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An In Vitro Enzymatic Assay to Measure Transcription Inhibition by GalliumIII and H3 5,10,15-trispentafluorophenylcorroles
Published on: March 18, 2015
Anticancer activity, topoisomerase I inhibition, DNA 'light switch' behavior and molecular docking of two ruthenium
Xue-Wen Liu1,2, Ning-Yi Liu1, Yuan-Qing Deng1
1Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for the Construction &Development of Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Treatment Functional Materials, Hunan Province Engineering Research Center of Electroplating Waste water Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, China.
Abstract:
Ruthenium(II) complexes containing phenazine ring have attracted attention to design as 'molecular light switches'. In this study, we synthesized two ruthenium complexes containing phenazine ring and studied their abilities to function as DNA intercalators, DNA 'light switches', DNA topo I inhibitors, DNA photocleavers and potential antitumor reagents. [Ru(bpy)2(mbipz)](PF6)2 (1) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, mbipz = 2-(4'-methyl-bipyridine-4-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]phenazine) exhibited off-on type DNA 'light swtich' behavior. DNA binding modes of the two complexes were determined as intercalation by using UV-vis spectra, emission spectra, viscosity and molecular docking experiments. DNA photocleavage experimental results showed that the two ruthenium complexes effectively cleave plasmid DNA by producing singlet oxygen. Furthermore, they displayed good topo I inhibition activities. We further found that the two complexes displayed good antitumor activities against Eca-109 cells and A549 cells. The results demonstrated that introduction of phenazine ring will be helpful to design DNA 'light switch' based on ruthenium complex.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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