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Toward the Design of a Catalytic Metallodrug: Selective Cleavage of G‐Quadruplex Telomeric DNA by an Anticancer Copper–Acridine–ATCUN Complex
Author(s) -
Yu Zhen,
Han Menglu,
Cowan James A.
Publication year - 2015
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.201410434
Subject(s) - chemistry , acridine , dna , telomere , g quadruplex , cleavage (geology) , cancer research , combinatorial chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , paleontology , organic chemistry , fracture (geology)
Telomeric DNA represents a novel target for the development of anticancer drugs. By application of a catalytic metallodrug strategy, a copper–acridine–ATCUN complex (CuGGHK‐Acr) has been designed that targets G‐quadruplex telomeric DNA. Both fluorescence solution assays and gel sequencing demonstrate the CuGGHK‐Acr catalyst to selectively bind and cleave the G‐quadruplex telomere sequence. The cleavage pathway has been mapped by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF MS) experiments. CuGGHK‐Acr promotes significant inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and shortening of telomere length. Both senescence and apoptosis are induced in the breast cancer cell line MCF7.