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TI The high stability of the triple helices formed between short purine
oligonucleotides and SIV/HIV-2 vpx genes is determined by the targeted
DNA structure.
DT 9602
AU Svinarchuk F; Monnot M; Merle A; Malvy C; Fermandjian S; Laboratoire de
Biochimie-Enzymologie, CNRS URA 147, Institut; Gustave Roussy,
Villejuif, France.
SO Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Oct 11;23(19):3831-6. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/96038836
AB In our previous works we have shown that the oligonucleotides
5'-GGGGAGGGGGAGG-3' and 5'-GGAGGGGGAGGGG-3' give very stable and
specific triplexes with their target double stranded DNAs [Svinarchuk,
F., Bertrand, J.-R. and Malvy, C. (1994) Nucleic Acids Res., 22,
3742-3747; Svinarchuk, F., Paoletti, J. and Malvy, C. (1995) J. Biol.
Chem., 270, 14 068-14,071]. The target for the invariable part of these
oligonucleotides, 5'-GGAGGGGGAGG-3', is found in a highly conserved 20
bp long purine/pyrimidine tract of the vpx gene of the SIV and HIV-2
viruses and could be a target for oligonucleotide directed antivirus
therapy. Here were report on the ability of four purine oligonucleotides
with different lengths (11-, 14-, 17- and 20-mer) to form triplexes with
the purine/pyrimidine stretch of the vpx gene. Triplex formation was
tested by joint dimethyl sulfate (DMS) footprint, gel-retardation assay,
circular dichroism (CD) and UV-melting studies. Dimethyl sulfate
footprint studies revealed the antiparallel orientation of the third
strand to the purine strand of the Watson-Crick duplex. However, the
protection of the guanines at the ends of the target sequence decreased
as the length of the third strand oligonucleotide increased. Melting
temperature studies provided profiles with only one transition for all
of the triplexes. The melting temperatures of the triplexes were found
to be the same as for the targeted duplex in the case of the 11- and
14-mer third strands while for the 17- and 20-mer third strands the
melting temperature of the triplexes were correspondingly 4 and 8
degrees C higher than for the duplex. Heating and cooling melting curves
were reversible for all of the tested triplexes except one with the
20-mer third strand oligonucleotide. Circular dichroism spectra showed
the ability of the target DNA to adopt an A-like DNA conformation. Upon
triplex formation the A-DNA form becomes even more pronounced. This
effect depends on the length of the third strand oligonucleotide: the CD
spectrum shows a 'classical' A-DNA shape with the 20-mer. This is not
observed with the purine/pyrimidine stretch of the HIV-1 DNA which keeps
a B-like spectrum even after triplex formation. We suggest, that an
A-like duplex DNA is required for the formation of a stable DNA
purine(purine-pyrimidine) triplex.
DE Base Sequence Circular Dichroism Drug Stability DNA Footprinting
DNA, Viral/*CHEMISTRY Genes, Viral HIV-2/*GENETICS
Magnesium/PHARMACOLOGY Molecular Sequence Data *Nucleic Acid
Conformation Purine Nucleotides/*CHEMISTRY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SIV/*GENETICS Viral Regulatory Proteins/*GENETICS JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).