Requirement of β-alanine components in sequence-specific DNA alkylation by pyrrole–imidazole conjugates with seven-base pair recognition
To investigate the effect of incorporation of β-alanine in alkylating N-methylpyrrole (Py)– N-methylimidazole (Im) polyamide, seco-CBI conjugates 2– 8 were synthesized by an Fmoc solid-phase method and subsequent coupling with an alkylating moiety. DNA-alkylating activities of conjugates 2– 8 were e...
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Published in | Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 2286 - 2291 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.03.2008
Elsevier Science |
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Summary: | To investigate the effect of incorporation of β-alanine in alkylating
N-methylpyrrole (Py)–
N-methylimidazole (Im) polyamide,
seco-CBI conjugates
2–
8 were synthesized by an Fmoc solid-phase method and subsequent coupling with an alkylating moiety. DNA-alkylating activities of conjugates
2–
8 were evaluated by high-resolution denaturing gel electrophoresis with 202-base pair (bp) DNA fragments. Alkylation by conjugates
2 and
3, which have antiparallel pairings of β-alanine (β) opposite β (β/β) and Py/β, occurred mainly at the adenine (A) of the matching sequences, 5′-AGCTCC
A-3′ (site 1) and 5′-AGCACC
A-3′ (site 3). However, conjugate
4, with β/Py, did not show any DNA-alkylating activities. Similarly, conjugate
5, which possessed a Py/Py pair, weakly alkylated the matching sites at micromolar concentrations. Conjugates
6 and
7, which possessed β/β and Py/β pairs, respectively, alkylated at the A of the matching sequences, 5′-ACTACC
A-3′ (site 2) and 5′-ACAACC
A-3′ (site 4). In contrast, conjugated
8, with a Py/Py pair, showed lower activity and less alkylated DNA at sites 2 and 4 with mismatched alkylation at site 1 at a higher concentration than that of
6 and
7. These results demonstrate that incorporation of β-alanine is required for the sequence-specific alkylation by
seco-CBI Py–Im conjugates with a seven-base pair sequence. |
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ISSN: | 0968-0896 1464-3391 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.bmc.2007.11.064 |