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Photo‐Cross‐Linking Probes for Trapping G‐Quadruplex DNA
Author(s) -
Verga Daniela,
Hamon Florian,
Poyer Florent,
Bombard Sophie,
TeuladeFichou MariePaule
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201307413
Subject(s) - g quadruplex , chemistry , alkylation , dna , benzophenone , azide , combinatorial chemistry , stereochemistry , biochemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
We have developed a straightforward synthetic pathway to a set of six photoactivatable G‐quadruplex ligands with a validated G4‐binding motif (the bisquinolinium pyridodicarboxamide PDC‐360A) tethered through various spacers to two different photo‐cross‐linking groups: benzophenone and an aryl azide. The high quadruplex‐versus‐duplex selectivity of the PDC core was retained in the new derivatives and resulted in selective alkylation of two well‐known G‐quadruplexes (human telomeric G4 and oncogene promoter c‐myc G4) under conditions of harsh competition. The presence of two structurally different photoactivatable functions allowed the selective alkylation of G‐quadruplex structures at specific nucleobases and irreversible G4 binding. The topology and sequence of the quadruplex matrix appear to influence strongly the alkylation profile, which differs for the telomeric and c‐myc quadruplexes. The new compounds are photoactive in cells and thus provide new tools for studying G4 biology.

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