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Seliger H, Sanghvi YS. An Update on Protection of 5'-Hydroxyl Functions of Nucleosides and Oligonucleotides. Curr Protoc 2024; 4:e999. [PMID: 38439607 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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The synthesis of natural and chemically modified nucleosides and oligonucleotides is in great demand due to its increasing number of applications in diverse areas of research. These include tools for diagnostics and proteomics, research reagents for molecular biology, probes for functional genomics, and the design, discovery, development, and manufacture of new therapeutics. The likelihood of success in synthesizing these molecules is often dependent on the correct choice of a protection strategy to block the 5'-hydroxyl group of a carbohydrate moiety, nucleoside, or oligonucleotide. This topic was reviewed extensively in the year 2000. The purpose of this article is to complement and update the original review with recently published methodologies recommended for the protection and deprotection of the 5'-hydroxyl group. © 2024 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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Jensen MA, Davis RW. Template-Independent Enzymatic Oligonucleotide Synthesis (TiEOS): Its History, Prospects, and Challenges. Biochemistry 2018. [PMID: 29533604 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There is a growing demand for sustainable methods in research and development, where instead of hazardous chemicals, an aqueous medium is chosen to perform biological reactions. In this Perspective, we examine the history and current methodology of using enzymes to generate artificial single-stranded DNA. By using traditional solid-phase phosphoramidite chemistry as a metric, we also explore criteria for the method of template-independent enzymatic oligonucleotide synthesis (TiEOS). As its key component, we delve into the biology of one of the most enigmatic enzymes, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT). As TdT is found to exponentially increase antigen receptor diversity in the vertebrate immune system by adding nucleotides in a template-free manner, researchers have exploited this function as an alternative to the phosphoramidite synthesis method. Though TdT is currently the preferred enzyme for TiEOS, its random nucleotide incorporation presents a barrier in synthesis automation. Taking a closer look at the TiEOS cycle, particularly the coupling step, we find it is comprised of additions > n+1 and deletions. By tapping into the physical and biochemical properties of TdT, we strive to further elucidate its mercurial behavior and offer ways to better optimize TiEOS for production-grade oligonucleotide synthesis.
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- Michael A Jensen
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Department of Biochemistry , Stanford University , Palo Alto , California 94304 , United States
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Department of Biochemistry , Stanford University , Palo Alto , California 94304 , United States.,Department of Genetics , Stanford University , Palo Alto , California 94304 , United States
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Naturally occurring DNA is encoded by the four nucleobases adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine. Yet minor chemical modifications to these bases, such as methylation, can significantly alter DNA function, and more drastic changes, such as replacement with unnatural base pairs, could expand its function. In order to realize the full potential of DNA in therapeutic and synthetic biology applications, our ability to 'write' long modified DNA in a controlled manner must be improved. This review highlights methods currently used for the synthesis of moderately long chemically modified nucleic acids (up to 1000 bp), their limitations and areas for future expansion.
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Jensen M, Davis R. RecJ 5' Exonuclease Digestion of Oligonucleotide Failure Strands: A "Green" Method of Trityl-On Purification. Biochemistry 2017; 56:2417-2424. [PMID: 28459543 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Methods of error filtration and correction post-gene assembly are a major bottleneck in the synthetic biology pipeline. Current oligonucleotide purification strategies, including polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography, are often expensive and labor-intensive, give low mass recovery, and contain hazardous chemicals. To circumvent these limitations, we explored an enzymatic means of oligonucleotide purification using RecJ, which is the only known exonuclease to digest single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the 5' to 3' direction. As a potential application to remove failure strands generated in oligonucleotide synthesis, we found RecJ does not recognize the 5' dimethoxytrityl blocking group and could therefore be used to specifically target and digest unblocked failure strands. In combination with ssDNA binding protein (SSBP), which acts to recruit RecJ via C-terminal recognition, secondary structure formation is precluded, allowing for enhanced RecJ processivity. Using this method to purify crude trityl-on oligonucleotides, we also found on average 30 units of RecJ with 0.5 μg of SSBP digests 53 pmol of 5' hydroxylated ssDNA (60 min at 37 °C). With these parameters, the average purity is increased by 8%. As such, this novel method can be adapted to most laboratory practices, particularly those with DNA synthesis automation as a simple, inexpensive (<$4), and eco-friendly means of oligonucleotide trityl-on purification.
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- Michael Jensen
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University , Palo Alto, California 94304, United States
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University , Palo Alto, California 94304, United States.,Department of Genetics, Stanford University , Palo Alto, California 94304, United States
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Salon J, Zhang B, Huang Z. Mild detritylation of nucleic acid hydroxyl groups by warming up. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2011; 30:271-9. [PMID: 21623541 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.580640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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It is challenging to effectively deprotect hydroxyl groups of acid-or-base sensitive bio-macromolecules without causing even minor defects and compromising high quality of final products. We report here a mild detritylation strategy in mildly acidic buffers to remove the DMTr protection from the 5'-hydroxyl groups of synthetic nucleic acids. The DMTr-groups can be easily and effectively removed at pH 4.5 or 5.0 with slight warming up (40 °C), offering virtually quantitative deprotection. This warming-up strategy is particularly useful for deprotection of the modified nucleic acids that are sensitive to the conventional acid deprotection. As a first step towards our long-term goal of synthesizing defect-free nucleic acids, our novel and simple strategy further increases the quality of synthetic nucleic acids.
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- Jozef Salon
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
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LeProust EM, Peck BJ, Spirin K, McCuen HB, Moore B, Namsaraev E, Caruthers MH. Synthesis of high-quality libraries of long (150mer) oligonucleotides by a novel depurination controlled process. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:2522-40. [PMID: 20308161 PMCID: PMC2860131 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We have achieved the ability to synthesize thousands of unique, long oligonucleotides (150mers) in fmol amounts using parallel synthesis of DNA on microarrays. The sequence accuracy of the oligonucleotides in such large-scale syntheses has been limited by the yields and side reactions of the DNA synthesis process used. While there has been significant demand for libraries of long oligos (150mer and more), the yields in conventional DNA synthesis and the associated side reactions have previously limited the availability of oligonucleotide pools to lengths <100 nt. Using novel array based depurination assays, we show that the depurination side reaction is the limiting factor for the synthesis of libraries of long oligonucleotides on Agilent Technologies’ SurePrint® DNA microarray platform. We also demonstrate how depurination can be controlled and reduced by a novel detritylation process to enable the synthesis of high quality, long (150mer) oligonucleotide libraries and we report the characterization of synthesis efficiency for such libraries. Oligonucleotide libraries prepared with this method have changed the economics and availability of several existing applications (e.g. targeted resequencing, preparation of shRNA libraries, site-directed mutagenesis), and have the potential to enable even more novel applications (e.g. high-complexity synthetic biology).
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- Emily M LeProust
- Agilent Technologies Inc., LSSU - Genomics, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA.
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Gaus H, Olsen P, Sooy KV, Rentel C, Turney B, Walker KL, McArdle JV, Capaldi DC. Trichloroacetaldehyde modified oligonucleotides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 15:4118-24. [PMID: 16002284 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Revised: 06/02/2005] [Accepted: 06/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Some commercial batches of dichloroacetic acid (DCA) contain traces of chloral (trichloroacetaldehyde). Using such DCA to effect detritylation during solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis results in the formation of a family of process impurities in which the atoms of chloral (Cl3CCHO) are incorporated between the 5'-oxygen and phosphorus atoms of an internucleotide linkage. The structure was elucidated by HPLC with UV and MS detection, digestion of the oligonucleotide, synthesis of model compounds, and 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy. By understanding the chemistry behind its formation, we are now able to limit levels of this impurity in synthetic oligonucleotides by limiting chloral in DCA.
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- Hans Gaus
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1896 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
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Kurata C, Bradley K, Gaus H, Luu N, Cedillo I, Ravikumar VT, Van Sooy K, McArdle JV, Capaldi DC. Characterization of high molecular weight impurities in synthetic phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 16:607-14. [PMID: 16274991 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2005] [Revised: 10/13/2005] [Accepted: 10/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Phosphorothioate oligonucleotides manufactured by standard phosphoramidite techniques using 2'-deoxyadenosine- or 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-5-methylcytosine-loaded solid supports contain branched impurities consisting of two chains linked through the exocyclic amino group of the 3'-terminal nucleoside of one chain and the 3'-terminal hydroxyl group of another via a P(O)SH group. These impurities are not produced when a universal, non-nucleoside derivatized support is used.
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- Christine Kurata
- Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., 1896 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
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Krishna Kumar R, Ravikumar VT. 4,4'-Dimethoxytrityl group derived from secondary alcohols: are they removed slowly under acidic conditions? Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 15:3426-9. [PMID: 15946845 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2005] [Revised: 05/04/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Removal of 4,4'-dimethoxytrityl (DMT) groups from primary and secondary hydroxyl functionality was investigated. It was observed that deblocking of DMT group from secondary hydroxyl group of molecules attached to solid support under acidic conditions occurred relatively slowly compared to primary hydroxyl group. Marginal difference in rate of detritylation was observed between DMT group attached to 5'-hydroxyl group of deoxyribonucleoside and 2'-O-methoxyethylribonucleoside when attached to one kind of support. Removal of DMT from nucleoside attached to OligoPrep solid support was found to be slow.
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- R Krishna Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2292 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
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Capaldi DC, Gaus HJ, Carty RL, Moore MN, Turney BJ, Decottignies SD, McArdle JV, Scozzari AN, Ravikumar VT, Krotz AH. Formation of 4,4'-dimethoxytrityl-C-phosphonate oligonucleotides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 14:4683-90. [PMID: 15324888 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.06.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Incomplete sulfurization during solid-phase synthesis of phosphorothioate oligonucleotides using phosphoramidite chemistry was identified as the cause of formation of two new classes of process-related oligonucleotide impurities containing a DMTr-C-phosphonate (DMTr=4,4'-dimethoxytrityl) moiety. Phosphite triester intermediates that failed to oxidize (sulfurize) to the corresponding phosphorothioate triester react during the subsequent acid-induced (dichloroacetic acid) detritylation with the DMTr cation or its equivalent in an Arbuzov-type reaction. This leads to formation of DMTr-C-phosphonate mono- and diesters resulting in oligonucleotides modified with a DMTr-C-phosphonate moiety located internally or at the 5'terminal hydroxy group. DMTr-C-phosphonate derivatives are not detected when optimized sulfurization conditions are employed.
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- Daniel C Capaldi
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2292 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
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Ravikumar VT, Kumar RK. Stereoselective Synthesis of Alkylphosphonates: A Facile Rearrangement of Cyanoethyl-Protected Nucleoside Phosphoramidites. Org Process Res Dev 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/op030035u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2292 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, California 92008, U.S.A
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