Synthesis and properties of DNA oligomers containing 2'-deoxynucleoside N-oxide derivatives

J Org Chem. 2008 Feb 15;73(4):1217-24. doi: 10.1021/jo7021845. Epub 2008 Jan 18.

Abstract

Cytosine and adenine N-oxide derivatives have long been known as products resulting from the oxidative damage of DNA by peroxides such as hydrogen peroxide. Although the synthesis and properties of 2'-deoxynucleoside N-oxide derivatives have been well described, little has been reported about the chemical and biochemical behavior of initially formed DNA oligomers containing these N-oxide bases. In this study, we established a convenient method for the solid-phase synthesis of oligodeoxynucleotides incorporating 2'-deoxycytidine N-oxide (dC O) or 2'-deoxyadenosine N-oxide (dA O) by using the postsynthetic oxidation of N-protected DNA oligomers except for the target dC or dA site with m-CPBA in MeOH in a highly selective manner. In this strategy, the benzoyl, phthaloyl, and (4-isopropylphenoxy)acetyl groups proved to serve as base protecting groups to avoid oxidation of adenine, cytosine, and guanine, respectively, at the unmodified sites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biopolymers / chemistry*
  • DNA / chemical synthesis*
  • DNA / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Nucleosides / chemistry*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Biopolymers
  • Nucleosides
  • Oxides
  • DNA