Journal
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 19, Issue 21, Pages 6181-6184Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.09.004
Keywords
Peptide nucleic acid; Antisense; PNA; Huntingtin
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Funding
- National Institutes of Health [NIGMS 73042]
- Robert A. Welch Foundation [I-1244]
- McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a successful DNA/RNA mimic. A major challenge for research is to invent chemically modified PNAs that retain the favorable properties of the parent compound while improving biological recognition. Here, we test modified PNAs containing [bis-o-(aminoethoxy)phenyl]pyrrolocytosine bases designed to engage guanine with an additional hydrogen bond. We observe elevated melting temperatures, localization to cellular compartments, and allele-selective inhibition of mutant huntingtin protein expression. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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