title: Polyaza crown ethers as non-nucleosidic building blocks in DNA conjugates: synthesis and remarkable stabilization of dsDNA.
abstract: The synthesis of amphiphilic polyaza crown ether monomers X (benzyl-substituted), Y (palmityl-substituted) and Z (cholesteryl-substituted) and their incorporation into oligonucleotides are described. Their effects on thermal duplex stability were investigated by UV melting curve analysis in different alkaline metal buffer solutions. Thermal-denaturation experiments showed remarkable stabilization of dsDNA by polyaza crown ether monomers when incorporated in opposite positions. The series of polyaza crown ether monomers (X, Y and Z) with different overall lipophilicities showed a trend of increased stability of the corresponding dsDNA with increasing lipophilicity of the polyaza crown ether monomer. Multiple incorporations of benzyl-substituted polyaza crown ether monomer X as dangling ends on both sides of dsDNA resulted in strongly increased stability of the corresponding duplex.
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D043844:Crown Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D001372:Aza Compounds; D043844:Crown Ethers; D004247:DNA