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Synthesis of phenanthridinium-bis-nucleobase conjugates, interactions with poly U, nucleotides and in vitro antitumour activity of mono- and bis-nucleobase conjugates

Novel bis-nucleobase-phenanthridinium conjugates were synthesised and their aqueous solutions spectroscopically characterised. Bis-adenine conjugate revealed in aqueous solutions significantly more pronounced intramolecular aromatic stacking interactions than bis-uracil analogue. In contrast with previously reported poly A recognition by bis-uracil conjugate, recognition of complementary nucleotides and poly U was not observed due to the strong interference of bulk water with hydrogen bonding between nucleobases. The screening of anticancer activity on six human cell lines revealed that tethering of a nucleobase to phenanthridinium moiety diminished antiproliferative potential of phenanthridinium. However, among mono-nucleobase conjugates adenine derivative was found to be the most selective one (MiaPaCa-2, Hep-2).