萘酰亚胺-多胺缀合物的合成、生物活性和荧光光谱

合成了9个新的萘酰亚胺-多胺缀合物,化合物的结构经元素分析,1H NMR,13C NMR和MS确证.经MTT[3-(4,5-二甲基噻唑-2)-2,5-二苯基四氮唑溴盐]法对白血病细胞(K562)、人乳腺癌细胞(MB-231)和肝癌细胞(7721)体外活性测试.结果显示多数化合物对肿瘤细胞具有抑作用,尤其是化合物5a的抗肿瘤活性优于处于III期临床试验阶段药物氨萘非特(Amonafide).化合物5a与鲱鱼精DNA-EB作用的荧光光谱研究提示:DNA-EB与萘酰亚胺-多胺作用引起的荧光淬灭机制属于静态淬灭,DNA与萘酰亚胺-多胺物结合模式是扦插结合.     

新型1,8-萘酰亚胺类化合物与DNA相互作用的研究

用荧光光谱、紫外光谱、粘度法对两种新型1,8-萘酰亚胺类化合物N-羟乙基-3-硝基-4-溴-1,8-萘酰亚胺(B)和N-羟乙基-4-羟乙基-3-硝基-1,8-萘酰亚胺(N)与DNA的相互作用进行了研究,考察和比较了它们与DNA的作用模式和强度,求出了两种化合物的嵌入常数。结果表明,化合物N和B主要以插入方式与DNA作用,且化合物N与DNA的作用强于化合物B。     

萘酰亚胺多胺衍生物的合成及其抗肿瘤活性

设计合成了萘酰亚胺的4种新的多胺衍生物并进行了体外抗肿瘤活性测试。结果表明,这些萘酰亚胺衍生物能够嵌入DNA碱基对中,并且比氨萘非特对肿瘤细胞具有更高的毒性和更好的选择性,其中化合物3b对4种肿瘤细胞的抑制IC50值分别为7.80、5.08、9.78和9.27μmol/L;高内涵活细胞成像系统结果显示,这些化合物可能是通过线粒体通路而导致的细胞凋亡。     

邻苯二甲酰亚胺-多胺缀合物的合成及其生物活性

以邻苯二甲酰亚胺、1,3-丙二胺、1,4-丁二胺为原料,合成了5个邻苯二甲酰亚胺-多胺缀合物．所合成的目标化合物经过^1H NMR、^13C NMR、MS、元素分析确认,并评价了它们对K562（人慢性原白血病细胞）、MB231（乳腺癌细胞）、LnCap（前列腺癌细胞）的生物活性．结果表明：5个目标化合物均不具备抗肿瘤活性,提示多胺衍生化不能提高邻苯二甲酰亚胺的抗肿瘤活性．     

ESI-MS离子阱中氮杂环多胺缀合物的分子离子反应

天然抗生素纺锤菌素(Netropsin)和偏端酶素(Distamycin)能够特异性地结合DNA双螺旋分子,这类聚酰胺同时具有多胺和氮杂环酰胺的结构[1],另外有实验证明天然多胺及多胺酰胺能够与细胞内带负电荷的组分如DNA分子结合,并可以调节其生物功能[2].合成并研究氮-杂环/多胺缀合物的结构和性质可以为合成定点切割试剂提供基础.电喷雾质谱作为一种快捷、简单的结构鉴定仪器,其质量分析器-离子阱处于高真空状态,在检测过程中氮-杂环/多胺缀合物易于发生分子离子反应.     

蒽醌-多胺缀合物的合成及生理活性研究

设计合成7个蒽醌-多胺缀合物,化合物结构经1H NMR,APCI-MS和元素分析确认.利用MTT(噻唑蓝)法测试7个目标化合物对K562,HepG2,MB231,Hela,HCT-116五种肿瘤细胞的体外细胞毒性,结果表明所合成的化合物对测肿瘤细胞均具有明显的生长抑制作用.DNA结合实验表明11b和14c以嵌入方式作用于DNA,使鲱鱼精DNA-EB体系的荧光产生猝灭现象.     

抗肿瘤药双萘酰亚胺的研究进展

DNA嵌入剂双萘酰亚胺是一种新型的抗肿瘤药物。从它的合成方法、结构与性质的关系以及与DNA的相互作用等方面综述了抗肿瘤药物双萘酰亚胺的研究进展。     

双大环多胺Zn(Ⅱ)配合物及其与DNA作用的溴乙锭荧光探针

以1,4,7,10-四氮杂环十二烷(Cyclen)为原料合成的一种新型双大环多胺配体及其双核Zn2+配合物,其结构用1H NMR、质谱和元素分析等测试技术进行了表征。 以溴乙锭(EB)为探针,用荧光光谱法研究了双环多胺配体及其Zn(Ⅱ)配合物与小牛胸腺DNA的作用,当cComplex 6/cDNA=0.51时,DNA/EB体系的荧光强度降低至原来的47.3%,表明双大环配合物是以嵌入方式与小牛胸腺DNA结合。 化合物对DNA/EB体系的荧光猝灭顺序为：双大环多胺双核Zn(Ⅱ)配合物＞双大环多胺配体＞四氮杂环多胺Zn(Ⅱ)配合物＞四氮杂环多胺。     

咪唑修饰萘酰亚胺与DNA的作用及其细胞毒性

设计合成了咪唑及其烷基化咪唑阳离子基团修饰的萘酰亚胺衍生物。利用紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱、圆二色谱和荧光共振能量转移等方法研究了它们与小牛胸腺DNA(CT DNA)和G-四链体DNA的相互作用。这些化合物对端粒DNA序列的G-四链体有很高的结合能力(K_α4×10~6 L·mol~(-1)),并能够稳定G-四链体。DNA粘度实验结果表明萘酰亚胺衍生物与CT DNA通过插入作用结合。Autodock分子对接模拟结果表明这些化合物通过疏水作用、静电作用或氢键等方式与人体端粒G-四链体的loop和沟槽部分结合。咪唑阳离子基团修饰的萘酰亚胺衍生物4a–c能够定位于细胞核,对肺癌细胞的细胞毒性要高于咪唑基团修饰的萘酰亚胺衍生物3。化合物4a和4b对肺癌细胞A549的细胞毒性明显高于正常人胚肺成纤维细胞MRC-5,表现出良好的抗癌活性。     

细胞核定位的萘酰亚胺类衍生物的合成及抗肿瘤作用研究

以4-溴-1,8-萘酐为原料,经亲核取代反应合成了系列手性氨基醇修饰的萘酰亚胺衍生物NI1～NI8.四甲基偶氮唑蓝(MTT)法研究了其细胞毒性,发现含有伯羟基氨基醇修饰的萘酰亚胺衍生物中R型的细胞毒性好于S型异构体.经紫外光谱、荧光光谱和激光共聚焦实验研究了化合物(R)-2-(2-(二甲基氨基)乙基)-6-((1-羟基-2-丙烷基)氨基)-萘酰亚胺(NI1)和(S)-2-(2-(二甲基氨基)乙基)-6-((1-羟基-2-丙烷基)氨基)-萘酰亚胺(NI2)与DNA分子和HeLa细胞的相互作用,发现其能有效与脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)络合,键合常数达到104L·mol-1;且NI1和NI2与HeLa细胞作用可定位于细胞核.流式细胞实验结果显示NI1和NI2能够使细胞周期阻滞于S期而抑制细胞增殖.小鼠体内血液毒性结果显示NI1对血液中的红细胞、白细胞和血小板无明显影响.     

Sequence-specific alkylation of double-strand human telomere repeat sequence by pyrrole-imidazole polyamides with indole linkers

We designed and synthesized pyrrole (Py)-imidazole (Im) hairpin polyamide 1-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-1,2-dihydro-3H-benz[e]indole (seco-CBI) conjugates 1 and 2, which target both strands of the double-stranded region of the human telomere repeat sequences, 5'-d(TTAGGG)(n)-3'/5'-d(CCCTAA)(n)-3'. High-resolution denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis demonstrated that conjugates 1 and 2 alkylated DNA at the 3' A of 5'-ACCCTA-3' and 5'-AGGGTTA-3', respectively. Cytotoxicities of conjugates 1 and 2 were evaluated using 39 human cancer cell lines; averages of log IC(50) values for conjugates 1 and 2 were -6.96 (110 nM) and -7.24 (57.5 nM), respectively. Conjugates 1 and 2 have potential as antitumor drugs capable of targeting telomere repeat sequence.     

Sequence-specific fluorescence detection of DNA by polyamide-thiazole orange conjugates

Fluorescent methods to detect specific double-stranded DNA sequences without the need for denaturation may be useful in the field of genetics. Three hairpin pyrrole-imidazole polyamides 2-4 that target their respective sequences 5'-WGGGWW-3', 5'-WGGCCW-3', and 5'-WGWWCW-3' (W = A or T) were conjugated to thiazole orange dye at the C-termini to examine their fluorescence properties in the presence and absence of match duplex DNA. The conjugates fluoresce weakly in the absence of DNA but showed significant enhancement (>1000-fold) upon the addition of 1 equiv of match DNA and only slight enhancement with the addition of mismatch DNA. The polyamide-dye conjugates bound specific DNA sequences with high affinity (Ka > 10(8) M(-1)) and unwound the DNA duplex through intercalation (unwinding angle, phi, approximately 8 degrees). This new class of polyamides provides a method to specifically detect DNA sequences without denaturation.     

Sequence-specific alkylation by Y-shaped and tandem hairpin pyrrole-imidazole polyamides

To extend the target DNA sequence length of the hairpin pyrrole-imidazole (Py-Im) polyamide 1, we designed and synthesized Y-shaped and tandem hairpin Py-Im polyamides 2 and 3, which possess 1-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-1,2-dihydro-3H-benz[e]indole (seco-CBI) as DNA-alkylating moieties. High-resolution denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis by using 5'-Texas-Red-labeled 465 base pair (bp) DNA fragments revealed that conjugates 2 and 3 alkylated the adenine of the target DNA sequences at nanomolar concentrations. Conjugate 2 alkylated adenine N3 at the 3' end of two 8 bp match sequences, 5'-AATAACCA-3' (site A) and 5'-AAATTCCA-3' (site C), while conjugate 3 recognized one 10 bp match sequence, 5'-AGAATAACCA-3' (site A) in the 465 bp DNA fragments. These results demonstrate that seco-CBI conjugates of Y-shaped and tandem hairpin polyamides have extended their target alkylation sequences.     

DNA alkylation by pyrrole-imidazole seco-CBI conjugates with an indole linker: sequence-specific DNA alkylation with 10-base-pair recognition through heterodimer formation

The sequence-specific DNA alkylation by conjugates 4 and 5, which consist of N-methylpyrrole (Py)-N-methylimidazole (Im) polyamides and 1-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-1,2-dihydro-3H-benz[e]indole (seco-CBI) linked with an indole linker, was investigated in the absence or presence of partner Py-Im polyamide 6. High-resolution denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed that conjugate 4 alkylates DNA at the sequences 5'-(A/T)GCCTA-3' through hairpin formation, and alkylates 5'-GGAAAGAAAA-3' through an extended binding mode. However, in the presence of partner Py-Im polyamide 6, conjugate 4 alkylates DNA at a completely different sequence, 5'-AGGTTGTCCA-3'. Alkylation of 4 in the presence of 6 was effectively inhibited by a competitor 7. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) results indicated that conjugate 4 does not bind to 5'-AGGTTGTCCA-3', whereas 6 binds tightly to this sequence. The results suggest that alkylation proceeds through heterodimer formation, indicating that this is a general way to expand the recognition sequence for DNA alkylation by Py-Im seco-CBI conjugates.     

A DNA hybridization detection based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between dye-doped core-shell silica nanoparticles and gold nanoparticles

A novel and efficient method to evaluate the DNA hybridization based on a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) system, with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-doped fluorescent silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) as donor and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as acceptor, has been reported. The strategy for specific DNA sequence detecting is based on DNA hybridization event, which is detected via excitation of SiNPs-oligonucleotide conjugates and energy transfer to AuNPs-oligonucleotide conjugates. The proximity required for FRET arises when the SiNPs-oligonucleotide conjugates hybridize with partly complementary AuNPs-oligonucleotide conjugates, resulting in the fluorescence quenching of donors, SiNPs-oligonucleotide conjugates, and the formation of a weakly fluorescent complex, SiNPs-dsDNA-AuNPs. Upon the addition of the target DNA sequence to SiNPs-dsDNA-AuNPs complex, the fluorescence restores (turn-on). Based on the restored fluorescence, a homogeneous assay for the target DNA is proposed. Our results have shown that the linear range for target DNA detection is 0-35.0 nM with a detection limit (3σ) of 3.0 picomole. Compared with FITC-dsDNA-AuNPs probe system, the sensitivity of the proposed probe system for target DNA detection is increased by a factor of 3.4-fold.     

Substance P conjugated to CdTe quantum dots triggers cytosolic calcium concentration oscillations and induces quantum dots internalization in the pancreatic carcinoma cell line AR4-2J

Highly fluorescent CdTe quantum dots (QDs) stabilized by 3-mercaptopropionic acid were prepared by an aqueous solution approach and used as a fluorescent label to link substance P (SP) in studying the interaction of SP with NK-1 receptor, which was expressed on the AR4-2J cell line. Nonspecific adsorptions of CdTe QDs on the AR4-2J cell membrane were observed, whereas the QD-SP conjugates successfully crossed the cell membrane and entered the cytosol. SP is a neurotransmitter, and neurotransmitter-induced calcium concentration oscillation is a common phenomenon in diverse cells especially of secretory type. Cytosolic calcium concentration responses were studied in the AR4-2J cell line during stimulation with SP and QD-SP conjugates. The oscillations triggered by SP and QD-SP conjugates were dose-dependent and very similar. Such QD-SP conjugates readily internalized into the cytosol as would be expected of an active NK-1 ligand. Therefore QD-SP conjugates could be used successfully to study ligand and NK-1 receptor interactions in live cells. Our research may provide a meaningful reference for congener research.     

DNA-based phosphane ligands

In order to expand the repertoire of DNA sequences specifically interacting with transition metals, we report here the first examples of DNA sequences carrying mono- and bidentate phosphane ligands as well as P,N-ligands. Aminoalkyl-modified oligonucleotides have been reacted at predetermined internal sites with carboxylate derivatives of pyrphos, BINAP and phosphinooxazoline (PHOX) 2 b-d. Carbodiimide coupling in the presence of N-hydroxysuccinimide provided the DNA-ligand conjugates in 38-78 % yield. Phosphane-containing oligonucleotides and their phosphane sulfide analogues were characterized by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF and FT-ICR-ESI) and their stability after purification and isolation was systematically investigated. While DNA-appended pyrphos ligand was quickly oxidized, BINAP and PHOX conjugates showed high stabilities, making them useful precursors for incorporation of transition metals into DNA.     

Solvent and linker influences on AQ(*-)/dA(*+) charge-transfer state energetics and dynamics in anthraquinonyl-linker-deoxyadenosine conjugates

The goal of this work is to produce high yields of long-lived AQ(*-)/dA(*+) charge transfer (CT) excited states (or photoproducts). This goal fits within a larger context of trying generally to produce high yields of long-lived CT excited states within DNA nucleoside conjugates that can be incorporated into DNA duplexes. Depending upon the energetics of the anthraquinonyl (AQ) (3)(pi,pi) state as well as the reduction potentials of the subunits in particular anthraquinonyl-adenine conjugates, CT quenching of the AQ (3)(pi,pi*) state may or may not occur in polar organic solvents. In MeOH, bis(3',5'-O-acetyl)-N(6)-(anthraquinone-2-carbonyl)-2'-deoxyadenosine (AQCOdA) behaves as intended and forms a (3)(AQ(*-)/dA(*+)) CT state with a lifetime of 3 ns. However, in nonpolar THF the AQ(*-)/dA(*+) CT states of AQCOdA are too high in energy to be formed, and in DMSO a (1)(AQ(*-)/dA(*+)) CT state is formed but lives only 6 ps. Although the lowest energy excited state for AQCOdA in MeOH is a (3)(AQ(*-)/dA(*+)) CT state, for N(6)-(anthraquinone-2-methylenyl)-2'-deoxyadenosine (AQMedA) in the same solvent it is a (3)(pi,pi*) state. Changing the linking carbonyl in AQCOdA to methylene in AQMedA makes the anthraquinonyl subunit harder to reduce by 166 mV. This raises the energy of the (3)(AQ(*-)/dA(*+)) CT state above that of the (3)(pi,pi*) in AQMedA. The conclusion is that anthraquinonyl-dA conjugates will not have lowest energy AQ(*-)/dA(*+) CT states in polar organic solvents unless the anthraquinonyl subunit is also substituted with an electron-withdrawing group that raises the AQ-subunit's reduction potential above that of AQ. A key finding in this work is that the lifetime of the (3)(AQ(*-)/dA(*+)) CT excited state (ca. 3 ns) is ca. 500-times longer than that of the corresponding (1)(AQ(*-)/dA(*+)) CT excited state (ca. 6 ps).'     

C-H to N substitution dramatically alters the sequence-specific DNA alkylation, cytotoxicity, and expression of human cancer cell lines

We designed and synthesized sequence-specific alkylating conjugates 1 and 2, which selectively alkylate matched sequences at nanomolar concentrations. Conjugates 1 and 2 differ only in that the C-H is substituted by an N in the second ring, which precisely recognizes and effectively alkylates DNA according to the recognition rule of Py-Im polyamides. We investigated sequence-specific DNA alkylation, cytotoxicity in 39 human cancer cell lines, and the effect on expression levels in cancer cell lines by Py-Im conjugates 1 and 2. The COMPARE analysis of the mean graphs showed that conjugates 1 and 2 did not correlate well with each other (r = 0.65) despite having a common DNA alkylating mechanism (purine N3 alkylation). Array-based gene expression analysis demonstrated that there are several oppositely regulated genes. The results suggest the intriguing possibility that DNA alkylating agents recognizing longer base-pair sequences may provide a promising approach for developing new types of antigene agents.