Synthesis and Cleavage of Oligodeoxynucleotides Containing a 5-Hydroxyuracil Residue at a Defined Site
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Chemical Research in Toxicology
- Vol. 10 (11), 1254-1258
- https://doi.org/10.1021/tx970102b
Abstract
Oxidation and hydrolysis of a cytosine residue can lead to the formation of 5-hydroxyuracil in DNA. The biological consequences of this modification are not fully understood. To facilitate biochemical and biophysical studies aimed at elucidating the effects of this modification in DNA, we have developed a solid-phase synthetic method for the placement of 5-hydroxyuracil residues at defined sites in oligodeoxynucleotides. This method is based upon the enhanced acidity of the 5-hydroxyl proton which allows selective aqueous acetylation. Under standard aqueous ammonia deprotection conditions, however, we observed that 5-hydroxyuracil residues are lost substantially from synthetic oligonucleotides. Substitution of aqueous ammonia with methanolic potassium carbonate and the use of phosphoramidite derivatives with alternatively protected amino groups allow synthesis of oligonucleotides containing 5-hydroxyuracil and all normal bases in high yield. The composition of the oligodeoxynucleotides prepared by this method has been verified by enzymatic digestion followed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis as well as acid hydrolysis followed by GC/MS analysis. The location of the 5-hydroxyuracil residue is demonstrated by selective permanganate oxidation of the 5-hydroxyuracil residue followed by β-elimination. We have also probed a synthetic oligonucleotide containing a unique 5-hydroxyuracil residue with uracil DNA N-glycosylase, previously reported to remove this lesion from DNA.Keywords
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