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Sun D, Huang X, Man R, Jia X, Song X, Wang S, Xue X, Liu H, Ma Z. Fe(II) complexes of 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine ligands functionalized with substituted-phenyl groups: synthesis, crystal structures and anticancer potential. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:18416-18428. [PMID: 38009014 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02732e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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With the aim of developing potential anticancer drug candidates, a series of Fe(II) complexes were synthesized using nine 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine ligands functionalized with substituted-phenyl groups, and their biological activities were systematically investigated. Their bis-terpyridine sandwich-like structures were determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography. In vitro antiproliferative experiments based on three human cancer cell lines, including human hepatoma cancer cell line (Bel-7402), human esophageal cancer cell line (Eca-109), and human cervical squamous cancer cell line (SiHa), indicate the high antiproliferation activities of these complexes compared with commercial cisplatin. And their toxicity to normal cells was estimated based on human normal hepatocyte (HL-7702) cell line. In particular, when the phenyl in terpyridine ligand was modified by a carboxyl group, the corresponding complex 3 exhibited much higher antiproliferation to cancer Bel-7402 cells (IC50 = 3.653 μmol L-1) than cisplatin and low toxicity to normal HL-7702 cells (IC50 = 99.92 μmol L-1), implying a significant selectivity for 3 in killing hepatoma cancer cells. Combined with the fact that iron element is more accessible than platin, this series of Fe(II) complexes comprises potential candidates for anticancer drugs with specific inhibition of hepatoma cancer. UV titration experiments and circular dichroism (CD) showed a strong binding affinity between these nine complexes and CT-DNA. However, molecular docking simulation revealed the competitive binding of DNA and protein to these complexes. Further, the interactions between these complexes and bovine serum albumin (BSA) have been studied by fluorescence titration and CD spectroscopy.
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- Dameng Sun
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Minzu University, 530006 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Minzu University, 530006 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, 530004 Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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Akiyama Y, Kimura K, Komatsu S, Takarada T, Maeda M, Kikuchi A. A Simple Colorimetric Assay of Bleomycin-Mediated DNA Cleavage Utilizing Double-Stranded DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202200451. [PMID: 36156837 PMCID: PMC10092608 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200451] [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: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A colorimetric assay of DNA cleavage by bleomycin (BLM) derivatives was developed utilizing high colloidal stability on double-stranded (ds) DNA-modified gold nanoparticles (dsDNA-AuNPs) possessing a cleavage site. The assay was performed using dsDNA-AuNPs treated with inactive BLM or activated BLM (Fe(II)⋅BLM). A 10-min exposure in dsDNA-AuNPs with inactive BLM treatment resulted in a rapid color change from red to purple because of salt-induced non-crosslinking aggregation of dsDNA-AuNPs. In contrast, the addition of active Fe(II)⋅BLM retained the red color, probably because of the formation of protruding structures at the outermost phase of dsDNA-AuNPs caused by BLM-mediated DNA cleavage. Furthermore, the results of our model experiments indicate that oxidative base release and DNA-cleavage pathways could be visually distinguished with color change. The present methodology was also applicable to model screening assays using several drugs with different mechanisms related to antitumor activity. These results strongly suggest that this assay with a rapid color change could lead to simple and efficient screening of potent antitumor agents.
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- Yoshitsugu Akiyama
- Katsushika Division, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, 125-8585, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, 125-8585, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, 125-8585, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, 125-8585, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, 351-0198, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, 351-0198, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, 125-8585, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
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Photo-chemical aspects of iron complexes exhibiting photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT). J Inorg Biochem 2023; 238:112055. [PMID: 36335746 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.112055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Iron is the trace element of natural selection by the biological systems due to its versatile coordination chemistry, and is recently explored for medicinal and diagnostic applications. Photo-activated states of iron complexes exhibiting substitution, dissociation, isomerization reactions, intramolecular redox reactions or energy transfer to other molecules have attracted the attention across the globe for the potent applications in photo-chemotherapy. There is a significant advancement on the development of iron-based complexes for photochemotherapeutic applications. Here in we reviewed the photo-activated states and photochemistry of iron complexes, and recent advances made in the area of photochemotherapy of iron complexes relevant to the photochemistry of iron complexes.
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Tähtinen V, Gulumkar V, Maity SK, Yliperttula AM, Siekkinen S, Laine T, Lisitsyna E, Haapalehto I, Viitala T, Vuorimaa-Laukkanen E, Yliperttula M, Virta P. Assembly of Bleomycin Saccharide-Decorated Spherical Nucleic Acids. Bioconjug Chem 2022; 33:206-218. [PMID: 34985282 PMCID: PMC8778632 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glyco-decorated spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) may be attractive delivery vehicles, emphasizing the sugar-specific effect on the outer sphere of the construct and at the same time hiding unfavorable distribution properties of the loaded oligonucleotides. As examples of such nanoparticles, tripodal sugar constituents of bleomycin were synthesized and conjugated with a fluorescence-labeled antisense oligonucleotide (AONARV7). Successive copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne and strain-promoted alkyne-nitrone cycloadditions (SPANC) were utilized for the synthesis. Then, the glyco-AONARV7 conjugates were hybridized with complementary strands of a C60-based molecular spherical nucleic acid (i.e., a hybridization-mediated carrier). The formation and stability of these assembled glyco-decorated SNAs were evaluated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), UV melting profile analysis, and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Association constants were extracted from time-resolved fluorescence data. Preliminary cellular uptake experiments of the glyco-AONARV7 conjugates (120 nM solutions) and of the corresponding glyco-decorated SNAs (10 nM solutions) with human prostate cancer cells (PC3) showed an efficient uptake in each case. A marked variation in intracellular distribution was observed.
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- Ville Tähtinen
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
- Division
of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
- Division
of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Faculty
of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere
University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty
of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere
University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
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- Division
of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Division
of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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Detection of bleomycin and its hydrolase by the cationic surfactant-doped liquid crystal-based sensing platform. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1150:338247. [PMID: 33583545 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bleomycin (BLM) is a broadly used antibiotic to treat different types of cancer. It can be hydrolyzed by bleomycin hydrolase (BLMH), which eventually influences the anti-tumor efficacy of BLM. Therefore, it is particularly important to detect BLM and BLMH. Herein, we demonstrated highly sensitive detection of BLM and BLMH by a simple and convenient liquid crystal (LC)-based sensing platform for the first time. 5CB (a nematic LC) doped with the cationic surfactant OTAB was working as the sensing platform. When the OTAB-laden 5CB interface was in contact with an aqueous solution of ssDNA, LCs displayed a bright image due to disruption of the arrangement of OTAB monolayers by ssDNA, indicating the planar orientation of LCs at the aqueous/LC interface. When BLM·Fe(II) and ssDNA were both present in the aqueous solution, ssDNA underwent irreversible cleavage, which prevented disruption of the arrangement of OTAB monolayers. Accordingly, LCs showed a dark image, suggesting the homeotropic orientation of LCs at the aqueous/LC interface. However, when BLM·Fe(II) was enzymatically hydrolyzed by BLMH, LCs remained the bright image. This approach showed high sensitivity for the detection of BLM and BLMH with the limits of detection of 0.2 nM and 0.3 ng/mL, respectively. Besides, the detection of BLM and BLMH was successfully achieved in human serum. This method has the advantages of high sensitivity, robust stability, simple operation, low cost, and easy detection through naked eyes, which makes it a potential candidate for applications in clinical analysis.
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Polyphosphate Reverses the Toxicity of the Quasi-Enzyme Bleomycin on Alveolar Endothelial Lung Cells In Vitro. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13040750. [PMID: 33670189 PMCID: PMC7916961 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13040750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The anti-cancer antitumor antibiotic bleomycin(s) (BLM) induces athyminic sites in DNA after its activation, a process that results in strand splitting. Here, using A549 human lung cells or BEAS-2B cells lunc cells, we show that the cell toxicity of BLM can be suppressed by addition of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), a physiological polymer that accumulates and is released from platelets. BLM at a concentration of 20 µg ml-1 causes a decrease in cell viability (by ~70%), accompanied by an increased DNA damage and chromatin expansion (by amazingly 6-fold). Importantly, the BLM-caused effects on cell growth and DNA integrity are substantially suppressed by polyP. In parallel, the enlargement of the nuclei/chromatin in BLM-treated cells (diameter, 20-25 µm) is normalized to ~12 µm after co-incubation of the cells with BLM and polyP. A sequential application of the drugs (BLM for 3 days, followed by an exposure to polyP) does not cause this normalization. During co-incubation of BLM with polyP the gene for the BLM hydrolase is upregulated. It is concluded that by upregulating this enzyme polyP prevents the toxic side effects of BLM. These data might also contribute to an application of BLM in COVID-19 patients, since polyP inhibits binding of SARS-CoV-2 to cellular ACE2.
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ASH2L drives proliferation and sensitivity to bleomycin and other genotoxins in Hodgkin's lymphoma and testicular cancer cells. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:1019. [PMID: 33257682 PMCID: PMC7705021 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-03231-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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It is of clinical importance to identify biomarkers predicting the efficacy of DNA damaging drugs (genotoxins) so that nonresponders are not unduly exposed to the deleterious effects of otherwise inefficient drugs. Here, we initially focused on the bleomycin genotoxin because of the limited information about the genes implicated in the sensitivity or resistance to this compound. Using a whole-genome CRISPR/Cas9 gene knockout approach, we identified ASH2L, a core component of the H3K4 methyl transferase complex, as a protein required for bleomycin sensitivity in L1236 Hodgkin lymphoma. Knocking down ASH2L in these cells and in the NT2D1 testicular cancer cell line rendered them resistant to bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin but did not affect their sensitivity toward ATM or ATR inhibitors. ASH2L knockdown decreased cell proliferation and facilitated DNA repair via homologous recombination and nonhomologous end-joining mechanisms. Data from the Tumor Cancer Genome Atlas indicate that patients with testicular cancer carrying alterations in the ASH2L gene are more likely to relapse than patients with unaltered ASH2L genes. The cell models we have used are derived from cancers currently treated either partially (Hodgkin’s lymphoma), or entirely (testicular cancer) with genotoxins. For such cancers, ASH2L levels could be used as a biomarker to predict the response to genotoxins. In situations where tumors are expressing low levels of ASH2L, which may allow them to resist genotoxic treatment, the use of ATR or ATM inhibitors may be more efficacious as our data indicate that ASH2L knockdown does not affect sensitivity to these inhibitors.
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Baig MMFA, Lai WF, Akhtar MF, Saleem A, Mikrani R, Farooq MA, Ahmed SA, Tahir A, Naveed M, Abbas M, Ansari MT. Targeting folate receptors (α1) to internalize the bleomycin loaded DNA-nanotubes into prostate cancer xenograft CWR22R cells. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Basu U, Roy M, Chakravarty AR. Recent advances in the chemistry of iron-based chemotherapeutic agents. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A Novel Method for Controlled Gene Expression via Combined Bleomycin and Plasmid DNA Electrotransfer. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20164047. [PMID: 31430949 PMCID: PMC6720528 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20164047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Electrochemotherapy is an efficient method for the local treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous metastases, but its efficacy as a systemic treatment remains low. The application of gene electrotransfer (GET) to transfer DNA coding for immune system modulating molecules could allow for a systemic effect, but its applications are limited because of possible side effects, e.g., immune system overactivation and autoimmune response. In this paper, we present the simultaneous electrotransfer of bleomycin and plasmid DNA as a method to increase the systemic effect of bleomycin-based electrochemotherapy. With appropriately selected concentrations of bleomycin and plasmid DNA, it is possible to achieve efficient cell transfection while killing cells via the cytotoxic effect of bleomycin at later time points. We also show the dynamics of both cell electrotransfection and cell death after the simultaneous electrotransfer of bleomycin and plasmid DNA. Therefore, this method could have applications in achieving the transient, cell death-controlled expression of immune system activating genes while retaining efficient bleomycin mediated cell killing.
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Murray V, Chen JK, Yang D, Shen B. The genome-wide sequence specificity of DNA cleavage by bleomycin analogues in human cells. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:4168-4178. [PMID: 30006142 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bleomycin (BLM) is a cancer chemotherapeutic agent that cleaves cellular DNA at specific sequences. Using next-generation Illumina sequencing, the genome-wide sequence specificity of DNA cleavage by two BLM analogues, 6'-deoxy-BLM Z and zorbamycin (ZBM), was determined in human HeLa cells and compared with BLM. Over 200 million double-strand breaks were examined for each sample, and the 50,000 highest intensity cleavage sites were analysed. It was found that the DNA sequence specificity of the BLM analogues in human cells was different to BLM, especially at the cleavage site (position "0") and the "+1" position. In human cells, the 6'-deoxy-BLM Z had a preference for 5'-GTGY*MC (where * is the cleavage site, Y is C or T, M is A or C); it was 5'-GTGY*MCA for ZBM; and 5'-GTGT*AC for BLM. With cellular DNA, the highest ranked tetranucleotides were 5'-TGC*C and 5'-TGT*A for 6'-deoxy-BLM Z; 5'-TGC*C, 5'-TGT*A and 5'-TGC*A for ZBM; and 5'-TGT*A for BLM. In purified human genomic DNA, the DNA sequence preference was 5'-TGT*A for 6'-deoxy-BLM, 5'-RTGY*AYR (where R is G or A) for ZBM, and 5'-TGT*A for BLM. Thus, the sequence specificity of the BLM analogue, 6'-deoxy-BLM Z, was similar to BLM in purified human DNA, while ZBM was different.
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- Vincent Murray
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Zhang D, Hu J, Yang XY, Wu Y, Su W, Zhang CY. Target-initiated synthesis of fluorescent copper nanoparticles for the sensitive and label-free detection of bleomycin. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:11134-11142. [PMID: 29873380 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02780c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fluorescent copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) have received great attention due to their distinct characteristics of facile synthesis, tunable fluorescence emission, high photostability, and biological compatibility, and they have been widely used for chemical and biological analyses. Bleomycins (BLMs) are widely used antitumor agents for the clinical treatment of various cancers. Here, we develop a sensitive and label-free fluorescence method for the quantitative detection of BLM on the basis of BLM-initiated enzymatic polymerization-mediated synthesis of fluorescent CuNPs. We design two hairpin DNAs: one (Hp1) for the recognition of BLM and the other (Hp2) for signal amplification. In the presence of BLM, it may recognize and cleave the 5'-GC-3' site of the Hp1 stem, releasing the 8-17 DNAzyme fragment. The resultant 8-17 DNAzyme fragments may bind with the loop of Hp2 to form a partial double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) duplex, initiating the cyclic cleavage of Hp2 in the presence of Zn2+-dependent DNAzymes and generating numerous new DNA fragments with the free 3'-OH terminal, which can induce the formation of a poly(thymine) (poly-T) sequence with the assistance of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdTase). Subsequently, the ploy-T sequence may function as the template for the synthesis of CuNPs with strong fluorescence emission. This method shows good selectivity and high sensitivity with a detection limit as low as 8.1 × 10-16 M, and it exhibits good performance in serum samples. Moreover, this method has distinct advantages of simplicity and low cost, holding great potential in clinical diagnosis and biomedical research.
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- Dandan Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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Murray V, Chen JK, Chung LH. The Interaction of the Metallo-Glycopeptide Anti-Tumour Drug Bleomycin with DNA. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E1372. [PMID: 29734689 PMCID: PMC5983701 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19051372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The cancer chemotherapeutic drug, bleomycin, is clinically used to treat several neoplasms including testicular and ovarian cancers. Bleomycin is a metallo-glycopeptide antibiotic that requires a transition metal ion, usually Fe(II), for activity. In this review, the properties of bleomycin are examined, especially the interaction of bleomycin with DNA. A Fe(II)-bleomycin complex is capable of DNA cleavage and this process is thought to be the major determinant for the cytotoxicity of bleomycin. The DNA sequence specificity of bleomycin cleavage is found to at 5′-GT* and 5′-GC* dinucleotides (where * indicates the cleaved nucleotide). Using next-generation DNA sequencing, over 200 million double-strand breaks were analysed, and an expanded bleomycin sequence specificity was found to be 5′-RTGT*AY (where R is G or A and Y is T or C) in cellular DNA and 5′-TGT*AT in purified DNA. The different environment of cellular DNA compared to purified DNA was proposed to be responsible for the difference. A number of bleomycin analogues have been examined and their interaction with DNA is also discussed. In particular, the production of bleomycin analogues via genetic manipulation of the modular non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases in the bleomycin gene cluster is reviewed. The prospects for the synthesis of bleomycin analogues with increased effectiveness as cancer chemotherapeutic agents is also explored.
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- Vincent Murray
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Zheng L, Lin L, Qu K, Adhikary A, Sevilla MD, Greenberg MM. Independent Photochemical Generation and Reactivity of Nitrogen-Centered Purine Nucleoside Radicals from Hydrazines. Org Lett 2017; 19:6444-6447. [PMID: 29125775 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Photochemical precursors that produce dA• and dG(N2-H)• are needed to investigate their reactivity. The synthesis of two 1,1-diphenylhydrazines (1, 2) and their use as photochemical sources of dA• and dG(N2-H)• is presented. Trapping studies indicate production of these radicals with good fidelity, and 1 was incorporated into an oligonucleotide via solid-phase synthesis. Cyclic voltammetric studies show that reduction potentials of 1 and 2 are lower than those of widely used "hole sinks", e.g., 8-oxodGuo and 7-deazadGuo, to investigate DNA-hole transfer processes. These molecules could be useful (a) as sources of dA• and dG(N2-H)• at specific sites in oligonucleotides and (b) as "hole sinks" for the study of DNA-hole transfer processes.
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- Liwei Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University , Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University , Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University , Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University , Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Gautam SD, Chen JK, Murray V. The DNA sequence specificity of bleomycin cleavage in a systematically altered DNA sequence. J Biol Inorg Chem 2017; 22:881-892. [PMID: 28509989 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-017-1466-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bleomycin is an anti-tumour agent that is clinically used to treat several types of cancers. Bleomycin cleaves DNA at specific DNA sequences and recent genome-wide DNA sequencing specificity data indicated that the sequence 5'-RTGT*AY (where T* is the site of bleomycin cleavage, R is G/A and Y is T/C) is preferentially cleaved by bleomycin in human cells. Based on this DNA sequence, we constructed a plasmid clone to explore this bleomycin cleavage preference. By systematic variation of single nucleotides in the 5'-RTGT*AY sequence, we were able to investigate the effect of nucleotide changes on bleomycin cleavage efficiency. We observed that the preferred consensus DNA sequence for bleomycin cleavage in the plasmid clone was 5'-YYGT*AW (where W is A/T). The most highly cleaved sequence was 5'-TCGT*AT and, in fact, the seven most highly cleaved sequences conformed to the consensus sequence 5'-YYGT*AW. A comparison with genome-wide results was also performed and while the core sequence was similar in both environments, the surrounding nucleotides were different.
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- Shweta D Gautam
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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Zorbamycin has a different DNA sequence selectivity compared with bleomycin and analogues. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:6094-6101. [PMID: 27745992 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Bleomycin (BLM) is used clinically in combination with a number of other agents for the treatment of several types of tumours. Members of the BLM family of drugs include zorbamycin (ZBM), phleomycin D1, BLM A2 and BLM B2. By manipulating the BLM biosynthetic machinery, we have produced two new BLM analogues, BLM Z and 6'-deoxy-BLM Z, with the latter exhibiting significantly improved DNA cleavage activity. Here we determined the DNA sequence specificity of BLM Z, 6'-deoxy-BLM Z and ZBM, in comparison with BLM, with high precision using purified plasmid DNA and our recently developed technique. It was found that ZBM had a different DNA sequence specificity compared with BLM and the BLM analogues. While BLM and the BLM analogues showed a similar DNA sequence specificity, with TGTA sequences as the main site of cleavage, ZBM exhibited a distinct DNA sequence specificity, with both TGTA and TGTG as the predominant cleavage sites. These differences in DNA sequence specificity are discussed in relation to the structures of ZBM, BLM and the BLM analogues. Our findings support the strategy of manipulating the BLM biosynthetic machinery for the production of novel BLM analogues, difficult to prepare by total synthesis; some of which could have beneficial cancer chemotherapeutic properties.
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Quispe-Tintaya W, Gorbacheva T, Lee M, Makhortov S, Popov VN, Vijg J, Maslov AY. Quantitative detection of low-abundance somatic structural variants in normal cells by high-throughput sequencing. Nat Methods 2016; 13:584-6. [PMID: 27271197 PMCID: PMC4927357 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The detection and quantification of low-abundance somatic DNA mutations by high throughput sequencing is challenging because of the difficulty in distinguishing errors from true mutations. While there are several approaches available for analyzing somatic point mutations and small indels, an accurate genome-wide assessment of somatic structural variants (somSVs) in bulk DNA is still not possible. Here we present Structural Variant Search (SVS), a method to accurately detect rare somSVs by low-coverage sequencing. We demonstrate direct quantitative assessment of elevated somSV frequencies induced by known clastogenic compounds in human primary cells.
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.,Department of Genetics, Cytology, and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Applied and System Software, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Department of Genetics, Cytology, and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Yu Z, Paul R, Bhattacharya C, Bozeman TC, Rishel MJ, Hecht SM. Structural features facilitating tumor cell targeting and internalization by bleomycin and its disaccharide. Biochemistry 2015; 54:3100-9. [PMID: 25905565 PMCID: PMC4440614 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
We have shown previously that the bleomycin (BLM) carbohydrate moiety can recapitulate the tumor cell targeting effects of the entire BLM molecule, that BLM itself is modular in nature consisting of a DNA-cleaving aglycone which is delivered selectively to the interior of tumor cells by its carbohydrate moiety, and that there are disaccharides structurally related to the BLM disaccharide which are more efficient than the natural disaccharide at tumor cell targeting/uptake. Because BLM sugars can deliver molecular cargoes selectively to tumor cells, and thus potentially form the basis for a novel antitumor strategy, it seemed important to consider additional structural features capable of affecting the efficiency of tumor cell recognition and delivery. These included the effects of sugar polyvalency and net charge (at physiological pH) on tumor cell recognition, internalization, and trafficking. Since these parameters have been shown to affect cell surface recognition, internalization, and distribution in other contexts, this study has sought to define the effects of these structural features on tumor cell recognition by bleomycin and its disaccharide. We demonstrate that both can have a significant effect on tumor cell binding/internalization, and present data which suggests that the metal ions normally bound by bleomycin following clinical administration may significantly contribute to the efficiency of tumor cell uptake, in addition to their characterized function in DNA cleavage. A BLM disaccharide-Cy5** conjugate incorporating the positively charged dipeptide d-Lys-d-Lys was found to associate with both the mitochondria and the nuclear envelope of DU145 cells, suggesting possible cellular targets for BLM disaccharide-cytotoxin conjugates.
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- Zhiqiang Yu
- †Center for Bioenergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- †Center for Bioenergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- †Center for Bioenergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- †Center for Bioenergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- ‡GE Global Research, 1 Research Circle, Niskayuna, New York 12309, United States
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- †Center for Bioenergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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Biological Activities of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species: Oxidative Stress versus Signal Transduction. Biomolecules 2015; 5:472-84. [PMID: 25884116 PMCID: PMC4496681 DOI: 10.3390/biom5020472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 396] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In the past, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) were shown to cause oxidative damage to biomolecules, contributing to the development of a variety of diseases. However, recent evidence has suggested that intracellular RONS are an important component of intracellular signaling cascades. The aim of this review was to consolidate old and new ideas on the chemical, physiological and pathological role of RONS for a better understanding of their properties and specific activities. Critical consideration of the literature reveals that deleterious effects do not appear if only one primary species (superoxide radical, nitric oxide) is present in a biological system, even at high concentrations. The prerequisite of deleterious effects is the formation of highly reactive secondary species (hydroxyl radical, peroxynitrite), emerging exclusively upon reaction with another primary species or a transition metal. The secondary species are toxic, not well controlled, causing irreversible damage to all classes of biomolecules. In contrast, primary RONS are well controlled (superoxide dismutase, catalase), and their reactions with biomolecules are reversible, making them ideal for physiological/pathophysiological intracellular signaling. We assume that whether RONS have a signal transducing or damaging effect is primarily defined by their quality, being primary or secondary RONS, and only secondly by their quantity.
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Taverna Porro ML, Greenberg MM. Double-strand breaks from a radical commonly produced by DNA-damaging agents. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:810-6. [PMID: 25749510 PMCID: PMC4415041 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Double-strand
breaks are widely accepted to be the most toxic form
of DNA damage. Molecules that produce double-strand breaks via a single
chemical event are typically very cytotoxic and far less common than
those that form single-strand breaks. It was recently reported that
a commonly formed C4′-radical produces double-strand breaks
under aerobic conditions. Experiments described herein indicate that
a peroxyl radical initiates strand damage on the complementary strand
via C4′-hydrogen atom abstraction. Inferential evidence suggests
that a C3′-peroxyl radical induces complementary strand damage
more efficiently than does a C4′-peroxyl radical. Complementary
strand hydrogen atom abstraction by the peroxyl radical is efficiently
quenched by thiols. This mechanism could contribute to the higher
than expected yield of double-strand breaks produced by ionizing radiation.
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- Marisa L Taverna Porro
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Madathil MM, Bhattacharya C, Yu Z, Paul R, Rishel MJ, Hecht SM. Modified bleomycin disaccharides exhibiting improved tumor cell targeting. Biochemistry 2014; 53:6800-10. [PMID: 25272367 PMCID: PMC4222530 DOI: 10.1021/bi501102z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The bleomycins (BLMs) are a family of antitumor antibiotics used clinically for anticancer chemotherapy. Their antitumor selectivity derives at least in part from their ability to target tumor cells, a property that resides in the carbohydrate moiety of the antitumor agent. In earlier studies, we have demonstrated that the tumor cell selectivity resides in the mannose carbamoyl moiety of the BLM saccharide and that both the BLM disaccharide and monosaccharide containing the carbamoyl moiety were capable of the delivery/uptake of a conjugated cyanine dye into cultured cancer cell lines. Presently, the nature of the participation of the carbamoyl moiety has been explored further to provide compounds of utility for defining the nature of the mechanism of tumor cell recognition and uptake by BLM saccharides and in the hope that more efficient compounds could be identified. A library of seven disaccharide-Cy5** dye conjugates was prepared that are structural analogues of the BLM disaccharide. These differed from the natural BLM disaccharide in the position, orientation, and substitution of the carbamoyl group. Studies of these compounds in four matched sets of tumor and normal cell lines revealed a few that were both tumor cell selective and internalized 2-4-fold more efficiently than the natural BLM disaccharide.
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- Manikandadas M Madathil
- Center for Bioenergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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Schroeder BR, Ghare MI, Bhattacharya C, Paul R, Yu Z, Zaleski PA, Bozeman TC, Rishel MJ, Hecht SM. The disaccharide moiety of bleomycin facilitates uptake by cancer cells. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:13641-56. [PMID: 25184545 PMCID: PMC4183664 DOI: 10.1021/ja507255g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The disaccharide moiety is responsible
for the tumor cell targeting
properties of bleomycin (BLM). While the aglycon (deglycobleomycin)
mediates DNA cleavage in much the same fashion as bleomycin, it exhibits
diminished cytotoxicity in comparison to BLM. These findings suggested
that BLM might be modular in nature, composed of tumor-seeking and
tumoricidal domains. To explore this possibility, BLM analogues were
prepared in which the disaccharide moiety was attached to deglycobleomycin
at novel positions, namely, via the threonine moiety or C-terminal
substituent. The analogues were compared with BLM and deglycoBLM for
DNA cleavage, cancer cell uptake, and cytotoxic activity. BLM is more
potent than deglycoBLM in supercoiled plasmid DNA relaxation, while
the analogue having the disaccharide on threonine was less active
than deglycoBLM and the analogue containing the C-terminal disaccharide
was slightly more potent. While having unexceptional DNA cleavage
potencies, both glycosylated analogues were more cytotoxic to cultured
DU145 prostate cancer cells than deglycoBLM. Dye-labeled conjugates
of the cytotoxic BLM aglycons were used in imaging experiments to
determine the extent of cell uptake. The rank order of internalization
efficiencies was the same as their order of cytotoxicities toward
DU145 cells. These findings establish a role for the BLM disaccharide
in tumor targeting/uptake and suggest that the disaccharide moiety
may be capable of delivering other cytotoxins to cancer cells. While
the mechanism responsible for uptake of the BLM disaccharide selectively
by tumor cells has not yet been established, data are presented which
suggest that the metabolic shift to glycolysis in cancer cells may
provide the vehicle for selective internalization.
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- Benjamin R Schroeder
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Tang C, Paul A, Alam MP, Roy B, Wilson WD, Hecht SM. A short DNA sequence confers strong bleomycin binding to hairpin DNAs. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:13715-26. [PMID: 25188011 PMCID: PMC4183661 DOI: 10.1021/ja505733u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bleomycins A5 and B2 were used to study the
structural features in hairpin DNAs conducive to strong BLM–DNA
interaction. Two members of a 10-hairpin DNA library previously found
to bind most tightly to these BLMs were subsequently noted to share
the sequence 5′-ACGC (complementary strand sequence 5′-GCGT).
Each underwent double-strand cleavage at five sites within, or near,
an eight base pair region of the DNA duplex which had been randomized
to create the original library. A new hairpin DNA library was selected
based on affinity for immobilized Fe(III)·BLM A5.
Two of the 30 newly identified DNAs also contained the sequence 5′-ACGC/5′-GCGT.
These DNAs bound to the Fe(II)·BLMs more tightly than any DNA
characterized previously. Surface plasmon resonance confirmed tight
Fe(III)·BLM B2 binding and gave an excellent fit for
a 1:1 binding model, implying the absence of significant secondary
binding sites. Fe(II)·BLM A5 was used to assess sites
of double-strand DNA cleavage. Both hairpin DNAs underwent double-strand
cleavage at five sites within or near the original randomized eight
base region. For DNA 12, four of the five double-strand
cleavages involved independent single-strand cleavage reactions; DNA 13 underwent double-strand DNA cleavage by independent single-strand
cleavages at all five sites. DNA 14, which bound Fe·BLM
poorly, was converted to a strong binder (DNA 15) by
insertion of the sequence 5′-ACGC/5′-GCGT. These findings
reinforce the idea that tighter DNA binding by Fe·BLM leads to
increased double-strand cleavage by a novel mechanism and identify
a specific DNA motif conducive to strong BLM binding and cleavage.
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- Chenhong Tang
- Center for BioEnergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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In a recent study, we described the enhanced double-strand cleavage of hairpin DNAs by Fe·bleomycin (Fe·BLM) that accompanies increasingly strong binding of this antitumor agent and suggested that this effect may be relevant to the mechanism by which BLM mediates its antitumor effects. Because the DNA in tumor cells is known to be hypomethylated on cytidine relative to that in normal cells, it seemed of interest to study the possible effects of methylation status on BLM-induced double-strand DNA cleavage. Three hairpin DNAs found to bind strongly to bleomycin, and their methylated counterparts, were used to study the effect of methylation on bleomycin-induced DNA degradation. Under conditions of limited DNA cleavage, there was a significant overall decrease in the cleavage of methylated hairpin DNAs. Cytidine methylation was found to result in decreased BLM-induced cleavage at the site of methylation and to result in enhanced cleavage at adjacent nonmethylated sites. For two of the three hairpin DNAs studied, methylation was accompanied by a dramatic decrease in the binding affinity for Fe·BLM, suggesting the likelihood of diminished double-strand cleavage. The source of the persistent binding of BLM by the third hairpin DNA was identified. Also identified was the probable molecular mechanism for diminished binding and cleavage of the methylated DNAs by BLM. The possible implications of these findings for the antitumor selectivity of bleomycin are discussed.
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- Basab Roy
- Center for BioEnergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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Bhattacharya C, Yu Z, Rishel MJ, Hecht SM. The carbamoylmannose moiety of bleomycin mediates selective tumor cell targeting. Biochemistry 2014; 53:3264-6. [PMID: 24811347 PMCID: PMC4038340 DOI: 10.1021/bi500482q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recently,
we reported that both bleomycin (BLM) and its disaccharide,
conjugated to the cyanine dye Cy5**, bound selectively to cancer cells.
Thus, the disaccharide moiety alone recapitulates the tumor cell targeting
properties of BLM. Here, we demonstrate that the conjugate of the
BLM carbamoylmannose moiety with Cy5** showed tumor cell selective
binding and also enhanced cellular uptake in most cancer cell lines.
The carbamoyl functionality was required for tumor cell targeting.
A dye conjugate prepared from a trivalent cluster of carbamoylmannose
exhibited levels of tumor cell binding and internalization significantly
greater than those of the simple carbamoylmannose–dye conjugate,
consistent with a possible multivalent receptor.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chandrabali Bhattacharya
- Center for BioEnergetics, Biodesign Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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