization, RNA-protein binding, and intramolecular RNA tetraloop-tetraloop receptor binding, illustrating the potential general utility of this method. The modest 6 bp stem binding footprint of bPNA+ makes the hybrid stem replacement method practical for noncovalent installation of synthetic probes of RNA interactions. We anticipate that bPNA+ structural probes will be useful for the study of tertiary interactions in long noncoding RNAs.
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Liang Y, Mao J, Bong D. Synthetic bPNAs as allosteric triggers of hammerhead ribozyme catalysis. Methods Enzymol 2019; 623:151-175. [PMID: 31239045 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2019.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The biochemistry and structural biology of the hammerhead ribozyme (HHR) have been well elucidated. The secondary and tertiary structural elements that enable sugar-phosphate bond scission to be catalyzed by this RNA are clearly understood. We have taken advantage of this knowledge base to test the extent to which synthetic molecules, may be used to trigger structure in secondary structure and tertiary interactions and thereby control HHR catalysis. These molecules belong to a family of molecules we generally call "bPNAs" based on our work on bifacial peptide nucleic acid (bPNA). This family of molecules displays the "bifacial" heterocycle melamine, which acts as a base-triple upon capturing two equivalents of thymine or uracil. Loosely structured internal oligouridylate bulges of 4-20 nucleotides can be restructured as triplex hybrid stems upon binding bPNAs. As such, a duplex stem element can be replaced with a bPNA triplex hybrid stem; similarly, a tertiary loop-stem interaction can be replaced with a loop-bPNA-stem complex. The ability to control RNA structure-function facilitates elucidation of these critical aspects of RNA recognition. In this chapter, we discuss how bPNAs are prepared and applied to study structure-function turn on in the hammerhead ribozyme system.
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- Yufeng Liang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
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Wang W, Zhou Z, Zhou J, Shi B, Song B, Li X, Huang F, Stang PJ. Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Janus Double Metallacycle. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:7141-7145. [PMID: 31094513 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A double metallacycle was prepared via the size-selective integrative self-sorting of four different building blocks driven by a reversible metal-ligand coordination interaction. A hydrophobic dendron was placed on a metallacycle and a hydrophilic dendron was attached to the other metallacycle, producing a two-faced Janus-type supramolecule with two distinct functionalities. In aqueous media, hierarchical self-assembly of the supramolecular system was induced by the combination of coordination interactions and hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions resulting in the formation of micrometer-sized fiber-like structures, a morphology distinct from metallacycles bearing only one type of functionality. This study provides a versatile approach for the construction of Janus-type molecules and demonstrates that integrative self-sorting of a supramolecular coordination system can be utilized for the preparation of complex supramolecular systems with predesigned functionalities and morphologies.
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- Wenbo Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020 , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020 , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of South Florida , 4202 East Fowler Avenue , Tampa , Florida 33620 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of South Florida , 4202 East Fowler Avenue , Tampa , Florida 33620 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020 , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112 , United States
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Mattelaer HP, Mattelaer CA, Papastavrou N, Dehaen W, Herdewijn P. Oligonucleotide promoted peptide bond formation using a tRNA mimicking approach. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:5013-5016. [PMID: 28429017 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc00831g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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TransferRNA's role in protein translation is the prime example of an Informational Leaving Group (ILG). A simplified model produced oligophenylalanine with a modified uracil as an ILG in the presence of specific oligonucleotides. Our preliminary studies contribute to the importance of hybrid species in bridging the gap between peptides and nucleic acids.
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- H-P Mattelaer
- KU Leuven, Rega Institute for Medical Science, Medicinal Chemistry, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Mao J, DeSantis C, Bong D. Small Molecule Recognition Triggers Secondary and Tertiary Interactions in DNA Folding and Hammerhead Ribozyme Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:9815-9818. [PMID: 28691825 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have identified tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (tren)-derived scaffolds with two (t2M) or four (t4M) melamine rings that can target oligo T/U domains in DNA/RNA. Unstructured T-rich DNAs cooperatively fold with the tren derivatives to form hairpin-like structures. Both t2M and t4M act as functional switches in a family of hammerhead ribozymes deactivated by stem or loop replacement with a U-rich sequence. Catalysis of bond scission in these hammerhead ribozymes could be restored by putative t2M/t4M refolding of stem secondary structure or tertiary bridging interactions between loop and stem. The simplicity of the t2M/t4M binding site enables programming of allostery in RNAs, recoding oligo-U domains as potential sites for secondary structure or tertiary contact. In combination with a facile and general method for installation of the t2M motif on primary amines, the method described herein streamlines design of synthetic allosteric riboswitches and small molecule-nucleic acid complexes.
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- Jie Mao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University , 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University , 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University , 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Jasinski D, Haque F, Binzel DW, Guo P. Advancement of the Emerging Field of RNA Nanotechnology. ACS NANO 2017; 11:1142-1164. [PMID: 28045501 PMCID: PMC5333189 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The field of RNA nanotechnology has advanced rapidly during the past decade. A variety of programmable RNA nanoparticles with defined shape, size, and stoichiometry have been developed for diverse applications in nanobiotechnology. The rising popularity of RNA nanoparticles is due to a number of factors: (1) removing the concern of RNA degradation in vitro and in vivo by introducing chemical modification into nucleotides without significant alteration of the RNA property in folding and self-assembly; (2) confirming the concept that RNA displays very high thermodynamic stability and is suitable for in vivo trafficking and other applications; (3) obtaining the knowledge to tune the immunogenic properties of synthetic RNA constructs for in vivo applications; (4) increased understanding of the 4D structure and intermolecular interaction of RNA molecules; (5) developing methods to control shape, size, and stoichiometry of RNA nanoparticles; (6) increasing knowledge of regulation and processing functions of RNA in cells; (7) decreasing cost of RNA production by biological and chemical synthesis; and (8) proving the concept that RNA is a safe and specific therapeutic modality for cancer and other diseases with little or no accumulation in vital organs. Other applications of RNA nanotechnology, such as adapting them to construct 2D, 3D, and 4D structures for use in tissue engineering, biosensing, resistive biomemory, and potential computer logic gate modules, have stimulated the interest of the scientific community. This review aims to outline the current state of the art of RNA nanoparticles as programmable smart complexes and offers perspectives on the promising avenues of research in this fast-growing field.
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- College of Pharmacy, Division
of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; College of Medicine,
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology; and Dorothy M. Davis
Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Division
of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; College of Medicine,
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology; and Dorothy M. Davis
Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Zhou Z, Xia X, Bong D. Synthetic Polymer Hybridization with DNA and RNA Directs Nanoparticle Loading, Silencing Delivery, and Aptamer Function. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:8920-3. [PMID: 26138550 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report herein discrete triplex hybridization of DNA and RNA with polyacrylates. Length-monodisperse triazine-derivatized polymers were prepared on gram-scale by reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization. Despite stereoregio backbone heterogeneity, the triazine polymers bind T/U-rich DNA or RNA with nanomolar affinity upon mixing in a 1:1 ratio, as judged by thermal melts, circular dichroism, gel-shift assays, and fluorescence quenching. We call these polyacrylates "bifacial polymer nucleic acids" (bPoNAs). Nucleic acid hybridization with bPoNA enables DNA loading onto polymer nanoparticles, siRNA silencing delivery, and can further serve as an allosteric trigger of RNA aptamer function. Thus, bPoNAs can serve as tools for both non-covalent bioconjugation and structure-function nucleation. It is anticipated that bPoNAs will have utility in both bio- and nanotechnology.
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- Zhun Zhou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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