The pro-oligonucleotide approach: solid phase synthesis and preliminary evaluation of model pro-dodecathymidylates

Autor: Vasseur, J.J., Tosquellas, Guilhem, Alvarez, Karine, Dell'Aquila, Christelle, Morvan, François, Vasseur, Jean-Jacques, Imbach, Jean-Louis, Rayner, Bernard
Přispěvatelé: Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron [Pôle Chimie Balard] (IBMM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Nucleic Acids Research
Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford University Press, 1998, 26 (9), pp.2069-2074. ⟨10.1093/nar/26.9.2069⟩
ISSN: 0305-1048
1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.9.2069⟩
Popis: International audience; A modified phosphoramidite method has been designed for the solid-phase synthesis of two dodecathymidine phosphotriesters and two dodecathymidine thiono-phosphotriesters. In these analogs, each internucleoside link bears an S-acyl-2-thioethyl (Me-SATE or tBu-SATE) group removable upon esterase activation. Efficient synthesis of these lipophilic analogs was achieved thanks to the use of a photolabile linker anchored to the solid support in combination with thymidine-3′-O-phosphoramidites having a SATE group in place of the regular 2-cyanoethyl one. Both dodecathymidine phosphotriester and thionophosphotriester having S-acetyl-2-thioethyl groups were found to be stable in the presence of snake venom and calf spleen phos-phodiesterases whereas, upon incubation in CEM cell extracts, they were selectively hydrolyzed to the anionic parent dodecathymidylate and dodecathymidine phosphorothioate, respectively. In addition, Me-SATE-protected dodecathymidine thionophosphotriester was stable in mouse and human sera as well as in human gastric juice. These results depict the potential of SATE-protected oligonucleotides as prodrugs of antisense oligonucleotides.
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