Properties of circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides containing antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotides. |
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| Authors: | W S Park N Miyano-Kurosaki T Abe K Takai H Takaku |
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| Institution: | Department of Industrial, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | We have designed a new class of oligonucleotides, "dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric phosphodiesters", containing two alkyl loop structures with RNA/DNA base pairs (sense (RNA) and antisense (DNA) in the double helical stem. The reaction of nicked (NDRDON) and circular (CDRDON) dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotides with RNaseH gave the corresponding antisense phosphodiester oligonucleotide together with the sense RNA cleavage products. The liberated antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide was bound to the target 35mer RNA, which gave 35mer RNA cleavage products by treatment with RNaseH. The circular dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide showed more nuclease resistance than the linear antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotide(anti-ODN) and the nicked dumbbell RNA/DNA chimeric oligonucleotide. |
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