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The G-quadruplex (G4) is one type of higher-order structure of nucleic acids and is thought to play important roles in various biological events such as regulation of transcription and inhibition of DNA replication. Pyrrole-imidazole polyamides (PIPs) are programmable small molecules that can sequence-specifically bind with high affinity to the minor groove of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Herein, we designed head-to-head hairpin PIP dimers and their target dsDNA in a model G4-forming sequence. Using an electrophoresis mobility shift assay and transcription arrest assay, we found that PIP dimers could induce the structural change to G4 DNA from dsDNA through the recognition by one PIP dimer molecule of two duplex-binding sites flanking both ends of the G4-forming sequence. This induction ability was dependent on linker length. This is the first study to induce G4 formation using PIPs, which are known to be dsDNA binders. The results reported here suggest that selective G4 induction in native sequences may be achieved with PIP dimers by applying the same design strategy.

G-Quadruplex Induction by the Hairpin Pyrrole–Imidazole Polyamide Dimer