Synthesis of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using a Heterobifunctional Crosslinker

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Abstract

Peptide?oligonucleotide conjugates (POCs) are molecular chimeras composed of a nucleic acid moiety covalently attached to a polypeptide moiety. POCs have been used in numerous applications from therapeutics to nanotechnology, and most recently as combinatorial agents in the assembly of bivalent protein affinity reagents. This unit describes the synthesis and purification of POC molecules using the heterobifunctional crosslinking reagent succinimidyl?4?(N?maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane?1?carboxylate (SMCC), which enables amine?modified oligonucleotides to become covalently linked to cysteine?modified polypeptides. This solution?based protocol consists of a two?step synthesis followed by a single purification step. Curr. Protoc. Nucleic Acid Chem. 42:4.41.1?4.41.20. © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Keywords: peptide?oligonucleotide conjugate; succinimidyl?4?(N?maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane?1?carboxylate (SMCC); fragment conjugation; antisense; DNA nanotechnology; synbodies; nanodisplay

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Introduction
Basic Protocol 1: Purification of Amine‐Modified Oligodeoxynucleotide
Basic Protocol 2: Conjugation of SMCC to the Amine‐Modified Oligonucleotide
Basic Protocol 3: Conjugation of SMCC‐Oligonucleotide to a Cysteine‐Containing Peptide
Basic Protocol 4: Purification of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using native‐PAGE
Alternate Protocol 1: Purification of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using Reversed‐Phase HPLC
Reagents and Solutions
Commentary
Literature Cited
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Materials

Basic Protocol 1: Purification of Amine‐Modified Oligodeoxynucleotide

Materials

Acrylamide (Promega)
8 M urea (BDH)
Bisacrylamide (Promega)
10× TBE buffer (see recipe )
10% (w/v) ammonium persulfate (APS, EMD Biosciences)
N′,N′,N′,N′ , Tetraethylmethylenediamine (TEMED, Pierce)
Amine‐modified oligonucleotide
50 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, pH 8.0 (EDTA, Pierce)
Running dye: 0.05% (w/v) bromophenol blue and 0.05% (w/v) xylene cyanol in 1× TBE buffer (see recipe )
Gel elution buffer (see recipe )
3 M sodium acetate, pH 5.2 (Sigma)
Absolute ethanol (Sigma)
70% ethanol

Gel plates (19.7 × 16– and 19.7 × 18.5–cm)
Spacers (1.5‐mm thick)
Comb (1 well with 2 marker lanes)
100‐mL beaker
Magnetic stir bar and stir plate
Electrophoresis apparatus
50‐mL plastic syringe
Power supply
Heating block
1.5‐mL disposable tubes
Plastic transfer pipets (pulled capillary)
Spatula
Plastic wrap
UV‐active thin‐layer chromatography (TLC) plate
Handheld UV lamp (254 nm)
Black permanent marker
Razor blade or scalpel
Ultrafiltration spin filter tubes (0.45‐µm, Millipore)
Microcentrifuge
Vortex

Basic Protocol 2: Conjugation of SMCC to the Amine‐Modified Oligonucleotide

Materials

Purified amine‐modified oligonucleotide (see protocol 1 )
Ultrapure water
100 mM KH₂ PO₄ buffer, pH 7.2 (BDH)
Succinimidyl‐4‐(N‐maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane‐1‐carboxylate (SMCC; Pierce)
Acetonitrile (Sigma)
Absolute ethanol (Sigma)
70% ethanol
3 M sodium acetate, pH 5.2 (Sigma)

1.5‐mL disposable tubes
Vortex
Microcentrifuge

Basic Protocol 3: Conjugation of SMCC‐Oligonucleotide to a Cysteine‐Containing Peptide

Materials

Polypeptide (>98% purity)
SMCC‐oligonucleotide (see protocol 2 )
100 mM KH₂ PO₄ buffer, pH 7.2 (BDH)

1.5‐mL siliconized disposable tubes (Fisher)
Vortex
Microcentrifuge

Basic Protocol 4: Purification of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using native‐PAGE

Materials

40% (19:1) acrylamide/bisacrylamide solution (BioRad)
10× TAE‐Mg²⁺ (see recipe )
10% ammonium persulfate (APS, EMD Biosciences)
N′,N′,N′,N′ , Tetraethylmethylenediamine (TEMED, Pierce)
Glycerol (BDH)
Crude POC material (see protocol 3 )
Native running dye: 0.05% (w/v) bromophenol blue, 0.05% (w/v) xylene cyanol, 80% (v/v) glycerol
SyberGold (Invitrogen), optional

Gel plates (19.7 × 16–cm and 19.7 × 18.5–cm)
Spacers (1.5‐mm thick)
Comb (10‐wells)
100‐mL beaker
Stir bar and stir plate
Electrophoresis apparatus
Power supply
50‐mL syringes
NAP‐10 (GE Lifesciences)
1.5‐mL siliconized disposable tubes (Fisher)
Lyophilizer

Alternate Protocol 1: Purification of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using Reversed‐Phase HPLC

Materials

HPLC mobile phase B: acetonitrile (HPLC‐grade, Sigma)
HPLC mobile phase A: 0.1 M ammonium acetate, pH 7.0
Crude POC material (see protocol 3 )
0.1 M ammonium acetate, pH 7.0
Nanopure water

High‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system with:
- Injector (autosampler preferred), sample loop, and syringe (for manual injections)
- Binary pumping system
- UV/Vis detector with wavelength detection between 200 and 300 nm
- Analytical column: reversed‐phase column (i.e., Source 5RPC ST 4.6/150, Amersham)
- Semi‐preparative column: reversed‐phase column (i.e., Source 15RPC ST 4.6/100, Amersham)
- Automatic fraction collector (optional)
Nap‐10 columns
Lyophilizer

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Figures

Figure 4.41.1 Example of heterobifunctional crosslinking reagents that contain maleimide and succinimidyl ester moieties, all of which are compatible with the protocols described in this unit.

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Figure 4.41.2 Amine‐modified oligonucleotide conjugation to a cysteine‐containing peptide using the heterobifunctional crosslinking reagent SMCC.

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Figure 4.41.3 Amine‐modified deoxynucleotide phosphoramidite and CPG reagents available from Glen Research that can be used as building blocks to construct amine‐modified deoxyoligonucleotides.

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Figure 4.41.4 Conjugation of SMCC to an amine‐modified deoxyoligonucleotide.

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Figure 4.41.5 Conjugation of SMCC‐oligonucleotide to a cysteine‐containing polypeptide.

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Figure 4.41.6 Reversed‐phase HPLC analysis of (A ) the c‐myc peptide (EQKLISEEDLC), (B ) crude POC material (EQKLISEEDLC‐ACCAGCTGTGCAGGCCTCGC), and (C ) 1 nmol of SMCC‐oligonucleotide spiked into the POC mixture (Williams, ).

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Figure 4.41.7 MALDI mass spectroscopy analysis of (A ) SMCC‐oligonucleotide and (B ) purified POC material (Williams, ).

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Figure 4.41.8 Native‐PAGE mobility shift analysis of POC material. Retardation of mobility is observed between the ssDNA (ACCAGCTGTGCAGGCCTCGC) (lane1), SMCC‐oligonucleotide (SMCC‐ACCAGCTGTGCAGGCCTCGC) hybridized to its complementary strand (lane 2), and POC (EQKLISEEDLC‐ACCAGCTGTGCAGGCCTCGC) hybridized to its complementary strand (lane 3), thereby confirming the presence of the polypeptide (Williams et al., ). Image reproduced with permission from Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co

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Synthesis of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using a Heterobifunctional Crosslinker

Abstract

Table of Contents

Materials

Basic Protocol 1: Purification of Amine‐Modified Oligodeoxynucleotide

Basic Protocol 2: Conjugation of SMCC to the Amine‐Modified Oligonucleotide

Basic Protocol 3: Conjugation of SMCC‐Oligonucleotide to a Cysteine‐Containing Peptide

Basic Protocol 4: Purification of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using native‐PAGE

Alternate Protocol 1: Purification of Peptide‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using Reversed‐Phase HPLC

Figures

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