Synthesis of 2′-<i>O</i>-[2-(<i>N</i>-Methylcarbamoyl)ethyl]ribonucleosides Using Oxa-Michael Reaction and Chemical and Biological Properties of Oligonucleotide Derivatives Incorporating These Modified Ribonucleosides

  • Takeshi Yamada
    Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J2-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
  • Natsuki Okaniwa
    Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J2-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
  • Hisao Saneyoshi
    Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J2-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
  • Akihiro Ohkubo
    Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J2-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
  • Kohji Seio
    Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J2-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
  • Tetsuya Nagata
    Department of Molecular Therapy, Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
  • Yoshitsugu Aoki
    Department of Molecular Therapy, Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
  • Shin’ichi Takeda
    Department of Molecular Therapy, Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
  • Mitsuo Sekine
    Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J2-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan

説明

To develop oligonucleotides containing new 2'-O-modified ribonucleosides as nucleic acid drugs, we synthesized three types of ribonucleoside derivatives modified at the 2'-hydroxyl group with 2-(methoxycarbonyl)ethyl (MOCE), 2-(N-methylcarbamoyl)ethyl (MCE), and 2-(N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl)ethyl (DMCE) groups, as key intermediates, via the oxa-Michael reaction of the appropriately protected ribonucleoside (U, C, A, and G) derivatives. Among them, the 2'-O-MCE ribonucleosides were found to be the most stable under basic conditions. To study the effects of the 2'-O-modification on the nuclease resistance of oligonucleotides incorporating the 2'-O-modified ribonucleosides and their hybridization affinities for the complementary RNA and DNA strands, 2'-O-MCE-ribonucleoside phosphoramidite derivatives were successfully synthesized and subjected to the synthesis of 2'-O-MCE-oligonucleotides and 2'-O-methyl-oligonucleotides incorporating 2'-O-MCE-ribonucleosides. The 2'-O-MCE-oligonucleotides and chimeric oligomers with 2'-O-MCE and 2'-O-methyl groups thus obtained demonstrated complementary RNA strands and much higher nuclease resistances than the corresponding 2'-O-methylated species. Finally, we incorporated the 2'-O-MCE-ribonucleosides into antisense 2'-O-methyl-oligoribonucleotides to examine their exon-skipping activities in splicing reactions related to pre-mRNA of mouse dystrophin. The exon-skipping assay of these 2'-O-methyl-oligonucleotide incorporating 2'-O-MCE-uridines showed better efficacies than the corresponding 2'-O-methylated oligoribonucleotide phosphorothioate derivatives.

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