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Liu H, Zhang X, Li X, Wu H, Shi Y, Lu W. A G-quadruplex/thioflavin T-based label-free biosensor to detect ClO - in stress-induced hypertension. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2024; 314:124231. [PMID: 38574610 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Hypochlorous acid (HClO), as an essential reactive oxygen species (ROS) in biological systems, plays a pivotal role in processes of physiology and pathology. Abnormal fluctuations in HClO concentration can lead to various diseases, such as inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegeneration. Therefore, developing an approach to rapidly and sensitively quantify ClO- content is vital to biomedicine development and bioassays. Herein, we fabricated a novel "turn-on" label-free fluorescence DNA probe to specifically detect hypochlorite ion (ClO-) based on G-quadruplex formation. To this end, we designed a G-rich signal DNA sequence (S-DNA) and a block DNA sequence (B-DNA), followed by the introduction of ClO--responsive phosphorothioate (PS) into B-DNA. In the absence of ClO-, B-DNA hybridized with S-DNA, preventing G-quadruplex formation from S-DNA; this resulted in the relatively low fluorescence intensity of ThT. Once ClO- was added, the hydrolysis between PS and ClO- split the B-DNA into two fragments, resulting in B-DNA breaking away from S-DNA, allowing G-quadruplex formation from S-DNA and increasing the fluorescence intensity of ThT. Using this method, we can detect ClO- without the interference of additional reactive oxygen species. The detection limit of ClO- was as low as 10 nM. Furthermore, this method facilitates the detection of ClO- within the tissues of rats with stress-induced hypertension.
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- Haisheng Liu
- College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Shandong, Heze 274000, China
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- College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Shandong, Heze 274000, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Group Heze Hospital, Shandong, Heze 274000, China
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- College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Shandong, Heze 274000, China
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- College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Shandong, Heze 274000, China
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- College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Shandong, Heze 274000, China.
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Lyu J, Zhu T, Zhou Y, Zhao T, Fei M, Zhong X, He H. Controlling the Crystal Growth of DNA Molecules via Strategic Chemical Modifications. Chemistry 2024:e202400012. [PMID: 38477176 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Intermolecular interactions are critical to the crystallization of biomolecules, yet the precise control of biomolecular crystal growth based on these interactions remains elusive. To understand the connections between the crystallization kinetics and the strength of intermolecular interactions, herein we have employed DNA triangular crystals and modified ones as a versatile tool to investigate how the strength of intermolecular interaction affects crystal growth. Interestingly, we have found that the 2'-O-methylation at sticky ends of the DNA triangle could strengthen its intermolecular interaction, resulting in the accelerated formation of smaller crystals. Conversely, phosphorothioate modification could weaken the sticky-end cohesion and delay the nucleation, resulting in formation of fewer but larger crystals. In addition, these modification effects were consistently observed in the crystallization of a DNA decamer. In one word, our experimental results demonstrate that the strength of intermolecular interaction directly impacts crystal growth. It suggests that 2'-O-methylation and phosphorothioate modification represents a rational strategy for controlling DNA molecules grow into desired crystals and it also facilitates structural determination.
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- Jiazhen Lyu
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College & Translational Medicine Research Center, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- School of Stomatology, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College & Translational Medicine Research Center, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College & Translational Medicine Research Center, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College & Translational Medicine Research Center, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College & Translational Medicine Research Center, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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Brzezinska J, Trzciński S, Strzelec J, Chmielewski MK. From CPG to hybrid support: Review on the approaches in nucleic acids synthesis in various media. Bioorg Chem 2023; 140:106806. [PMID: 37660625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Solid-phase synthesis is, to date, the preferred method for the manufacture of oligonucleotides, in quantities ranging from a few micrograms for research purposes to several kilograms for therapeutic or commercial use. But for large-scale oligonucleotide manufacture, scaling up and hazardous waste production pose challenges that necessitate the investigation of alternate synthetic techniques. Despite the disadvantages of glass supports, using soluble supports as a substitute presents difficulties because of their high overall yield and complex purification steps. To address these challenges, various independent approaches have been developed; however, other problems such as insufficient cycle efficiency and synthesis of oligonucleotide chains of desired length continue to exist. In this study, we present a review of the current developments, advantages, and difficulties of recently reported alternatives to supports based on controlled pore glass, and discuss the importance of a support choice to resolve issues arising during oligonucleotide synthesis.
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- Jolanta Brzezinska
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland; FutureSynthesis sp. z o.o., ul. Rubież 46B, 61-612 Poznan, Poland.
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Shuai Y, Ju Y, Li Y, Ma D, Jiang L, Zhang J, Tan GY, Liu X, Wang S, Zhang L, Liu G. A rapid nucleic acid detection platform based on phosphorothioate-DNA and sulfur binding domain. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2023; 8:213-219. [PMID: 36875498 PMCID: PMC9982451 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2023.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Nucleic acid detection plays a key role in diverse diagnosis and disease control. Currently available nucleic acid detection techniques are challenged by trade-offs among speed, simplicity, precision and cost. Here, we described a novel method, designated SENSOR (Sulfur DNA mediated nucleic acid sensing platform), for rapid nucleic acid detection. SENSOR was developed from phosphorothioate (PT)-DNA and sulfur binding domain (SBD) which specifically binds double-stranded PT-modified DNA. SENSOR utilizes PT-DNA oligo and SBD as targeting module, which is linked with split luciferase reporter to generate luminescence signal within 10 min. We tested detection on synthesized nucleic acid and COVID-19 pseudovirus, achieving attomolar sensitivity combined with an amplification procedure. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) could also be discriminated. Indicating SENSOR a new promising nucleic acid detection technique.
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- Yuting Shuai
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic &Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic &Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Huang PJJ, Liu J. Sensing Metal Ions with Phosphorothioate-Modified DNAzymes. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2439:277-289. [PMID: 35226327 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2047-2_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Phosphorothioate (PS) modification refers to replacing one of the nonbridging oxygen atoms in nucleic acids with sulfur. PS modifications can be easily introduced during solid-phase DNA synthesis. It has been extensively used in ribozyme and DNAzyme research to achieve a bioinorganic understanding of metal binding, bioanalytical applications of metal detection, and chemical biology of DNA modification. It allows for the access of new chemistry, not available to natural DNA. Since each PS modification is accompanied by the production of a chiral phosphorus center, a key technical challenge is to separate the two diastereomers called Rp and Sp. In this chapter, we describe our methods of HPLC-based separation followed by ligation to generate a long and fluorescently modified DNAzyme substrate. Subsequently, the use of the modified substrate for activity assay to understand metal binding and for metal ion detection is also described.
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- Po-Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
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Kokulnathan T, Wang TJ, Duraisamy N, Kumar EA. Hierarchical nanoarchitecture of zirconium phosphate/graphene oxide: Robust electrochemical platform for detection of fenitrothion. J Hazard Mater 2021; 412:125257. [PMID: 33548779 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report the rational design of nanocomposite with zirconium phosphate encapsulated on graphene oxide (ZrP/GO) for the highly sensitive and selective analysis of fenitrothion (FT). The characteristics of ZrP/GO nanocomposite are systematically analyzed by various in-depth electron microscopic, spectroscopic and analytical techniques. The ZrP/GO nanocomposite modified electrodes show better electrochemical response towards FT than other electrodes. The improved electrochemical activity of nanocomposite is attributed to large surface area, high conductivity, numerous active surface sites, GO nanosheets served as the conductivity matrix while preventing ZrP from agglomeration and the synergistic effect of ZrP and GO. Benefitting from the unique features, our fabricated sensor exhibits the superior performance in terms of wide working range (0.008-26 μM), appropriate peak potential (-0.61 V), low limit of detection (0.001 µM), high sensitivity (6 µA µM-1 cm-2) with the regression coefficient of 0.999. Additionally, the electrochemical sensor also displays good selectivity, excellent stability (99.6%), reproducibility (4.9%) and reusability (6.1%). The practical applicability of ZrP/GO sensor is shown by performing the detection of FT in water samples. These results clearly suggest that the ZrP/GO nanocomposite is an efficient electrode material for the future real-time environmental monitoring of FT.
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- Thangavelu Kokulnathan
- Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan, ROC
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Demelenne A, Servais AC, Crommen J, Fillet M. Analytical techniques currently used in the pharmaceutical industry for the quality control of RNA-based therapeutics and ongoing developments. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1651:462283. [PMID: 34107400 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The number of RNA-based therapeutics has significantly grown in number on the market over the last 20 years. This number is expected to further increase in the coming years as many RNA therapeutics are being tested in late clinical trials stages. The first part of this paper considers the mechanism of action, the synthesis and the potential impurities resulting from synthesis as well as the strategies used to increase RNA-based therapeutics efficacy. In the second part of this review, the tests that are usually performed in the pharmaceutical industry for the quality testing of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) will be described. In the last part, the remaining challenges and the ongoing developments to meet them are discussed.
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- Alice Demelenne
- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium.
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Huang M, Xu X, Qiu H, Li N. Analytical characterization of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1648:462184. [PMID: 33991753 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry has been widely implemented as a powerful tool for providing in-depth characterization of nucleic acid therapeutic modalities, such as anti-sense oligonucleotides and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). In this study, we developed a generic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) hyphenated with tandem mass spectrometry method in the absence of ion-pairing reagents and demonstrated its capability as an attractive and robust alternative for oligonucleotide and siRNA analysis. HILIC separation of mixtures of unmodified and fully phosphorothioate-modified DNA oligonucleotides and their synthetic 3' exonuclease-digested metabolites were also assessed. High-resolution mass spectrometric (HRMS) analysis was used to determine the deconvoluted masses of oligonucleotide and siRNA standards and their impurities. To enable unbiased sequence characterization with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), we also optimized higher-energy C-trap dissociation (HCD) on improving the sequence coverage of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides. Lastly, we evaluated on-column sensitivity for a phosphorothioate oligonucleotide by performing targeted analysis with either targeted selected ion monitoring (tSIM) or parallel reaction monitoring (PRM). Higher on-column sensitivity of 13 ng, equivalent to 2.0 pmol, of a phosphorothioate oligonucleotide was achieved by tSIM analysis as compared to PRM analysis.
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- Ming Huang
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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Islam MA, Fujisaka A, Kawakami J, Yamaguchi T, Obika S. Different reactivity of Sp and Rp isomers of phosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides in a duplex structure. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127166. [PMID: 32527537 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The presence of a stereoisomeric center at the phosphorus atom in phosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides (PS-ONs) has been recognized as an important feature since the early stages of their development. Therefore, several studies have been conducted on the chirality of PS-ONs. In this study, we evaluated the stereo-biased chemistry of PS-ON duplexes. Depending on their absolute configurations, PS-ON duplexes were found to have significantly different and stereospecific reactivities towards simple alkylating reagent.
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- Md Ariful Islam
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Pharmacy, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Ohtani University, Nishikiori-Kita 3-11-1, Tondabayashi, Osaka 584-8540, Japan
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- Faculty of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology, Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Bianga J, Perez M, Mouvet D, Cajot C, De Raeve P, Delobel A. Development of an ICP-MS/MS approach for absolute quantification and determination of phosphodiester to phosphorothioate ratio in therapeutic oligonucleotides. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 184:113179. [PMID: 32092633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A new analytical method based on ICP-MS/MS is proposed for the characterization of synthetic phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Absolute quantification of oligonucleotides is challenging, as well as the determination of phosphodiester to phosphorothioate ratio for phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Both are considered as critical quality attributes and should be determined using robust validated methods. The method we developed was designed to be easy to apply, fast, and robust. It allows simultaneous absolute quantification of an oligonucleotide (based on the quantification of phosphorus), determination of the phosphodiester to phosphorothioate ratio (based on the quantification of phosphorus and sulfur) and optionally determination of sodium (or any other metal) as a counter ion. The performance of the method was demonstrated on O,O-diethyl thiophosphate potassium salt, a well characterized model substance that possesses similar composition to phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Method was also tested on different synthetic phophorothioate oligonucleotides, showing excellent accuracy and precision.
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- Juliusz Bianga
- Quality Assistance sa, Technoparc de Thudinie 2, B-6536 Donstiennes, Belgium
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- Quality Assistance sa, Technoparc de Thudinie 2, B-6536 Donstiennes, Belgium
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- Quality Assistance sa, Technoparc de Thudinie 2, B-6536 Donstiennes, Belgium
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- Quality Assistance sa, Technoparc de Thudinie 2, B-6536 Donstiennes, Belgium
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- Quality Assistance sa, Technoparc de Thudinie 2, B-6536 Donstiennes, Belgium
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- Quality Assistance sa, Technoparc de Thudinie 2, B-6536 Donstiennes, Belgium.
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Enmark M, Bagge J, Samuelsson J, Thunberg L, Örnskov E, Leek H, Limé F, Fornstedt T. Analytical and preparative separation of phosphorothioated oligonucleotides: columns and ion-pair reagents. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 412:299-309. [PMID: 31814048 PMCID: PMC6992550 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-02236-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Oligonucleotide drugs represent an emerging area in the pharmaceutical industry. Solid-phase synthesis generates many structurally closely related impurities, making efficient separation systems for purification and analysis a key challenge during pharmaceutical drug development. To increase the fundamental understanding of the important preparative separation step, mass-overloaded injections of a fully phosphorothioated 16mer, i.e., deoxythymidine oligonucleotide, were performed on a C18 and a phenyl column. The narrowest elution profiles were obtained using the phenyl column, and the 16mer could be collected with high purity and yield on both columns. The most likely contribution to the successful purification was the quantifiable displacement of the early-eluting shortmers on both columns. In addition, the phenyl column displayed better separation of later-eluting impurities, such as the 17mer impurity. The mass-overloaded injections resulted in classical Langmuirian elution profiles on all columns, provided the concentration of the ion-pairing reagent in the eluent was sufficiently high. Two additional column chemistries, C4 and C8, were also investigated in terms of their selectivity and elution profile characteristics for the separation of 5-20mers fully phosphorothioated deoxythymidine oligonucleotides. When using triethylamine as ion-pairing reagent to separate phosphorothioated oligonucleotides, we observed peak broadening caused by the partial separation of diastereomers, predominantly seen on the C4 and C18 columns. When using the ion-pair reagent tributylamine, to suppress diastereomer separation, the greatest selectivity was found using the phenyl column followed by C18. The present results will be useful when designing and optimizing efficient preparative separations of synthetic oligonucleotides.
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- Martin Enmark
- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, 651 88, Karlstad, Sweden.,Pharmacognosy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Box 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, 651 88, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, 651 88, Karlstad, Sweden.
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- Early Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Early Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Nouryon, Separation Products, 445 80, Bohus, Sweden
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, 651 88, Karlstad, Sweden.
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Enmark M, Rova M, Samuelsson J, Örnskov E, Schweikart F, Fornstedt T. Investigation of factors influencing the separation of diastereomers of phosphorothioated oligonucleotides. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 411:3383-94. [PMID: 31020370 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-01813-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This study presents a systematic investigation of factors influencing the chromatographic separation of diastereomers of phosphorothioated pentameric oligonucleotides as model solutes. Separation was carried out under ion-pairing conditions using an XBridge C18 column. For oligonucleotides with a single sulfur substitution, the diastereomer selectivity was found to increase with decreasing carbon chain length of the tertiary alkylamine used as an ion-pair reagent. Using an ion-pair reagent with high selectivity for diastereomers, triethylammonium, it was found the selectivity increased with decreased ion-pair concentration and shallower gradient slope. Selectivity was also demonstrated to be dependent on the position of the modified linkage. Substitutions at the center of the pentamer resulted in higher diastereomer selectivity compared to substitutions at either end. For mono-substituted oligonucleotides, the retention order and stereo configuration were consistently found to be correlated, with Rp followed by Sp, regardless of which linkage was modified. The type of nucleobase greatly affects the observed selectivity. A pentamer of cytosine has about twice the diastereomer selectivity of that of thymine. When investigating the retention of various oligonucleotides eluted using tributylammonium as the ion-pairing reagent, no diastereomer selectivity could be observed. However, retention was found to be dependent on both the degree and position of sulfur substitution as well as on the nucleobase. When analyzing fractions collected in the front and tail of overloaded injections, a significant difference was found in the ratio between Rp and Sp diastereomers, indicating that the peak broadening observed when using tributylammonium could be explained by partial diastereomer separation.
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Lobue PA, Jora M, Addepalli B, Limbach PA. Oligonucleotide analysis by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in the absence of ion-pair reagents. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1595:39-48. [PMID: 30772056 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Improving our understanding of nucleic acids, both in biological and synthetic applications, remains a bustling area of research for both academic and industrial laboratories. As nucleic acids research evolves, so must the analytical techniques used to characterize nucleic acids. One powerful analytical technique has been coupled liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). To date, the most successful chromatographic mode has been ion-pairing reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), in the absence of ion-pair reagents, has been investigated here as an alternative chromatographic approach to the analysis of oligonucleotides. By combining a mobile phase system using commonly employed in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) - i.e., water, acetonitrile, and ammonium acetate - and a new, commercially available diol-based HILIC column, high chromatographic and mass spectrometric performance for a wide range of oligonucleotides is demonstrated. Particular applications of HILIC-MS for the analysis of deoxynucleic acid (DNA) oligomers, modified and unmodified oligoribonucleotides, and phosphorothioate DNA oligonucleotides are presented. Based on the LC-MS performance, this HILIC-based approach provides an attractive, sensitive and robust alternative to prior ion-pairing dependent methods with potential utility for both qualitative and quantitative analyses of oligonucleotides without compromising chromatographic or mass spectrometric performance.
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Liu C, Chu X, Yan M, Qi J, Liu H, Gao F, Gao R, Ma G, Ma Y. Encapsulation of Poly I:C and the natural phosphodiester CpG ODN enhanced the efficacy of a hyaluronic acid-modified cationic lipid-PLGA hybrid nanoparticle vaccine in TC-1-grafted tumors. Int J Pharm 2018; 553:327-37. [PMID: 30393151 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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FDA approval of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG ODN) adjuvants for a human hepatitis B virus vaccine has been delayed until late 2017 because of concerns regarding the severe side effects, which may be attributed to the high dosage and systemic diffusion of this proinflammatory material. Considering that PLGA could provide shelter to resist nucleases in tissue and that cationic lipids could confine anionic oligonucleotides in the nanoparticles via electrostatic attraction to avoid systemic diffusion, we encapsulated a natural phosphodiester or the expensive phosphorothioate CpG ODNs in our previously reported hyaluronic acid-modified cationic lipid-PLGA hybrid nanoparticles and evaluated vaccine efficacy in a TC-1-grafted mouse model. Our results showed that together with Poly I:C, CpG ODN could promote the maturation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and the cross-presentation of exogenous antigens in vitro. For the coencapsulation with Poly I:C, in vivo studies showed that adjuvant effects on the vaccine efficacy of tumor depression, immune cell activation, and memory T-cell elevation of phosphodiester CpG ODNs were comparable to those of the phosphorothioate CpG ODNs at a low concentration (5 µg/dose). In conclusion, the combination of oligonucleotide adjuvants and synthetic particulate systems not only potentiated the immunogenicity of these nanoparticles but also made these adjuvants safer and more economical, which may be helpful for their wide application.
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Conventional molecular beacons (MBs) have been used extensively for imaging specific endogenous RNAs in living cells, but their tendency to generate false-positive signals as a result of nuclease degradation and/or nonspecific binding limits sensitive and accurate imaging of intracellular RNAs. In an attempt to overcome this limitation, MBs have been synthesized with various chemically modified oligonucleotide backbones to confer greater biostability. We have recently developed a new MB architecture composed of 2'-O-methyl RNA (2Me), a fully phosphorothioate (PS) modified loop domain and a phosphodiester stem (2Me/PSLOOP MB). We showed that this new MB exhibits a marginal level of false-positive signals and enables accurate single-molecule imaging of target RNA in living cells. In this chapter, we describe detailed methods that led us to conclude that, among various PS-modified configurations, the 2Me/PSLOOP MB is an optimal design for intracellular RNA analysis.
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Ma Z, Wu X, Krueger CJ, Chen AK. Engineering Novel Molecular Beacon Constructs to Study Intracellular RNA Dynamics and Localization. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics 2017; 15:279-286. [PMID: 28942262 PMCID: PMC5673673 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2017.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Revised: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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With numerous advancements in novel biochemical techniques, our knowledge of the role of RNAs in the regulation of cellular physiology and pathology has grown significantly over the past several decades. Nevertheless, detailed information regarding RNA processing, trafficking, and localization in living cells has been lacking due to technical limitations in imaging single RNA transcripts in living cells with high spatial and temporal resolution. In this review, we discuss techniques that have shown great promise for single RNA imaging, followed by highlights in our recent work in the development of molecular beacons (MBs), a class of nanoscale oligonucleotide-probes, for detecting individual RNA transcripts in living cells. With further refinement of MB design and development of more sophisticated fluorescence microscopy techniques, we envision that MB-based approaches could promote new discoveries of RNA functions and activities.
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- Zhao Ma
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Xiao L, Xiang Y. Quantification of total phosphorothioate in bacterial DNA by a bromoimane-based fluorescent method. Biotechnol J 2016; 11:824-30. [PMID: 27168171 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The discovery of phosphorothioate (PT) modifications in bacterial DNA has challenged our understanding of conserved phosphodiester backbone structure of cellular DNA. This exclusive DNA modification in bacteria is not found in animal cells yet, and its biological function in bacteria is still poorly understood. Quantitative information about the bacterial PT modifications is thus important for the investigation of their possible biological functions. In this study, we have developed a simple fluorescence method for selective quantification of total PTs in bacterial DNA, based on fluorescent labeling of PTs and subsequent release of the labeled fluorophores for absolute quantification. The method was highly selective to PTs and not interfered by the presence of reactive small molecules or proteins. The quantification of PTs in an E. coli DNA sample was successfully achieved using our method and gave a result of about 455 PTs per million DNA nucleotides, while almost no detectable PTs were found in a mammalian calf thymus DNA. With this new method, the content of phosphorothioate in bacterial DNA could be successfully quantified, serving as a simple method suitable for routine use in biological phosphorothioate related studies.
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- Lu Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Zhao D, Yang Y, Qu N, Chen M, Ma Z, Krueger CJ, Behlke MA, Chen AK. Single-molecule detection and tracking of RNA transcripts in living cells using phosphorothioate-optimized 2'-O-methyl RNA molecular beacons. Biomaterials 2016; 100:172-83. [PMID: 27261815 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Molecular Beacons (MBs) composed of 2'-O-methyl RNA (2Me) and phosphorothioate (PS) linkages throughout the backbone (2Me/PSFULL MBs) have enabled long-term imaging of RNA in living cells, but excess PS modification can induce nonspecific binding, causing false-positive signals. In this study, we evaluate the intracellular stability of MBs composed of 2Me with various PS modifications, and found that false-positive signals could be reduced to marginal levels when the MBs possess a fully PS-modified loop domain and a phosphodiester stem (2Me/PSLOOP MB). Additionally, 2Me/PSLOOP MBs exhibited uncompromised hybridization kinetics, prolonged functionality and >88% detection accuracy for single RNA transcripts, and could do so without interfering with gene expression or cell growth. Finally, 2Me/PSLOOP MBs could image the dynamics of single mRNA transcripts in the nucleus and the cytoplasm simultaneously, regardless of whether the MBs targeted the 5'- or the 3'-UTR. Together, these findings demonstrate the effectiveness of loop-domain PS modification in reducing nonspecific signals and the potential for sensitive and accurate imaging of individual RNAs at the single-molecule level. With the growing interest in the role of RNA localization and dynamics in health and disease, 2Me/PSLOOP MBs could enable new discoveries in RNA research.
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- Dan Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Integrated DNA Technologies Inc., Coralville, IA, 52241, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Jung C, Ellington AD. A primerless molecular diagnostic: phosphorothioated-terminal hairpin formation and self-priming extension (PS-THSP). Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:8583-8591. [PMID: 27032410 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9479-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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There are various ways that priming can occur in nucleic acid amplification reactions. While most reactions rely on a primer to initiate amplification, a mechanism for DNA amplification has been developed in which hairpin sequences at the 3' terminus of a single-stranded oligonucleotide fold on themselves to initiate priming. Unfortunately, this method is less useful for diagnostic applications because the self-folding efficiency is low and only works over a narrow range of reaction temperatures. In order to adapt this strategy for analytical applications we have developed a variant that we term phosphorothioated-terminal hairpin formation and self-priming extension (PS-THSP). In PS-THSP a phosphorothioate (PS) modification is incorporated into the DNA backbone, leading to a reduction in the thermal stability of dsDNA and increased self-folding of terminal hairpins. By optimizing the number of PS linkages that are included in the initial template, we greatly increased self-folding efficiency and the range of reaction temperatures, ultimately achieving a detection limit of 1 pM. This improved method was readily adapted to the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and to the detection of non-nucleic acid analytes, such as alkaline phosphatase, which was quantitatively detected at a limit of 0.05 mU/mL, approximately 10-fold better than commercial assays. Graphical abstract Efficient self-folding by phosphorothioate (PS) modification.
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- Cheulhee Jung
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway MBB 3.424, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway MBB 3.424, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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Ba S, Zhang H, Lee JY, Wu H, Ye R, Huang D, Li T. Investigation of human flap structure-specific endonuclease 1 (FEN1) activity on primer-template models and exploration of a substrate-based FEN1 inhibitor. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:1988-92. [PMID: 27020684 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Flap structure-specific endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is one of the enzymes that involve in Eukaryotic DNA replication and repair. Recent studies have proved that FEN1 is highly over-expressed in various types of cancer cells and is a drug target. However, a limited number of FEN1 inhibitors has been identified and approved. Herein, we investigate the catalytic activity of FEN1, and propose a substrate-based inhibitor. As a consequence, one of the phosphorothioate-modified substrates is proved to exhibit the most efficient inhibitory effect in our in vitro examinations. A novelly-designed substrate-based FEN1 inhibitor was accordingly constructed and determined a remarkable IC50 value.
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- Sai Ba
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
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Malueka RG, Dwianingsih EK, Yagi M, Lee T, Nishida A, Iijima K, Takeshima Y, Matsuo M. Phosphorothioate modification of chimeric 2´-O-methyl RNA/ethylene-bridged nucleic acid oligonucleotides increases dystrophin exon 45 skipping capability and reduces cytotoxicity. Kobe J Med Sci 2015; 60:E86-E94. [PMID: 25791417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUNDS Antisense oligonucleotide (AO)-mediated exon skipping is the most promising way to express internally deleted dystrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), by correcting the reading frame of dystrophin mRNA. An antisense chimeric oligonucleotide consisting of 2´-O-methyl RNA and ethylene-bridged nucleic acid (ENA), targeting exon 45 of the dystrophin gene, AO85, has been shown to induce exon 45 skipping efficiently. Since phosphorothioate (PS)-modification of AO85 has never been explored, we produced a PS-modified AO85 (AO88) and examined its exon skipping capability and cytotoxicity. METHODS Exon 45 skipping activity was examined in primary muscle cells established from a DMD patient carrying a deletion of dystrophin exon 44. Cytotoxicity was assessed by MTT assay. RESULTS AO88 induced dystrophin exon 45 skipping from 50 nM. More than 90% of products lacked exon 45 at 400 nM. AO88 showed significantly higher exon skipping activity than AO85. The EC50 of AO88 was 94.8 nM, while EC50 of AO85 was 66.7 nM. Cytotoxicity was lower for AO88 than for AO85. CONCLUSION the PS-modified RNA/ENA chimera displayed stronger exon skipping activity and lower cytotoxicity than the phosphodiester-RNA/ENA chimera. AO88 has better potential for clinical use than AO85.
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- Rusdy Ghazali Malueka
- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobegakuin University, 518 Arise, Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2180 Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobegakuin University, 518 Arise, Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2180 Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobegakuin University, 518 Arise, Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2180 Japan
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Marzenell P, Hagen H, Blechinger J, Erfle H, Mokhir A. Terminally modified, short phosphorothioate oligonucleotides as inhibitors of gene expression in cells. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:4694-4698. [PMID: 25176331 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Phosphorothioates are excellent antisense inhibitors, which are active both in cells and in vivo. Since their affinity to complementary ribonucleic acids is rather low, long strands (⩾20-mers) are typically required to achieve the desired biological activity. However, mismatch discrimination of long inhibitors is reduced. In contrast, shorter phosphorothioates exhibit better sequence specificity, but have in most cases too low affinity for practical applications in cells. We screened a range of terminal modifiers of a 14-mer phosphorothioate sequence, which is complementary to mRNA of a representative gene, whose protein product is fluorescent (DsRed2) and easy to monitor in cells. We found that optimal combinations of 5'- and 3'-modifications include 5'-trimethoxystilbene with 3'-uracil(anthraquinone)-cap, 5'-chloic acid derivative with 3'-uracyl(anthraquinone)-cap and 5'-cholic acid derivative with three 3'-LNA moieties. In contrast to the LNA, stabilizing and activity-enhancing effects of other mentioned modifiers for PTO/RNA duplexes have not been previously reported. We observed that the 14-mer inhibitor carrying 5'-cholic acid derivative with three 3'-LNA moieties inhibits expression of DsRed2 in cells stronger than the unmodified 21-mer. Mismatch discrimination of this inhibitor was found to be comparable to that of the unmodified 14-mer.
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- Paul Marzenell
- Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry II, Henkestr. 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry II, Henkestr. 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, BioQuant, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry II, Henkestr. 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Zhang Y, Lin A, Sui Q, Zhang C, Tian Z, Zhang J. Phosphorothioate modification of the TLR9 ligand CpG ODN inhibits poly(I:C)-induced apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by entry blockade. Cancer Lett 2014; 355:76-84. [PMID: 25224571 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2014.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a crucial role in the innate immune response and subsequent induction of adaptive immune responses. Recently, it has been noted that TLRs on tumor cells are involved in tumor development, and several TLR agonists, such as the TLR3 agonist poly(I:C) and the TLR9 agonist CpG ODN, are being developed as vaccine adjuvants and cancer immunotherapeutics. In this study, we investigated whether combining poly(I:C) with a TLR9 agonist CpG ODN would result in a stronger anti-tumor effect on hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HCCs). Surprisingly, we found that simultaneous transfection of poly(I:C) and ODN M362 exhibited a lower pro-apoptotic effect on HCCs than transfection with poly(I:C) alone. Simultaneous co-transfection was accompanied by down-regulation of poly(I:C)-related innate receptors, pro-inflammatory cytokines and apoptotic genes induced by poly(I:C), indicating that ODN M362 blocked the activation of poly(I:C)-triggered intrinsic immune responses and cellular apoptosis. Further studies indicated that these effects were partly due to the phosphorothioate-modification of CpG ODN, which blocked the entry of poly(I:C) into tumor cells. This entry blockade was avoided by administering poly(I:C) after CpG ODN. Moreover, poly(I:C)-mediated pro-apoptotic effects were enhanced in vitro and in vivo by pre-treating HCC cells with CpG ODN. Our findings thus suggest that when combining poly(I:C) and CpG ODN for cancer therapy, these agents should be used in an alternating rather than simultaneous manner to avoid the blocking effect of phosphorothioate-modified TLR9 ligands.
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- Yuyi Zhang
- Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, China
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- Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, China
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- Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, China
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- Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, China
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- Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, China
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- Institute of Immunopharmacology & Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, China.
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Tee KL, Wong TS. Polishing the craft of genetic diversity creation in directed evolution. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 31:1707-21. [PMID: 24012599 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Revised: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Genetic diversity creation is a core technology in directed evolution where a high quality mutant library is crucial to its success. Owing to its importance, the technology in genetic diversity creation has seen rapid development over the years and its application has diversified into other fields of scientific research. The advances in molecular cloning and mutagenesis since 2008 were reviewed. Specifically, new cloning techniques were classified based on their principles of complementary overhangs, homologous sequences, overlapping PCR and megaprimers and the advantages, drawbacks and performances of these methods were highlighted. New mutagenesis methods developed for random mutagenesis, focused mutagenesis and DNA recombination were surveyed. The technical requirements of these methods and the mutational spectra were compared and discussed with references to commonly used techniques. The trends of mutant library preparation were summarised. Challenges in genetic diversity creation were discussed with emphases on creating "smart" libraries, controlling the mutagenesis spectrum and specific challenges in each group of mutagenesis methods. An outline of the wider applications of genetic diversity creation includes genome engineering, viral evolution, metagenomics and a study of protein functions. The review ends with an outlook for genetic diversity creation and the prospective developments that can have future impact in this field.
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- Kang Lan Tee
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, England, United Kingdom
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Toga T, Kuraoka I, Yasui A, Iwai S. A transfection reporter for the prevention of false-negative results in molecular beacon experiments. Anal Biochem 2013; 440:9-11. [PMID: 23685051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We previously developed a molecular beacon-type probe to detect the strand scission in cellular base excision repair and found that the phosphodiester linkages in the fluorophore/quencher linkers were cleaved. This reaction was applied to a transfection reporter, which contained the unmodified phosphodiester in the linker to another type of fluorophore. After cotransfection of cells with the probe and the reporter, the signals were used to detect the incision and to confirm the proper transfection, respectively. This method will contribute to the prevention of false-negative results in experiments using molecular beacon-type probes.
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- Tatsuya Toga
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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