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Martín-Nieves V, Menéndez-Méndez LM, Fàbrega C, Fernández S, Sanghvi YS, Ferrero M, Eritja R. Synthesis of 2'- O-Methyl/2'- O-MOE-L-Nucleoside Derivatives and Their Applications: Preparation of G-Quadruplexes, Their Characterization, and Stability Studies. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:44893-44904. [PMID: 38046329 PMCID: PMC10688165 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c06231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
Nucleosides and their analogues constitute an important family of molecules with potential antiviral and antiproliferative activity. The enantiomers of natural nucleosides, l-nucleoside derivatives, which have comparable biological activity but more favorable toxicological properties and greater metabolic stability than d-nucleosides, have emerged as a new class of therapeutic agents. Furthermore, l-nucleosides can be used as a building block to prepare l-oligonucleotides, which have identical physical properties in terms of solubility, hybridization kinetics, and duplex thermal stability as d-oligonucleotides but completely orthogonal in nature. Consequently, they are resistant to nuclease degradation, nontoxic, and immunologically passive, which are desirable properties for biomedical applications. Herein, we describe the synthesis of several 2'-O-methyl/2'-O-MOE-l-nucleoside pyrimidine derivatives and their incorporation into G-rich oligonucleotides. Finally, we evaluated the stability and resistance against nucleases of these new G-quadruplexes, demonstrating the potential of the l-nucleosides described in this work in providing enhanced nuclease resistance with a minimal impact in the nucleic acid structural properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Virginia Martín-Nieves
- Departamento
de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo (Asturias) 33006, Spain
| | - Luis Miguel Menéndez-Méndez
- Departamento
de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo (Asturias) 33006, Spain
- Dpt.
Chemical & Biomolecular Nanotechnology, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC, CSIC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
- CIBER-BBN
Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona 08034, Spain
| | - Carme Fàbrega
- Dpt.
Chemical & Biomolecular Nanotechnology, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC, CSIC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
- CIBER-BBN
Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona 08034, Spain
| | - Susana Fernández
- Departamento
de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo (Asturias) 33006, Spain
| | - Yogesh S. Sanghvi
- Rasayan
Inc., 2802 Crystal Ridge
Road, Encinitas, California 92024-6615, United
States
| | - Miguel Ferrero
- Departamento
de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo (Asturias) 33006, Spain
| | - Ramon Eritja
- Dpt.
Chemical & Biomolecular Nanotechnology, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC, CSIC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
- CIBER-BBN
Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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