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Alavijeh NS, Serrano A, Peters MS, Wölper C, Schrader T. Design and Synthesis of Artificial Nucleobases for Sequence-Selective DNA Recognition within the Major Groove. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300637. [PMID: 37616375 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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We present the design and synthesis of artificial specific nucleobases, each one recognizing a single base pair within the major groove of duplex DNA. Computational calculations indicate that PNAs modified with these nucleobases enable the formation of highly stable triple helices with no sequence restrictions through multiple hydrogen bonding and π⋅⋅⋅π stacking interactions, without significantly widening the DNA double helix. New synthetic routes were developed to the structures of these fused heterocycles which have rarely been described in the literature. NMR titration experiments indicate specific hydrogen bonding at the Hoogsteen sites. The new building blocks allow the construction of four PNA monomers for each canonic base pair and their covalent connection to PNA oligomers. These can be designed complementary to any given DNA sequence. With high efficiency and relative simplicity of operation, the described methodologies and strategies hence form the basis for a new supramolecular ligand system targeting double-stranded DNA without strand invasion.
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- Nahid S Alavijeh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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Vianney YM, Weisz K. High-affinity binding at quadruplex-duplex junctions: rather the rule than the exception. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:11948-11964. [PMID: 36416262 PMCID: PMC9723630 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Quadruplex-duplex (Q-D) junctions constitute unique structural motifs in genomic sequences. Through comprehensive calorimetric as well as high-resolution NMR structural studies, Q-D junctions with a hairpin-type snapback loop coaxially stacked onto an outer G-tetrad were identified to be most effective binding sites for various polycyclic quadruplex ligands. The Q-D interface is readily recognized by intercalation of the ligand aromatic core structure between G-tetrad and the neighboring base pair. Based on the thermodynamic and structural data, guidelines for the design of ligands with enhanced selectivity towards a Q-D interface emerge. Whereas intercalation at Q-D junctions mostly outcompete stacking at the quadruplex free outer tetrad or intercalation between duplex base pairs to varying degrees, ligand side chains considerably contribute to the selectivity for a Q-D target over other binding sites. In contrast to common perceptions, an appended side chain that additionally interacts within the duplex minor groove may confer only poor selectivity. Rather, the Q-D selectivity is suggested to benefit from an extension of the side chain towards the exposed part of the G-tetrad at the junction. The presented results will support the design of selective high-affinity binding ligands for targeting Q-D interfaces in medicinal but also technological applications.
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- Yoanes Maria Vianney
- Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +49 3834 420 4426; Fax: +49 3834 420 4427;
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Oh KI, Kim J, Park CJ, Lee JH. Dynamics Studies of DNA with Non-canonical Structure Using NMR Spectroscopy. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E2673. [PMID: 32290457 PMCID: PMC7216225 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The non-canonical structures of nucleic acids are essential for their diverse functions during various biological processes. These non-canonical structures can undergo conformational exchange among multiple structural states. Data on their dynamics can illustrate conformational transitions that play important roles in folding, stability, and biological function. Here, we discuss several examples of the non-canonical structures of DNA focusing on their dynamic characterization by NMR spectroscopy: (1) G-quadruplex structures and their complexes with target proteins; (2) i-motif structures and their complexes with proteins; (3) triplex structures; (4) left-handed Z-DNAs and their complexes with various Z-DNA binding proteins. This review provides insight into how the dynamic features of non-canonical DNA structures contribute to essential biological processes.
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- Kwang-Im Oh
- Department of Chemistry and RINS, Gyeongsang National University, Gyeongnam 52828, Korea;
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea;
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea;
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- Department of Chemistry and RINS, Gyeongsang National University, Gyeongnam 52828, Korea;
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Purwanto MGM, Weisz K. NMR studies on oligonucleotide - Methylene blue conjugates targeting double-helical nucleic acids. Biophys Chem 2019; 257:106314. [PMID: 31862498 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2019.106314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Methylene blue (MB) - nucleic acid interactions are of considerable interest due to the photosensitizing activity of the dye with potential applications in medicine and biotechnology. Covalent attachment of the MB to an oligonucleotide through a flexible heptamethylene linker enabled a positioning of the dye moiety to specific sites through triplex formation with a target duplex. NMR studies demonstrated interactions of MB with the nucleic acids. In sequences with the MB moiety facing the triplex-duplex junction with an alternating CG duplex overhang next to a T·A·T triple-helical tract, proton resonances experienced severe linebroadening upon MB binding and point to kinetically labile complexes with exchange among different binding modes. For sequences with the MB moiety facing a terminal T·A·T base triad of the triplex tract, structural heterogeneity decreased when compared to a triplex without MB attached to the third strand. Also, the thermal stability of the latter construct increased significantly in the presence of MB, indicating external end stacking as predominant binding mode. Without any obvious disruptions of sequential imino-imino NOE contacts within the triplex and duplex tracts, a most favorable intercalation between T·A·T base triples or CG base pairs is not supported by the present data under our experimental conditions.
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- University of Surabaya, Faculty of Biotechnology, Surabaya, Indonesia; University of Greifswald, Institute of Biochemistry, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
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Funke A, Dickerhoff J, Weisz K. Towards the Development of Structure-Selective G-Quadruplex-Binding Indolo[3,2-b
]quinolines. Chemistry 2016; 22:3170-81. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Andrea Funke
- Institute of Biochemistry; Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry; Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry; Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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Kutsumura N, Koyama Y, Tateno K, Yamamoto N, Nagase H, Saito T. ZnCl 2-Promoted Intramolecular Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction of o-Alkynylphenylcarbodiimides for Synthesis of Dihydrodibenzo[ b, g][1,8]naphthyridines. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2016; 64:1364-9. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c16-00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Noriki Kutsumura
- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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Dickerhoff J, Riechert-Krause F, Seifert J, Weisz K. Exploring multiple binding sites of an indoloquinoline in triple-helical DNA: a paradigm for DNA triplex-selective intercalators. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt B:327-37. [PMID: 25281796 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Employing NMR spectroscopic methods preferred binding sites of a triplex-selective indoloquinoline drug were examined with three DNA triplex targets. To directly derive and evaluate number and type of the different sites of interaction, studies were performed on short triple-helical constructs specifically labeled with 3-(15)N thymidine probes. The detection and assignment of several coexisting species was enabled through the observation of slow exchange on the chemical shift timescale between complexes and free triplex. In general, the 5'-triplex-duplex junction constitutes the most favorable intercalation site, in particular when flanked by a TAT base triad. NMR data also revealed two different orientations for the intercalating indoloquinoline drug. Binding affinity significantly decreases with a C(+)GC triad bordering the junction but junction binding is still preferred over intercalation between TAT base triads within the triplex stem. In addition to the intercalation between two uncharged TAT triplets, intercalation between a TAT and a 3'-terminal C(+)GC triplet was also observed, indicating a non-protonated third strand cytosine at the triplex end position.
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- Jonathan Dickerhoff
- Institute of Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany.
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Yin R, Zhang M, Hao C, Wang W, Qiu P, Wan S, Zhang L, Jiang T. Different cytotoxicities and cellular localizations of novel quindoline derivatives with or without boronic acid modifications in cancer cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 49:8516-8. [PMID: 23942773 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45203d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis of a 4 × 4 series of novel quindoline derivatives with or without boronic acid modifications and their cytotoxicities, cellular localizations, and implications on cancer cells are presented and discussed.
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- Ruijuan Yin
- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, China.
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Riechert-Krause F, Autenrieth K, Eick A, Weisz K. Spectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of an indoloquinoline drug to parallel and antiparallel DNA triplexes. Biochemistry 2012; 52:41-52. [PMID: 23234257 DOI: 10.1021/bi301381h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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11-Phenyl-substituted indoloquinolines have been found to exhibit significant antiproliferative potency in cancer cells but to show only moderate affinity toward genomic double-helical DNA. In this study, parallel as well as antiparallel triple-helical DNA targets are employed to evaluate the triplex binding of these ligands. UV melting experiments with parallel triplexes indicate considerable interactions with the drug and a strong preference for TAT-rich triplexes in line with an increasing number of potential intercalation sites of similar binding strength between two TAT base triads. Via substitution of a singly charged aminoethylamine side chain by a longer and doubly charged bis(aminopropyl)amine substituent at the ligand, binding affinities increase and also start to exhibit long-range effects as indicated by a strong correlation between the binding affinity and the overall length of the TAT tract within the triplex stem. Compared to parallel triplexes, an antiparallel triplex with a GT-containing third strand constitutes a preferred target for the indoloquinoline drug. On the basis of pH-dependent titration experiments and corroborated by a Job analysis of continuous variation, binding of the drug to the GT triplex not only is strongly enhanced when the solution pH is lowered from 7 to 5 but also reveals a pH-dependent stoichiometry upon formation of the complex. Calorimetric data demonstrate that stronger binding of a protonated drug at acidic pH is associated with a more exothermic binding process. However, at pH 7 and 5, binding is enthalpically driven with additional favorable entropic contributions.
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- Fanny Riechert-Krause
- Institute of Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 4, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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