Targeted generation of DNA strand breaks using pyrene-conjugated triplex-forming oligonucleotides |
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Authors: | Benfield Aaron P Macleod Michael C Liu Yaobin Wu Qi Wensel Theodore G Vasquez Karen M |
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Affiliation: | Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, Smithville, Texas 78957, USA. |
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Abstract: | Gene targeting by triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) has proven useful for gene modulation in vivo. Photoreactive molecules have been conjugated to TFOs to direct sequence-specific damage in double-stranded DNA. However, the photoproducts are often repaired efficiently in cells. This limitation has led to the search for sequence-specific photoreactive reagents that can produce more genotoxic lesions. Here we demonstrate that photoactivated pyrene-conjugated TFOs (pyr-TFOs) induce DNA strand breaks near the pyrene moiety with remarkably high efficiency and also produce covalent pyrene-DNA adducts. Free radical scavenging experiments demonstrated a role for singlet oxygen activated by the singlet excited state of pyrene in the mechanism of pyr-TFO-induced DNA damage. In cultured mammalian cells, the effect of photoactivated pyr-TFO-directed DNA damage was to induce mutations, in the form of deletions, approximately 7-fold over background levels, at the targeted site. Thus, pyr-TFOs represent a potentially powerful new tool for directing DNA strand breaks to specific chromosomal locations for biotechnological and potential clinical applications. |
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