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Xia Z, Kondhare D, Budow-Busse S, Leonard P, Seela F. 7-Deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanosine, a Noncanonical Nucleoside for Nucleic Acid Code Expansion and New DNA Constructs: Nucleobase Functionalization of Inverse Watson-Crick and Purine-Purine Base Pairs. Bioconjug Chem 2024; 35:1233-1250. [PMID: 39088564 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00290] [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: 08/03/2024]
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7-Deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanosine forms stable inverse Watson-Crick base pairs with 5-methyl-2'-deoxyisocytidine and purine-purine base pairs with 2'-deoxyguanosine or 5-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine. Both base pairs expand the genetic coding system. The manuscript reports on the functionalization of these base pairs with halogen atoms and clickable side chains introduced at 7-position of the 7-deazapurine base. Oligonucleotides containing the functionalized base pairs were prepared by solid-phase synthesis. To this end, a series of phosphoramidites were synthesized and clickable side chains with short and long linkers were incorporated in oligonucleotides. Fluorescent pyrene conjugates were obtained by postmodification. Functionalization of DNA with a single inverse Watson-Crick base pair by halogens or clickable residues has only a minor impact on duplex stability. Pyrene click adducts increase (long linker) or decrease (short linker) the double helix stability. Stable hybrid duplexes were constructed containing three consecutive purine-purine pairs of 7-functionalized 7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanine with guanine or 5-aza-7-deazaguanine in the center and Watson-Crick pairs at both ends. The incorporation of a hybrid base pair tract of 7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanosine/5-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine pairs stabilizes the double helix strongly. Fluorescence intensity of pyrene short linker adducts increased when the 7-deazapurine base was positioned opposite to 5-methylisocytosine (inverse base pair) compared to purine-purine base pairs with guanine or 5-aza-7-deazaguanine in opposite positions. For long liker adducts, the situation is more complex. Circular dichroism (CD) spectra of purine DNA differ to those of Watson-Crick double helices and are indicative for the new DNA constructs. The impact of 7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanine base pair functionalization is studied for the first time and all experimental details are reported to prepare DNA functionalized at the 7-deazaisoguanine site. The influence of single and multiple incorporations on DNA structure and stability is shown. Clickable residues introduced at the 7-position of the 7-deazaisoguanine base provide handles for Huisgen-Sharpless-Meldal click cycloadditions without harming the stability of purine-pyrimidine and purine-purine base pairs. Other chemistries might be used for bioconjugation. Our investigation paves the way for the functionalization of a new DNA related recognition system expanding the common Watson-Crick regime.
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- Zhenqiang Xia
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Geppert M, Jellinek K, Linseis M, Bodensteiner M, Geppert J, Unterlass MM, Winter RF. Dual Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Emissions from Dye-Modified ( NCN)-Bismuth Pincer Thiolate Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:14876-14888. [PMID: 39078292 PMCID: PMC11323247 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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We report the synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of four new dye-modified (NCN)Bi pincer complexes with two mercaptocoumarin or mercaptopyrene ligands. Their photophysical properties were probed by UV/vis spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) studies, and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations. Absorption spectra of the complexes are dominated by mixed pyrene or coumarin π → π*/n(pS) → pyrene or coumarin π* transitions. While unstable toward reductive elimination of the corresponding disulfide under irradiation at room temperature, the complexes provide stable emissions at 77 K. Under these conditions, coumarin complexes 2 and 4 exhibit exclusively green phosphorescence at 508 nm. In contrast, the emissive properties of pyrene complexes 1 and 3 depend on the excitation wavelength and on sample concentration. Irradiation into the lowest-energy absorption band exclusively triggers red phosphorescence from the pyrenyl residues at 640 nm. At concentrations c < 1 μM, excitation into higher excited electronic states results in blue pyrene fluorescence. With increasing c (1-100 μM), the emission profile changes to dual fluorescence and phosphorescence emission, with a steady increase of the phosphorescence intensity, until at c ≥ 1 mM only red phosphorescence ensues. Progressive red-shifts and broadening of steady-state excitation spectra with increasing sample concentration suggest the presence of static excimers, as we observe it for concentrated solutions of pyrene. Crystalline and powdered samples of 1 indeed show intermolecular association through π-stacking. TD-DFT calculations on model dimers and a tetramer of 1 support the idea of aggregation-induced intersystem crossing (AI-ISC) as the underlying reason for this behavior.
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- Marcel Geppert
- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Krebs J, Brändler L, Krummenacher I, Friedrich A, Braunschweig H, Finze M, Curchod BFE, Marder TB. Synthesis, Photophysical and Electronic Properties of a D-π-A Julolidine-Like Pyrenyl-o-Carborane. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401704. [PMID: 38758081 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401704] [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: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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We synthesized 2-(1-1,2-dicarbadodecaboranyl(12))-6,6,12,12-tetramethyl-7,8,11,12-tetrahydro-6H,10H-phenaleno[1,9-fg]pyrido[3,2,1-ij]quinoline (4), a julolidine-like pyrenyl-o-carborane, with pyrene substituted at the 2,7-positions on the HOMO/LUMO nodal plane. Using solid state molecular structures, photophysical data, cyclic voltammetry, DFT and LR-TDDFT calculations, we compare o-carborane and B(Mes)2 (Mes=2,4,6-Me3C6H2) as acceptor groups. Whereas the π-acceptor strength of B(Mes)2 is sufficient to drop the pyrene LUMO+1 below the LUMO, the carborane does not do this. We confirm the π-donor strength of the julolidine-like moiety, however, which raises the pyrene HOMO-1 above the HOMO. In contrast to the analogous pyrene-2-yl-o-carborane, 2-(1-1,2-dicarbadodecaboranyl(12))-pyrene VI, which exhibits dual fluorescence, because the rate of internal conversion between locally-excited (LE) and charge transfer (CT) (from the pyrene to the carborane) states is faster than the radiative decay rate, leading to a thermodynamic equilibrium between the 2 states, 4 shows only single fluorescence, as the CT state involving the carborane as the acceptor moiety in not kinetically accessible, so a more localized CT emission involving the julolidine-like pyrene moiety is observed.
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- Johannes Krebs
- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Dalal A, Bodak S, Babu SA. Picolinamide-assisted ortho-C-H functionalization of pyrenylglycine derivatives using aryl iodides. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:1279-1298. [PMID: 38258893 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01731a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Chemical transformations involving the pyrenylglycine motif (an unnatural amino acid) and practical methods toward it are seldom known. This work aimed at developing a method for synthesizing novel pyrenylglycine (pyrene-based glycine) unnatural amino acid derivatives. To realize this, initially, a new pyrenylglycine substrate possessing the picolinamide moiety was assembled via the Ugi multicomponent reaction. The picolinamide moiety linked to amine substrates is a well-known bidentate directing group for accomplishing the site-selective γ-C-H functionalization of amines. Subsequently, it was aimed at using a Pd(II)-catalyzed bidentate directing group-aided γ-C-H arylation strategy for generating a wide range of unprecedented examples of C(2)-H arylated pyrenylglycines. Accordingly, pyrenylglycine possessing the picolinamide moiety was subjected to Pd(II)-catalyzed C(2)-H arylation in the non-K-region to afford a library of C(2)-arylated pyrenylglycines (π-extended pyrenes). Additionally, pyrenylglycine-based small peptides were assembled using C(2)-arylated pyrenylglycines. The X-ray structure of a representative compound was obtained, which corroborated the structure of pyrenylglycine and the regioselectivity of C(2)-H arylation of the pyrene in the non-K-region.
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- Arup Dalal
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Manauli P.O., Punjab, 140306, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Manauli P.O., Punjab, 140306, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Manauli P.O., Punjab, 140306, India.
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Xia Z, Kondhare D, Chandankar SS, Ingale SA, Leonard P, Seela F. Nucleobase-Functionalized 7-Deazaisoguanine and 7-Deazapurin-2,6-diamine Nucleosides: Halogenation, Cross-Coupling, and Cycloaddition. J Org Chem 2024; 89:1807-1822. [PMID: 38227281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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The functionalization in position-7 of 7-deazaisoguanine and 7-deazapurin-2,6-diamine ribo- and 2'-deoxyribonucleosides by halogen atoms (chloro, bromo, iodo), and clickable alkynyl and vinyl side chains for copper-catalyzed and copper-free cycloadditions is described. Problems arising during the synthesis of the 7-iodinated isoguanine ribo- and 2'-deoxyribonucleosides were solved by the action of acetone. The impact of side chains and halogen atoms on the pKa values and hydrophobicity of nucleosides was investigated. Halogenated substituents increase the lipophilic character of nucleosides in the order Cl < Br < I and decrease the pK values of protonation. Photophysical properties (fluorescence, solvatochromism, and quantum yields) of azide-alkyne click adducts bearing pyrene as sensor groups were determined. Pyrene fluorescence was solvent-dependent and changed according to the linker lengths. Excimer emission was observed in dioxane for the long linker adduct. Bioorthogonal inverse-electron-demanding Diels-Alder cycloadditions (iEDDA) were conducted on the electron-rich vinyl groups of 7-deazaisoguanine and 7-deazapurin-2,6-diamine nucleosides as dienophiles and 3,6-dipyridyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine as diene. The initially formed complex reaction mixture of isomers could be easily oxidized with iodine in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/pyridine leading to single aromatic tetrazine adducts within a short time and in excellent yields.
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- Zhenqiang Xia
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Hancock AC, Goerigk L. Noncovalently bound excited-state dimers: a perspective on current time-dependent density functional theory approaches applied to aromatic excimer models. RSC Adv 2023; 13:35964-35984. [PMID: 38090083 PMCID: PMC10712016 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra07381e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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Excimers are supramolecular systems whose binding strength is influenced by many factors that are ongoing challenges for computational methods, such as charge transfer, exciton coupling, and London dispersion interactions. Treating the various intricacies of excimer binding at an adequate level is expected to be particularly challenging for time-dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) methods. In addition to well-known limitations for some TD-DFT methods in the description of charge transfer or exciton coupling, the inherent London dispersion problem from ground-state DFT translates to TD-DFT. While techniques to appropriately treat dispersion in DFT are well-developed for electronic ground states, these dispersion corrections remain largely untested for excited states. Herein, we aim to shed light on current TD-DFT methods, including some of the newest developments. The binding of four model excimers is studied across nine density functionals with and without the application of additive dispersion corrections against a wave function reference of SCS-CC2/CBS(3,4) quality, which approximates select CCSDR(3)/CBS data adequately. To our knowledge, this is the first study that presents single-reference wave function dissociation curves at the complete basis set level for the assessed model systems. It is also the first time range-separated double-hybrid density functionals are applied to excimers. In fact, those functionals turn out to be the most promising for the description of excimer binding followed by global double hybrids. Range-separated and global hybrids-particularly with large fractions of Fock exchange-are outperformed by double hybrids and yield worse dissociation energies and inter-molecular equilibrium distances. The deviation between each assessed functional and reference increases with system size, most likely due to missing dispersion interactions. Additive dispersion corrections of the DFT-D3(BJ) and DFT-D4 types reduce the average errors for TD-DFT methods but do so inconsistently and therefore do not offer a black-box solution in their ground-state parametrised form. The lack of appropriate description of dispersion effects for TD-DFT methods is likely hindering the practical application of the herein identified more efficient methods. Dispersion corrections parametrised for excited states appear to be an important next step to improve the applicability of TD-DFT methods and we hope that our work assists with the future development of such corrections.
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- Amy C Hancock
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Parkville Australia +61-(0)3-8344 6784
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Parkville Australia +61-(0)3-8344 6784
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Kowalski K. Synthesis and chemical transformations of glycol nucleic acid (GNA) nucleosides. Bioorg Chem 2023; 141:106921. [PMID: 37871392 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Xeno nucleic acids (XNA) are an increasingly important class of hypermodified nucleic acids with great potential in bioorganic chemistry and synthetic biology. Glycol nucleic acid (GNA) is constructed from a three-carbon 1,2-propanediol (propylene glycol) backbone attached to a nucleobase entity, representing the simplest known XNA. This review is intended to present GNA nucleosides from a synthetic chemistry perspective-a perspective that serves as a starting point for biological studies. Therefore this account focuses on synthetic methods for GNA nucleoside synthesis, as well as their postsynthetic chemical transformations. The properties and biological activity of GNA constituents are also highlighted. A literature survey shows four major approaches toward GNA nucleoside scaffold synthesis. These approaches pertain to glycidol ring-opening, Mitsunobu, SN2, and dihydroxylation reactions. The general arsenal of reactions used in GNA chemistry is versatile and encompasses the Sonogashira reaction, Michael addition, silyl-Hilbert-Johnson reaction, halogenation, alkylation, cyclization, Rh-catalyzed N-allylation, Sharpless catalytic dihydroxylation, and Yb(OTf)3-catalyzed etherification. Additionally, various phosphorylation reactions have enabled the synthesis of diverse types of GNA nucleotides, dinucleoside phosphates, phosphordiamidites, and oligos. Furthermore, recent advances in GNA chemistry have resulted in the synthesis of previously unknown redox-active (ferrocenyl) and luminescent (pyrenyl and phenanthrenyl) GNA nucleosides, which are also covered in this review.
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- Konrad Kowalski
- University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Tamka 12, PL-91403 Lodz, Poland.
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Mathur D, Díaz SA, Hildebrandt N, Pensack RD, Yurke B, Biaggne A, Li L, Melinger JS, Ancona MG, Knowlton WB, Medintz IL. Pursuing excitonic energy transfer with programmable DNA-based optical breadboards. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:7848-7948. [PMID: 37872857 PMCID: PMC10642627 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00936a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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DNA nanotechnology has now enabled the self-assembly of almost any prescribed 3-dimensional nanoscale structure in large numbers and with high fidelity. These structures are also amenable to site-specific modification with a variety of small molecules ranging from drugs to reporter dyes. Beyond obvious application in biotechnology, such DNA structures are being pursued as programmable nanoscale optical breadboards where multiple different/identical fluorophores can be positioned with sub-nanometer resolution in a manner designed to allow them to engage in multistep excitonic energy-transfer (ET) via Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) or other related processes. Not only is the ability to create such complex optical structures unique, more importantly, the ability to rapidly redesign and prototype almost all structural and optical analogues in a massively parallel format allows for deep insight into the underlying photophysical processes. Dynamic DNA structures further provide the unparalleled capability to reconfigure a DNA scaffold on the fly in situ and thus switch between ET pathways within a given assembly, actively change its properties, and even repeatedly toggle between two states such as on/off. Here, we review progress in developing these composite materials for potential applications that include artificial light harvesting, smart sensors, nanoactuators, optical barcoding, bioprobes, cryptography, computing, charge conversion, and theranostics to even new forms of optical data storage. Along with an introduction into the DNA scaffolding itself, the diverse fluorophores utilized in these structures, their incorporation chemistry, and the photophysical processes they are designed to exploit, we highlight the evolution of DNA architectures implemented in the pursuit of increased transfer efficiency and the key lessons about ET learned from each iteration. We also focus on recent and growing efforts to exploit DNA as a scaffold for assembling molecular dye aggregates that host delocalized excitons as a test bed for creating excitonic circuits and accessing other quantum-like optical phenomena. We conclude with an outlook on what is still required to transition these materials from a research pursuit to application specific prototypes and beyond.
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- Divita Mathur
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 44106, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
- Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, L8S 4L7, Canada
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- Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
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- Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
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- Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
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- Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
- Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, USA
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- Electronics Science and Technology Division, Code 6800, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Electronics Science and Technology Division, Code 6800, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
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- Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, USA.
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Jurković M, Radić Stojković M, Božinović K, Nestić D, Majhen D, Delgado-Pinar E, Inclán M, García-España E, Piantanida I. Novel Tripodal Polyamine Tris-Pyrene: DNA/RNA Binding and Photodynamic Antiproliferative Activity. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2197. [PMID: 37765167 PMCID: PMC10536304 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15092197] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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A novel tri-pyrene polyamine (TAL3PYR) bearing net five positive charges at biorelevant conditions revealed strong intramolecular interactions in aqueous medium between pyrenes, characterised by pronounced excimer fluorescence. A novel compound revealed strong binding to ds-DNA and ds-RNA, along with pronounced thermal stabilisation of DNA/RNA and extensive changes in DNA/RNA structure, as evidenced by circular dichroism. New dye caused pronounced ds-DNA or ds-RNA condensation, which was attributed to a combination of electrostatic interactions between 5+ charge of dye and negatively charged polynucleotide backbone, accompanied by aromatic and hydrophobic interactions of pyrenes within polynucleotide grooves. New dye also showed intriguing antiproliferative activity, strongly enhanced upon photo-induced activation of pyrenes, and is thus a promising lead compound for theranostic applications on ds-RNA or ds-DNA targets, applicable as a new strategy in cancer and gene therapy.
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- Marta Jurković
- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (M.J.); (M.R.S.)
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (M.J.); (M.R.S.)
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (K.B.); (D.N.); (D.M.)
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (K.B.); (D.N.); (D.M.)
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (K.B.); (D.N.); (D.M.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science, University of Valencia, Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (E.D.-P.); (M.I.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science, University of Valencia, Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (E.D.-P.); (M.I.)
- Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU), 46002 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science, University of Valencia, Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (E.D.-P.); (M.I.)
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (M.J.); (M.R.S.)
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Liu L, Xiong M, Rong Q, Zhang M, Zhang X. Nucleic acid sensors in vivo: challenges and opportunities. VIEW 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/viw.20220064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. The Base Pairs of Isoguanine and 8-Aza-7-deazaisoguanine with 5-Methylisocytosine as Targets for DNA Functionalization. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:422-432. [PMID: 36735859 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The isoguanine-isocytosine base pair (isoG-isoC) represents an important expansion of the DNA coding system. The base pair is more stable than the canonical adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine pairs. However, nothing is known on the functionalization of the noncanonical isoG-isoC pair at the isoguanine site. In this work, functionalization of the isoG-isoC and the isosteric base pair that contains 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine in place of isoguanine is studied. Short ethynyl, more space demanding octadiynyl, and dendritic tripropargylamine residues attached to the isoG-isoC base pairs were introduced to oligonucleotides. 12-mer duplexes were formed by hybridization with single base pair modification. The use of the two modified nucleobases gave us the freedom to shift nucleobase substituents within the major groove of double helical DNA. Clickable side chains at position-7 stabilize the base pair, whereas 8-substituents reduce its stability strongly. The weak isoguanine-thymine or 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine-thymine base pairs show a similar sensitivity to the position of nucleobase functionalization as base pair matches formed with 5-methylisocytosine. CD spectra of all modified duplexes display the typical shape of a B-DNA with only marginal changes. Fluorescent pyrene labeled DNA with long, short, and branched linkers was generated using click chemistry. Pyrene click adducts with long linkers are essential to maintain or to increase base pair stability. Labeled duplexes are more fluorescent than corresponding single strands. For the dendritic linker excimer emission was observed for single strands but only monomer emission in duplexes.
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- Dasharath Kondhare
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Monchaud D. Template-Assembled Synthetic G-Quartets (TASQs): multiTASQing Molecular Tools for Investigating DNA and RNA G-Quadruplex Biology. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:350-362. [PMID: 36662540 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Biomimetics is defined as a "practice of making technological design that copies natural processes", with the idea that "nature has already solved the challenges we are trying to solve" (Cambridge Dictionary). The challenge we decided to address several years ago was the selective targeting of G quadruplexes (G4s) by small molecules (G4 ligands). Why? Because G4s, which are four-stranded DNA and RNA structures that fold from guanine (G)-rich sequences, are suspected to play key biological roles in human cells and diseases. Selective G4 ligands can thus be used as small-molecule modulators to gain a deep understanding of cell circuitry where G4s are involved, thus complying with the very definition of chemical biology (Stuart Schreiber) applied here to G4 biology. How? Following a biomimetic approach that hinges on the observation that G4s are stable secondary structures owing to the ability of Gs to self-associate to form G quartets, and then of G quartets to self-stack to form the columnar core of G4s. Therefore, using a synthetic G quartet as a G4 ligand represents a unique example of biomimetic recognition of G4s.We formulated this hypothesis more than a decade ago, stepping on years of research on Gs, G4s, and G4 ligands. Our approach led to the design, synthesis, and use of a broad family of synthetic G quartets, also referred to as TASQs for template-assembled synthetic G quartets (John Sherman). This quest led us across various chemical lands (organic and supramolecular chemistry, chemical biology, and genetics), along a route on which every new generation of TASQ was a milestone in the growing portfolio of ever smarter molecular tools to decipher G4 biology. As discussed in this Account, we detail how and why we successively develop the very first prototypes of (i) biomimetic ligands, which interact with G4s according to a bioinspired, like-likes-like interaction between two G quartets, one from the ligand, the other from the G4; (ii) smart ligands, which adopt their active conformation only in the presence of their G4 targets; (iii) twice-as-smart ligands, which act as both smart ligands and smart fluorescent probes, whose fluorescence is triggered (turned on) upon interaction with their G4 targets; and (iv) multivalent ligands, which display additional functionalities enabling the detection, isolation, and identification of G4s both in vitro and in vivo. This quest led us to gather a panel of 14 molecular tools which were used to investigate the biology of G4s at a cellular level, from basic optical imaging to multiomics studies.
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- David Monchaud
- ICMUB, CNRS UMR6302, Université de Bourgogne, 21078 Dijon, France
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Zhang A, Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. DNA Strand Displacement with Base Pair Stabilizers: Purine-2,6-Diamine and 8-Aza-7-Bromo-7-Deazapurine-2,6-Diamine Oligonucleotides Invade Canonical DNA and New Fluorescent Pyrene Click Sensors Monitor the Reaction. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202412. [PMID: 36178316 PMCID: PMC10100337 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202412] [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: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Purine-2,6-diamine and 8-aza-7-deaza-7-bromopurine-2,6-diamine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides (1 and 2) were implemented in isothermal DNA strand displacement reactions. Nucleoside 1 is a weak stabilizer of dA-dT base pairs, nucleoside 2 evokes strong stabilization. Strand displacement reactions used single-stranded invaders with single and multiple incorporations of stabilizers. Displacement is driven by negative enthalpy changes between target and displaced duplex. Toeholds are not required. Two new environmental sensitive fluorescent pyrene sensors were developed to monitor the progress of displacement reactions. Pyrene was connected to the nucleobase in the invader or to a dendritic linker in the output strand. Both new sensors were constructed by click chemistry; phosphoramidites and oligonucleotides were prepared. Sensors show monomer or excimer emission. Fluorescence intensity changes when the displacement reaction progresses. Our work demonstrates that strand displacement with base pair stabilizers is applicable to DNA, RNA and to related biopolymers with applications in chemical biology, nanotechnology and medicinal diagnostics.
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- Aigui Zhang
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069, Osnabrück, Germany
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Chen Y. Recent Advances in Excimer-Based Fluorescence Probes for Biological Applications. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27238628. [PMID: 36500722 PMCID: PMC9741103 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The fluorescent probe is a powerful tool for biological sensing and optical imaging, which can directly display analytes at the molecular level. It provides not only direct visualization of biological structures and processes, but also the capability of drug delivery systems regarding the target therapy. Conventional fluorescent probes are mainly based on monomer emission which has two distinguishing shortcomings in practice: small Stokes shifts and short lifetimes. Compared with monomer-based emission, excimer-based fluorescent probes have large Stokes shifts and long lifetimes which benefit biological applications. Recent progress in excimer-based fluorescent sensors (organic small molecules only) for biological applications are highlighted in this review, including materials and mechanisms as well as their representative applications. The progress suggests that excimer-based fluorescent probes have advantages and potential for bioanalytical applications.
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- Yi Chen
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, TIPC, CAS, Beijing 100190, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Para-N-Methylpyridinium Pyrenes: Impact of Positive Charge on ds-DNA/RNA and Protein Recognition, Photo-Induced Bioactivity, and Intracellular Localisation. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14112499. [PMID: 36432689 PMCID: PMC9696974 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The 2- and 2,7- substituted para-N-methylpyridinium pyrene cations show high-affinity intercalation into ds-DNAs, whereas their non-methylated analogues interacted with ds-DNA/RNA only in the protonated form (at pH 5), but not at physiological conditions (pH 7). The fluorescence from non-methylated analogues was strongly dependent on the protonation of the pyridines; consequently, they act as fluorescence ratiometric probes for simultaneous detection of both ds-DNA and BSA at pH 5, relying on the ratio between intensities at 420 nm (BSA specific) and 520 nm (DNA specific), whereby exclusively ds-DNA sensing could be switched-off by adjustment to pH 7. Only methylated, permanently charged pyrenes show photoinduced cleavage of circular DNA, attributed to pyrene-mediated irradiation-induced production of singlet oxygen. Consequently, the moderate toxicity of these cations against human cell lines is strongly increased upon irradiation. Detailed studies revealed increased total ROS production in cells treated by the compounds studied, accompanied by cell swelling and augmentation of cellular complexity. The most photo-active 2-para-N-methylpyridinium pyrene showed significant localization at mitochondria, its photo-bioactivity likely due to mitochondrial DNA damage. Other derivatives were mostly non-selectively distributed between various cytoplasmic organelles, thus being less photoactive.
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Hao J, Cao D, Zhao Q, Zhang D, Wang H. Intramolecular Folding of PolyT Oligonucleotides Induced by Cooperative Binding of Silver(I) Ions. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27227842. [PMID: 36431941 PMCID: PMC9694225 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ag+-bridged T-Ag+-T was recently discovered in a Ag+-DNA nanowire crystal, but it was reported that Ag+ had little to no affinity to T nucleobases and T-rich oligonucleotides in solution. Therefore, the binding mode for the formation of this type of novel metallo base pair in solution is elusive. Herein, we demonstrate that Ag+ can interact with polyT oligonucleotides once the concentration of Ag+ in solution exceeds a threshold value. The threshold value is independent of the concentration of the polyT oligonucleotide but is inversely proportional to the length of the polyT oligonucleotide. The polyT oligonucleotides are intramolecularly folded due to their positively cooperative formation and the stack of T-Ag+-T base pairs, resulting in the 5'- and 3'-ends being in close proximity to each other. The intramolecular Ag+-folded polyT oligonucleotide has a higher thermal stability than the duplex and can be reversibly modulated by cysteine.
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- Jinghua Hao
- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-10-62849611; Fax: +86-10-62849600
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Non-Coding RNAs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. LIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/livers2030017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Liver cancer ranks as the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Despite extensive research efforts aiming to evaluate the biological mechanisms underlying hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development, little has been translated towards new diagnostic and treatment options for HCC patients. Historically, the focus has been centered on coding RNAs and their respective proteins. However, significant advances in sequencing and RNA detection technologies have shifted the research focus towards non-coding RNAs (ncRNA), as well as their impact on HCC development and progression. A number of studies reported complex post-transcriptional interactions between various ncRNA and coding RNA molecules. These interactions offer insights into the role of ncRNAs in both the known pathways leading to oncogenesis, such as dysregulation of p53, and lesser-known mechanisms, such as small nucleolar RNA methylation. Studies investigating these mechanisms have identified prevalent ncRNA changes in microRNAs, snoRNAs, and long non-coding RNAs that can both pre- and post-translationally regulate key factors in HCC progression. In this review, we present relevant publications describing ncRNAs to summarize the impact of different ncRNA species on liver cancer development and progression and to evaluate recent attempts at clinical translation.
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Zhao L, Ahmed F, Xiong H. An excimer ‘ON OFF’ switch based on telomeric G-quadruplex and rGO for trace thrombin detection. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kondhare D, Zhang A, Leonard P, Seela F. DNA with Purine-Purine Base Pairs: Size and Position of Isoguanine and 8-Aza-7-deazaisoguanine Clickable Residues Control the Molecular Recognition of Guanine and 5-Aza-7-deazaguanine. J Org Chem 2022; 87:10630-10650. [PMID: 35948421 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Purine-purine base pairs represent an alternative recognition system to the purine-pyrimidine pairing reported by Watson and Crick. Modified purines are the source for non-canonical interactions. To mimic dG-dC interactions, 2'-deoxyisoguanosine (1a) and 8-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanosine (2a) are used to construct base pairs with 2'-deoxyguanosine or 5-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine (dZ). This work reports the chemical functionalization of 1a and its shape mimic 2a in purine-purine base pairs. Clickable rigid ethynyl and more flexible octadiynyl side chain derivatives of 1a and 2a were synthesized. They were protected and converted into phosphoramidites. Building blocks were employed in the synthesis of base-modified 12-mer oligonucleotides with clickable side chains. Pyrene azide was clicked to the linkers. After hybridization, oligonucleotides with purine-purine base pairs were constructed with linkers and pyrene adducts at position-8 of isoguanine and at position-7 of 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine. Recognition and stability of purine-purine base pairs were explored using Tm values, thermodynamic data, and CD-spectroscopic changes. Side chains at position-7 of 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine-guanine base pairs or with 5-aza-7-deazaguanine are well accommodated in DNA, whereas functionalization at 8-position of isoguanine makes the DNA unstable. Pyrene click adducts verified the observation. In conclusion, position-7 is the place of choice for purine-purine base pair functionalization.
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- Dasharath Kondhare
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Santorelli A, Gothelf KV. Conjugation of chemical handles and functional moieties to DNA during solid phase synthesis with sulfonyl azides. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:7235-7246. [PMID: 35801866 PMCID: PMC9303310 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Labelling of oligonucleotides with dyes, targeting ligands, and other moieties has become ever more essential in life-sciences. Conventionally, modifications are introduced to oligonucleotides during solid phase synthesis by special phosphoramidites functionalised with a chemical handle or the desired functional group. In this work, we present a facile and inexpensive method to introduce modifications to oligonucleotides without the need for special phosphoramidites. Sulfonyl azides are applied to react with one or more selected phosphite intermediates during solid phase synthesis. We have prepared 11 sulfonyl azides with different chemical handles such as amine, azide, alkyne, and thiol, and we have further introduced functionalities such as pyrene, other dyes, photo-switchable azobenzenes, and a steroid. The method is compatible with current phosphoramidite-based automated oligonucleotide synthesis and serves as a simple alternative to the unstable and expensive special phosphoramidites currently used for conjugation to oligonucleotides.
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- Angel Santorelli
- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, 8000, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, 8000, Denmark
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Krošl I, Košćak M, Ribičić K, Žinić B, Majhen D, Božinović K, Piantanida I. Impact of the Histidine-Triazole and Tryptophan-Pyrene Exchange in the WHW Peptide: Cu(II) Binding, DNA/RNA Interactions and Bioactivity. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137006. [PMID: 35806009 PMCID: PMC9266797 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
Abstract
In three novel peptidoids based on the tryptophan—histidine—tryptophan (WHW) peptide, the central histidine was replaced by Ala-(triazole), and two derivatives also had one tryptophan replaced with pyrene-alkyls of different lengths and flexibility. Pyrene analogues show strong fluorescence at 480–500 nm, attributed to intramolecular exciplex formation with tryptophan. All three peptidoids bind Cu2+ cation in water with strong affinity, with Trp- Ala-(triazole)-Trp binding comparably to the parent WHW, and the pyrene analogues even stronger, demonstrating that replacement of histidine with triazole in peptides does not hamper Cu2+ coordination. The studied peptidoids strongly bind to ds-DNA and ds-RNA, whereby their complexes with Cu2+ exhibit distinctively different interactions in comparison to metal-free analogues, particularly in the stabilization of ds-DNA against thermal denaturation. The pyrene peptidoids efficiently enter living cells with no apparent cytotoxic effect, whereby their red-shifted emission compared to the parent pyrene allows intracellular confocal microscopy imaging, showing accumulation in cytoplasmic organelles. However, irradiation with 350 nm light resulted in evident antiproliferative effect on cells treated with micromolar concentrations of the pyrene analogues, presumably attributed to pyrene-induced production of singlet oxygen and consecutive cellular damage.
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- Ivona Krošl
- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.K.); (M.K.); (K.R.); (B.Ž.)
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.K.); (M.K.); (K.R.); (B.Ž.)
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.K.); (M.K.); (K.R.); (B.Ž.)
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.K.); (M.K.); (K.R.); (B.Ž.)
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (D.M.); (K.B.)
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (D.M.); (K.B.)
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.K.); (M.K.); (K.R.); (B.Ž.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +385-1-4571-326
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Hancock AC, Goerigk L. Noncovalently bound excited-state dimers: a perspective on current time-dependent density functional theory approaches applied to aromatic excimer models. RSC Adv 2022; 12:13014-13034. [PMID: 35520129 PMCID: PMC9062889 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01703b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Excimers are supramolecular systems whose binding strength is influenced by many factors that are ongoing challenges for computational methods, such as charge transfer, exciton coupling, and London dispersion interactions. Treating the various intricacies of excimer binding at an adequate level is expected to be particularly challenging for Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) methods. In addition to well-known limitations for some TD-DFT methods in the description of charge transfer or exciton coupling, the inherent London dispersion problem from ground-state DFT translates to TD-DFT. While techniques to appropriately treat dispersion in DFT are well-developed for electronic ground states, these dispersion corrections remain largely untested for excited states. Herein, we aim to shed light on current TD-DFT methods, including some of the newest developments. The binding of four model excimers is studied across nine density functionals with and without the application of additive dispersion corrections against a wave function reference of SCS-CC2/CBS(3,4) quality, which approximates select CCSDR(3)/CBS data adequately. To our knowledge, this is the first study that presents single-reference wave function dissociation curves at the complete basis set level for the assessed model systems. It is also the first time range-separated double-hybrid density functionals are applied to excimers. In fact, those functionals turn out to be the most promising for the description of excimer binding followed by global double hybrids. Range-separated and global hybrids-particularly with large fractions of Fock exchange-are outperformed by double hybrids and yield worse dissociation energies and inter-molecular equilibrium distances. The deviation between each assessed functional and reference increases with system size, most likely due to missing dispersion interactions. Additive dispersion corrections of the DFT-D3(BJ) and DFT-D4 types reduce the average errors for TD-DFT methods but do so inconsistently and therefore do not offer a black-box solution in their ground-state parametrised form. The lack of appropriate description of dispersion effects for TD-DFT methods is likely hindering the practical application of the herein identified more efficient methods. Dispersion corrections parametrised for excited states appear to be an important next step to improve the applicability of TD-DFT methods and we hope that our work assists with the future development of such corrections.
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- Amy C Hancock
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Parkville Australia +61-3-8344-6784
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Parkville Australia +61-3-8344-6784
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Masani Y, Omura Y, Tachi Y, Kozaki M. Synthesis of Triazabenzo[
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]pyrenes and Their Photophysical, Acid‐Responsive, and Electrochemical Properties. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yasufumi Masani
- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku 558-8585 Osaka Osaka Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku 558-8585 Osaka Osaka Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku 558-8585 Osaka Osaka Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku 558-8585 Osaka Osaka Japan
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Dysko A, Baker YR, McClorey G, Wood MJA, Fenner S, Williams G, El-Sagheer A, Brown T. Covalently attached intercalators restore duplex stability and splice-switching activity to triazole-modified oligonucleotides. RSC Chem Biol 2022; 3:765-772. [PMID: 35755188 PMCID: PMC9175110 DOI: 10.1039/d2cb00100d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Oligonucleotides are rapidly emerging as powerful therapeutics for hard to treat diseases. Short single-stranded oligonucleotides can base pair with target RNA and alter gene expression, providing an attractive therapeutic approach at the genetic level. Whilst conceptually appealing, oligonucleotides require chemical modification for clinical use. One emerging approach is to substitute the phosphodiester backbone with other chemical linkages such as triazole. The triazole linkage is inherently resistant to enzymatic degradation, providing stability in vivo, and is uncharged, potentially improving cell-penetration and in vivo distribution. Triazole linkages, however, are known to reduce RNA target binding affinity. Here we show that by attaching pyrene or anthraquinone to the ribose sugar on the 5′-side of the triazole, it is possible to recover duplex stability and restore the splice switching ability of triazole-containing oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides can bind to mRNA and alter gene expression, but require backbone modifications for clinical use. We show that attaching pyrene or anthraquinone to the ribose sugar next to an artificial triazole backbone restores duplex stability and splice switching ability in cells.![]()
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- Anna Dysko
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- GSK Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2NY UK
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- GSK Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2NY UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3TA UK
- Chemistry Branch Department of Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez University Suez 43721 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3TA UK
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Zhang A, Leonard P, Seela F. Anomeric DNA: Functionalization of α-D Anomers of 7-Deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine and 2'-Deoxyuridine with Clickable Side Chains and Click Adducts in Homochiral and Heterochiral Double Helices. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103872. [PMID: 34878201 PMCID: PMC9304229 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Anomeric base pairs in heterochiral DNA with strands in the α‐d and β‐d configurations and homochiral DNA with both strands in α‐d configuration were functionalized. The α‐d anomers of 2′‐deoxyuridine and 7‐deaza‐2′‐deoxyadenosine were synthesized and functionalized with clickable octadiynyl side chains. Nucleosides were protected and converted to phosphoramidites. Solid‐phase synthesis furnished 12‐mer oligonucleotides, which were hybridized. Pyrene click adducts display fluorescence, a few of them with excimer emission. Tm values and thermodynamic data revealed the following order of duplex stability α/α‐d≫β/β‐d≥α/β‐d. CD spectra disclosed that conformational changes occur during hybridization. Functionalized DNAs were modeled and energy minimized. Clickable side chains and bulky click adducts are well accommodated in the grooves of anomeric DNA. The investigation shows for the first time that anomeric DNAs can be functionalized in the same way as canonical DNA for potential applications in nucleic acid chemistry, chemical biology, and DNA material science.
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- Aigui Zhang
- Center for Nanotechnology, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, GERMANY
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- Center for Nanotechnology, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, GERMANY
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- Universität Osnabrück, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Barbarastraße 7, 49076, Osnabrück, GERMANY
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Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. Isoguanine (2-Hydroxyadenine) and 2-Aminoadenine Nucleosides with an 8-Aza-7-deazapurine Skeleton: Synthesis, Functionalization with Fluorescent and Clickable Side Chains, and Impact of 7-Substituents on Physical Properties. J Org Chem 2021; 86:14461-14475. [PMID: 34661407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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7-Functionalized 8-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanine and 8-aza-7-deaza-2-aminoadenine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides decorated with fluorescent pyrene or benzofuran sensor tags or clickable side chains with terminal triple bonds were synthesized. 8-Aza-7-deaza-7-iodo-2-amino-2'-deoxyadenosine was used as the central intermediate and was accessible by an improved two-step glycosylation/amination protocol. Functionalization of position-7 was performed either on 8-aza-7-deaza-7-iodo-2-amino-2'-deoxyadenosine followed by selective deamination of the 2-amino group or on 7-iodinated 8-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyisoguanosine. Sonogashira and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions were employed for this purpose. Octadiynyl side chains were selected as linkers for click reactions with azido pyrenes. KTaut values calculated from H2O/dioxane mixtures revealed that side chains have a significant influence on the tautomeric equilibrium. Photophysical properties (fluorescence, solvatochromism, and quantum yields) of the new 8-aza-7-deazapurine nucleosides with fluorescent side chains were determined. Remarkably, a strong excimer fluorescence in H2O was observed for pyrene dye conjugates of 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine and 2-aminoadenine nucleosides with a long linker. In other solvents including methanol, excimer fluorescence was negligible. The 2-aminoadenine and isoguanine nucleosides with the 8-aza-7-deazapurine skeleton expand the class of nucleosides applicable to fluorescence detection with respect to diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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- Dasharath Kondhare
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie Neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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A photonic dual nano-hybrid assay for detection of cell-free circulating mitochondrial DNA. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2021; 208:114441. [PMID: 34749106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Circulating cell free mitochondrial DNA (ccf-mtDNA) has emerged as a potential marker for diagnosis and prognosis of different chronic and age associated non-communicable diseases. Therefore, owing to its biomarker potential, we herein assessed a novel nano-photonic dual hybrid assay system for rapid and specific detection of ccf-mtDNA. The assay comprised of two systems, i.e. a capture and screen facet containing aminopyrene tethered carbon quantum dots for effective screening of circulating cell free nucleic acids (ccf-NAs) and a quantum dot conjugated probe for precise detection of ccf-mtDNA in the screened ccf-NAs. Our observations suggested that the developed dual-assay system possesses high feasibility and selectivity in screening of ccf-NAs and estimation of ccfmtDNA in a given sample. It also offers high versatility of measurement in different analytical platforms, indicating the translational potential of the method for possible disease risk assessment in control and field settings.
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Peterková K, Durník I, Marek R, Plavec J, Podbevšek P. c-kit2 G-quadruplex stabilized via a covalent probe: exploring G-quartet asymmetry. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:8947-8960. [PMID: 34365512 PMCID: PMC8421218 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Several sequences forming G-quadruplex are highly conserved in regulatory regions of genomes of different organisms and affect various biological processes like gene expression. Diverse G-quadruplex properties can be modulated via their interaction with small polyaromatic molecules such as pyrene. To investigate how pyrene interacts with G-rich DNAs, we incorporated deoxyuridine nucleotide(s) with a covalently attached pyrene moiety (Upy) into a model system that forms parallel G-quadruplex structures. We individually substituted terminal positions and positions in the pentaloop of the c-kit2 sequence originating from the KIT proto-oncogene with Upy and performed a detailed NMR structural study accompanied with molecular dynamic simulations. Our results showed that incorporation into the pentaloop leads to structural polymorphism and in some cases also thermal destabilization. In contrast, terminal positions were found to cause a substantial thermodynamic stabilization while preserving topology of the parent c-kit2 G-quadruplex. Thermodynamic stabilization results from π–π stacking between the polyaromatic core of the pyrene moiety and guanine nucleotides of outer G-quartets. Thanks to the prevalent overall conformation, our structures mimic the G-quadruplex found in human KIT proto-oncogene and could potentially have antiproliferative effects on cancer cells.
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- Kateřina Peterková
- Slovenian NMR Centre, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czechia.,Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czechia.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czechia
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czechia.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czechia.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czechia
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- Slovenian NMR Centre, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Trg OF 13, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Slovenian NMR Centre, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Behera SK, Park SY, Gierschner J. Duale Emission: Klassen, Mechanismen und Bedingungen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Santosh Kumar Behera
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies IMDEA Nanociencia Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco C/ Faraday 9 28049 Madrid Spanien
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Optoelectronic Materials and Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM) Department of Materials Science and Engineering Seoul National University ENG 445 Seoul 08826 Korea
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies IMDEA Nanociencia Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco C/ Faraday 9 28049 Madrid Spanien
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Dziuba D, Didier P, Ciaco S, Barth A, Seidel CAM, Mély Y. Fundamental photophysics of isomorphic and expanded fluorescent nucleoside analogues. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:7062-7107. [PMID: 33956014 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00194a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Fluorescent nucleoside analogues (FNAs) are structurally diverse mimics of the natural essentially non-fluorescent nucleosides which have found numerous applications in probing the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids as well as their interactions with various biomolecules. In order to minimize disturbance in the labelled nucleic acid sequences, the FNA chromophoric groups should resemble the natural nucleobases in size and hydrogen-bonding patterns. Isomorphic and expanded FNAs are the two groups that best meet the criteria of non-perturbing fluorescent labels for DNA and RNA. Significant progress has been made over the past decades in understanding the fundamental photophysics that governs the spectroscopic and environmentally sensitive properties of these FNAs. Herein, we review recent advances in the spectroscopic and computational studies of selected isomorphic and expanded FNAs. We also show how this information can be used as a rational basis to design new FNAs, select appropriate sequences for optimal spectroscopic response and interpret fluorescence data in FNA applications.
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- Dmytro Dziuba
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France. and Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
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Bis-Pyrene Photo-Switch Open- and Closed-Form Differently Bind to ds-DNA, ds-RNA and Serum Albumin and Reveal Light-Induced Bioactivity. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094916. [PMID: 34066402 PMCID: PMC8125568 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Newly designed and synthesized diarylethene (DAE) derivatives with aliphatic amine sidearms and one with two pyrenes, revealed excellent photo-switching property of central DAE core in MeOH and water. The only exception was bis-pyrene analogue, its DAE core very readily photochemically closed, but reversible opening completely hampered by aromatic stacking interaction of pyrene(s) with cyclic DAE. In this process, pyrene fluorescence showed to be a reliable monitoring method, an open form characterized by strong emission at 480 nm (typical for pyrene-aggregate), while closed form emitted weakly at 400 nm (typical for pyrene-DAE quenching). Only open DAE-bis-pyrene form interacted measurably with ds-DNA/RNA by flexible insertion in polynucleotide grooves, while self-stacked closed form did not bind to DNA/RNA. For the same steric reasons, flexible open DAE-bis-pyrene form was bound to at least three different binding sites at bovine serum albumin (BSA), while rigid, self-stacked closed form interacted dominantly with only one BSA site. Preliminary screening of antiproliferative activity against human lung carcinoma cell line A549 revealed that all DAE-derivatives are non-toxic. However, bis-pyrene analogue efficiently entered cells and located in the cytoplasm, whereby irradiation by light (315–400 nm) resulted in a strong, photo-induced cytotoxic effect, typical for pyrene-related singlet oxygen species production.
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Zhang A, Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. 5-Aza-7-deazaguanine-Isoguanine and Guanine-Isoguanine Base Pairs in Watson-Crick DNA: The Impact of Purine Tracts, Clickable Dendritic Side Chains, and Pyrene Adducts. Chemistry 2021; 27:7453-7466. [PMID: 33443814 PMCID: PMC8251886 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The Watson-Crick coding system depends on the molecular recognition of complementary purine and pyrimidine bases. Now, the construction of hybrid DNAs with Watson-Crick and purine-purine base pairs decorated with dendritic side chains was performed. Oligonucleotides with single and multiple incorporations of 5-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine, its tripropargylamine derivative, and 2'-deoxyisoguanosine were synthesized. Duplex stability decreased if single modified purine-purine base pairs were inserted, but increased if pyrene residues were introduced by click chemistry. A growing number of consecutive 5-aza-7-deazaguanine-isoguanine base pairs led to strong stepwise duplex stabilization, a phenomenon not observed for the guanine-isoguanine base pair. Spacious residues are well accommodated in the large groove of purine-purine DNA tracts. Changes to the global helical structure monitored by circular dichroism spectroscopy show the impact of functionalization to the global double-helix structure. This study explores new areas of molecular recognition realized by purine base pairs that are complementary in hydrogen bonding, but not in size, relative to canonical pairs.
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- Aigui Zhang
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149, Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069, Osnabrück, Germany
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Takahashi M, Tsuji N, Yazaki K, Sei Y, Obata M. A fluorescent calix[4]arene with naphthalene units at the upper rim exhibits long fluorescence emission lifetime without fluorescence quenching. RSC Adv 2021; 11:11651-11654. [PMID: 35423651 PMCID: PMC8695987 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01743h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We synthesised a new compound with four naphthyl groups in the upper rims of calix[4]arene (1). Compared to the monomer unit, compound 1 has redshifted absorption and fluorescence, together with high fluorescence quantum yield and long fluorescence lifetime, which is extremely rare because long fluorescence lifetime emission tends to reduce the quantum yield. Single-crystal X-ray analysis and quantum calculations in the S1 state revealed π-π through-space interactions between naphthalene rings.
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- Masaki Takahashi
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-4-37 Takeda Kofu 400-8510 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-4-37 Takeda Kofu 400-8510 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-4-37 Takeda Kofu 400-8510 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-4-37 Takeda Kofu 400-8510 Japan
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Funabiki K, Yamada K, Matsueda H, Arisawa Y, Agou T, Kubota Y, Inuzuka T, Wasada H. Perfluorophenyl‐Perfluorophenyl Stacking‐Promoted Aggregation‐Induced Emission Enhancement of Crystalline 5‐Aryloxy‐3
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‐Indole. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Kazumasa Funabiki
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering Ibaraki University 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa Hitachi 316-8511 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Division of Instrumental Analysis Life Science Research Center Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Policy Studies Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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Kole GK, Merz J, Amar A, Fontaine B, Boucekkine A, Nitsch J, Lorenzen S, Friedrich A, Krummenacher I, Košćak M, Braunschweig H, Piantanida I, Halet J, Müller‐Buschbaum K, Marder TB. 2- and 2,7-Substituted para-N-Methylpyridinium Pyrenes: Syntheses, Molecular and Electronic Structures, Photophysical, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Properties and Binding to Double-Stranded (ds) DNA. Chemistry 2021; 27:2837-2853. [PMID: 33231335 PMCID: PMC7898908 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Two N-methylpyridinium compounds and analogous N-protonated salts of 2- and 2,7-substituted 4-pyridyl-pyrene compounds were synthesised and their crystal structures, photophysical properties both in solution and in the solid state, electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties were studied. Upon methylation or protonation, the emission maxima are significantly bathochromically shifted compared to the neutral compounds, although the absorption maxima remain almost unchanged. As a result, the cationic compounds show very large apparent Stokes shifts of up to 7200 cm-1 . The N-methylpyridinium compounds have a single reduction at ca. -1.5 V vs. Fc/Fc+ in MeCN. While the reduction process was reversible for the 2,7-disubstituted compound, it was irreversible for the mono-substituted one. Experimental findings are complemented by DFT and TD-DFT calculations. Furthermore, the N-methylpyridinium compounds show strong interactions with calf thymus (ct)-DNA, presumably by intercalation, which paves the way for further applications of these multi-functional compounds as potential DNA-bioactive agents.
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- Goutam Kumar Kole
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
- Department of ChemistryCollege of Engineering and TechnologySRM Institute of Science and TechnologySRM NagarKattankulathurTamil Nadu603203India
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Département de ChimieFaculté des SciencesUniversité Mouloud Mammeri15000Tizi-OuzouAlgeria
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- Univ RennesEcole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de RennesCNRSInstitut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes UMR 622635000RennesFrance
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- Univ RennesEcole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de RennesCNRSInstitut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes UMR 622635000RennesFrance
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryRuđer Bošković Institute10000ZagrebCroatia
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Division of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryRuđer Bošković Institute10000ZagrebCroatia
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- Univ RennesEcole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de RennesCNRSInstitut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes UMR 622635000RennesFrance
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische ChemieJustus-Liebig-Universität GießenHeinrich-Buff-Ring 1735392GießenGermany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie andInstitute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with BoronJulius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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Geringer E, Gerhard M, Koch M, Krug CK, Gottfried JM, Dehnen S. Pyrene-Terminated Tin Sulfide Clusters: Optical Properties and Deposition on a Metal Surface. Chemistry 2021; 27:2734-2741. [PMID: 32936477 PMCID: PMC7898349 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Herein, we present the synthesis of two pyrene-functionalized clusters, [(Rpyr Sn)4 S6 ]⋅2 CH2 Cl2 (4) and [(Rpyr Sn)4 Sn2 S10 ]⋅n CH2 Cl2 (n=4, 5 a; n=2, 5 b; Rpyr =CMe2 CH2 C(Me)N-NC(H)C16 H9 ), both of which form in reactions of the organotin sulfide cluster [(RN Sn)4 S6 ] (C; RN =CMe2 CH2 C(Me)N-NH2 ) with the well-known fluorescent dye 1-pyrenecarboxaldehyde (B). In contrast, reactions using an organotin sulfide cluster with another core structure, [(RN Sn)3 S4 Cl] (A), leads to formation of small molecular fragments, [(Rpyr Cl2 Sn)2 S] (1), (pyren-1-ylmethylene)hydrazine (2), and 1,2-bis(pyren-1-ylmethylene)hydrazine (3). Besides synthesis and structures of the new compounds, we report the influence of the inorganic core on the optical properties of the dye, which was analyzed exemplarily for compound 5 a via absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. This cluster was also used for exploring the potential of such non-volatile clusters for deposition on a metal surface under vacuum conditions.
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- Eugenie Geringer
- Fachbereich Chemie und Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für, Materialwissenschaften (WZMW)Philipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Str. 435043MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Physik and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für, Materialwissenschaften (WZMW)Philipps-Universität MarburgRenthof 535032MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Physik and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für, Materialwissenschaften (WZMW)Philipps-Universität MarburgRenthof 535032MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Chemie und Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für, Materialwissenschaften (WZMW)Philipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Str. 435043MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Chemie und Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für, Materialwissenschaften (WZMW)Philipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Str. 435043MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Chemie und Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für, Materialwissenschaften (WZMW)Philipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Str. 435043MarburgGermany
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Fang Y, Dehaen W. Fluorescent Probes for Selective Recognition of Hypobromous Acid: Achievements and Future Perspectives. Molecules 2021; 26:E363. [PMID: 33445736 PMCID: PMC7828187 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in numerous pathological processes and their homeostasis facilitates the dynamic balance of intracellular redox states. Among ROS, hypobromous acid (HOBr) has a high similarity to hypochlorous acid (HOCl) in both chemical and physical properties, whereas it has received relatively little attention. Meanwhile, selective recognition of endogenous HOBr suffers great challenges due to the fact that the concentration of this molecule is much lower than that of HOCl. Fluorescence-based detection systems have emerged as very important tools to monitor biomolecules in living cells and organisms owing to distinct advantages, particularly the temporal and spatial sampling for in vivo imaging applications. To date, the development of HOBr-specific fluorescent probes is still proceeding quite slowly, and the research related to this area has not been systematically summarized. In this review, we are the first to review the progress made so far in fluorescent probes for selective recognition and detection of HOBr. The molecular structures, sensing mechanisms, and their successful applications of these probes as bioimaging agents are discussed here in detail. Importantly, we hope this review will call for more attention to this rising field, and that this could stimulate new future achievements.
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- Yuyu Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China;
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f-bus 02404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f-bus 02404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Three-way junction DNA based electrochemical biosensor for microRNAs detection with distinguishable locked nucleic acid recognition and redox cycling signal amplification. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Novopashina DS, Semikolenova OA, Venyaminova AG. 5'-Monopyrene and 5'-Bispyrene 2'-O-methyl RNA Probes for Detection of RNA Mismatches. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2063:45-56. [PMID: 31667762 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0138-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Progress in synthesis of novel fluorescent oligonucleotides has provided effective instruments for nucleic acid detection. Pyrene conjugated oligonucleotides have demonstrated their effectiveness as fluorescent hybridization probes. Here we describe the synthesis, isolation, and analysis of 5'-monopyrene and 5'-bispyrene conjugates of oligo(2'-O-methylribonucleotides) and their application as probes for fluorescent detection of mismatches in RNA targets.
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- D S Novopashina
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia. .,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Maity D. Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications. Beilstein J Org Chem 2020; 16:2971-2982. [PMID: 33335605 PMCID: PMC7722625 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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To understand the molecular interactions, present in living organisms and their environments, chemists are trying to create novel chemical tools. In this regard, peptide-based fluorescence techniques have attracted immense interest. Synthetic peptide-based fluorescent probes are advantageous over protein-based sensors, since they are synthetically accessible, more stable, and can be easily modified in a site-specific manner for selective biological applications. Peptide receptors labeled with environmentally sensitive/FRET fluorophores have allowed direct detection/monitoring of biomolecules in aqueous media and in live cells. In this review, key peptide-based approaches for different biological applications are presented.
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- Debabrata Maity
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Molenda R, Boldt S, Villinger A, Ehlers P, Langer P. Synthesis of 2-Azapyrenes and Their Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties. J Org Chem 2020; 85:12823-12842. [PMID: 32885654 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of 5,7,9-substituted 2-azapyrenes were synthesized for the first time. The synthesis relies on Brønsted acid promoted benzannulation of alkyne precursors prepared by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. The synthetic strategy is efficient and the scope covers a variety of functional groups. The electrochemical behavior and photophysical properties of the products were investigated by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and DFT calculations.
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- Ricardo Molenda
- Universität Rostock, Institut für Chemie, A.-Einstein-Strasse 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, Institut für Chemie, A.-Einstein-Strasse 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, Institut für Chemie, A.-Einstein-Strasse 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, Institut für Chemie, A.-Einstein-Strasse 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Leibniz Institut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock, A.-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, Institut für Chemie, A.-Einstein-Strasse 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Leibniz Institut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock, A.-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Gouda AS, Przypis Ł, Walczak K, Jørgensen PT, Wengel J. Carbazole modified oligonucleotides: synthesis, hybridization studies and fluorescence properties. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:6935-6948. [PMID: 32936176 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01553a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Synthesis of the novel thiophenyl carbazole phosphoramidite DNA building block 5 was accomplished in four steps using a Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction from the core carbazole and it was seamlessly accommodated into a 9-mer DNA-based oligonucleotide by incorporation at the flanking 5'-end in combination with a central insertion of an LNA-T nucleotide. The carbazole-containing oligonucleotide was combined in different duplex hybrids, which were characterized by thermal denaturation, circular dichroism and fluorescence studies. The carbazole monomer modulates the duplex stability in various ways. Thus, monomer Z increased the thermal stability of the 9-mer towards the complementary 9-mer/15-mer DNA duplex by 4.2 °C. Furthermore, indications of its intercalation into the duplex were obtained by modeling studies and robust decreases in fluorescence emission intensities upon duplex formation. In contrast, no clear intercalating tendency was corroborated for monomer Z within the DNA/RNA hybrid duplex as indicated by moderate quenching of the fluorescence and similar duplex thermal stabilities relative to the corresponding control duplex. The recognition efficiencies of the carbazole modified oligonucleotide toward single nucleotide mismatches were studied with two 15-mer model targets (DNA and RNA). For both systems, mismatches positioned at the juxtaposition of the carbazole monomer showed pronounced deceases in thermal denaturation temperature. Steady-state fluorescence emission studies of all mismatched duplexes with incorporation of Z monomer typically displayed efficient fluorescence quenching.
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- Alaa S Gouda
- Biomolecular Nanoscale Engineering Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Behera SK, Park SY, Gierschner J. Dual Emission: Classes, Mechanisms, and Conditions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:22624-22638. [PMID: 32783293 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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There has been much interest in dual-emission materials in the past few years for materials and life science applications; however, a systematic overview of the underlying processes is so-far missing. We resolve this issue herein by classifying dual-emission (DE) phenomena as relying on one emitter with two emitting states (DE1), two independent emitters (DE2), or two correlated emitters (DE3). Relevant DE mechanisms for materials science are then briefly described together with the electronic and/or geometrical conditions under which they occur. For further reading, references are given that offer detailed insight into the complex mechanistic aspects of the various DE processes or provide overviews on materials families or their applications. By avoiding ambiguities and misinterpretations, this systematic, insightful Review might inspire future targeted designs of DE materials.
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- Santosh Kumar Behera
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C/ Faraday 9, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Optoelectronic Materials and Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, ENG 445, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C/ Faraday 9, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Kovačič M, Podbevšek P, Tateishi-Karimata H, Takahashi S, Sugimoto N, Plavec J. Thrombin binding aptamer G-quadruplex stabilized by pyrene-modified nucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:3975-3986. [PMID: 32095808 PMCID: PMC7144916 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Guanine-rich regions of the human genome can adopt non-canonical secondary structures. Their role in regulating gene expression has turned them into promising targets for therapeutic intervention. Ligands based on polyaromatic moieties are especially suitable for targeting G-quadruplexes utilizing their size complementarity to interact with the large exposed surface area of four guanine bases. A predictable way of (de)stabilizing specific G-quadruplex structures through efficient base stacking of polyaromatic functional groups could become a valuable tool in our therapeutic arsenal. We have investigated the effect of pyrene-modified uridine nucleotides incorporated at several positions of the thrombin binding aptamer (TBA) as a model system. Characterization using spectroscopic and biophysical methods provided important insights into modes of interaction between pyrene groups and the G-quadruplex core as well as (de)stabilization by enthalpic and entropic contributions. NMR data demonstrated that incorporation of pyrene group into G-rich oligonucleotide such as TBA may result in significant changes in 3D structure such as formation of novel dimeric topology. Site specific structural changes induced by stacking of the pyrene moiety on nearby nucleobases corelate with distinct thrombin binding affinities and increased resistance against nuclease degradation.
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- Matic Kovačič
- Slovenian NMR Center, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Slovenian NMR Center, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Trg OF 13, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.,Graduate School of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Slovenian NMR Center, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Trg OF 13, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Kashida H, Azuma H, Maruyama R, Araki Y, Wada T, Asanuma H. Efficient Light‐Harvesting Antennae Resulting from the Dense Organization of Dyes into DNA Junctions through
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‐Threoninol. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:11360-11363. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Hiromu Kashida
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Tohoku University 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Tohoku University 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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Kashida H, Azuma H, Maruyama R, Araki Y, Wada T, Asanuma H. Efficient Light‐Harvesting Antennae Resulting from the Dense Organization of Dyes into DNA Junctions through
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‐Threoninol. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202004221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Hiromu Kashida
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Tohoku University 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Tohoku University 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan
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Nakazato T, Matsuda W, Sakurai T, Seki S, Shinokubo H, Miyake Y. Synthesis and Crystal Packing Structures of 2,7-Diazapyrenes with Various Alkyl Groups at 1,3,6,8-Positions. CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.200083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Takumi Nakazato
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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Aparin IO, Sergeeva OV, Mishin AS, Khaydukov EV, Korshun VA, Zatsepin TS. Excimer-FRET Cascade in Dual DNA Probes: Open Access to Large Stokes Shift, Enhanced Acceptor Light up, and Robust RNA Sensing. Anal Chem 2020; 92:7028-7036. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Ilya O. Aparin
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Skolkovo, Russia
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Skolkovo, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 119333 Moscow, Russia
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Gause Institute of New Antibiotics, 119021 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Skolkovo, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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Effects of substituents on absorption and fluorescence properties of trimethylsilylethynyl- and tert-butylethynyl-pyrenes. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lu Q, Kole GK, Friedrich A, Müller-Buschbaum K, Liu Z, Yu X, Marder TB. Comparison Study of the Site-Effect on Regioisomeric Pyridyl–Pyrene Conjugates: Synthesis, Structures, and Photophysical Properties. J Org Chem 2020; 85:4256-4266. [PMID: 32129624 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Qing Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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