RT Journal Article
T1 Canonical DNA minor groove insertion of bisbenzamidine–Ru(ii) complexes with chiral selectivity
A1 Sánchez, Mateo I.
A1 Rama, Gustavo
A1 Calo Lapido, Renata
A1 Ucar, Kübra
A1 Lincoln, Per
A1 Vázquez López, Miguel
A1 Melle-Franco, Manuel
A1 Mascareñas Cid, José Luis
A1 Vázquez Sentís, Marco Eugenio
AB We report the first Ru(II) coordination compounds that interact with DNA through a canonical minor groove insertion mode and with selectivity for A/T rich sites. This was made possible by integrating a bis-benzamidine minor groove DNA-binding agent with a ruthenium(II) complex. Importantly, one of the enantiomers (Δ-[Ru(bpy)2b4bpy]2+, Δ-4Ru) shows a considerably higher DNA affinity than the parent organic ligand and the other enantiomer, particularly for the AATT sequence, while the other enantiomer preferentially targets long AAATTT sites with overall lower affinity. Finally, we demonstrate that the photophysical properties of these new binders can be exploited for DNA cleavage using visible light
PB Royal Society of Chemistry
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19838
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19838
LA eng
NO Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 8668-8674
NO Financial support from the Spanish grants CTQ2015-70698-R, SAF2016-76689-R and Orfeo-cinqa network CTQ2016-81797-REDC; the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades of Spain, RTI2018-099877-B-I00; the Xunta de Galicia (2015-CP082, ED431C 2017/19, Centro singular de investigación de Galicia accreditation 2016–2019, ED431G/09), the European Union (European Regional Development Fund – ERDF), and the European Research Council (Advanced Grant No. 340055) are gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge the support from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, FCT, (IF/00894/2015) and CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, FCT Ref. UID/CTM/50011/2019, financed by national funds through the FCT/MCTES. M. E. V. also acknowledges the support of the Fundación Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC) (IDEAS197VAZQ grant)
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