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Syntheses of prodrug-type 2′-O-methyldithiomethyl oligonucleotides modified at natural four nucleoside residues and their conversions into natural 2′-hydroxy oligonucleotides under reducing condition

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 26; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bmc.2018.10.025

1464-3391

Junsuke Hayashi, Yosuke Ochi, Yasuyuki MORITA, Katsuma Soubou, Yuhei Ohtomo, Misa Nishigaki, Yuko Tochiyama, Osamu Nakagawa, Shun‐ichi Wada, Hidehito Urata,

DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

We previously reported that reducing-environment-responsive prodrug-type small interfering RNA (siRNA) bearing 2′-O-methyldithiomethyl (2′-O-MDTM) uridine exhibits efficient knockdown activity and nuclease resistance. In this report, we describe the preparation of 2′-O-MDTM oligonucleotides modified not only at uridine but also at adenosine, guanosine and cytidine residues by post-synthetic modification. Precursor oligonucleotides bearing 2′-O-(2,4,6-trimethoxybenzylthiomethyl) (2′-O-TMBTM) adenosine, guanosine, and cytidine were reacted with dimethyl(methylthio)sulfonium tetrafluoroborate to form 2′-O-MDTM oligonucleotides in the same manner as the oligonucleotide bearing 2′-O-TMBTM uridine. Furthermore, the oligonucleotides bearing 2′-O-MDTM adenosine, guanosine, and cytidine were efficiently converted into corresponding natural 2′-hydroxy oligonucleotides under the cytosol-mimetic reducing condition.