Synthesis of small molecules targeting multiple DNA structures using click chemistry

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Howell, Lesley A., Bowater, Richard A., O'Connell, Maria A., Reszka, Anthony P., Neidle, Stephen and Searcey, Mark (2012) Synthesis of small molecules targeting multiple DNA structures using click chemistry. ChemMedChem, 7 (5). pp. 792-804. ISSN 1860-7179

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Abstract

The ability of small molecules to target DNA forms the basis of many clinically used antitumour agents. This study examines the effects of novel 9-aminoacridine carboxamides, synthesised by click chemistry based upon the reactions of either 9-(2-azidoethyl)amino or 9-propargylaminoacridine compounds, on various types of DNA tertiary structures. This gave either monomeric or dimeric compounds, the dimeric derivatives being the first unsymmetrical acridine dimers to be described. The compounds were assayed for duplex DNA, quadruplex DNA and four-way junction DNA binding. Their antiproliferative activity in the Human promyelocytic leukaemia cell line, HL60, was also assessed. Although for some of the compounds, notably the acridine 4-carboxamides, activity correlated with DNA binding affinity, for others it did not, with the rigidly linked dimers in particular showing a complicated relationship between 3- and 4-carboxamide structure and biological activity. The monomeric 3-carboxamides were more effective at stabilising G-quadruplex structures and also gave more hits in the four-way junction stabilisation assay. There is clear evidence from the binding of the 3-carboxamides that these compounds destabilise the openX form of the junction at lower concentrations and stabilise the X-stacked at higher concentrations. This might have implications for the biological activity of these compounds against proteins that bind to the Holliday junction (HJ). © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	acridines,click chemistry,dna,holliday junction,quadruplexes
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy (former - to 2024) Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Medicinal Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Cell Biology (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry (former - to 2021) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular and Tissue Pharmacology Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biosciences Teaching and Education Research
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Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2012 15:31
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2025 11:51
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/38192
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