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Shahsavari S, Eriyagama DNAM, Chen J, Halami B, Yin Y, Chillar K, Fang S. Sensitive Oligodeoxynucleotide Synthesis Using Dim and Dmoc as Protecting Groups. J Org Chem 2019; 84:13374-13383. [PMID: 31536351 PMCID: PMC6825528 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
In traditional oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) synthesis, phosphate groups are protected with the 2-cyanoethyl group, and amino groups are protected with acyl groups. At the end of ODN synthesis, deprotection is achieved with strong bases and nucleophiles. Therefore, traditional technologies are not suitable for the synthesis of ODNs containing sensitive functionalities. To address the problem, we report the use of Dim and Dmoc groups, which are based on the 1,3-dithian-2-yl-methyl function, for phosphate and amine protection for the solid phase ODN synthesis. Using the new Dim-Dmoc protection, deprotection was achieved under mild oxidative conditions without using any strong bases and nucleophiles. As a result, the new technology is suitable for the synthesis of ODNs containing sensitive functions. To demonstrate feasibility, seven 20-mer ODNs including four that contain sensitive ester and alkyl chloride groups were synthesized, purified with RP HPLC, and characterized with MALDI-TOF MS and enzyme digestion essays. High purity ODNs were obtained.
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- Shahien Shahsavari
- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive , Houghton , Michigan 49931 , United States
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Shahsavari S, Eriyagama DNAM, Halami B, Begoyan V, Tanasova M, Chen J, Fang S. Electrophilic oligodeoxynucleotide synthesis using dM-Dmoc for amino protection. Beilstein J Org Chem 2019; 15:1116-1128. [PMID: 31164948 PMCID: PMC6541367 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.15.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Solid-phase synthesis of electrophilic oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) was achieved using dimethyl-Dmoc (dM-Dmoc) as amino protecting group. Due to the high steric hindrance of the 2-(propan-2-ylidene)-1,3-dithiane side product from deprotection, the use of excess nucleophilic scavengers such as aniline to prevent Michael addition of the side product to the deprotected ODN during ODN cleavage and deprotection was no longer needed. The improved technology was demonstrated by the synthesis and characterization of five ODNs including three modified ones. The modified ODNs contained the electrophilic groups ethyl ester, α-chloroamide, and thioester. Using the technology, the sensitive groups can be installed at any location within the ODN sequences without using any sequence- or functionality-specific conditions and procedures.
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- Shahien Shahsavari
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA
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Wright EP, Lamparska K, Smith SS, Waller ZAE. Substitution of Cytosine with Guanylurea Decreases the Stability of i-Motif DNA. Biochemistry 2017; 56:4879-4883. [PMID: 28853563 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Both 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) and its primary breakdown product, 2'-deoxyriboguanylurea (GuaUre-dR), have been shown to act as mutagens and epimutagens that cause replication stress and alter both DNA methylation and gene expression patterns. As cytosine analogues, both are expected to be preferentially incorporated into regions of GC skew where runs of cytosine residues are sequestered on one strand and guanine residues on the other. Given that such regions have been identified as sites with the potential for effects on gene expression and replication stress linked to formation of alternative DNA secondary structures, it is of interest to determine the influence that these base analogues might have on the stability of structures of this kind. Here we report that incorporation of GuaUre-dR into an i-motif-forming sequence decreases both the thermal and pH stability of an i-motif despite the apparent ability of GuaUre-dR to base pair with cytosine.
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- Elisé P Wright
- School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K
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- Beckman Research Institute and Division of Urology, City of Hope , 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010-3000, United States
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- Beckman Research Institute and Division of Urology, City of Hope , 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010-3000, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.,Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K
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Diez-Martinez A, Kim EK, Krishnamurthy R. Hydrogen-Bonding Complexes of 5-Azauracil and Uracil Derivatives in Organic Medium. J Org Chem 2015; 80:7066-75. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Alba Diez-Martinez
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Krishnamurthy R. Role of pK(a) of nucleobases in the origins of chemical evolution. Acc Chem Res 2012; 45:2035-44. [PMID: 22533519 PMCID: PMC3525050 DOI: 10.1021/ar200262x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The formation of canonical base pairs through Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding sits at the heart of the genetic apparatus. The specificity of the base pairing of adenine with thymine/uracil and guanine with cytosine preserves accurate information for the biochemical blueprint and replicates the instructions necessary for carrying out biological function. The chemical evolution question of how these five canonical nucleobases were selected over various other possibilities remains intriguing. Since these and alternative nucleobases would have been available for chemical evolution, the reasons for the emergence of this system appear to be primarily functional. While investigating the base-pairing properties of structural nucleic acid analogs, we encountered a relationship between the pK(a) of a series of nonstandard (and canonical) nucleobases and the pH of the aqueous medium. This relationship appeared to correspond with the propensity of these molecules to self-assemble via Watson-Crick-type base-pairing interactions. A simple correlation of the "magnitude of the difference between the pK(a) and pH" (pK(a)-pH correlation) enables a general prediction of which types of heterocyclic recognition elements form hydrogen-bonded base pairs in aqueous media. Using the pK(a)-pH relationship, we can rationalize why nature chose the canonical nucleobases in terms of hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions, and further extrapolate its significance within the context of chemical evolution. The connection between the physicochemical properties of bioorganic compounds and the interactions with their aqueous environment directly affects structure and function, at both a molecular and a supramolecular level. A general structure-function pattern emerges in biomolecules and biopolymers in aqueous media near neutral pH. A pK(a) - pH < 2 generally prompts catalytic functions, central to metabolism, but a difference in pK(a) - pH > 2 seems to result in the emergence of structure, central to replication. While this general trend is observed throughout extant biology, it could have also been an important factor in chemical evolution.
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- Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Lamparska K, Clark J, Babilonia G, Bedell V, Yip W, Smith SS. 2'-Deoxyriboguanylurea, the primary breakdown product of 5-aza-2'-deoxyribocytidine, is a mutagen, an epimutagen, an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferases and an inducer of 5-azacytidine-type fragile sites. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:9788-801. [PMID: 22850746 PMCID: PMC3479176 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5azaC-dR) has been employed as an inhibitor of DNA methylation, a chemotherapeutic agent, a clastogen, a mutagen, an inducer of fragile sites and a carcinogen. However, its effects are difficult to quantify because it rapidly breaks down in aqueous solution to the stable compound 2′-deoxyriboguanylurea (GuaUre-dR). Here, we used a phosphoramidite that permits the introduction of GuaUre-dR at defined positions in synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides to demonstrate that it is a potent inhibitor of human DNA methyltransferase 1 (hDNMT1) and the bacterial DNA methyltransferase (M.EcoRII) and that it is a mutagen that can form productive base pairs with either Guanine or Cytosine. Pure GuaUre-dR was found to be an effective demethylating agent and was able to induce 5azaC-dR type fragile sites FRA1J and FRA9E in human cells. Moreover, we report that demethylation associated with C:G → G:C transversion and C:G → T:A transition mutations was observed in human cells exposed to pure GuaUre-dR. The data suggest that most of the effects attributed to 5azaC-dR are exhibited by its stable primary breakdown product.
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- Katarzyna Lamparska
- Beckman Research Institute and Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology, City of Hope, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010-3000, USA
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Lao VV, Darwanto A, Sowers LC. Impact of base analogues within a CpG dinucleotide on the binding of DNA by the methyl-binding domain of MeCP2 and methylation by DNMT1. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10228-36. [PMID: 20979427 DOI: 10.1021/bi1011942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The epigenetic control of transcription requires the selective recognition of methylated CpG dinucleotides by methylation-sensitive sequence-specific DNA binding proteins. In order to probe the mechanism of selective interaction of the methyl-binding protein with methylated DNA, we have prepared a series of oligonucleotides containing modified purines and pyrimidines at the recognition site, and we have examined the binding of these oligonucleotides to the methyl-binding domain (MBD) of the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2). Our results suggest that pyrimidine 5-substituents similar in size to a methyl group facilitate protein binding; however, binding affinity does not correlate with the hydrophobicity of the substituent, and neither the 4-amino group of 5-methylcytosine (mC) nor Watson-Crick base pair geometry is essential for MBD binding. However, 5-substituted uracil analogues in one strand do not direct human DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) methylation of the opposing strand, as does mC. Important recognition elements do include the guanine O6 and N7 atoms present in the major groove. Unexpectedly, removal of the guanine 2-amino group from the minor groove substantially enhances MBD binding, likely resulting from DNA bending at the substitution site. The enhanced binding of the MBD to oligonucleotides containing several cytosine analogues observed here is better explained by a DNA-protein interface mediated by structured water as opposed to hydrophobic interactions.
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- Victoria Valinluck Lao
- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States
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van Bemmel DM, Brank AS, Eritja R, Marquez VE, Christman JK. DNA (Cytosine-C5) methyltransferase inhibition by oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing 2-(1H)-pyrimidinone (zebularine aglycon) at the enzymatic target site. Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 78:633-41. [PMID: 19467223 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2009.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aberrant cytosine methylation in promoter regions leads to gene silencing associated with cancer progression. A number of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors are known to reactivate silenced genes; including 5-azacytidine and 2-(1H)-pyrimidinone riboside (zebularine). Zebularine is a more stable, less cytotoxic inhibitor compared to 5-azacytidine. To determine the mechanistic basis for this difference, we carried out a detailed comparisons of the interaction between purified DNA methyltransferases and oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODNs) containing either 5-azacytosine or 2-(1H)-pyrimidinone in place of the cytosine targeted for methylation. When incorporated into small ODNs, the rate of C5 DNA methyltransferase inhibition by both nucleosides is essentially identical. However, the stability and reversibility of the enzyme complex in the absence and presence of cofactor differs. 5-Azacytosine ODNs form complexes with C5 DNA methyltransferases that are irreversible when the 5-azacytosine ring is intact. ODNs containing 2-(1H)-pyrimidinone at the enzymatic target site are competitive inhibitors of both prokaryotic and mammalian DNA C5 methyltransferases. We determined that the ternary complexes between the enzymes, 2-(1H)-pyrimidinone inhibitor, and the cofactor S-adenosyl methionine are maintained through the formation of a reversible covalent interaction. The differing stability and reversibility of the covalent bonds may partially account for the observed differences in cytotoxicity between zebularine and 5-azacytidine inhibitors.
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- Dana M van Bemmel
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Omaha, NE 68198-5870, USA.
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Byun HM, Choi SH, Laird PW, Trinh B, Siddiqui MA, Marquez VE, Yang AS. 2'-Deoxy-N4-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethoxycarbonyl]-5-azacytidine: a novel inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase that requires activation by human carboxylesterase 1. Cancer Lett 2008; 266:238-48. [PMID: 18499340 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2007] [Revised: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 02/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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2'-Deoxy-N4-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethoxycarbonyl]-5-azacytidine (NPEOC-DAC), decitabine with a modification of the N4 position of the azacitidine ring can be used to inhibit DNA methyltransferase. This modification protects the azacitidine ring and can be cleaved by carboxylesterase to release decitabine. NPEOC-DAC was 23-fold less potent at low doses (<10microM) than decitabine at inhibiting DNA methylation, and was also associated with a 3-day delay in its effect. However, at doses > or = 10microM NPEOC-DAC was more effective at inhibiting DNA methylation. Theses differences between decitabine and NPEOC-DAC are dependent on the cleavage of the carboxylester bond, and could be potentially exploited pharmacologically.
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- Hyang-Min Byun
- Division of Hematology, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 6428, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Kuch D, Schermelleh L, Manetto S, Leonhardt H, Carell T. Synthesis of DNA Dumbbell Based Inhibitors for the Human DNA Methyltransferase Dnmt1. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 47:1515-8. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Kuch D, Schermelleh L, Manetto S, Leonhardt H, Carell T. Synthese von hantelförmigen DNA-Inibitoren für die humane DNA-Methyltransferase Dnmt1. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200702055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mittapalli GK, Reddy KR, Xiong H, Munoz O, Han B, De Riccardis F, Krishnamurthy R, Eschenmoser A. Mapping the Landscape of Potentially Primordial Informational Oligomers: Oligodipeptides and Oligodipeptoids Tagged with Triazines as Recognition Elements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 46:2470-7. [PMID: 17111452 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Gopi Kumar Mittapalli
- Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Mittapalli G, Reddy K, Xiong H, Munoz O, Han B, De Riccardis F, Krishnamurthy R, Eschenmoser A. Mapping the Landscape of Potentially Primordial Informational Oligomers: Oligodipeptides and Oligodipeptoids Tagged with Triazines as Recognition Elements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200603207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Brank AS, Eritja R, Garcia RG, Marquez VE, Christman JK. Inhibition of HhaI DNA (Cytosine-C5) methyltransferase by oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine: examination of the intertwined roles of co-factor, target, transition state structure and enzyme conformation. J Mol Biol 2002; 323:53-67. [PMID: 12368098 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00918-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The presence of 5-azacytosine (ZCyt) residues in DNA leads to potent inhibition of DNA (cytosine-C5) methyltranferases (C5-MTases) in vivo and in vitro. Enzymatic methylation of cytosine in mammalian DNA is an epigenetic modification that can alter gene activity and chromosomal stability, influencing both differentiation and tumorigenesis. Thus, it is important to understand the critical mechanistic determinants of ZCyt's inhibitory action. Although several DNA C5-MTases have been reported to undergo essentially irreversible binding to ZCyt in DNA, there is little agreement as to the role of AdoMet and/or methyl transfer in stabilizing enzyme interactions with ZCyt. Our results demonstrate that formation of stable complexes between HhaI methyltransferase (M.HhaI) and oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing ZCyt at the target position for methylation (ZCyt-ODNs) occurs in both the absence and presence of co-factors, AdoMet and AdoHcy. Both binary and ternary complexes survive SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and take on a compact conformation that increases their electrophoretic mobility in comparison to free M.HhaI. Since methyl transfer can occur only in the presence of AdoMet, these results suggest (1) that the inhibitory capacity of ZCyt in DNA is based on its ability to induce a stable, tightly closed conformation of M.HhaI that prevents DNA and co-factor release and (2) that methylation of ZCyt in DNA is not required for inhibition of M.HhaI.
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- Adam S Brank
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4525, USA
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Christman JK. 5-Azacytidine and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine as inhibitors of DNA methylation: mechanistic studies and their implications for cancer therapy. Oncogene 2002; 21:5483-95. [PMID: 12154409 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1016] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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5-Azacytidine was first synthesized almost 40 years ago. It was demonstrated to have a wide range of anti-metabolic activities when tested against cultured cancer cells and to be an effective chemotherapeutic agent for acute myelogenous leukemia. However, because of 5-azacytidine's general toxicity, other nucleoside analogs were favored as therapeutics. The finding that 5-azacytidine was incorporated into DNA and that, when present in DNA, it inhibited DNA methylation, led to widespread use of 5-azacytidine and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (Decitabine) to demonstrate the correlation between loss of methylation in specific gene regions and activation of the associated genes. There is now a revived interest in the use of Decitabine as a therapeutic agent for cancers in which epigenetic silencing of critical regulatory genes has occurred. Here, the current status of our understanding of the mechanism(s) by which 5-azacytosine residues in DNA inhibit DNA methylation is reviewed with an emphasis on the interactions of these residues with bacterial and mammalian DNA (cytosine-C5) methyltransferases. The implications of these mechanistic studies for development of less toxic inhibitors of DNA methylation are discussed.
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- Judith K Christman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and UNMC/Eppley Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984525 University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, NE 68198-4525, USA.
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