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ACS OMEGA
Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 8205-8212Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01482
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- Institutional Development Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [2 P20 GM103430, 1R15CA213042-01]
- Medical Research Funds grant from the Rhode Island foundation
- National Institutes of Health [CA098296]
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Oligonucleotides serve as important tools for biological, chemical, and medical research. The preparation of oligonucleotides through automated solid-phase synthesis is well-established. However, identification of byproducts generated from DNA synthesis, especially from oligonucleotides containing site-specific modifications, is sometimes challenging. Typical high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry (MS), and gel electrophoresis methods alone are not sufficient for characterizing unexpected byproducts, especially for those having identical or very similar molecular weight (MW) to the products. We used a rigorous quality control procedure to characterize byproducts generated during oligonucleotide syntheses: (1) purify oligonucleotides by different HPLC systems; (2) determine exact MW by high-resolution MS; (3) locate modification position by MS/MS or exonuclease digestion with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight analysis; and (4) conduct, where applicable, enzymatic assays. We applied these steps to characterize byproducts in the syntheses of oligonucleotides containing biologically important methyl DNA adducts 1-methyladenine (m1A) and 3-methylcytosine (m3C). In m1A synthesis, we differentiated a regioisomeric byproduct 6-methyladenine, which possesses a MW identical to uncharged m1A. As for m3C, we identified a deamination byproduct 3-methyluracil, which is only 1 Da greater than uncharged m3C in the similar to 4900 Da context. The detection of these byproducts would be very challenging if the abovementioned procedure was not adopted.
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