Oligonucleotides and polynucleotides as biologically active compounds.
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The interaction of reactive derivatives of oligonucleotides bearing a 4-[(N-2-chloroethyl-N-methyl)amino]benzylamin residue at the 5'-terminal phosphate with serum blood proteins has been investigated. It was found that the compounds react with serum albumin and immunoglobulins M and G, the reactivity increasing in the order: albumin < IgG < IgM. The reactions with immunoglobulins were inhibited in the presence of different oligonucleotides, DNA and heparin, suggesting the oligonucleotide binding to some cationic region of the proteins. Myoglobin inhibited the interaction of oligonucleotide derivatives with myoglobin-specific monoclonal antibodies which indicates that the derivatives interact with the proteins within or near the antigen binding site.
The interaction of alkylating derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides whose 5'-terminal phosphate group contains a 4-[(N-2-chloroethyl-N-methyl)amino]benzylamine residue with serum proteins has been studied. Incubation of whole human sera with various concentrations of the alkylating derivative, p(T)16, resulted in affinity modification of several proteins, among which albumin as well as IgM and IgG were the most readily detectable ones. The type of dependence of the degree of modification of these proteins on oligonucleotide concentration suggests that the oligonucleotides display a higher affinity for IgM than for IgG and albumin. Binding of reactive oligomer derivatives to serum proteins was inhibited by polyanions of different oligomeric composition, two-chain DNA and heparin, the latter being the strongest inhibitor of the immunoglobulins. These data point to a role of nonspecific ion-to-ion interactions in the IgG-oligonucleotide complex formation. Oligonucleotide interaction with murine monoclonal antibodies GI was inhibited by a specific antigen which suggests that oligonucleotides may interact with immunoglobulin either at or near a site where the antigen is recognized by the antibody.
Interaction of IgG molecules with oligonucleotides using reactive derivatives of p(T)16 bearing a 4-[(N-2-chloroethyl-N-methyl)amino]benzylamine residue at the 5'-terminal phosphate was investigated. The modified immunoglobulins were degraded with pepsin into Fab and Fc fragments and by incomplete CNBr hydrolysis into smaller peptides. It became obvious from the analysis of the peptides obtained that the oligonucleotides contacted with immunoglobulins at the antigen-binding Fab fragment of the molecule. The site of interaction is localized in the light-chain N-terminal fragment 178 amino acids long. These facts are in accordance with our previous data about the ability of a specific antigen to prevent the oligonucleotide-antibody interaction. On the contrary, an oligonucleotide covalently linked with immunoglobulin could not prevent the antigen-antibody reaction. Monoclonal Fab fragments modified with the alkylating p(T)16 derivative were found to interact with the specific antigen (human myoglobin) during affinity chromatography. This interaction deserves further investigation because of its importance in studying the fate of oligonucleotides in vivo.
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