Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jun 11;55(48):6850-6853. doi: 10.1039/c8cc09648a.
PAGE and UV melting analysis revealed that longer LNA-based splice-switching oligonucleotides (SSOs) formed secondary structures by themselves, reducing their effective concentration. To avoid such secondary structure formation, we introduced 7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine or 2'-deoxyinosine into the SSOs. These modified SSOs, with fewer secondary structures, showed higher exon skipping activities.
PAGE 和 UV 融解分析显示,较长的基于锁核酸的剪接寡核苷酸(SSO)会自行形成二级结构,从而降低其有效浓度。为了避免这种二级结构的形成,我们在 SSO 中引入了 7-脱氮-2'-脱氧鸟苷或 2'-脱氧肌苷。这些修饰后的 SSO 具有较少的二级结构,显示出更高的外显子跳跃活性。