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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

7',5'-alpha-bicyclo-DNA: new chemistry for oligonucleotide exon splicing modulation therapy.

Damien Evéquoz, Ingrid E C Verhaart, Davy van de Vijver, Wolfgang Renner, Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Christian J Leumann

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Splice-Modulating Antisense Oligonucleotides as Therapeutics for Inherited Metabolic Diseases.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Damien EvéquozAlpha Anomeric, 140 Bis, Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6479-3535
Ingrid E C VerhaartDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7348-7989
Davy van de VijverDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Wolfgang RennerAlpha Anomeric, 140 Bis, Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris, France.
Annemieke Aartsma-RusDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1565-654X
Christian J LeumannDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7996-7083
Leiden University Medical Center · NLAlpha MOS (France) · FRUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antisense oligonucleotides are small pieces of modified DNA or RNA, which offer therapeutic potential for many diseases. We report on the synthesis of 7',5'-α-bc-DNA phosphoramidite building blocks, bearing the A, G, T and MeC nucleobases. Solid-phase synthesis was performed to construct five oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing modified thymidine residues, as well as five fully modified oligonucleotides. Incorporations of the modification inside natural duplexes resulted in strong destabilizing effects. However, fully modified strands formed very stable duplexes with parallel RNA complements. In its own series, 7',5'-α-bc-DNA formed duplexes with a surprising high thermal stability. CD spectroscopy and extensive molecular modeling indicated the adoption by the homo-duplex of a ladder-like structure, while hetero-duplexes with DNA or RNA still form helical structure. The biological properties of this new modification were investigated in animal models for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy, where exon splicing modulation can restore production of functional proteins. It was found that the 7',5'-α-bc-DNA scaffold confers a high biostability and a good exon splicing modulation activity in vitro and in vivo.

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OligonucleotidesAnimalsCell LineDNAGenetic TherapyMaleMiceMuscular Atrophy, SpinalMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneDNAOligonucleotides

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PMID34850138
PMCPMC8643641
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