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Stężycka O, Kasperkowiak M, Frańska M, Nowak D, Hoffmann M. Oxygen Atom from Carbonyl Group as an Important Binding Agent to the G-Quadruplex - Study Case of Flavonoids. Chempluschem 2024:e202400186. [PMID: 38713672 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400186] [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: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
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In the field of anticancer therapy study it is of great interest to find effective G-quadruplex ligands which may be of potential use in medical treatment or cancer prevention. Since among the compounds of natural origin, flavonoids have attracted notable attention because of their unique properties and promising therapeutic applications, an interesting question was to identify the flavonoid structural features that could provide effective binding properties toward G-quadruplex. By using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, followed by the survival yield method, it has been shown that the flavonoid molecules which contain an available C4=O carbonyl group form more stable adducts with G-tetrads than the other ones. Molecular docking has shown that C4=O carbonyl group can be a source of hydrogen bonds and/or π-stacking interactions. Therefore, the flavonoid molecules which contain an available C4=O carbonyl group can be regarded as good binders of G-quadruplexes.
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- Olga Stężycka
- Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznań, Poland
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- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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Tagorti G, Yalçın B, Güneş M, Kurşun AY, Kaya B. Genotoxic and genoprotective effects of phytoestrogens: a systematic review. Drug Chem Toxicol 2023; 46:1242-1254. [PMID: 36606318 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2022.2146134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Phytoestrogens are xenoestrogens found in plants with a myriad of health benefits. However, various studies reported the genotoxic effects of these substances. Thus, we reviewed in vitro and in vivo studies published in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science to evaluate the genotoxic and the genoprotective potential of phytoestrogens. Only studies written in English and intended to study commercially available phytoestrogens were included. The screening was performed manually. Moreover, the underlying mechanism of action of phytoestrogens was described. Around half of those studies (43%) reported genoprotective results. However, several studies revealed positive results for genotoxicity with specific model organisms and with dose/concentration dependence. The assessment of the selected articles showed substantial differences in the used concentrations and a biphasic response was recorded in some phytoestrogens. As far as we know, this is the first study to assess the genotoxic and genoprotective effects of phytoestrogens systematically.
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- Ghada Tagorti
- Department of Biology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Mati SS, Chowdhury S, Sarkar S, Bera N, Sarkar N. Targeting genomic DNAs and oligonucleotide on base specificity: A comparative spectroscopic, computational and in vitro study. Int J Biol Macromol 2023:124933. [PMID: 37230444 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Drug discovery in targeted nucleic acid therapeutics encompass several stages and rigorous challenges owing to less specificity of the DNA binders and high failure rate in different stages of clinical trials. In this perspective, we report newly synthesized ethyl 4-(pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolin-4-yl)benzoate (PQN) with minor groove A-T base pair binding selectivity and encouraging in cell results. This pyrrolo quinolin derivative has shown excellent groove binding ability with three of our inspected genomic DNAs (cpDNA 73 % AT, ctDNA58% AT and mlDNA 28 % AT) with varying A-T and G-C content. Notably in spite of similar binding patterns PQN have strong binding preference with A-T rich groove of genomic cpDNA over the ctDNA and mlDNA. Spectroscopic experiments like steady state absorption and emission results have established the relative binding strengths (Kabs = 6.3 × 105 M-1, 5.6 × 104 M-1, 4.3 × 104 M-1 and Kemiss = 6.1 × 105 M-1, 5.7 × 104 M-1 and 3.5 × 104 M-1 for PQN-cpDNA, PQN-ctDNA and PQN-mlDNA respectively) whereas circular dichroism and thermal melting studies have unveiled the groove binding mechanism. Specific A-T base pair attachment with van der Waals interaction and quantitative hydrogen bonding assessment were characterized by computational modeling. In addition to genomic DNAs, preferential A-T base pair binding in minor groove was also observed with our designed and synthesized deca-nucleotide (primer sequences 5/-GCGAATTCGC-3/ and 3/-CGCTTAAGCG-5/). Cell viability assays (86.13 % in 6.58 μM and 84.01 % in 9.88 μM concentrations) and confocal microscopy revealed low cytotoxicity (IC50 25.86 μM) and efficient perinuclear localization of PQN. We propose PQN with excellent DNA-minor groove binding capacity and intracellular permeation properties, as a lead for further studies encompassing nucleic acid therapeutics.
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- Soumya Sundar Mati
- Department of Chemistry, Government General Degree College, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur,WB 721135, India.
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- Structural Biology and Bio-informatics division, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Balurghat College, Dakshin Dinajpur, WB 733101, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, WB 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, WB 721302, India.
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Stężycka O, Frańska M, Beszterda-Buszczak M. Exploring Glycosylated Soy Isoflavones Affinities toward G-tetrads as Studied by Survival Yield Method. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300056. [PMID: 36861944 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Taking soy-based food supplements for menopausal symptoms by women may reduce the risk of cancer. Therefore, the interaction between nucleic acids (or their constituents) and ingredients of the supplements, e. g., isoflavone glucosides, on the molecular level, has been of interest with respect to cancer therapy. In this work, the interaction between isoflavone glucosides and G-tetrads, namely [4G+Na]+ ions (G stands for guanosine or deoxyguanosine), were analyzed by using electrospray ionization-collision induced dissociation-mass spectrometry (ESI-CID-MS) and survival yields method. The strength of isoflavone glucosides-[4G+Na]+ interaction in the gas phase was determined from Ecom50 - the energy required to fragment 50 % of selected precursor ions. Glycitin-[4G+Na]+ interaction was found to be the strongest, and the interaction between isoflavone glucosides and guanosine tetrad was established to be stronger than that between isoflavone glucosides and deoxyguanosine tetrad.
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- Olga Stężycka
- Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznań, Poland
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- Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Food Biochemistry and Analysis, Mazowiecka 48, 60-623, Poznań, Poland
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Mitrasinovic PM. On the recognition of Yersinia protein tyrosine phosphatase by carboxylic acid derivatives. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:1879-1894. [PMID: 35021965 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.2025148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Some members of Yersinia (Y), a genus of bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae, are pathogenic in humans, causing a range of health problems, from gastrointestinal syndromes to the plague. The Y protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) YopH is a crucial virulence determinant, considering the vital roles of PTPs in the intracellular signal transduction pathways and cell cycle control. The structural understanding of YopH as a cellular target in pathogenic conditions caused by Y infection is a prerequisite for designing potent and selective YopH inhibitors. Thus, by using molecular docking simulations, the open and closed conformations of the so-called 'WPD loop' (352-Gly-Asn-Trp-Pro-Asp-Gln-Thr-Ala-Val-Ser-361), located nearby the active site (403-Cys-Arg-Ala-Gly-Val-Gly-Arg-Thr-410) in YopH structure, are shown to be relevant for recognition by carboxylic acid derivatives, and the closed conformation is a more preferable receptor in terms of the quantitative correlation with experimental data. In both cases, aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) has the greatest affinity to YopH. Consequently, a quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular model is derived to see into the extent of the ATA-induced open-closed conformational change. Active site residues and the WPD loop, as well as ATA are treated using SCC-DFTB-D (QM level), while the rest of the complex is treated using AMBER force field (MM level). The active/inactive functional behavior of YopH is explored by observing the interaction mode of ATA with the wild-type (wt)/Cys403Ser receptor and evaluating the competitive inhibition parameters. Implications of the present study for experimental research are discussed. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Petar M Mitrasinovic
- Center for Biophysical and Chemical Research, Belgrade Institute of Science and Technology, Belgrade, Serbia
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Yang Y, Cai X, Shi M, Zhang X, Pan Y, Zhang Y, Ju H, Cao P. Biomimetic retractable DNA nanocarrier with sensitive responsivity for efficient drug delivery and enhanced photothermal therapy. J Nanobiotechnology 2023; 21:46. [PMID: 36759831 PMCID: PMC9909879 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-01806-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The coalition of DNA nanotechnology with diversiform inorganic nanoparticles offers powerful tools for the design and construction of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems with spatiotemporal controllability, but it remains challenging to achieve high-density oligonucleotides modification close to inorganic nanocores for their sensitive responsivity to optical or thermal signals. RESULTS Inspired by Actinia with retractable tentacles, here we design an artificial nano-Actinia consisted of collapsible DNA architectures attached on gold nanoparticle (AuNP) for efficient drug delivery and enhanced photothermal therapy. The collapsible spheroidal architectures are formed by the hybridization of long DNA strand produced in situ through rolling circle amplification with bundling DNA strands, and contain numerous double-helical segments for the intercalative binding of quercetin as the anti-cancer drug. Under 800-nm light irradiation, the photothermal conversion of AuNPs induces intensive localized heating, which unwinds the double helixes and leads to the disassembly of DNA nanospheres on the surface of AuNPs. The consequently released quercetin can inhibit the expression of heat shock protein 27 and decrease the thermal resistance of tumor cells, thus enhancing photothermal therapy efficacy. CONCLUSIONS By combining the deformable DNA nanostructures with gold nanocores, this Actinia-mimetic nanocarrier presents a promising tool for the development of DNA-AuNPs complex and opens a new horizon for the stimuli-responsive drug delivery.
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- Yuanhuan Yang
- grid.410745.30000 0004 1765 1045School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023 China
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- grid.410745.30000 0004 1765 1045Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210028 China
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- grid.410745.30000 0004 1765 1045School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023 China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023 China
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- grid.410745.30000 0004 1765 1045School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023 China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China. .,Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210028, China. .,Zhenjiang Hospital of Chinese Traditional and Western Medicine, Zhenjiang, 212002, China.
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Mitrasinovic PM. On the inhibition of cytochrome P450 3A4 by structurally diversified flavonoids. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022; 40:9713-9723. [PMID: 34060409 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1932603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is the most versatile enzyme involved in drug metabolism. The time-dependent inhibition of CYP3A4 by acacetin, apigenin, chrysin, and pinocembrin was experimentally detected, but not entirely elaborated so far. Thus, a two-level QM/MM (Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics) model is developed to yield insights into the receptor-flavonoid recognition at the molecular scale. Active site residues and the flavonoid are modelled using SCC-DFTB-D (QM level), while the rest of the complex is treated using AMBER force field (MM level). QM/MM binding free energies are well correlated with experimental data, indicating the largest inhibitory effect of chrysin on enzyme activity at a submicromolar concentration. Consequently, quercetin (QUE) and flavopiridol (FLP) are observed as representative examples of structurally different flavonoids. The inhibition parameters for QUE and FLP are evaluated using the well-calibrated QM/MM strategy, thereby aiding to quantitatively conceive the functional behavior of the whole family of flavonoids. A kinetic threshold for further assessment of the drug-drug interactions underlying the time-dependent inhibition of CYP3A4 by flavonoids is explored.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Petar M Mitrasinovic
- Center for Biophysical and Chemical Research, Belgrade Institute of Science and Technology, Belgrade, Serbia
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DNA-BINDING and DNA-protecting activities of small natural organic molecules and food extracts. Chem Biol Interact 2020; 323:109030. [PMID: 32205154 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The review summarizes literature data on the DNA-binding, DNA-protecting and DNA-damaging activities of a range of natural human endogenous and exogenous compounds. Small natural organic molecules bind DNA in a site-specific mode, by arranging tight touch with the structure of the major and minor grooves, as well as individual bases in the local duplex DNA. Polyphenols are the best-studied exogenous compounds from this point of view. Many of them demonstrate hormetic effects, producing both beneficial and damaging effects. An attempt to establish the dependence of DNA damage or DNA protection on the concentration of the compound turned out to be successful for some polyphenols, daidzein, genistein and resveratrol, which were DNA protecting in low concentrations and DNA damaging in high concentrations. There was no evident dependence on concentration for quercetin and kaempferol. Probably, the DNA-protecting effect is associated with the affinity to DNA. Caffeine and theophylline are DNA binders; at the same time, they favor DNA repair. Although most alkaloids damage DNA, berberine can protect DNA against damage. Among the endogenous compounds, hormones belonging to the amine class, thyroid and steroid hormones appear to bind DNA and produce some DNA damage. Thus, natural compounds continue to reveal beneficial or adverse effects on genome integrity and provide a promising source of therapeutic activities.
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Tambara AL, da Silveira ÉC, Soares ATG, Salgueiro WG, Rodrigues CDF, Boldori JR, de Ávila DS, Denardin CC. Butiá fruit extract (Butia eriospatha) protects against oxidative damage and increases lifespan on Caenorhabditis elegans. J Food Biochem 2020; 44:e13139. [PMID: 31899557 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Butiá (Butia eriospatha) is a fruit of a palm tree belonging to the family Arecaceae, native to South America. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant potential of butiá extract using Caenorhabditis elegans as animal model. Initially, we performed survival experiments, reproduction, resistance to oxidative stress (post or pre-treatment with paraquat or hydrogen peroxide), longevity, superoxide dismutase, and catalase GFP reporters' expression. We observed that butiá extract did not affect the worms' survival. Similarly, egg laying also showed no significant difference between treatments. None of the extract concentrations tested was able to significantly protect or reverse paraquat-induced oxidative stress. However, they were able to reverse the oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide. In addition, butiá extract increased C. elegans lifespan under stress and not per se. Our results demonstrate that the Butiá is able to extend the lifespan of the nematode C. elegans and that this effect may be mediated by an induced resistance to oxidative stress. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: The practical applications of this research are to expand and bring scientific knowledge to the population about the benefits of the consumption of this native fruit from the southern region of Brazil. Many fruits and other plant foods are consumed and spread with benefits without proper scientific proof of these benefits. This fruit is widely cultivated and its production and consumption can be expanded from these results. Still, we point out that this is the first time that the benefits of this fruit are studied.
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- Biochemistry post-graduation program, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Brazil
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- Biochemistry post-graduation program, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Brazil
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Kirsanov KI, Vlasova OA, Fetisov TI, Zenkov RG, Lesovaya EA, Belitsky GA, Gurova K, Yakubovskaya MG. Influence of DNA-binding compounds with cancer preventive activity on the mechanisms of gene expression regulation. ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.17650/2313-805x-2018-5-4-41-63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- K. I. Kirsanov
- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia; Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia; I.P. Pavlov Ryazan State Medical University
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
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Bhaduri S, Ranjan N, Arya DP. An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules. Beilstein J Org Chem 2018; 14:1051-1086. [PMID: 29977379 PMCID: PMC6009268 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.14.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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As the carrier of genetic information, the DNA double helix interacts with many natural ligands during the cell cycle, and is amenable to such intervention in diseases such as cancer biogenesis. Proteins bind DNA in a site-specific manner, not only distinguishing between the geometry of the major and minor grooves, but also by making close contacts with individual bases within the local helix architecture. Over the last four decades, much research has been reported on the development of small non-natural ligands as therapeutics to either block, or in some cases, mimic a DNA–protein interaction of interest. This review presents the latest findings in the pursuit of novel synthetic DNA binders. This article provides recent coverage of major strategies (such as groove recognition, intercalation and cross-linking) adopted in the duplex DNA recognition by small molecules, with an emphasis on major works of the past few years.
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raebareli 122003, India
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- NUBAD, LLC, 900B West Faris Rd., Greenville 29605, SC, USA.,Clemson University, Hunter Laboratory, Clemson 29634, SC, USA
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Mitrasinovic PM. Structural insights into the binding of small ligand molecules to a G-quadruplex DNA located in the HIV-1 promoter. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2017; 36:2292-2302. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2017.1358670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Petar M. Mitrasinovic
- Center for Biophysical and Chemical Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Belgrade Institute of Science and Technology, Belgrade, Serbia
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Akher FB, Ebrahimi A, Mostafavi N. Characterization of π-stacking interactions between aromatic amino acids and quercetagetin. J Mol Struct 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dietary Flavones as Dual Inhibitors of DNA Methyltransferases and Histone Methyltransferases. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162956. [PMID: 27658199 PMCID: PMC5033486 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Methylation of DNA and histone proteins are mutually involved in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression mediated by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and histone methyltransferases (HMTs). DNMTs methylate cytosine residues within gene promoters, whereas HMTs catalyze the transfer of methyl groups to lysine and arginine residues of histone proteins, thus causing chromatin condensation and transcriptional repression, which play an important role in the pathogenesis of cancer. The potential reversibility of epigenetic alterations has encouraged the development of dual pharmacologic inhibitors of DNA and histone methylation as anticancer therapeutics. Dietary flavones can affect epigenetic modifications that accumulate over time and have shown anticancer properties, which are undefined. Through DNA binding and in silico protein-ligand docking studies with plant flavones viz. Apigenin, Chrysin and Luteolin, the effect of flavones on DNA and histone methylation was assessed. Spectroscopic analysis of flavones with calf-thymus DNA revealed intercalation as the dominant binding mode, with specific binding to a GC-rich sequence in the DNA duplex. A virtual screening approach using a model of the catalytic site of DNMT and EZH2 demonstrated that plant flavones are tethered at both ends inside the catalytic pocket of DNMT and EZH2 by means of hydrogen bonding. Epigenetic studies performed with flavones exhibited a decrease in DNMT enzyme activity and a reversal of the hypermethylation of cytosine bases in the DNA and prevented cytosine methylation in the GC-rich promoter sequence incubated with the M.SssI enzyme. Furthermore, a marked decrease in HMT activity and a decrease in EZH2 protein expression and trimethylation of H3K27 were noted in histones isolated from cancer cells treated with plant flavones. Our results suggest that dietary flavones can alter DNMT and HMT activities and the methylation of DNA and histone proteins that regulate epigenetic modifications, thus providing a significant anticancer effect by altering epigenetic processes involved in the development of cancer.
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