Characterization of small interfering RNA by non-denaturing ion-pair reversed-phase liquid chromatography |
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Authors: | Noll Bernhard Seiffert Stephan Vornlocher Hans-Peter Roehl Ingo |
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Institution: | Roche Kulmbach GmbH, D-95326 Kulmbach, Germany. Bernhard.noll@roche.com |
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Abstract: | Small interfering RNAs (siRNA) are emerging as a novel therapeutic modality for the specific inhibition of target gene expression. siRNA are typically formed by annealing of two complementary single stranded oligoribonucleotides. Compared to purity determination of non-hybridized single strands by denaturing chromatographic methods, characterization of the hybridized duplex is challenging. Here we are reporting a non-denaturing ion pairing-reversed phase (IP-RP) chromatography method capable of separating optimal duplex (full-length single strands only) from non-optimal duplex variants (containing shortmers, longmers and 2',5'-isomers) using ultraviolet- and mass spectrometric detection. The impact of different annealing conditions on siRNA composition was investigated. Optimized annealing conditions lead to a significant increase in optimal duplex, while total duplex content remained constant. The non-denaturing method reported herein showed high mass spectrometric sensitivity and superior separation efficiencies compared to other IP-RP buffer systems. The method is useful for in-process control and release testing of therapeutic double stranded nucleic acids such as siRNA. |
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Keywords: | Sirna Oligonucleotide Non-denaturing Duplex analysis HPLC Mass spectrometry |
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