Synthesis and base-pairing properties of the nuclease-resistant α-anomeric dodecaribonucleotide α-[r(UCUUAACCCACA)]
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 20 (6) , 1193-1200
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/20.6.1193
Abstract
The non natural oligoribonucleotide alpha-[r(UCUUAACCCACA)] consisting exclusively of alpha-anomeric ribonucleoside units was synthesized according to the phosphoramidite methodology and the solid support technology. For this purpose, the base-protected alpha-ribonucleosides were synthesized and converted into their O-methylphosphoramidites. Assembling was carried out on a DNA synthesizer with an average efficiency of 97% per step. Base composition of this nuclease-resistant alpha-RNA strand was ascertained after chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis and HPLC analysis of the hydrolysate. Whereas no spectroscopic evidence of base pairing was found above 0 degrees C between alpha-[r(UCUUAACCCACA)] and beta-[d(TGTGGGTTAAGA)], a clear UV absorbance transition (Tm 25.5 degrees C) was observed during the hybridization of the same alpha-RNA strand with beta-[d(AGAATTGGGTGT)]. In this latter case, the mixing curve titration suggests formation at low temperature of a triplex involving two alpha-RNA and one beta-DNA strands. Moreover, this alpha-decaribonucleotide complementary in parallel orientation of the splice receptor of HIV-1 tat mRNA was found to inhibit (10 microM less than ED50 less than 20 microM), with apparent lack of sequence specificity, the de novo HIV-1 infection in cultured cells.Keywords
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