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Targeted cleavage of HIV RRE RNA by Rev-coupled transition metal chelates.

ABSTRACT: A series of compounds that target reactive metal chelates to the HIV-1 Rev response element (RRE) mRNA have been synthesized. Dissociation constants and chemical reactivity toward HIV RRE RNA have been determined and evaluated in terms of reduction potential, coordination unsaturation, and overall charge associated with the metal-chelate-Rev complex. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), and 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) were linked to a lysine side chain of a Rev-derived peptide by either EDC/NHS or isothiocyanate coupling. The resulting chelate-Rev (EDTA-Rev, DTPA-Rev, NTA-Rev, and DOTA-Rev) conjugates were used to form coordination complexes with Fe(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), and Cu(2+) such that the arginine-rich Rev peptide could mediate localization of the metal chelates to the Rev peptide's high-affinity mRNA binding partner, RRE stem loop IIB. Metal complexes of the extended peptides GGH-Rev and KGHK-Rev, which also contain N-terminal peptidic chelators (ATCUN motifs), were studied for comparison. A fluorescence titration assay revealed high-affinity RRE RNA binding by all 22 metal-chelate-Rev species, with K(D) values ranging from ~0.2 to 16 nM, indicating little to no loss of RNA affinity due to the coupling of the metal chelates to the Rev peptide. Dissociation constants for binding at a previously unobserved low-affinity site are also reported. Rates of RNA modification by each metal-chelate-Rev species were determined and varied from ~0.28 to 4.9 nM/min but were optimal for Cu(2+)-NTA-Rev. Metal-chelate reduction potentials were determined and varied from -228 to +1111 mV vs NHE under similar solution conditions, allowing direct comparison of reactivity with redox thermodynamics. Optimal activity was observed when the reduction potential for the metal center was poised between those of the two principal co-reagents for metal-promoted formation of reactive oxygen species: E°(ascorbate/ascorbyl radical) = -66 mV and E°(H(2)O(2)/hydroxyl radical) = 380 mV. Given the variety of oxidative activities of these metal complexes and their high-affinity binding to the targeted RRE mRNA following coupling to the Rev peptide, this class of metal-chelate-Rev derivatives constitutes a promising step toward development of multiple-turnover reagents for selective eradication of HIV-1 RRE mRNA.

SUBMITTER: Joyner JC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3387528 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Targeted cleavage of HIV RRE RNA by Rev-coupled transition metal chelates.

Joyner Jeff C JC Cowan J A JA

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110606 25

A series of compounds that target reactive metal chelates to the HIV-1 Rev response element (RRE) mRNA have been synthesized. Dissociation constants and chemical reactivity toward HIV RRE RNA have been determined and evaluated in terms of reduction potential, coordination unsaturation, and overall charge associated with the metal-chelate-Rev complex. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), and 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane- ...[more]

PMID: 21585196

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Project description:Catalytic metallodrugs were used to oxidatively cleave HIV-1 Rev Response Element RNA (RRE RNA), and the mechanisms of RNA cleavage were studied using a combination of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), fluorescence spectroscopy, and gel electrophoresis. The metallodrugs, which contained combinations of the transition metals Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Cu2+ and the Rev-coupled chelators DOTA, DTPA, EDTA, NTA, tripeptide GGH, and tetrapeptide KGHK, bind to and cleave HIV RRE RNA through heretofore unknown oxidative mechanisms. The broad spectrum of metal catalysts and co-reagents provided a means for systematic variation of oxidative reactivity without significant perturbation of binding between catalyst and RNA. Detailed MS analyses were used to monitor formation of RNA fragments containing terminal 2',3'-cyclic phosphate (2',3'-cPO4), 3'-phosphate (3'-PO4), 3'-phosphoglycolate (3'-PG), 5'- hydroxyl (5'-OH), 5'- phosphate (5'-PO4) and other nascent overhangs at sites of cleavage. The distinct overhangs corresponded to distinct mechanisms of oxidative hydrogen-abstraction (H abstraction), hydrolysis, and/or endonucleolysis, allowing a dissection of the contributions of various mechanisms of oxidative cleavage. Rapid co-reactant- and catalyst-dependent formation of fragments containing terminal 3'-PG, 3'-PO4 and 5'-PO4 overhangs appeared to be initiated primarily by H abstraction events. The standard thiobarbituric acid (TBA) assay was employed herein in a novel usage to monitor the formation of base 2-hydroxypropenal products produced by 4'-H abstraction in RNA. Formation of an adduct with TBA was monitored by fluorescence, and its quantification correlated with the formation of 3'-PG monitored by MALDI-TOF MS, confirming oxidative 4'-H abstraction as a major mechanism of rapid catalyst-mediated cleavage of RRE RNA. Rapid formation of 3'-PO4 overhangs was most likely a result of 5'-H abstraction. Apparent rates of formation of 3'-PG (a unique product of 4'-H abstraction) at differing nucleotide positions within the RNA were used to triangulate probable 3D positions of metal centers and establish the distance-dependence of 4'-H abstraction for certain catalytic metallodrugs.

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