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Synthesis and properties of mRNA cap analogs containing phosphorothioate moiety in 5',5'-triphosphate chain. 2005

Joanna Kowalska, and Magdalena Lewdorowicz, and Joanna Zuberek, and Elzbieta Bojarska, and Jacek Wojcik, and Lean S Cohen, and Richard E Davis, and Janusz Stepinski, and Ryszard Stolarski, and Edward Darzynkiewicz, and Jacek Jemielity

Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland.

Nucleosides and oligonucleotides with an oxygen replaced by sulfur atom are an interesting class of compounds because of their improved stability toward enzymatic cleavage by nucleases. We have synthesized several dinucleotide mRNA cap analogs containing a phosphorothioate moiety in the alpha, beta, or gamma position of 5',5'-triphosphate chain [m7Gp(s)ppG, m7Gpp(s)pG, and m7Gppp(s)G]. These are the first examples of the biologically important 5'mRNA cap analogs containing a phosphorothioate moiety, and these compounds may be useful in a variety of biochemical and biotechnological applications. Incorporation of a sulfur atom in the alpha or gamma position within the dinucleotide cap analog was achieved using PSCl3 in a nucleoside phosphorylation reaction followed by coupling the phosphorothioate of nucleoside with a second nucleotide. Synthesis of cap analogs with the phosphorothioate moiety in beta position was performed using an organic phosphorothioate salt in a coupling reaction with an activated nucleotide. The structures of newly synthesized compounds was confirmed using MS and 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy. We present here the results of preliminary studies on their interaction with translation initiation factor eIF4E and enzymatic hydrolysis with human and nematode DcpS scavengers.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008956	Models, Chemical	Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of chemical processes or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment.	Chemical Models,Chemical Model,Model, Chemical
D009682	Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	Spectroscopic method of measuring the magnetic moment of elementary particles such as atomic nuclei, protons or electrons. It is employed in clinical applications such as NMR Tomography (MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING).	In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy,MR Spectroscopy,Magnetic Resonance,NMR Spectroscopy,NMR Spectroscopy, In Vivo,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, NMR,Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopies,Magnetic Resonance, Nuclear,NMR Spectroscopies,Resonance Spectroscopy, Magnetic,Resonance, Magnetic,Resonance, Nuclear Magnetic,Spectroscopies, NMR,Spectroscopy, MR
D009841	Oligonucleotides	Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe (OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES). (Dorland, 28th ed)	Oligonucleotide
D010710	Phosphates	Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid.	Inorganic Phosphate,Phosphates, Inorganic,Inorganic Phosphates,Orthophosphate,Phosphate,Phosphate, Inorganic
D011122	Polyphosphates	Linear polymers in which orthophosphate residues are linked with energy-rich phosphoanhydride bonds. They are found in plants, animals, and microorganisms.	Polyphosphate
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006868	Hydrolysis	The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012314	RNA Cap Analogs	Analogs of RNA cap compounds which do not have a positive charge. These compounds inhibit the initiation of translation of both capped and uncapped messenger RNA.	RNA Cap Analogues,Analogs, RNA Cap,Analogues, RNA Cap,Cap Analogs, RNA,Cap Analogues, RNA