Synthesis of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and folic acid conjugated ribozymes.

Autor: Matulic-Adamic J; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2950 Wilderness Place, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA., Serebryany V, Haeberli P, Mokler VR, Beigelman L
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bioconjugate chemistry [Bioconjug Chem] 2002 Sep-Oct; Vol. 13 (5), pp. 1071-8.
DOI: 10.1021/bc025525q
Abstrakt: To evaluate potential improvement in tissue specific targeting and cellular uptake of therapeutic ribozymes, we have developed three new phosphoramidite reagents. These reagents can be used in automated solid-phase synthesis to produce oligonucleotide conjugates containing N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (targeting hepatocytes) and folic acid (targeting tumor). N-Acetyl-D-galactosamine was attached through a linker to both 2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine and D-threoninol scaffolds, and these conjugates were converted to phosphoramidite building blocks. Incorporation of a D-threoninol-based monomer into ribozymes provided multiply labeled ribozyme conjugates. Attachment of the fully protected pteroic acid to the D-threoninol-6-aminocaproyl-L-glutamic acid construct afforded the folic acid conjugate, which was converted into the phosphoramidite and incorporated onto the 5'-end of the ribozyme.
Databáze: MEDLINE