Issue 7, 2014

Properties of 5- and/or 2-modified 2′-O-cyanoethyl uridine residue: 2′-O-cyanoethyl-5-propynyl-2-thiouridine as an efficient duplex stabilizing component

Abstract

We systematically synthesized eight types of 5- and/or 2-modified uridine derivatives and evaluated their effect on duplex stability. The incorporation of 2′-O-cyanoethyl-2-thio-5-propynyluridine (p5s2UOCE) into RNA was significantly effective for stabilization of RNA/RNA (+8.5 °C) and DNA/RNA (+10.4 °C) duplexes. These striking effects were maintained in oligonucleotides with different sequences or multiple incorporations. In addition, p5s2UOCE increased selectivity toward the correct AU Watson–Crick base pair over the most stable mismatched base pair in both RNA/RNA and DNA/RNA duplexes. Hence, p5s2UOCE could be useful for various applications of modified oligonucleotides that need high duplex stability and base pairing selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Properties of 5- and/or 2-modified 2′-O-cyanoethyl uridine residue: 2′-O-cyanoethyl-5-propynyl-2-thiouridine as an efficient duplex stabilizing component

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Oct 2013
Accepted
09 Dec 2013
First published
10 Dec 2013

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 1157-1162

Properties of 5- and/or 2-modified 2′-O-cyanoethyl uridine residue: 2′-O-cyanoethyl-5-propynyl-2-thiouridine as an efficient duplex stabilizing component

Y. Masaki, R. Miyasaka, K. Hirai, T. Kanamori, H. Tsunoda, A. Ohkubo, K. Seio and M. Sekine, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 1157 DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41983E

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