Abstract
We investigated the interaction with DNA of two synthetic derivatives of the antitumor antibiotic rebeccamycin: R-3, which is a potent topoisomerase I inhibitor and contains a methoxyglucose moiety appended to the indolocarbazole chromophore, and its aglycone, R-4. Spectroscopic measurements indicate that R-3 intercalates into DNA and that its carbohydrate domain contributes significantly to reinforce the affinity for DNA. Two complementary ligation assays concur that R-3, but not its aglycone counterpart, exerts a significant effect on the curvature and/or the flexibility of DNA. The sugar moiety may be responsible for preferential binding of R-3 to circular (or bent) DNA molecules as opposed to linear DNA fragments. The sequence selectivity of binding to DNA has been studied thoroughly by footprinting with DNase I and two other nucleases. The glycosylated compound is highly selective for nucleotide sequences containing GpT (ApC) and TpG (CpA) steps. The derivative lacking the sugar moiety on the indolocarbazole chromophore binds at essentially identical sites but with considerably lower affinity, so it seems that the chromophore rather than the carbohydrate is responsible for the preferential binding to sequences surrounding ...Continue Reading
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