title: Spiegelzymes: sequence specific hydrolysis of L-RNA with mirror image hammerhead ribozymes and DNAzymes.
abstract: In this manuscript we describe for the first time mirror image catalytic nucleic acids (Spiegelzymes), which hydrolyze sequence specifically L-ribonucleic acid molecules. The mirror image nucleic acid ribozymes designed are based upon the known hammerhead ribozyme and DNAzyme structures that contain L-ribose or L-deoxyribose instead of the naturally occurring D-ribose or D-deoxyribose, respectively. Both Spiegelzymes show similar hydrolytic activities with the same L-RNA target molecules and they also exhibit extra ordinary stabilities when tested with three different human sera. In this respect they are very similar to Spiegelmers (mirror image aptamers), which we had previously developed and for which it has been shown that they are non-toxic and non-immunogenic. Since we are also able to demonstrate that the hammerhead and DNAzyme Spiegelzymes can also hydrolyze mirror image oligonucleotide sequences, like they occur in Spiegelmers, in vivo, it seems reasonable to assume that Spiegelzymes may in principle be used as an antidote against Spiegelmers. Since the Spiegelzymes contain the same building blocks as the Spiegelmers, it can be expected that they will have similar favorable biological characteristics concerning toxicity and immunogenety. In trying to understand the mechanism of action of the Spiegelzymes described in this study, we have initiated for the first time a model building system with L-nucleic acids. The models for L-hammerhead ribozyme and L-DNAzyme interaction with the same L-RNA target will be presented.
authors: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors: Eliza
authors: E
authors: Wyszko
authors: Maciej
authors: M
authors: Szymański
authors: Heinz
authors: H
authors: Zeichhardt
authors: Florian
authors: F
authors: Müller
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Barciszewski
authors: Volker A
authors: VA
authors: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D021881:DNA, Catalytic / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020871:RNA Stability; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D021881:DNA, Catalytic; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; C427204:hammerhead ribozyme; D012313:RNA; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; D012260:Ribonucleases
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