MODIFICATION OF A PHOSPHOROTHIOATE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE WITH CHOLESTEROL INDUCES ASSOCIATION OF THE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TO SERUM-LIPOPROTEINS AND AFFECTS ITS BIOLOGICAL FATE
Mk. Bijsterbosch et al., MODIFICATION OF A PHOSPHOROTHIOATE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE WITH CHOLESTEROL INDUCES ASSOCIATION OF THE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TO SERUM-LIPOPROTEINS AND AFFECTS ITS BIOLOGICAL FATE, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 16(7-9), 1997, pp. 1165-1168
A cholesterol-conjugated phosphorothioate ICAM-1 antisense oligonucleo
tide was evaluated for its binding to lipoproteins and its biodistribu
tion. Our study indicates that the conjugate behaves differently from
the parent compound.