Expanding Catch and Release DNA Decoy (CRDD) Technology with Pyrimidine Mimics

Samantha A. Kennelly, Ramkumar Moorthy, Ruben Silva Otero, Daniel A. Harki

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Abstract

Catch and release DNA decoys (CRDDs) utilize photochemically responsive nucleoside analogues that generate abasic sites upon exposure to light. Herein, we describe the synthesis and evaluation of four candidate CRDD monomers containing nucleobases that mimic endogenous pyrimidines: 2-nitroimidazole (2-NI), 2-nitrobenzene (2-NB), 2-nitropyrrole (2-NP) and 3-nitropyrrole (3-NP). Our studies reveal that 2-NI and 2-NP can function as CRDDs, whereas 3-NP and 2-NB undergo decomposition and transformation to a higher-ordered structure upon photolysis, respectively. When incorporated into DNA, 2-NP undergoes rapid photochemical cleavage of the anomeric bond (1.8 min half-life) to yield an abasic site. Finally, we find that all four pyrimidine mimics show significantly greater stability when base-paired against the previously reported 7-nitroindole CRDD monomer. Our work marks the expansion of CRDD technology to both purine and pyrimidine scaffolds.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere202201355
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume28
Issue number58
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 18 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the NIH (R01‐GM110129) and the University of Minnesota for financial support. Mass spectrometry was performed at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center Analytical Biochemistry Core Facility, which is supported by the NIH (P30‐CA77598). NMR spectrometry was performed at the University of Minnesota NMR Center.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Chemistry - A European Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Keywords

  • DNA decoys
  • DNA hybridization
  • nucleosides
  • oligonucleotides
  • photolysis

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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