Antisense properties of tricyclo-DNA
AUTOR(ES)
Renneberg, Dorte
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
Tricyclo (tc)-DNA belongs to the class of conformationally constrained DNA analogs that show enhanced binding properties to DNA and RNA. We prepared tc-oligonucleotides up to 17 nt in length, and evaluated their binding efficiency and selectivity towards complementary RNA, their biological stability in serum, their RNase H inducing potential and their antisense activity in a cellular assay. Relative to RNA or 2′-O-Me-phosphorothioate (PS)-RNA, fully modified tc-oligodeoxynucleotides, 10–17 nt in length, show enhanced selectivity and enhanced thermal stability by ∼1°C/modification in binding to RNA targets. Tricyclodeoxyoligonucleotides are completely stable in heat-deactivated fetal calf serum at 37°C. Moreover, tc-DNA–RNA duplexes are not substrates for RNase H. To test for antisense effects in vivo, we used HeLa cell lines stably expressing the human β-globin gene with two different point mutations in the second intron. These mutations lead to the inclusion of an aberrant exon in β-globin mRNA. Lipofectamine-mediated delivery of a 17mer tc-oligodeoxynucleotide complementary to the 3′-cryptic splice site results in correction of aberrant splicing already at nanomolar concentrations with up to 100-fold enhanced efficiency relative to a 2′-O-Me-PS-RNA oligonucleotide of the same length and sequence. In contrast to 2′-O-Me-PS-RNA, tc-DNA shows antisense activity even in the absence of lipofectamine, albeit only at much higher oligonucleotide concentrations.
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