Alberti P, Ren J, Teulade-Fichou MP, Guittat L, Riou JF, Chaires J, Hélène C, Vigneron JP, Lehn JM, Mergny JL. Interaction of an acridine dimer with DNA quadruplex structures.
J Biomol Struct Dyn 2001;
19:505-13. [PMID:
11790148 DOI:
10.1080/07391102.2001.10506758]
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Abstract
The reactivation of telomerase activity in most cancer cells supports the concept that telomerase is a relevant target in oncology, and telomerase inhibitors have been proposed as new potential anticancer agents. The telomeric G-rich single-stranded DNA can adopt an intramolecular G-quadruplex structure in vitro, which has been shown to inhibit telomerase activity. The C-rich sequence can also adopt a quadruplex (intercalated) structure (i-DNA). Two acridine derivatives were shown to increase the melting temperature of the G- quadruplex and the C-quadruplex at 1 microM dye concentration. The increase in Tm value of the G-quadruplex was associated with telomerase inhibition in vitro. The most active compound, "BisA", showed an IC(50) value of 0.75 microM in a standard TRAP assay.
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