Homopurine RP-stereodefined phosphorothioate analogs of DNA with hampered Watson-Crick base pairings form Hoogsteen paired parallel duplexes with (2'-OMe)-RNAs

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 May 8;17(18):4611-4620. doi: 10.1039/c8ob03112f.

Abstract

3'-O-(2-Thio-4,4-pentamethylene-1,3,2-oxathiaphospholane) derivatives of 5'-O-DMT-N6-methyl-deoxyadenosine and 5'-O-DMT-N2,N2-dimethyl-O6-diphenylcarbamoyl-deoxyguanosine (OTP-NY, NY = DMT-m6dA or DMT-m,m2dGDPC) were synthesized, resolved onto pure P-diastereomers, and used in P-stereocontrolled synthesis of dinucleoside 3',5,-phosphorothioates NXPST (NX = m6dA or m,m2dG), in which the absolute configuration of the stereogenic phosphorus atom was established enzymatically. Diastereomerically pure OTP-NY and standard OTP-N (N = DMT-dABz or DMT-dGBz,DPC) were used in the synthesis of chimeric RP-stereodefined phosphorothioate oligomers ((RP-PS)-DN(NX)A) with hampered Watson-Crick base pairings. It was found that the m6dA units slightly reduce the thermodynamic stability of antiparallel duplexes formed with RNA and (2'-OMe)-RNA matrices, whereas m,m2dG units prevent their formation. The m6dA units stabilize (by up to 4.5 °C per modified unit) the parallel duplexes formed by (RP-PS)-DN(NX)A with Hoogsteen-paired (2'-OMe)-RNA templates compared to the analogous reference duplex containing only unmodified nucleobases. In contrast, the m,m2dG units destabilize such duplexes by up to 3 °C per modified unit. Both units prevent the formation of the corresponding parallel triplexes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Pairing
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / genetics
  • Deoxyadenosines / chemical synthesis
  • Deoxyguanosine / analogs & derivatives
  • Deoxyguanosine / chemical synthesis
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides / chemical synthesis
  • Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides / chemistry*
  • Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides / genetics
  • RNA / chemistry*
  • RNA / genetics
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transition Temperature

Substances

  • Deoxyadenosines
  • Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides
  • RNA
  • DNA
  • Deoxyguanosine