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Incorporation of Pseudo‐complementary Bases 2,6‐Diaminopurine and 2‐Thiouracil into Serinol Nucleic Acid (SNA) to Promote SNA/RNA Hybridization
Author(s) -
Kamiya Yukiko,
Sato Fuminori,
Murayama Keiji,
Kodama Atsuji,
Uchiyama Susumu,
Asanuma Hiroyuki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201901728
Subject(s) - nucleic acid , rna , chemistry , uracil , nucleic acid thermodynamics , monomer , hydrogen bond , stereochemistry , heteroduplex , base pair , dna , biochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , gene , polymer
Serinol nucleic acid (SNA) is a promising candidate for nucleic acid‐based molecular probes and drugs due to its high affinity for RNA. Our previous work revealed that incorporation of 2,6‐diaminpurine (D), which can form three hydrogen bonds with uracil, into SNA increases the melting temperature of SNA‐RNA duplexes. However, D incorporation into short self‐complementary regions of SNA promoted self‐dimerization and hindered hybridization with RNA. Here we synthesized a SNA monomer of 2‐thiouracil (sU), which was expected to inhibit base pairing with D by steric hindrance between sulfur and the amino group. To prepare the SNA containing D and sU in high yield, we customized the protecting groups on D and sU monomers that can be readily deprotected under acidic conditions. Incorporation of D and sU into SNA facilitated stable duplex formation with target RNA by suppressing the self‐hybridization of SNA and increasing the stability of the heteroduplex of SNA and its complementary RNA. Our results have important implications for the development of SNA‐based probes and nucleic acid drugs.