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S-Acyl-2-Thioethyl: A Convenient Base-Labile Protecting Group for the Synthesis of siRNAs Containing 5'-Vinylphosphonate. 2019

Mehran Nikan, and Wenyu Li, and Garth A Kinberger, and Punit P Seth, and Eric E Swayze, and Thazha P Prakash
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., 2855 Gazelle Ct, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA. mnikan@ionisph.com.

We recently reported that (E)-5'-vinylphosphonate (5'-VP) is a metabolically-stable phosphate mimic for siRNA and demonstrated that 5'-VP improves the potency of the fully modified siRNAs in vivo. Here, we report an alternative synthesis of 5'-VP modified guide strand using S-pivaloyl-2-thioethyl (tBu-SATE) protecting group. The tBu-SATE group is readily removed during the final cleavage of the oligonucleotide from the solid support and providing a more convenient route for the synthesis of siRNA guide strand carrying a 5'-vinylphosphonate.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D014753 Vinyl Compounds Compounds containing the vinyl (-C Compounds, Vinyl
D015394 Molecular Structure The location of the atoms, groups or ions relative to one another in a molecule, as well as the number, type and location of covalent bonds. Structure, Molecular,Molecular Structures,Structures, Molecular
D034741 RNA, Small Interfering Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs (21-31 nucleotides) involved in GENE SILENCING functions, especially RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAi). Endogenously, siRNAs are generated from dsRNAs (RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED) by the same ribonuclease, Dicer, that generates miRNAs (MICRORNAS). The perfect match of the siRNAs' antisense strand to their target RNAs mediates RNAi by siRNA-guided RNA cleavage. siRNAs fall into different classes including trans-acting siRNA (tasiRNA), repeat-associated RNA (rasiRNA), small-scan RNA (scnRNA), and Piwi protein-interacting RNA (piRNA) and have different specific gene silencing functions. RNA, Scan,Repeat-Associated siRNA,Scan RNA,Small Scan RNA,Trans-Acting siRNA,siRNA,siRNA, Repeat-Associated,siRNA, Trans-Acting,Short Hairpin RNA,Short Interfering RNA,Small Hairpin RNA,Small Interfering RNA,scnRNA,shRNA,tasiRNA,Hairpin RNA, Short,Hairpin RNA, Small,Interfering RNA, Short,Interfering RNA, Small,RNA, Short Hairpin,RNA, Short Interfering,RNA, Small Hairpin,RNA, Small Scan,Repeat Associated siRNA,Scan RNA, Small,Trans Acting siRNA,siRNA, Repeat Associated,siRNA, Trans Acting
D063065 Organophosphonates Carbon-containing phosphonic acid compounds. Included under this heading are compounds that have carbon bound to either OXYGEN atom or the PHOSPHOROUS atom of the (P Phosphonate,Phosphonates,Phosphonic Acid Esters,Acid Esters, Phosphonic,Esters, Phosphonic Acid

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