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Nucleic Acids Research, 2000, Vol. 28, No. 18 3625-3635
© 2000 Oxford University Press

2'-Deoxy-2'-fluoro-ß-D-arabinonucleosides and oligonucleotides (2'F-ANA): synthesis and physicochemical studies

Christopher J. Wilds and Masad J. Damha*

Department of Chemistry, Otto Maass Chemistry Building, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada

Recently, hybrids of RNA and D-arabinonucleic acids (ANA) as well as the 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-D-arabinonucleic acid analog (2'F-ANA) were shown to be substrates of RNase H. This enzyme is believed to be involved in the primary mechanism by which antisense oligonucleotides cause a reduction in target RNA levels in vivo. To gain a better understanding of the properties of arabinose based oligonucleotides, we have prepared a series of 2'F-ANA sequences of homopolymeric (A and T) and mixed base composition (A, T, G and C). UV thermal melting and circular dichroic (CD) studies were used to ascertain the thermodynamic stability and helical conformation of 2'F-ANA/RNA and 2'F-ANA/DNA hybrids. It is shown that 2'F-ANA has enhanced RNA affinity relative to that of DNA and phosphorothioate DNA. The 2'-fluoroarabino modification showed favorable pairing to single-stranded DNA also. This is in sharp contrast to ANA, which forms weak ANA/DNA hybrids at best. According to the measured thermodynamic parameters for duplex formation, the increased stability of hybrids formed by 2'F-ANA (e.g., 2'F-ANA/RNA) appears to originate from conformational pre-organization of the fluorinated sugars and a favorable enthalpy of hybridization. In addition, NMR spectroscopy revealed a five-bond coupling between the 2'F and the base protons (H6/H8) of 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-ß-D-arabinonucleosides. This observation is suggestive of a through-space interaction between 2'F and H6/H8 atoms. CD experiments indicate that 2'F-ANA/RNA hybrids adopt an ‘A-like’ structure and show more resemblance to DNA/RNA hybrids than to the pure RNA/RNA duplex. This feature is believed to be an important factor in the mechanism that allows RNase H to discriminate between 2'F-ANA/RNA (or DNA/RNA) and RNA/RNA duplexes.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 514 398 7552; Fax: +1 514 398 3797; Email: damha@chemistry.mcgill.ca Present address: Christopher J. Wilds, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA


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