In this work, we investigate the compaction activity of a sequential alpha,epsilon-peptide composed of l-lysines towards two RNA targets, in view of its possible pharmaceutical application in RNA-targeting and RNA delivery. The basic oligolysine, object of the present study, proved not only to be efficient in compacting the single-stranded polyA RNA, but also to strongly interact with the polyA·polyU complex, as evidenced by CD-binding and UV-melting experiments. In particular, the marked differences in the CD spectra of the RNA targets upon addition of the peptide, as well as the different UV melting behaviour for the polyA·polyU complex in the presence and absence of the peptide, sustain the hypothesis of a strong RNA compaction capacity of the alpha,epsilon-oligolysine. Finally, by using HPLC analysis, we found a good resistance of the peptide against the lytic action of human serum, an important requirement in view of in vitro/in vivo biological assays.

Cationic peptides as RNA compaction agents: A study on the polyA compaction activity of a linear alpha,epsilon-oligo-l-lysine / Roviello, Giovanni N; Musumeci, Domenica; Roviello, Valentina. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS. - ISSN 0378-5173. - 485:1-2(2015), pp. 244-248. [10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.03.011]

Cationic peptides as RNA compaction agents: A study on the polyA compaction activity of a linear alpha,epsilon-oligo-l-lysine

MUSUMECI, DOMENICA;Roviello, Valentina
2015

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the compaction activity of a sequential alpha,epsilon-peptide composed of l-lysines towards two RNA targets, in view of its possible pharmaceutical application in RNA-targeting and RNA delivery. The basic oligolysine, object of the present study, proved not only to be efficient in compacting the single-stranded polyA RNA, but also to strongly interact with the polyA·polyU complex, as evidenced by CD-binding and UV-melting experiments. In particular, the marked differences in the CD spectra of the RNA targets upon addition of the peptide, as well as the different UV melting behaviour for the polyA·polyU complex in the presence and absence of the peptide, sustain the hypothesis of a strong RNA compaction capacity of the alpha,epsilon-oligolysine. Finally, by using HPLC analysis, we found a good resistance of the peptide against the lytic action of human serum, an important requirement in view of in vitro/in vivo biological assays.
2015
Cationic peptides as RNA compaction agents: A study on the polyA compaction activity of a linear alpha,epsilon-oligo-l-lysine / Roviello, Giovanni N; Musumeci, Domenica; Roviello, Valentina. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS. - ISSN 0378-5173. - 485:1-2(2015), pp. 244-248. [10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.03.011]
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