Development of antiparallel-type triplex-forming oligonucleotides containing quinoline derivatives capable of
Shuhei Nishizawa1, Gaohong Tu1, Daisuke Ogata1
1Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
A triplex-forming oligonucleotide (TFO) can bind to genomic DNA and inhibit the expression of genes with specific sequences. However, to date, there have been a few reports of modified bases in antiparallel TFOs that can recognize and strongly bind to T-A base pairs. In this study, we introduced several quinoline derivatives into antiparallel TFOs to develop modified bases that can recognize the T-A base pair and evaluated their ability to form triplexes and to discriminate between base pairs. The introduction of 2-acetamido-6-aminoquinoline6DAQac) into an antiparallel TFO allowed the selective recognition of a T-A base pair at both low and high salt concentrations.
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