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Masaki Y, Yamamoto K, Inde T, Yoshida K, Maruyama A, Nagata T, Tanihata J, Takeda S, Sekine M, Seio K. Synthesis of 2'-O-(N-methylcarbamoylethyl) 5-methyl-2-thiouridine and its application to splice-switching oligonucleotides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2018; 29:160-163. [PMID: 30551900 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
The effect of 2'-O-(N-methylcarbamoyl)ethyl (MCE) modification on splice-switching oligonucleotides (SSO) was systematically evaluated. The incorporation of five MCE nucleotides at the 5'-termini of SSOs effectively improved the splice switching effect. In addition, the incorporation of 2'-O-(N-methylcarbamoylethyl)-5-methyl-2-thiouridine (s2TMCE), a duplex-stabilizing nucleotide with an MCE modification, into SSOs further improved splice switching. These SSOs may be useful for the treatment of genetic diseases associated with splicing errors.
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- Yoshiaki Masaki
- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Therapy, Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Therapy, Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-16, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
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Cheng KG, Su CH, Huang JY, Liu J, Zheng YT, Chen ZF. Conjugation of Uridine with Oleanolic Acid Derivatives as Potential Antitumor Agents. Chem Biol Drug Des 2016; 88:329-40. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Ke-Guang Cheng
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Screening; China Pharmaceutical University; 24 Tongjia Xiang Nanjing 210009 China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy; School of Pharmacy; Fudan University; Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 China
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Sochacka E, Szczepanowski RH, Cypryk M, Sobczak M, Janicka M, Kraszewska K, Bartos P, Chwialkowska A, Nawrot B. 2-Thiouracil deprived of thiocarbonyl function preferentially base pairs with guanine rather than adenine in RNA and DNA duplexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:2499-512. [PMID: 25690900 PMCID: PMC4357714 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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2-Thiouracil-containing nucleosides are essential modified units of natural and synthetic nucleic acids. In particular, the 5-substituted-2-thiouridines (S2Us) present in tRNA play an important role in tuning the translation process through codon-anticodon interactions. The enhanced thermodynamic stability of S2U-containing RNA duplexes and the preferred S2U-A versus S2U-G base pairing are appreciated characteristics of S2U-modified molecular probes. Recently, we have demonstrated that 2-thiouridine (alone or within an RNA chain) is predominantly transformed under oxidative stress conditions to 4-pyrimidinone riboside (H2U) and not to uridine. Due to the important biological functions and various biotechnological applications for sulfur-containing nucleic acids, we compared the thermodynamic stabilities of duplexes containing desulfured products with those of 2-thiouracil-modified RNA and DNA duplexes. Differential scanning calorimetry experiments and theoretical calculations demonstrate that upon 2-thiouracil desulfuration to 4-pyrimidinone, the preferred base pairing of S2U with adenosine is lost, with preferred base pairing with guanosine observed instead. Therefore, biological processes and in vitro assays in which oxidative desulfuration of 2-thiouracil-containing components occurs may be altered. Moreover, we propose that the H2U-G base pair is a suitable model for investigation of the preferred recognition of 3'-G-ending versus A-ending codons by tRNA wobble nucleosides, which may adopt a 4-pyrimidinone-type structural motif.
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- Elzbieta Sochacka
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ks. J. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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