Template-directed photoreversible ligation of deoxyoligonucleotides via 5-vinyldeoxyuridine
Template-directed photoreversible ligation of deoxyoligonucleotides via 5-vinyldeoxyuridine
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DOI:
10.1021/ja993698t
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发表时间:
2000-06-14
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15
通讯作者:
Saito, I
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作者:
Fujimoto, K;Matsuda, S;Saito, I
While many methods for template-directed chemical ligation of oligonucleotides via a native phosphodiester bond or non-native linkages have been demonstrated, 1 there are only a few methods for photoinduced non-enzymatic chemical ligation. 2 The merit of the photochemical ligation avoiding the need for additional reagents is obvious. Their actions are controllable within space and time by the choice of proper irradiation methods. Thus, the photoligation methods can be used as “photopadlocking” of circular DNAs, 2d as a tool for DNA engineering and nanotechnology, and as photoregulated diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Previously reported methods for DNA photoligation utilized,(i) the thymine dimer formation by irradiation at> 290 nm, 2a (ii) photoreactions of DNA containing appended stilbenes2b or coumarins2c, and (iii) the photoaddition reaction of 4-thiothymidine. 2d However, these methods have serious problems for practical applications, such as low yields of photoligation, 2a, d the use of short wavelength that is injurious to other components, 2a the occurrence of undesirable photo-cross-linking reaction2d and the lack of photoreversibility. 2b. d It seems therefore highly desirable to develop more efficient and clean photoligation methods that are effective at> 360 nm and preferably possess high photoreversibility. We now wish to report a highly efficient and reversible template-directed photoligation of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) which uses 5-vinyldeoxyuridine and which is far superior to the existing methods. We also demonstrate that several oligonucleotides are simultaneously ligated on a DNA template by 366 nm irradiation to produce a longer DNA, and the resulting ligated DNA is quantitatively reverted to the original oligonucleotides by 302 nm irradiation. ODN 1 containing 5-vinyldeoxyuridine (VU) at the 5′ end was prepared by standard automated DNA synthesis using β-cyanoethylphosphoramide of VU. 3 When ODN 1 and ODN 2 were irradiated at 366 nm4 in the absence of template, no photoligation product was observed, but in the presence of template ODN 3, the expected ligated 12-mer ODN 4 was produced in 80% yield as determined by densitometric assay of PAGE (Figure 1, lane 4). 5 The yield of the photoligated ODN increased up to 96% by increasing irradiation time for 12 h. HPLC analysis of the photoirradiated mixture of ODN 1 and ODN 2 in the presence of template ODN 3 indicated a clean and efficient formation of ligated ODN 4 with concomitant disappearance of ODNs 1 and 2. ESI-TOF MS indicated that ODN 4 is a ligated product of ODN 1 with ODN 2. 7 Enzymatic digestion of isolated ODN 4 followed by HPLC analysis indicated the formation of dC, dG, and dT in a ratio of 2: 5: 3 together with a new product. Spectroscopic data including ESI-TOF MS indicated that this new product was dU-VU adduct 5 which was derived from deamination of initially formed dC-VU adduct by the action of alkaline phosphatase. 8 In fact, photoligated ODN 4 was stable at pH 5.0-9.0 even at 90 C, but ODN 4 was rapidly deaminated by adding alkaline phophatase to produce dU-VU containing ODN. These results clearly indicated that dU-VU adduct 5 was produced from deaminaion of initially formed dC-VU adduct during enzymatic digestion. The structure of 5 obtained by HPLC purification was assigned as a cis-syn [2+ 2] adduct 5 on the basis of spectroscopic data including 1H-1H COSY and NOESY. 8 Molecular modeling studies of the duplex consisting of ODN 1, ODN 2, and template ODN 3 suggested that the vinyl group of the 5′-terminal VU of ODN 1 in its s-trans conformation is stacked with the 5, 6-double bond of the 3 …