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MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS
Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 1753-1765Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05030c
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- Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of Croatia [098-0982914-2918, 119-1191342-2959, 219-0982914-2176, 219-0982914-2179]
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At submicromolar concentrations two novel phenanthridine biguanides exhibit distinctly different spectroscopic signals for dGdC and dAdT sequences, respectively, by opposite fluorimetric changes (quenching for dGdC and increase for dAdT) and especially the bis-biguanide derivative gives an opposite ICD response (negative ICD for dGC and strong positive for dAdT). This specific signalling was explained by the ability of compounds to switch the binding mode from intercalation into dGdC to minor groove binding into dAdT sequences. Both compounds bind to rArU by intercalation, yielding different fluorimetric and CD response in comparison to any of aforementioned ds-DNA. Moreover, both compounds revealed significantly higher affinity toward ds-polynucleotides in comparison to previously studied alkylamine-and urea-analogues. Furthermore, DNA/RNA binding properties of novel compounds could be controlled by pH, due to the protonation of heterocyclic nitrogen. Low in vitro cytotoxicity of both compounds against human cell lines makes them interesting spectrophotometric probes.
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