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Zucolotto Cocca LH, Pelosi AG, Piguel S, Mendonça CR, Boni LD. Enhancement of optical properties of new purine nucleobases containing electron-donating and -withdrawing peripheral groups. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2022; 234:112524. [PMID: 35843082 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2022.112524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Nowadays, a great deal of attention has been focused on synthesizing highly fluorescent unnatural base analogs. This has been motivated by the need to overcome the lack of fluorescence of nucleic acids' natural bases. Fluorescent unnatural base analogs, such as purines, may be used in several applications, such as DNA or RNA optical spectroscopy studies. Moreover, for purines base analogs, the optical properties, for example, emission, can be tunable through molecular engineering, improving their applications as fluorescent probes. Looking in this direction, the synthesis and optical spectroscopic studies of a new set of purines base analogs are of foremost relevance. Here, an increase in the fluorescence quantum yield was observed in molecules with NH-π-CN arrangement. The two-photon absorption (2PA) cross-sections also increased for the lower energy 2PA state. The enhancement of both properties results in a two-photon brightness of 5 and 10 times higher than in compounds lacking the NH-π-CN arrangement. For the higher energy 2PA state, an excited state absorption contribution to the 2PA cross-section values was observed, that was verified through ultrafast transient absorption measurements. The higher 2PA brightness makes the purines base analogs promising candidates as fluorescent probes in RNA and DNA spectroscopic studies.
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- Leandro H Zucolotto Cocca
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté de Pharmacie, CNRS UMR 8076, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Schreier VN, Loehr MO, Lattmann E, Luedtke NW. Active Uptake and Trafficking of Nucleoside Triphosphates In Vivo. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:1799-1810. [PMID: 35700414 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Modified nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) are powerful probes and medicines, but their anionic character impedes membrane permeability. As such, invasive delivery techniques, transport carriers, or prodrug strategies are required for their in vivo use. Here, we present a fluorescent 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate "TAMRA-dATP" that exhibits surprisingly high bioavailability in vivo. TAMRA-dATP spontaneously forms nanoparticles in Mg+2-containing buffers that are taken into the vesicles of living cells and animals by energy-dependent processes. In cell cultures, photochemical activation with yellow laser light (561 nm) facilitated endosomal escape of TAMRA-dATP, resulting in its metabolic incorporation into DNA in vitro. In contrast, in vivo studies revealed that TAMRA-dATP is extensively trafficked by active pathways into cellular DNA of zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Caenorhabditis elegans where DNA labeling was observed in live animals, even without photochemical release. Metabolic labeling of DNA in whole, living animals can therefore be achieved by simply soaking animals in a buffer containing TAMRA-dATP or a structurally related compound, Cy3-dATP.
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- Verena N Schreier
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.,Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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New Size‐Expanded Fluorescent Thymine Analogue: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application. Chemistry 2019; 25:9913-9919. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Fluorescent nucleobases as tools for studying DNA and RNA. Nat Chem 2017; 9:1043-1055. [PMID: 29064490 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Understanding the diversity of dynamic structures and functions of DNA and RNA in biology requires tools that can selectively and intimately probe these biomolecules. Synthetic fluorescent nucleobases that can be incorporated into nucleic acids alongside their natural counterparts have emerged as a powerful class of molecular reporters of location and environment. They are enabling new basic insights into DNA and RNA, and are facilitating a broad range of new technologies with chemical, biological and biomedical applications. In this Review, we will present a brief history of the development of fluorescent nucleobases and explore their utility as tools for addressing questions in biophysics, biochemistry and biology of nucleic acids. We provide chemical insights into the two main classes of these compounds: canonical and non-canonical nucleobases. A point-by-point discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of both types of fluorescent nucleobases is made, along with a perspective into the future challenges and outlook for this burgeoning field.
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Okamura I, Park S, Hiraga R, Yamamoto S, Sugiyama H. Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Enzymatic Incorporation of an Emissive Thymidine Analogue. CHEM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.161024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mata G, Luedtke NW. Fluorescent Probe for Proton-Coupled DNA Folding Revealing Slow Exchange of i-Motif and Duplex Structures. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:699-707. [DOI: 10.1021/ja508741u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Guillaume Mata
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse
190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse
190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Chien TC, Chen CS, Chern JW. Nucleosides XIII. Facile Synthesis of 4-Amino-1-(2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)quinazolin-2-one as a 2′-Deoxycytidine Analog for Oligonucleotide Synthesis. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.200500178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nucleosides 8 [18]: Ribosylation of Fused Quinazolines—Synthesis of New [1,2,4]Triazolo[5,1-b]- and [1,2,4]Triazino[3,2-b]quinazoline Nucleosides of Fluorescence Interest. J CHEM-NY 2013. [DOI: 10.1155/2013/612756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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[1,2,4]Triazolo[5,1-b]- and [1,2,4]triazino[3,2-b] quinazolines have been ribosylated by coupling with 1-O-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-β-D-ribofuranose and by using the silylation method, followed by debenzoylation by methanolic sodium methoxide to afford the corresponding free N-nucleosides. Nucleosides obtained have been identified by their spectral analysis. From the UV-visible and fluorescence studies of some nucleosides synthesized, it is found that they have fluorescence properties.
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Adjaye-Mensah E, Gonzalez WG, Bussé DR, Captain B, Miksovska J, Wilson JN. Emission Switching of 4,6-Diphenylpyrimidones: Solvent and Solid State Effects. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:8671-7. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3036956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Edward Adjaye-Mensah
- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive,
Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive,
Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive,
Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive,
Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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Pandey R, Gupta RK, Shahid M, Maiti B, Misra A, Pandey DS. Synthesis and Characterization of Electroactive Ferrocene Derivatives: Ferrocenylimidazoquinazoline as a Multichannel Chemosensor Selectively for Hg2+ and Pb2+ Ions in an Aqueous Environment. Inorg Chem 2011; 51:298-311. [DOI: 10.1021/ic201663m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Rampal Pandey
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
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Greco NJ, Sinkeldam RW, Tor Y. An emissive C analog distinguishes between G, 8-oxoG, and T. Org Lett 2010; 11:1115-8. [PMID: 19196162 DOI: 10.1021/ol802656n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A minimally disruptive fluorescent dC analog provides a rapid and non-destructive method for in vitro detection of G, 8-oxoG, and T, the downstream transverse mutation product.
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- Nicholas J Greco
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA
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The use of fluorescent nucleic acid base analogues is becoming increasingly important in the fields of biology, biochemistry and biophysical chemistry as well as in the field of DNA nanotechnology. The advantage of being able to incorporate a fluorescent probe molecule close to the site of examination in the nucleic acid-containing system of interest with merely a minimal perturbation to the natural structure makes fluorescent base analogues highly attractive. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in developing novel candidates in this group of fluorophores for utilization in various investigations. This review describes the different classes of fluorophores that can be used for studying nucleic acid-containing systems, with an emphasis on choosing the right kind of probe for the system under investigation. It describes the characteristics of the large group of base analogues that has an emission that is sensitive to the surrounding microenvironment and gives examples of investigations in which this group of molecules has been used so far. Furthermore, the characterization and use of fluorescent base analogues that are virtually insensitive to changes in their microenvironment are described in detail. This group of base analogues can be used in several fluorescence investigations of nucleic acids, especially in fluorescence anisotropy and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements. Finally, the development and characterization of the first nucleic base analogue FRET pair, tC(O)-tC(nitro), and its possible future uses are discussed.
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Sinkeldam RW, Greco NJ, Tor Y. Fluorescent analogs of biomolecular building blocks: design, properties, and applications. Chem Rev 2010; 110:2579-619. [PMID: 20205430 PMCID: PMC2868948 DOI: 10.1021/cr900301e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 665] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Renatus W. Sinkeldam
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358
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Daujotyte D, Liutkeviciūte Z, Tamulaitis G, Klimasauskas S. Chemical mapping of cytosines enzymatically flipped out of the DNA helix. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:e57. [PMID: 18450817 PMCID: PMC2425465 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Haloacetaldehydes can be employed for probing unpaired DNA structures involving cytosine and adenine residues. Using an enzyme that was structurally proven to flip its target cytosine out of the DNA helix, the HhaI DNA methyltransferase (M.HhaI), we demonstrate the suitability of the chloroacetaldehyde modification for mapping extrahelical (flipped-out) cytosine bases in protein-DNA complexes. The generality of this method was verified with two other DNA cytosine-5 methyltransferases, M.AluI and M.SssI, as well as with two restriction endonucleases, R.Ecl18kI and R.PspGI, which represent a novel class of base-flipping enzymes. Our results thus offer a simple and convenient laboratory tool for detection and mapping of flipped-out cytosines in protein-DNA complexes.
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- Dalia Daujotyte
- Institute of Biotechnology, Graiciūno 8, LT-02241 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Akiyama Y, Ma Q, Edgar E, Laikhter A, Hecht SM. A Novel DNA Hairpin Substrate for Bleomycin. Org Lett 2008; 10:2127-30. [DOI: 10.1021/ol800445x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Yoshitsugu Akiyama
- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and Integrated DNA Technologies, 1710 Commercial Park, Coralville, Iowa 52241
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and Integrated DNA Technologies, 1710 Commercial Park, Coralville, Iowa 52241
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and Integrated DNA Technologies, 1710 Commercial Park, Coralville, Iowa 52241
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and Integrated DNA Technologies, 1710 Commercial Park, Coralville, Iowa 52241
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and Integrated DNA Technologies, 1710 Commercial Park, Coralville, Iowa 52241
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Sandin P, Börjesson K, Li H, Mårtensson J, Brown T, Wilhelmsson LM, Albinsson B. Characterization and use of an unprecedentedly bright and structurally non-perturbing fluorescent DNA base analogue. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 36:157-67. [PMID: 18003656 PMCID: PMC2248743 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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This article presents the first evidence that the DNA base analogue 1,3-diaza-2-oxophenoxazine, tC(O), is highly fluorescent, both as free nucleoside and incorporated in an arbitrary DNA structure. tC(O) is thoroughly characterized with respect to its photophysical properties and structural performance in single- and double-stranded oligonucleotides. The lowest energy absorption band at 360 nm (epsilon = 9000 M(-1) cm(-1)) is dominated by a single in-plane polarized electronic transition and the fluorescence, centred at 465 nm, has a quantum yield of 0.3. When incorporated into double-stranded DNA, tC(O) shows only minor variations in fluorescence intensity and lifetime with neighbouring bases, and the average quantum yield is 0.22. These features make tC(O), on average, the brightest DNA-incorporated base analogue so far reported. Furthermore, it base pairs exclusively with guanine and causes minimal perturbations to the native structure of DNA. These properties make tC(O) a promising base analogue that is perfectly suited for e.g. photophysical studies of DNA interacting with macromolecules (proteins) or for determining size and shape of DNA tertiary structures using techniques such as fluorescence anisotropy and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET).
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- Peter Sandin
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering/Physical Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Zatsepin TS, Romanova EA, Oretskaya TS. Synthesis of 2'-O-alkylnucleosides. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2007. [DOI: 10.1070/rc2002v071n06abeh000714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lee AHF, Kool ET. Exploring the limits of DNA size: naphtho-homologated DNA bases and pairs. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 128:9219-30. [PMID: 16834396 PMCID: PMC2505348 DOI: 10.1021/ja0619004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A new design for DNA bases and base pairs is described in which the pyrimidine bases are widened by naphtho-homologation. Two naphtho-homologated deoxyribosides, dyyT (1) and dyyC (2), were synthesized and could be incorporated into oligonucleotides as suitably protected phosphoramidite derivatives. The deoxyribosides were found to be fluorescent, with emission maxima at 446 and 433 nm, respectively. Studies with single substitutions of 1 and 2 in the natural DNA context revealed exceptionally strong base stacking propensity for both. Sequences containing multiple substitutions of 1 and 2 paired opposite adenine and guanine were subsequently mixed and studied by several analytical methods. Data from UV mixing experiments, FRET measurements, fluorescence quenching experiments, and hybridizations on beads suggest that complementary "doublewide DNA" (yyDNA) strands may self-assemble into helical complexes with 1:1 stoichiometry. Data from thermal denaturation plots and CD spectra were less conclusive. Control experiments in one sequence context gave evidence that yyDNA helices, if formed, are preferentially antiparallel and are sequence selective. Hypothesized base pairing schemes are analogous to Watson-Crick pairing, but with glycosidic C1'-C1' distances widened by over 45%, to ca. 15.2 A. The possible self-assembly of the double-wide DNA helix establishes a new limit for the size of information-encoding, DNA-like molecules, and the fluorescence of yyDNA bases suggests uses as reporters in monomeric and oligomeric forms.
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Wilson JN, Kool ET. Fluorescent DNA base replacements: Reporters and sensors for biological systems. Org Biomol Chem 2006; 4:4265-74. [PMID: 17102869 DOI: 10.1039/b612284c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We describe the design, synthesis, and properties of nucleoside monomers in which the DNA base is replaced by fluorescent hydrocarbons and heterocycles, and the assembly of these monomers into DNA-like molecules in which the all bases are fluorescent. As monomers, such molecules have useful applications as reporters in the DNA context. The use of fluorescent DNA bases, rather than more traditional fluorophores tethered to the DNA strand, gives a more predictable location and orientation, and yields a more direct response to changes that occur within the helix. In addition to uses as monomers, such compounds can be assembled into polychromophoric oligomers ("oligodeoxyfluorosides" or ODFs). ODFs are water soluble, discrete molecules and are easily arranged into specific sequences by use of a DNA synthesizer. They have displayed a number of properties not readily available in commercial fluorophores, including large Stokes shifts, tunable excitation and emission wavelengths, and sensing responses to physical changes or molecular species in solution. We describe an approach to assembling and screening large sets of oligofluorosides for rapid identification of molecules with desirable properties. Such compounds show promise for applications in biochemistry, biology, environmental and materials applications.
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- James N Wilson
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Sandin P, Wilhelmsson LM, Lincoln P, Powers VEC, Brown T, Albinsson B. Fluorescent properties of DNA base analogue tC upon incorporation into DNA--negligible influence of neighbouring bases on fluorescence quantum yield. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:5019-25. [PMID: 16147985 PMCID: PMC1201328 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The quantum yield of the fluorescent tricyclic cytosine analogue, 1,3-diaza-2-oxophenothiazine, tC, is high and virtually unaffected by incorporation into both single- and double-stranded DNA irrespective of neighbouring bases (0.17-0.24 and 0.16-0.21, respectively) and the corresponding fluorescence decay curves are all mono-exponential, properties that are unmatched by any base analogue so far. The fluorescence lifetimes increase when going from tC free in solution (3.2 ns) to single- and double-stranded DNA (on average 5.7 and 6.3 ns, respectively). The mono-exponential decays further support previous NMR results where it was found that tC has a well-defined position and geometry within the DNA helix. Furthermore, we find that the oxidation potential of tC is 0.4 V lower than for deoxyguanosine, the natural base with the lowest oxidation potential. This suggests that tC may be of interest in charge transfer studies in DNA as an electron hole acceptor. We also present a novel synthetic route to the phosphoramidite form of tC. The results presented here together with previous work show that tC is a very good C-analogue that induces minimal perturbation to the native structure of DNA. This makes tC unique as a fluorescent base analogue and is thus highly interesting in a range of applications for studying e.g. structure, dynamics and kinetics in nucleic acid systems.
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- To whom the correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +46 31 7723051; Fax: +46 31 7723858;
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- School of Chemistry, University of SouthamptonHighfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of SouthamptonHighfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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Kumar V, Mohan C, Gupta M, Mahajan MP. A catalyst- and solvent-free selective approach to biologically important quinazolines and benzo[g]quinazoline. Tetrahedron 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.01.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We report on the synthesis, stacking, and pairing properties of a new structural class of size-expanded pyrimidine nucleosides, abbreviated dyT and dyC. Their bases are benzo-homologated variants of thymine and cytosine and have a design that is distinct from a previously described class of size-expanded (xDNA) pyrimidines, with a different vector of expansion relative to the sugar. We term this new base geometry "yDNA" (a mnemonic for "wide DNA"). Both C-glycosides were prepared using Pd-mediated coupling of iodinated base derivatives with a deoxyribose precursor. As free deoxynucleosides, both dyT and dyC displayed robust fluorescence, with emission maxima at 375 and 390 nm, respectively. Both widened pyrimidines could be incorporated readily as protected phosphoramidite derivatives into synthetic oligonucleotides. Experiments in "dangling end" DNA contexts revealed that both yT and yC stack more favorably than their natural counterparts. When opposite natural bases in the context of Watson-Crick DNA were paired, the yT nucleotide formed a pair with A that was equally stable as a T-A pair, despite the mismatch in size with the neighboring natural pairs. The yC nucleotide (paired opposite G) was destabilizing by a small amount in the same context. Despite the large size of the pairs, both yT and yC were selective for their Watson-Crick complementary partners A and G, respectively. The pairing properties and fluorescence of yDNA nucleotides may lead to useful applications in the study of steric effects in DNA-protein interactions. In addition, the compounds may serve as building blocks for a large-sized artificial genetic system.
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- Alex H F Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Engman KC, Sandin P, Osborne S, Brown T, Billeter M, Lincoln P, Nordén B, Albinsson B, Wilhelmsson LM. DNA adopts normal B-form upon incorporation of highly fluorescent DNA base analogue tC: NMR structure and UV-Vis spectroscopy characterization. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:5087-95. [PMID: 15452275 PMCID: PMC521657 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The influence of the highly fluorescent tricyclic cytosine base analogue (tC) on duplex DNA conformation is investigated. The duplex properties are characterized by absorbance and circular dichroism (CD) for all combinations of neighbouring bases to tC, and an NMR structure is determined for one tC-containing sequence. For the oligonucleotides with one tC incorporated instead of cytosine, the melting temperature is increased on average by 2.7 degrees C above that for the unmodified ones. CD spectra are practically identical for modified and unmodified sequences, indicating an unperturbed B-DNA conformation. The NMR structure determination of the self-complementary sequence 5'-CTC(tC)ACGTGGAG shows a DNA conformation consistent with B-form for the whole duplex. The root-mean-square distance for the nucleotides of the eight central base pairs between the 10 structures with lowest CYANA target functions and a mean structure is 0.45 +/- 0.17 A. The NMR data confirm correct base pairing for tC by the observation of both intrastrand and interstrand imino proton NOEs. Altogether, this suggests that tC works well as a cytosine analogue, i.e. it is situated in the base stack, forming hydrogen bonds with G in the complementary strand, without distorting the DNA backbone conformation. This first example of an artificial, highly fluorescent DNA base that does not perturb the DNA conformation could have valuable applications for the study of the structure and dynamics of nucleic acid systems.
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- K Cecilia Engman
- Department of Chemistry, Göteborg University, PO Box 462, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Pyrrolo-dC and pyrrolo-C: fluorescent analogs of cytidine and 2′-deoxycytidine for the study of oligonucleotides. Tetrahedron Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.01.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Minakawa N, Kojima N, Hikishima S, Sasaki T, Kiyosue A, Atsumi N, Ueno Y, Matsuda A. New base pairing motifs. The synthesis and thermal stability of oligodeoxynucleotides containing imidazopyridopyrimidine nucleosides with the ability to form four hydrogen bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:9970-82. [PMID: 12914460 DOI: 10.1021/ja0347686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The synthesis and thermal stability of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) containing imidazo[5',4':4,5]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine nucleosides 1-4 (N(N), O(O), N(O), and O(N), respectively) with the aim of developing two sets of new base pairing motifs consisting of four hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) is described. The proposed four tricyclic nucleosides 1-4 were synthesized through the Stille coupling reaction of a 5-iodoimidazole nucleoside with an appropriate 5-stannylpyrimidine derivative, followed by an intramolecular cyclization. These nucleosides were incorporated into ODNs to investigate the H-bonding ability. When one molecule of the tricyclic nucleosides was incorporated into the center of each ODN (ODN I and II, each 17mer), no apparent specificity of base pairing was observed, and all duplexes were less stable than the duplexes containing natural G:C and A:T pairs. On the other hand, when three molecules of the tricyclic nucleosides were consecutively incorporated into the center of each ODN (ODN III and IV, each 17mer), thermal and thermodynamic stabilization of the duplexes due to the specific base pairings was observed. The melting temperature (T(m)) of the duplex containing the N(O):O(N) pairs showed the highest T(m) of 84.0 degrees C, which was 18.2 and 23.5 degrees C higher than that of the duplexes containing G:C and A:T pairs, respectively. This result implies that N(O)and O(N) form base pairs with four H-bonds when they are incorporated into ODNs. The duplex containing N(O):O(N) pairs was markedly stabilized by the assistance of the stacking ability of the imidazopyridopyrimidine bases. Thus, we developed a thermally stable new base pairing motif, which should be useful for the stabilization and regulation of a variety of DNA structures.
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- Noriaki Minakawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.
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Wilhelmsson LM, Sandin P, Holmén A, Albinsson B, Lincoln P, Nordén B. Photophysical Characterization of Fluorescent DNA Base Analogue, tC. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp034930r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- L. Marcus Wilhelmsson
- Physical Chemistry Section at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry, Discovery Bioanalytical Chemistry & Technologies, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Section at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry, Discovery Bioanalytical Chemistry & Technologies, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Section at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry, Discovery Bioanalytical Chemistry & Technologies, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Section at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry, Discovery Bioanalytical Chemistry & Technologies, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Section at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry, Discovery Bioanalytical Chemistry & Technologies, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Section at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry, Discovery Bioanalytical Chemistry & Technologies, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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Antony T, Subramaniam V. A molecular beacon strategy for real-time monitoring of triplex DNA formation kinetics. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 2002; 12:145-54. [PMID: 12162697 DOI: 10.1089/108729002760220743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We used a molecular beacon (MB) containing a 15-mer triplex-forming oligonucleotide (TFO) to probe in real-time the kinetics of triplex DNA formation in the left side of the TCl tract (502-516) of the c-src proto-oncogene in vitro. The metal ions Na+, K+, and Mg2+ stabilized triplex DNA at this site. The pseudo-first-order rate constant (kpsi) and the second-order association rate constant (k1) for the binding of the MB to the target duplex in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.3, increased from 3.2 +/- 0.9 to 15 +/- 2.8 x 10(-3) s(-1) and 6.4 +/- 1.8 to 30 +/- 5.6 x 102 M(-1) s(-1), respectively, on increasing the MgCl2 concentration from 1 to 2.5 mM. Similar values were obtained for the triplex DNA stabilized by NaCl (100-250 mM). Surprisingly, the values were around 2 times higher in the presence of KCl. The AG of triplex formation in the presence of 1 mM MgCl2, 150 mM NaCl, and 150 mM KCl were -7.8 +/- 0.3, -8.2 +/- 0.3 and -8.7 +/- 0.7 kcal/mol respectively, despite significant differences in the values of deltaH and deltaS, suggesting enthalpy-entropy compensation in the stabilization of the triplex DNA by these metal ions. These results show the utility of MBs ih probing triplex DNA formation and in evaluating kinetic and thermodynamic parameters important for the design and development of TFOs as triplex DNA-based therapeutic agents.
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- Thomas Antony
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany
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