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Kénani A, Bailly C, Helbecque N, Catteau JP, Houssin R, Bernier JL, Hénichart JP. The role of the gulose-mannose part of bleomycin in activation of iron-molecular oxygen complexes. Biochem J 1988; 253:497-504. [PMID: 2460080 PMCID: PMC1149325 DOI: 10.1042/bj2530497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A comparison of the complexing properties of metal ions and O2 activation by bleomycin-A2 (BLM-A2) and deglyco-BLM-A2 is presented. Deglyco-BLM-A2 is obtained from the parent derivative by HF cleavage of the sugar moiety followed by h.p.l.c. purification. Complexing of Cu(II) and Fe(III) is studied by using c.d. and e.s.r. spectroscopy. Spin-trapping experiments in the presence of phenyl N-t-butylnitrone indicated lower production of free radicals by deglyco-BLM-A2. Finally, a proposal is made to explain this discrepancy, focusing on the probable role of the gulose-mannose moiety acting as a protecting pocket, comparable with the pocket and picket-fence porphyrins described for haemoproteins.
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Bailly C, Kenani A, Helbecque N, Bernier JL, Houssin R, Hénichart JP. DNA-binding and DNA-cleaving properties of a synthetic model AGAGLU related to the antitumour drugs AMSA and bleomycin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 152:695-702. [PMID: 2452634 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)80094-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have previously described two synthetic models gathering a simplified model of the complexing part of Bleomycin (Blm) and the intercalating moiety of m-AMSA. These molecules, namely AGGA and AGAMGA, do not seem able to cleave DNA as Blm does. The present work is devoted to the study of a new derivative, AGAGLU, which includes in its structure a judiciously chosen connector between the two parts of the molecule. This compound, the chelating and DNA-binding properties of which are described here, has been shown to induce single-strand breakage of duplex DNA in a high level.
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Helbecque N, Hénichart JP. Les "doigts à zinc" éléments de reconnaissance de l'ADN. Med Sci (Paris) 1988. [DOI: 10.4267/10608/3758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Helbecque N, Bernier JL, Hénichart JP, Martinage A, Sautière P. Synthesis and conformation of the amino-terminal hexapeptide of histone H2B from gonads of the starfish Asterias rubens. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1987; 30:689-94. [PMID: 3436706 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1987.tb03381.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This paper describes the synthesis and the physico-chemical characterization of N-(di-CH3)-L-Pro-L-Pro-L-Lys-L-Pro-L-Ser-Gly-OH by conventional methods of peptide chemistry. This peptide corresponds to the amino-terminal moiety of histone H2B from gonads of the starfish Asterias rubens.
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Bailly C, Catteau JP, Helbecque N, Bernier JL, Houssin R, Denis C, Hénichart JP. Complexation of copper(II) by a peptide hybrid of bleomycin and amsacrine. Circular dichroism and electron spin resonance studies. J Inorg Biochem 1987; 31:211-20. [PMID: 2448421 DOI: 10.1016/0162-0134(87)80006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A model incorporating the metal chelating moiety of bleomycin and an anilinoacridine ring able to intercalate in DNA has been synthesized. The copper(II) complex of that molecule has been studied using circular dichroism and electron spin resonance by comparison with bleomycin. The introduction of the anilinoacridine ring involves a modification in the geometry of the complex. A distortion of the square-pyramidal form (type II complex) gives rise to a type I complex in which the metallic atom is drawn out of the plane of the four square-planar ligands and displaced slightly towards the fifth ligand.
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Helbecque N, Moquin C, Bernier JL, Morel E, Guyot M, Henichart JP. Grossularine-1 and grossularine-2, alpha carbolines from Dendrodoa grossularia, as possible intercalative agents. CANCER BIOCHEMISTRY BIOPHYSICS 1987; 9:271-9. [PMID: 3435899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Dendrodoine A, grossularines-1 and -2, metabolites isolated from the tunicate Dendrodoa grossularia, have exhibited a cytotoxic activity on L1210 leukemia cells in culture. The inhibition of DNA synthesis induced by grossularines and the plane structure of the alpha-carboline common moiety were in favor of an intercalative process for their mechanism of action. In fact, the results of viscometry, fluorescence quenching and DNA melting experiments clearly indicated the intercalative properties of grossularine-2 explained by its quasi-planar structure and the non-intercalative DNA binding of grossularine-1 explained by the presence of a bulky indole chain at the 2-position of the alpha-carboline ring.
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Kenani A, Lohez M, Houssin R, Helbecque N, Bernier JL, Lemay P, Hénichart JP. Chelating, DNA-binding and DNA-cleaving properties of a synthetic model for bleomycin. ANTI-CANCER DRUG DESIGN 1987; 2:47-59. [PMID: 2452643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have previously described a simplified model of the complexing part of bleomycin, namely methyl 2-(2-aminoethyl)-aminomethyl-pyridine-6-carboxyl-histidinate (AMPHIS), and disubstituted bithiazoles structurally related to the 'tripeptide S' moiety of bleomycin. The present work is devoted to the study of a new derivative, [3-[2-[2-(2-aminoethyl)-aminomethyl-pyridine-6-carboxyl-histidyl-3 -aminobutyryl-glycyl]-2',4-bithiazole-4-carboxamido]-propyl]- dimethylsulphonium iodide (AMBI-A2), which includes both AMPHIS and a judiciously chosen synthetic bithiazole. This compound, the synthesis of which is described here, has been shown to mimic the chelating and binding properties of the parent drug bleomycin A2, but to cleave DNA at higher concentration.
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Bailly C, Bernier JL, Houssin R, Helbecque N, Hénichart JP. Design of two metal-chelating, DNA-binding models: molecular combinations of bleomycin and amsacrine anti-tumour drugs. ANTI-CANCER DRUG DESIGN 1987; 1:303-12. [PMID: 2453198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In the course of studies on bleomycin, we recently showed that the bithiazole ring is a poor intercalator into DNA. Therefore we have designed new models, replacing this heterocyclic moiety by an anilinoacridine ring in order to increase the affinity for DNA. This work presents results obtained for two model compounds showing (i) that the anilinoacridine nucleus leads to a good stabilization of the DNA helix, and (ii) that the presence of a bulky group near the complexing part of bleomycin is essential to the activation of molecular oxygen.
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Houssin R, Helbecque N, Bernier JL, Henichart JP. A new bithiazole derivative with intercalative properties. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1986; 4:219-29. [PMID: 3271440 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1986.10506341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In the course of studies related to new molecules with intercalative properties, we have been led to design and synthesize a bithiazole derivative, namely the 2-phenyl-6-[2'-(4'-(ethoxy-carbonyl)thiazolyl)]thiazolo[3,2- b][1,2,4]triazole (PETT). Its interaction with calf thymus DNA was studied using thermal denaturation and viscometry. Our results set in evidence that PETT acts as an intercalator, giving delta Tm, elongation and unwinding of DNA comparable to the values obtained for daunorubicin. The discrepancy between the data presented herein and those precedently obtained for bleomycin and bleomycin models provide evidence that these bithiazole derivatives interact differently with DNA.
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Bernier JL, Kenani A, Houssin R, Helbecque N, Lohez M, Hecquet B, Hénichart JP. Molecular interaction between bleomycin and amsacrine in the presence of cupric ions. J Inorg Biochem 1986; 27:271-85. [PMID: 2427651 DOI: 10.1016/0162-0134(86)80067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The antineoplastic activity of m-AMSA [4'-(9-acridinylamino)-methanesulfon-m-anisidide] has been related to its ability to produce oxygenated free radical during its oxidation to a quinonimine form, in the presence of cupric ions. It has been demonstrated here that the rate of the oxidation is greatly increased by the addition of bleomycin (Blm), another antitumor agent, which is able to complex metallic ions. The catalytic role of Blm has been established on the basis of kinetics measurements and the occurrence of an intermediary ternary complex Blm-m-AMSA-Cu(II) has been demonstrated by circular dichroism and polarography experiments.
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Hénichart JP, Bernier JL, Helbecque N, Houssin R. Is the bithiazole moiety of bleomycin a classical intercalator? Nucleic Acids Res 1985; 13:6703-17. [PMID: 2414728 PMCID: PMC321987 DOI: 10.1093/nar/13.18.6703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Bleomycin is a widespread anticancerous drug, the biological activity of which having been extensively studied. Its metal ion-chelating portion has been shown to cleave DNA whereas the role of the bithiazole moiety is still questionable. In order to elucidate this problem some 2', 4-disubstituted bithiazoles structurally related to the "tripeptide S" moiety of bleomycin were synthesized and their interaction with DNA was studied using delta Tm, fluorescence, EPR and viscometry techniques. The results of delta Tm and fluorescence quenching determinations were in favour of a binding of the bithiazole part by an intercalation process. Nevertheless, the use of the spin-label probes indicated only a partial intercalation of the ring between the base-pairs. Moreover, viscometry data which clearly exhibited a slight decrease of DNA length in the presence of bithiazole derivative led to the proposal of a binding model involving a partial insertion of a thiazole ring which wedges in between the bases at a bending point of DNA.
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Helbecque N, Bernier JL, Hénichart JP. Design of a new DNA-polyintercalating drug, a bisacridinyl peptidic analogue of Triostin A. Biochem J 1985; 225:829-32. [PMID: 3838469 PMCID: PMC1144661 DOI: 10.1042/bj2250829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The synthesis of a new bifunctional compound in which two aminoacridine chromophores are linked by the bicyclic depsipeptidic backbone of des-N-tetramethylTriostin A is described. The molecule, bis-[(9-acridinyl)-D-seryl-L-alanyl-L-cysteinyl-L-valine] dilactone disulphide, structurally analogous to the antibiotic anti-tumour drug Triostin A, is shown to possess a high affinity to DNA and to act as a bis-intercalator on the basis of spectroscopic, viscosimetric and thermal-denaturation studies. This model constitutes the first attempt of a synergic association between a peptidic moiety that mimics a naturally occurring drug and aminoacridine, the two parts themselves each exhibiting a high affinity for the DNA target.
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The conformational and spatial configuration of the biologically active undecapeptide physalaemin was studied using 350-MHz1H NMR. The NMR analyses suggested the existence of a strong hydrogen bond between the amide proton of the Phe7 and a carbonyl group in the N-terminal moiety, most likely the Pro4 one. Other bondings were postulated, involving the side-chain amine of Lys6 and the side-chain amide of Asn5 and respectively the side-chain carboxyl of Asp3 and the terminal amide carbonyl of Met-NH2. Thus unlike its shorter peptidic fragments, physalaemin exhibited a stable molecular structure in solution, giving some insight into the conformation required for interaction at the biological receptor of tachykinins.
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Perly B, Helbecque N, Forchioni A, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. NMR studies of a free and protected tetrapeptide glycyl-L-prolylglycylglycine in beta-turn-supporting environment. Biopolymers 1983; 22:1853-68. [PMID: 6616010 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360220804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Aubert JP, Chiroutre M, Kerckaert JP, Helbecque N, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. Purification by affinity chromatography of the solubilized oligosaccharyltransferase from hen oviducts using a privileged secondary structure adopting peptide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1982; 104:1550-9. [PMID: 7200362 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(82)91428-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Helbecque N, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. Critical chain length for polyproline-II structure formation in H-Gly-(Pro)n-OH. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1982; 19:94-101. [PMID: 7118386 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1982.tb03028.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Helbecque N, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. Comparative conformational studies of polypeptides containing a high percentage of proline. Macromolecules 1981. [DOI: 10.1021/ma50004a032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aubert JP, Helbecque N, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. Circular dichroism studies of synthetic Asn-X-Ser/Thr-containing peptides: Structure-glycosylation relationship. Arch Biochem Biophys 1981; 208:20-9. [PMID: 6789774 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(81)90118-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Helbecque N, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. Synthesis and circular dichroism studies of two polypeptides H-[Gly-(Pro)3]n-OH and H-[Gly-(Pro)4]n-OH. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1978; 11:353-62. [PMID: 681080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1978.tb02860.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recently Gly-(Pro)3 a proline-rich protein (PRP) containing repetitive Gly-(Pro)3 or Gly-(Pro)4 sequences was isolated from human parotid saliva. The synthesis of two polypeptides containing these sequences is described. Their circular dichroism spectra have been recorded and are compared with the circular dichroism spectrum of the natural protein.
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