Author： Kuznetsova Svetlana Ait-Si-Ali Slimane
Publisher： Oxford University Press
ISSN： 1362-4962
Source： Nucleic Acids Research, Vol.27, Iss.20, 1999-10, pp. : 3995-4000
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Abstract
Triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) are generally designed to inhibit transcription or DNA replication but can be used for more diverse purposes. Here we have designed a chimera peptide-TFO able to activate transcription from a target gene. The designed hybrid molecule contains a triplex-forming sequence, linked through a phosphoroamidate bond to several minimal transcriptional activation domains derived from Herpes simplex virus protein 16 (VP16). We show here that this TFO–peptide chimera (TFO-P) can specifically recognise its DNA target at physiological salt and pH conditions. Bound to the double-stranded target DNA in a promoter region, the TFO-P is able to activate gene expression. Our results suggest that this type of molecule may prove useful in the design of new tools for artificial modulation of gene expression.
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