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Interaction of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase with New Minor Groove Binders and Their Conjugates with Oligonucleotides

2005; Pleiades Publishing; Volume: 39; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11008-005-0057-1

1608-3245

Olga D. Zakharova, Svetlana V. Baranova, V. A. Ryabinin, A. N. Sinyakov, V. I. Yamkovoi, Laura Tarrago‐Litvak, S. Litvak, G. A. Nevinsky,

HIV Research and Treatment

The influence of new non-natural regular minor groove binders (MGB), containing 2-4 imidazole, pyrrole or thiazole residues, and their conjugates with oligonucleotides, on the polymerization reaction catalyzed by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase was analyzed. Various model template-primer complexes: poly(A)-oligo(U), poly(A)-oligo(dT), poly(dA)-oligo(U), poly(dA)-oligo(dT) and activated DNA were used. The concentration of oligopeptides, giving 50% inhibition (I50) of the RT-dependent polymerization reaction, was shown to depend strongly on the structure of template-primer complexes, number and type of the heterocycle rings in the MGBs analyzed. The range of I50 for the most of the compounds studied is 7.7 x 10(-3)-1.0 x 10(-5) M. The affinity of MGB is minimal for poly(A)-oligo(U). However, some of imidazole and pyrrole-containing MGBs demonstrated unusually high affinity (I50 = 3 x 10(-9)-4 x 10(-8) M) to the above template-primer in complex with RT. The affinity of conjugates of thiazolecarboxamides with oligonucleotides complementary or partially complementary to the template, is 1-4 orders higher compared to free thiazolecarboxamides. The possible reasons of the dependence of I50 values upon the structure of the template-primer complexes, the structure of MGB, and their conjugates with oligonucleotides are discussed.