Conformationally Restrained Chiral PNA Conjugates: Synthesis and DNA Complementation Studies
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nucleosides and Nucleotides
- Vol. 18 (6) , 1409-1411
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07328319908044735
Abstract
In recent times, PNA (I), a structural mimic of DNA in which the sugar-phosphate backbone is replaced by N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine (aeg) linkage has emerged as a potential antisense therapeutic agent.1 A major limitation of PNAs from an application perspective is their poor solubility in aqueous medium and being achiral, they bind to cDNA in both parallel (N-PNA/5′-DNA) and antiparallel (N-PNA/3′-DNA) modes. In this connection, we have designed spermine conjugated and conformationally constrained PNA analogues to generate the 4-aminoprolyl backbone (II).2 These were synthesised and evaluated for their DNA binding abilities by using UV and CD spectroscopic studies. It is seen that incorporation of one 4-aminoprolyl unit at the N-terminus of a PNA chain not only enhances the inherent binding of PNA to DNA, but also imparts significant bias in parallel and antiparallel binding with cDNA. Conjugation of spermine at C-terminus enhanced the PNA solubility.Keywords
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