Triazine-Modified 7-Deaza-2'-deoxyadenosines: Better Suited for Bioorthogonal Labeling of DNA by PCR than 2'-Deoxyuridines

Bioconjug Chem. 2019 Jun 19;30(6):1773-1780. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00295. Epub 2019 Jun 4.

Abstract

6-Ethynyl-1,2,4-triazine is a small bioorthogonally reactive group we applied for fluorescent labeling of oligonucleotides by Diels-Alder reactions with inverse electron demand. We synthetically attached this functional group to the 7-position of 7-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine triphosphate and to the 5-position of 2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate. Both modified nucleotide triphosphates were used in comparison for primer extension experiments (PEX) and PCR amplification to finally yield multilabeled oligonucleotides by the postsynthetic reaction with a highly reactive bicyclo[6.1.0]nonyne-rhodamine conjugate. These experiments show that 6-ethynyl-1,2,4-triazine is much better tolerated by the DNA polymerase when attached to the 7-position of 7-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine in comparison to the attachment at the 5-position of 2'-deoxyuridine. This became evident both by PAGE analysis of the PCR products and real-time kinetic observation of DNA polymerase activity during primer extension using switchSENSE. Generally, our results imply that bioorthogonal labeling strategies are better suited for 7-deaza-2'-adenosines than conventional and available 2'-deoxyuridines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • DNA Primers / chemical synthesis
  • DNA Primers / chemistry*
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / chemistry
  • Deoxyuracil Nucleotides / chemical synthesis
  • Deoxyuracil Nucleotides / chemistry*
  • Deoxyuridine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Triazines / chemical synthesis
  • Triazines / chemistry*
  • Tubercidin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Tubercidin / chemical synthesis
  • Tubercidin / chemistry

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Deoxyuracil Nucleotides
  • Triazines
  • deoxyuridine triphosphate
  • 2'-deoxytubercidin-5'-triphosphate
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
  • Tubercidin
  • Deoxyuridine