The strand transfer oligonucleotide inhibitors of HIV-integrase |
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Authors: | Snásel Jan Rosenberg Ivan Paces Ondrej Pichová Iva |
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Institution: | Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 6, Czech Republic. |
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Abstract: | Retroviral integrase participates in two catalytic reactions, which require interactions with the two ends of the viral DNA in the 3'processing reaction, and with a targeted host DNA in the strand transfer reaction. The 3'-hydroxyl group of 2'-deoxyadenosine resulting from the specific removing of GT dinucleotide from the viral DNA in the processing reaction provides the attachment site for the host DNA in a transesterification reaction. We synthesized oligonucleotides (ONs) of various lengths that mimic the processed HIV-1 U5 terminus of the proviral long terminal repeat (LTR) and are ended by 2'-deoxyadenosine containing a 3'-O-phosphonomethyl group. The duplex stability of phosphonomethyl ONs was increased by covalent linkage of the modified strand with its complementary strand by a triethylene glycol loop (TEG). Modified ONs containing up to 10 bases inhibited in vitro the strand transfer reaction catalyzed by HIV-1 integrase at nanomolar concentrations. |
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