Kolganova Natalia A, Varizhuk Anna M, Novikov Roman A, Florentiev Vladimir L, Pozmogova Galina E, Borisova Olga F, Shchyolkina Anna K, Smirnov Igor P, Kaluzhny Dmitry N, Timofeev Edward N
a Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow, Russia.
Artif DNA PNA XNA. 2014;5(2):e28422. doi: 10.4161/adna.28422.
Thrombin-binding aptamer (TBA) is a 15-nt DNA oligomer that efficiently inhibits thrombin. It has been shown that TBA folds into an anti-parallel unimolecular G-quadruplex. Its three-dimensional chair-like structure consists of two G-tetrads connected by TT and TGT loops. TBA undergoes fast degradation by nucleases in vivo. To improve the nuclease resistance of TBA, a number of modified analogs have been proposed. Here, we describe anomeric modifications of TBA. Non-natural α anomers were used to replace selected nucleotides in the loops and core. Significant stabilization of the quadruplex was observed for the anomeric modification of TT loops at T4 and T13. Replacement of the core guanines either prevents quadruplex assembly or induces rearrangement in G-tetrads. It was found that the anticoagulant properties of chimeric aptamers could be retained only with intact TT loops. On the contrary, modification of the TGT loop was shown to substantially increase nuclease resistance of the chimeric aptamer without a notable disturbance of its anticoagulant activity.
凝血酶结合适体(TBA)是一种15个核苷酸的DNA寡聚物,能有效抑制凝血酶。研究表明,TBA折叠成一种反平行单分子G-四链体。其三维椅状结构由通过TT和TGT环连接的两个G-四联体组成。TBA在体内会被核酸酶快速降解。为提高TBA的核酸酶抗性,已提出了许多修饰类似物。在此,我们描述了TBA的异头修饰。使用非天然α异头体取代环和核心中的选定核苷酸。在T4和T13处对TT环进行异头修饰时,观察到四链体有显著的稳定性增强。核心鸟嘌呤的取代要么阻止四链体组装,要么诱导G-四联体重排。结果发现,只有在TT环完整的情况下,嵌合适体的抗凝特性才能得以保留。相反,TGT环的修饰显示能大幅提高嵌合适体的核酸酶抗性,且对其抗凝活性无明显干扰。
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