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Biochemistry ; 57(1): 149-159, 2018 01 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29116759

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Minus-one programmed ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF) allows the precise maintenance of the ratio between viral proteins and is involved in the regulation of the half-lives of cellular mRNAs. Minus-one ribosomal frameshifting is activated by several stimulatory elements such as a heptameric slippery sequence (X XXY YYZ) and an mRNA secondary structure (hairpin or pseudoknot) that is positioned 2-8 nucleotides downstream from the slippery site. Upon -1 RF, the ribosomal reading frame is shifted from the normal zero frame to the -1 frame with the heptameric slippery sequence decoded as XXX YYY Z instead of X XXY YYZ. Our research group has developed chemically modified peptide nucleic acid (PNA) L and Q monomers to recognize G-C and C-G Watson-Crick base pairs, respectively, through major-groove parallel PNA·RNA-RNA triplex formation. L- and Q-incorporated PNAs show selective binding to double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) over single-stranded RNAs (ssRNAs). The sequence specificity and structural selectivity of L- and Q-modified PNAs may allow the precise targeting of desired viral and cellular RNA structures, and thus may serve as valuable biological tools for mechanistic studies and potential therapeutics for fighting diseases. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate by cell-free in vitro translation assays using rabbit reticulocyte lysate that the dsRNA-specific chemically modified PNAs targeting model mRNA hairpins stimulate -1 RF (from 2% to 32%). An unmodified control PNA, however, shows nonspecific inhibition of translation. Our results suggest that the modified dsRNA-binding PNAs may be advantageous for targeting structured RNAs.


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Mudança da Fase de Leitura do Gene Ribossômico/efeitos dos fármacos , Ácidos Nucleicos Peptídicos/farmacologia , RNA de Cadeia Dupla/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Sítios de Ligação , Sistema Livre de Células , Ácidos Nucleicos Peptídicos/química , Ácidos Nucleicos Peptídicos/metabolismo , Biossíntese de Proteínas , Coelhos
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