Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 98, Issue 8, Pages 1405-1412Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2004.05.007
Keywords
photocleavage; polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes; DNA-binding; enantioselectively
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A series of enantiomeric polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes Delta- and Lambda-[Ru(bpy)(2)CNOIP](PF6)(2)(Delta-1 and Lambda-1; bpy=2,2'-bipyridine, CNOIP=2-(2-chloro-5-nitrophenyl)imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline), Delta- and Lambda-[Ru(bpy)(2)HPIP](PF6)(2) (Delta-2 and Lambda-2; HPIP=2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline), Delta- and Lambda-[Ru(bpy)(2)DPPZ](PF6)(2) (Delta-3 and Lambda-3; DPPZ=dipyrido[3,2:a-2',3':c]-phenazine), Delta- and Lambda-[Ru(bpy)(2)TAPTP](PF6)(2) (Delta-4 and Lambda-4; TAPTP=4,5,9,18-tetraazaphenanthreno-[9,10-b]triphenylene) have been synthesized. Binding of these chiral complexes to calf thymus DNA has been studied by spectroscopic methods, viscosity, and equilibrium dialysis. The experimental results indicated that all the enantiomers of these complexes bound to DNA through an intercalative mode, but the binding affinity of each chiral complex to DNA was different due to the different shape and planarity of the intercalative ligand. After binding to DNA, the luminescence property of complex 1 was distinctly different from complexes 2 to 4. Upon irradiation at 302 nm, complexes 2-4 were found to promote the cleavage of plasmid pBR 322 DNA from supercoiled form I to nicked form 11, and obvious enantio selectively was observed on DNA cleavage for the enantiomers of complexes 2 and 4. The mechanisms for DNA cleavage by these enantiomeric complexes were also proposed. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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