Dmochowski Regulating gene expression in human leukemia cells using light-activated oligodeoxynucleotides
Dmochowski Regulating gene expression in human leukemia cells using light-activated oligodeoxynucleotides
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2007
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Xinjing Tang;Jyothishmathi Swaminathan;A. Gewirtz;I. Dmochowski
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Xinjing Tang;Jyothishmathi Swaminathan;A. Gewirtz;I. Dmochowski
Light-activated antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (asODNs) were developed to control the degradation of target mRNA in living cells by RNase H. A 20-mer asODN previously shown to target c-myb, a hematopoietic transcription factor, was covalently attached via a photocleavable linker (PL) to partially complementary 20-mer sense strands (sODNs). In the ‘caged’ state, the sODN blocked hybridization of the asODN to c-myb mRNA. Six asODN-PL-sODN conjugates, C1-C6, were synthesized. C5, with twelve complementary bases, gave the largest decrease in melting temperature (Tm) upon UV irradiation ("Tm=2298C). The most thermally stable conjugate, C6 (Tm=848C), gave the lowest background RNase H activity, with just 8.6% degradation of an RNA 40-mer after 1 h incubation. In biochemical assays with C6, RNA digestion increased 10-fold 10min after UV irradiation. Finally, phosphorothioated analogs S-C5 and S-C6 were synthesized to test activity in cultured K562 (human leukemia) cells. No knockdown of c-myb mRNA or protein was observed with intact S-C5 or S-C6, whereas more than half of c-myb mRNA was degraded 24h after photoactivation. Two-fold photomodulation of c-MYB protein levels was also observed with S-C5. However, no photomodulation of c-MYB protein levels was observed with S-C6, perhaps due to the greater stability of this duplex.
