Lorenz, P., Misteli, T., Baker, B. F., Bennett, C. F., Spector, D. L. (2000) Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling: a novel in vivo property of antisense phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research, 28 (2). pp. 582-592. ISSN 03051048 (ISSN)
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Abstract
Phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides (P=S ODNs) are frequently used as antisense agents to specifically interfere with the expression of cellular target genes. However, the cell biological properties of P=S ODNs are poorly understood. Here we show that P=S ODNs were able to continuously shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm and that shuttling P=S ODNs retained their ability to act as antisense agents. The shuttling process shares characteristics with active transport since it was inhibited by chilling and ATP depletion in vivo. Transport was carrier-mediated as it was saturable, and nuclear pore complex-mediated as it was sensitive to treatment with wheatgerm agglutinin. Oligonucleotides without a P=S backbone chemistry were only weakly restricted in their migration by chilling, ATP depletion and wheatgerm agglutinin and thus moved by diffusion. P=S ODN shuttling was only moderately affected by disruption of the Ran/RCC1 system. We propose that P=S ODNs shuttle through their binding to yet unidentified cellular molecules that undergo nucleocytoplasmic transport via a pathway that is not as strongly dependent on the Ran/RCC1 system as nuclear export signal-mediated protein export, U-snRNA, tRNA and mRNA export. The shuttling property of P=S ODNs must be taken into account when considering the mode and site of action of these antisense agents.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals Base Sequence Cell Line Cell Nucleus Cytoplasm Diffusion Humans Kinetics Oligonucleotides, Antisense Organophosphorus Compounds Thionucleotides |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > antisense |
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| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2012 19:57 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2015 16:54 |
| PMCID: | PMC102511 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/26347 |
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