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Hayden Peacock1, Raymond V Fucini, Prasanna Jayalath, José M Ibarra-Soza, Henry J Haringsma, W Michael Flanagan, Aarron Willingham, Peter A Beal.
Abstract
Immune stimulation is a significant hurdle in the development of effective and safe RNA interference therapeutics. Here, we address this problem in the context of a mimic of microRNA-122 by employing novel nucleobase and known 2'-ribose modifications. The nucleobase modifications are analogues of adenosine and guanosine that contain cyclopentyl and propyl minor-groove projections. Via a site-by-site chemical modification analysis, we identify several immunostimulatory 'hot spots' within the miRNA guide strand at which single base modifications significantly reduce immune stimulation. A duplex containing one base modification on each strand proved to be most effective in preventing immune stimulation.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21612237 PMCID: PMC3116021 DOI: 10.1021/ja202492e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419