Oligodeoxynucleotide-directed photo-induced cross-linking of HIV proviral DNA via triple-helix formation.
AUTOR(ES)
Giovannangéli, C
RESUMO
The HIV proviral genome contains two copies of a 16 bp homopurine.homopyrimidine sequence which overlaps the recognition and cleavage site of the Dra I restriction enzyme. Psoralen was attached to the 16-mer homopyrimidine oligonucleotide, d5'(TTTTCT-TTTCCCCCCT)3', which forms a triple helix with this HIV proviral sequence. Two plasmids, containing part of the HIV proviral DNA, with either one (pLTR) or two (pBT1) copies of the 16-bp homopurine.homopyrimidine sequence and either 4 or 14 Dra I cleavage sites, respectively, were used as substrates for the psoralen-oligonucleotide conjugate. Following UV irradiation the two strands of the DNA targeted sequence were cross-linked at the triplex-duplex junction. The psoralen-oligonucleotide conjugate selectively inhibited Dra I enzymatic cleavage at sites overlapping the two triple helix-forming sequences. A secondary triplex-forming site of 8 contiguous base pairs was observed on the pBT1 plasmid when binding of the 16 base-long oligonucleotide was allowed to take place at high oligonucleotide concentrations. Replacement of a stretch of six cytosines in the 16-mer oligomer by a stretch of six guanines increased binding to the primary sites and abolished binding to the secondary site under physiological conditions. These results demonstrate that oligonucleotides can be designed to selectively recognize and modify specific sequences in HIV proviral DNA.
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