title: Three new double-headed nucleotides with additional nucleobases connected to C-5 of pyrimidines; synthesis, duplex and triplex studies.
abstract: In the search for double-coding DNA-systems, three new pyrimidine nucleosides, each coded with an additional nucleobase anchored to the major groove face, are synthesized. Two of these building blocks carry a thymine at the 5-position of 2'-deoxyuridine through a methylene linker and a triazolomethylene linker, respectively. The third building block carries an adenine at the 6-position of pyrrolo-2'-deoxycytidine through a methylene linker. These double-headed nucleosides are introduced into oligonucleotides and their effects on the thermal stabilities of duplexes are studied. All studied double-headed nucleotide monomers reduce the thermal stability of the modified duplexes, which is partially compensated by using consecutive incorporations of the modified monomers or by flanking the new double-headed analogs with members of our former series containing propyne linkers. Also their potential in triplex-forming oligonucleotides is studied for two of the new double-headed nucleotides as well as the series of analogs with propyne linkers. The most stable triplexes are obtained with single incorporations of additional pyrimidine nucleobases connected via the propyne linker.
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Pawan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 136 119, India.
authors.forename: Pawan K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jedinak
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reslow-Jacobsen
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hornum
authors.affiliation: Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Electronic address: pouln@sdu.dk.
authors.forename: Poul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009705:Nucleosides; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011743:Pyrimidines; D004247:DNA
keywords: CuAAC reaction; Double-headed nucleosides; Duplex; Nucleic acids; Triplex