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Sugar Moiety Driven Adsorption of Nucleic Acid on Graphene Quantum Dots: Photophysical, Thermodynamic and Theoretical Evidence. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.121148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chowdhury S, Kanrar K, Bhuiya S, Das S. The alkaloid cryptolepine as a source of polyadenylate targeting therapeutic agent: Induction of self-assembly in the polyadenylate moiety. Arch Biochem Biophys 2021; 712:109042. [PMID: 34562470 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2021.109042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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RNAs have become a well-known target for chemotherapeutic agents in the recent years. The tails of most eukaryotic m-RNA are characterized by the presence of a long polyadenylate sequence which plays an important role in its growth and maturation. This lays emphasis on development of molecular probes that target the polyadenylate sequence. Cryptolepine (hereafter, CRP) is an indoloquinoline alkaloid well known for its anti-malarial activities. A series of spectroscopic experiments namely absorption studies, fluorimetric studies and circular dichroism studies show that cryptolepine binds with single-stranded polyriboadenylic acid (hereafter, ss-poly (rA)) with a binding constant of ∼5 × 103 M-1 at 25 °C. Moreover thermal denaturation experiments show that the bound form of polyriboadenylic acid shows a characteristic transition profile. Such a profile is indicative of the ability of cryptolepine to induce self-assembly in the polyriboadenylic acid sequence on binding to it. Such ability of CRP to modulate the structural conformation of poly (rA), which in turn may cause functional aspects of the RNA to change, may give us a chance to develop effective alkaloid based chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Susmita Chowdhury
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India.
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Wickhorst PJ, Ihmels H. Selective, pH-Dependent Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Detection of Quadruplex DNA with 4-Dimethylamino(phenyl)-Substituted Berberine Derivatives. Chemistry 2021; 27:8580-8589. [PMID: 33855748 PMCID: PMC8252107 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The 9- and 12-dimethylaminophenyl-substituted berberine derivatives 3 a and 3 b were readily synthesized by Suzuki-Miyaura reactions and shown to be useful fluorescent probes for the optical detection of quadruplex DNA (G4-DNA). Their association with the nucleic acids was investigated by spectrometric titrations, CD and LD spectroscopy, and with DNA-melting analysis. Both ligands bind to duplex DNA by intercalation and to G4-DNA by terminal π stacking. At neutral conditions, they bind with higher affinity (Kb =105 -106 M-1 ) to representative quadruplex forming oligonucleotides 22AG, c-myc, c-kit, and a2, than to duplex calf thymus (ct) DNA (Kb =5-7×104 M-1 ). At pH 5, however, the affinity of 3 a towards G4-DNA 22AG is higher (Kb =1.2×106 M-1 ), whereas the binding constant towards ct DNA is lower (Kb =3.9×103 M-1 ) than under neutral conditions. Notably, the association of the ligand with DNA results in characteristic changes of the absorption and emission properties under specific conditions, which may be used for optical DNA detection. Other than the parent berberine, the ligands do not show a noticeable increase of their very low intrinsic emission intensity upon association with DNA at neutral conditions. In contrast, a fluorescence light-up effect was observed upon association to duplex (Φfl =0.01) and quadruplex DNA (Φfl =0.04) at pH 5. This fluorimetric response to G4-DNA association in combination with the distinct, red-shifted absorption under these conditions provides a simple and conclusive optical detection of G4-DNA at lower pH.
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- Peter Jonas Wickhorst
- Department of Chemistry – BiologyUniversity of Siegen, andCenter of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry – BiologyUniversity of Siegen, andCenter of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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Wickhorst PJ, Blachnik M, Lagumdzija D, Ihmels H. Synthesis of 10- O-aryl-substituted berberine derivatives by Chan-Evans-Lam coupling and investigation of their DNA-binding properties. Beilstein J Org Chem 2021; 17:991-1000. [PMID: 34025807 PMCID: PMC8111429 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.17.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Eleven novel 10-O-aryl-substituted berberrubine and berberine derivatives were synthesized by the Cu2+-catalyzed Chan–Evans–Lam coupling of berberrubine with arylboronic acids and subsequent 9-O-methylation. The reaction is likely introduced by the Cu2+-induced demethylation of berberrubine and subsequent arylation of the resulting 10-oxyanion functionality. Thus, this synthetic route represents the first successful Cu-mediated coupling reaction of berberine substrates. The DNA-binding properties of the 10-O-arylberberine derivatives with duplex and quadruplex DNA were studied by thermal DNA denaturation experiments, spectrometric titrations as well as CD and LD spectroscopy. Fluorimetric DNA melting analysis with different types of quadruplex DNA revealed a moderate stabilization of the telomeric quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide sequence G3(TTAG3)3. The derivatives showed a moderate affinity towards quadruplex DNA (Kb = 5–9 × 105 M−1) and ct DNA (Kb = 3–5 × 104 M−1) and exhibited a fluorescence light-up effect upon complexation to both DNA forms, with slightly higher intensity in the presence of the quadruplex DNA. Furthermore, the CD- and LD-spectroscopic studies revealed that the title compounds intercalate into ct DNA and bind to G4-DNA by terminal stacking.
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- Peter Jonas Wickhorst
- Department of Chemistry - Biology, University of Siegen, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cµ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Biology, University of Siegen, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cµ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Biology, University of Siegen, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cµ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Biology, University of Siegen, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cµ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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Wickhorst PJ, Ihmels H. Berberrubine Phosphate: A Selective Fluorescent Probe for Quadruplex DNA. Molecules 2021; 26:2566. [PMID: 33924894 PMCID: PMC8124163 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A phosphate-substituted, zwitterionic berberine derivative was synthesized and its binding properties with duplex DNA and G4-DNA were studied using photometric, fluorimetric and polarimetric titrations and thermal DNA denaturation experiments. The ligand binds with high affinity toward both DNA forms (Kb = 2-7 × 105 M-1) and induces a slight stabilization of G4-DNA toward thermally induced unfolding, mostly pronounced for the telomeric quadruplex 22AG. The ligand likely binds by aggregation and intercalation with ct DNA and by terminal stacking with G4-DNA. Thus, this compound represents one of the rare examples of phosphate-substituted DNA binders. In an aqueous solution, the title compound has a very weak fluorescence intensity (Φfl < 0.01) that increases significantly upon binding to G4-DNA (Φfl = 0.01). In contrast, the association with duplex DNA was not accompanied by such a strong fluorescence light-up effect (Φfl < 0.01). These different fluorimetric responses upon binding to particular DNA forms are proposed to be caused by the different binding modes and may be used for the selective fluorimetric detection of G4-DNA.
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- Department of Chemistry-Biology, University of Siegen, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cµ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany;
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A spectroscopic deciphering of the differential interaction behavior of alkaloid drugs with native B-DNA and protonated DNA. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ciszewski L, Lu-Nguyen N, Slater A, Brennan A, Williams HEL, Dickson G, Searle MS, Popplewell L. G-quadruplex ligands mediate downregulation of DUX4 expression. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4179-4194. [PMID: 32182342 PMCID: PMC7192601 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Abnormal DUX4 expression in skeletal muscles plays a key role in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) pathogenesis, although the molecular mechanisms regulating DUX4 expression are not fully defined. Using bioinformatic analysis of the genomic DUX4 locus, we have identified a number of putative G-quadruplexes (GQs) forming sequences. Their presence was confirmed in synthetic oligonucleotiode sequences derived from the enhancer, promoter and transcript of DUX4 through circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. We further examined the binding affinity of a naturally occurring GQ stabilizing compound, berberine, to these non-canonical genetic structures using UV–Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. Subsequent in vitro study in FSHD patient myoblasts indicated that berberine treatment reduced DUX4 expression and also expression of genes normally switched on by DUX4. Further investigation in a mouse model overexpressing exogenous DUX4 confirmed the therapeutic effects of berberine in downregulating DUX4 protein expression, inhibiting muscle fibrosis, and consequently rescuing muscle function. Our data demonstrate for the first time that GQs are present in the DUX4 locus and that the GQ interactive ligand reduces DUX4 expression suggesting potential role of GQs in FSHD pathogenesis. Our work provides the basis of a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of FSHD.
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- Lukasz Ciszewski
- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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Sett R, Paul BK, Guchhait N. Suppression of ESIPT Phenomenon of Flavonoids on Binding Interaction with Double Stranded RNA. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202000402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Riya Sett
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Calcutta 92 A. P. C. Road Kolkata 700009 India
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- Department of Chemistry Mahadevananda Mahavidyalaya Barrackpore Kolkata 700120 India
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Calcutta 92 A. P. C. Road Kolkata 700009 India
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Khan E, Biswas S, Mishra SK, Mishra R, Samanta S, Mishra A, Tawani A, Kumar A. Rationally designed small molecules targeting toxic CAG repeat RNA that causes Huntington's disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCAs). Biochimie 2019; 163:21-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Thakur Y, Tripathi M, Verma B, Khilari R, Agrawal R, Likheshwari, Khursheed Siddiqi M, Pande R, Mohapatra E, Khan RH. Interaction of cobalt(II) and copper(II) hydroxamates with polyriboadenylic acid: An insight into RNA based drug designing. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2019; 38:481-508. [PMID: 30732529 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2018.1562074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The polyadenylic acid [poly(A)] tail of mRNA plays a noteworthy role in the initiation of the translation, maturation, and stability of mRNA. It also significantly contributes to the production of alternate proteins in eukaryotic cells. Hence, it has recently been recognized as a prospective drug target. Binding affinity of bis(N-p-tolylbenzohydroxamato)Cobalt(II), [N-p-TBHA-Co(II)] (1) and bis(N-p-naphthylbenzohydroxamato)Copper(II), [N-p-NBHA-Cu(II)] (2) complexes with poly(A) have been investigated by biophysical techniques namely, absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, viscometric measurements and through molecular docking studies. The intrinsic binding constants (Kb) of complexes were determined following the order of N-p-TBHA-Co(II)] > N-p-NBHA-Cu(II), along with hyperchromism and a bathochromic shift for both complexes. The fluorescence quenching method revealed an interaction between poly(A)-N-p-TBHA-Co(II)/poly(A)-N-p-NBHA-Cu(II). The mode of binding was also determined via the fluorescence ferrocyanide quenching method. The increase in the viscosity of poly(A) that occurred from increasing the concentration of the N-p-TBHA-Co(II)/N-p-NBHA-Cu(II) complex was scrutinized. The characteristics of the interaction site of poly(A) with N-p-TBHA-Co(II)/N-p-NBHA-Cu(II) were adenine and phosphate groups, as revealed by DRS-FTIR spectroscopy. Based on these observations, a partial intercalative mode of the binding of poly(A) has been proposed for both complexes. Circular dichroism confirmed the interaction of both the complexes with poly(A). The molecular docking results illustrated that complexes strongly interact with poly(A) via the relative binding energies of the docked structure as -259.39eV and -226.30eV for N-p-TBHA-Co(II) and N-p-NBHA-Cu(II) respectively. Moreover, the binding affinity of N-p-TBHA-Co(II) is higher in all aspects than N-p-NBHA-Cu(II) for poly(A).
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- Yamini Thakur
- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- b Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh - 202002 , Uttar Pradesh , India
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- a School of Studies in Chemistry , Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492010
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- c Biochemistry Department , All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur , Chhattisgarh - 492099
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- b Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh - 202002 , Uttar Pradesh , India
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Basu A, Kumar GS. Nucleic acids binding strategies of small molecules: Lessons from alkaloids. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2018; 1862:1995-2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Haque L, Bhuiya S, Das S. Self-structure assembly in single stranded polyriboadenylic acid by benzophenanthridine alkaloid: Spectroscopic and calorimetric exploration. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 106:1130-1138. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.08.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Xu L, Hong S, Sun N, Wang K, Zhou L, Ji L, Pei R. Berberine as a novel light-up i-motif fluorescence ligand and its application in designing molecular logic systems. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:179-82. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08242k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Berberine is reported as a light-up fluorescence ligand for i-motif structures, which enables the development of label-free DNA-based logic gates.
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- Lijun Xu
- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Suzhou, 215123
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Roviello GN, Musumeci D, Roviello V, Pirtskhalava M, Egoyan A, Mirtskhulava M. Natural and artificial binders of polyriboadenylic acid and their effect on RNA structure. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 6:1338-1347. [PMID: 26199837 PMCID: PMC4505092 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.6.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The employment of molecular tools with nucleic acid binding ability to specifically control crucial cellular functions represents an important scientific area at the border between biochemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry. In this review we describe several molecular systems of natural or artificial origin, which are able to bind polyriboadenylic acid (poly(rA)) both in its single-stranded or structured forms. Due to the fundamental role played by the poly(rA) tail in the maturation and stability of mRNA, as well as in the initiation of the translation process, compounds able to bind this RNA tract, influencing the mRNA fate, are of special interest for developing innovative biomedical strategies mainly in the field of anticancer therapy.
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- Giovanni N Roviello
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini - CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini - CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale (DICMaPI), Università di Napoli “Federico II”, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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Paul P, Kumar GS. Photophysical and calorimetric investigation on the structural reorganization of poly(A) by phenothiazinium dyes azure A and azure B. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2015; 13:1192-202. [PMID: 24953877 DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00085d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Poly(A) has significant relevance to mRNA stability, protein synthesis and cancer biology. The ability of two phenothiazinium dyes azure A (AA) and azure B (AB) to bind single-stranded poly(A) was studied by spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques. Strong binding of the dyes and the higher affinity of AA over AB were ascertained from absorbance and fluorescence experiments. Significant perturbation of the circular dichroism spectrum of poly(A) in the presence of these molecules with formation of induced CD bands in the 300-700 nm region was observed. Strong emission polarization of the bound dyes and strong energy transfer from the adenine base pairs of poly(A) suggested intercalative binding to poly(A). Intercalative binding was confirmed from fluorescence quenching experiments and was predominantly entropy driven as evidenced from isothermal titration calorimetry data. The negative values of heat capacity indicated involvement of hydrophobic forces and enthalpy-entropy compensation suggested noncovalent interactions in the complexation for both the dyes. Poly(A) formed a self-assembled structure on the binding of both the dyes that was more favored under higher salt conditions. New insights in terms of spectroscopic and thermodynamic aspects into the self-structure formation of poly(A) by two new phenothiazinium dyes that may lead to structural and functional damage of mRNA are revealed from these studies.
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- Puja Paul
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Chemisry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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Khan AY, Saha B, Kumar GS. Interaction of phenazinium dyes with double-stranded poly(A): spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry studies. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 131:615-624. [PMID: 24861262 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.04.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A comprehensive study on the binding of phenazinium dyes viz. janus green B, indoine blue, safranine O and phenosafranine with double stranded poly(A) using various spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques is presented. A higher binding of janus green B and indoine blue over safranine O and phenosafranine to poly(A) was observed from all experiments. Intercalative mode of binding of the dyes was inferred from fluorescence polarization anisotropy, iodide quenching and viscosity experiments. Circular dichroism study revealed significant perturbation of the secondary structure of poly(A) on binding of these dyes. Results from isothermal titration calorimetry experiments suggested that the binding was predominantly entropy driven with a minor contribution of enthalpy to the standard molar Gibbs energy. The results presented here may open new opportunities in the application of these dyes as RNA targeted therapeutic agents.
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- Asma Yasmeen Khan
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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A gene expression signature-based approach reveals the mechanisms of action of the Chinese herbal medicine berberine. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6394. [PMID: 25227736 PMCID: PMC5377252 DOI: 10.1038/srep06394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Berberine (BBR), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, was shown to display anticancer activity. In this study, we attempted to provide a global view of the molecular pathways associated with its anticancer effect through a gene expression-based chemical approach. BBR-induced differentially expressed genes obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) were analyzed using the Connectivity Map (CMAP) database to compare similarities of gene expression profiles between BBR and CMAP compounds. Candidate compounds were further analyzed using the Search Tool for Interactions of Chemicals (STITCH) database to explore chemical-protein interactions. Results showed that BBR may inhibit protein synthesis, histone deacetylase (HDAC), or AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways. Further analyses demonstrated that BBR inhibited global protein synthesis and basal AKT activity, and induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagy, which was associated with activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). However, BBR did not alter mTOR or HDAC activities. Interestingly, BBR induced the acetylation of α-tubulin, a substrate of HDAC6. In addition, the combination of BBR and SAHA, a pan-HDAC inhibitor, synergistically inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell cycle arrest. Our results provide novel insights into the mechanisms of action of BBR in cancer therapy.
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Inhibition of retinoblastoma mRNA degradation through Poly (A) involved in the neuroprotective effect of berberine against cerebral ischemia. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90850. [PMID: 24603897 PMCID: PMC3946351 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Berberine is one kind of isoquinoline alkaloid with anti-apoptotic effects on the neurons suffering ischemia. To address the explanation for these activities, the berberine-induced cell cycle arrest during neurons suffering ischemia/reperfusion had been studied in the present study. According to the in vitro neurons with oxygen-glucose deprivation and in vivo ICR mice with cerebral ischemia/reperfusion, it was found that berberine could protect the mRNA of retinoblastoma (Rb) from degradation through its function on the poly(A) tail. The prolonged half-life of retinoblastoma 1 (gene of Rb, RB1) mRNA level secures the protein level of retinoblastoma, which facilitates cell cycle arrest of neurons in the process of ischemia/reperfusion and subsequently avoids cells entering in the apoptotic process. The poly(A) tail of RB1 mRNA, as a newly identified target of berberine, could help people focus on the interaction between berberine and mRNA to further understand the biological activities and functions of berberine.
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Basu A, Jaisankar P, Suresh Kumar G. Binding of the 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs to tRNA(phe.). PLoS One 2013; 8:e58279. [PMID: 23526972 PMCID: PMC3602459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Three new analogs of berberine with aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituent at the 9-position of the isoquinoline chromophore along with berberrubine were studied for their binding to tRNAphe by wide variety of biophysical techniques like spectrophotometry, spectrofluorimetry, circular dichroism, thermal melting, viscosity and isothermal titration calorimetry. Methodology/Principal Findings Scatchard binding isotherms revealed that the cooperative binding mode of berberine was propagated in the analogs also. Thermal melting studies showed that all the 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs stabilized the tRNAphe more in comparison to berberine. Circular dichroism studies showed that these analogs perturbed the structure of tRNAphe more in comparison to berberine. Ferrocyanide quenching studies and viscosity results proved the intercalative binding mode of these analogs into the helical organization of tRNAphe. The binding was entropy driven for the analogs in sharp contrast to the enthalpy driven binding of berberine. The introduction of the aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituent at the 9-position thus switched the enthalpy driven binding of berberine to entropy dominated binding. Salt and temperature dependent calorimetric studies established the involvement of multiple weak noncovalent interactions in the binding process. Conclusions/Significance The results showed that 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs exhibited almost ten folds higher binding affinity to tRNAphe compared to berberine whereas the binding of berberrubine was dramatically reduced by about twenty fold in comparison to berberine. The spacer length of the substitution at the 9-position of the isoquinoline chromophore appears to be critical in modulating the binding affinities towards tRNAphe.
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- Anirban Basu
- Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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Kumar GS. RNA targeting by small molecules: Binding of protoberberine, benzophenanthridine and aristolochia alkaloids to various RNA structures. J Biosci 2012; 37:539-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9217-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cecil CE, Davis JM, Cech NB, Laster SM. Inhibition of H1N1 influenza A virus growth and induction of inflammatory mediators by the isoquinoline alkaloid berberine and extracts of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis). Int Immunopharmacol 2011; 11:1706-14. [PMID: 21683808 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Revised: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this study we tested whether the isoquinoline alkaloid berberine can inhibit the growth of influenza A. Our experiments showed strong inhibition of the growth of H1N1 influenza A strains PR/8/34 or WS/33 in RAW 264.7 macrophage-like cells, A549 human lung epithelial-derived cells and murine bone marrow derived macrophages, but not MDCK canine kidney cells. Studies of the mechanism underlying this effect suggest that berberine acts post-translationally to inhibit virus protein trafficking/maturation which in turn inhibits virus growth. Berberine was also evaluated for its ability to inhibit production of TNF-α and PGE(2) from A/PR/8/34 infected-RAW 264.7 cells. Our studies revealed strong inhibition of production of both mediators and suggest that this effect is distinct from the anti-viral effect. Finally, we asked whether berberine-containing ethanol extracts of goldenseal also inhibit the growth of influenza A and production of inflammatory mediators. We found strong effectiveness at high concentrations, although upon dilution extracts were somewhat less effective than purified berberine. Taken together, our results suggest that berberine may indeed be useful for the treatment of infections with influenza A.
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- Chad E Cecil
- Department of Microbiology, 4514 Thomas Hall, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695, United States
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Islam MM, Basu A, Suresh Kumar G. Binding of 9-O-(ω-amino) alkyl ether analogues of the plant alkaloid berberine to poly(A): insights into self-structure induction. MEDCHEMCOMM 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c0md00209g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Maiti M, Kumar GS. Polymorphic nucleic Acid binding of bioactive isoquinoline alkaloids and their role in cancer. J Nucleic Acids 2009; 2010. [PMID: 20814427 PMCID: PMC2915887 DOI: 10.4061/2010/593408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bioactive alkaloids occupy an important position in applied chemistry and play an indispensable role in medicinal chemistry. Amongst them, isoquinoline alkaloids like berberine, palmatine and coralyne of protoberberine group, sanguinarine of the benzophenanthridine group, and their derivatives represent an important class of molecules for their broad range of clinical and pharmacological utility. In view of their extensive occurrence in various plant species and significantly low toxicities, prospective development and use of these alkaloids as effective anticancer agents are matters of great current interest. This review has focused on the interaction of these alkaloids with polymorphic nucleic acid structures (B-form, A-form, Z-form, HL-form, triple helical form, quadruplex form) and their topoisomerase inhibitory activity reported by several research groups using various biophysical techniques like spectrophotometry, spectrofluorimetry, thermal melting, circular dichroism, NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy, viscosity, isothermal titration calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, molecular modeling studies, and so forth, to elucidate their mode and mechanism of action for structure-activity relationships. The DNA binding of the planar sanguinarine and coralyne are found to be stronger and thermodynamically more favoured compared to the buckled structure of berberine and palmatine and correlate well with the intercalative mechanism of sanguinarine and coralyne and the partial intercalation by berberine and palmatine. Nucleic acid binding properties are also interpreted in relation to their anticancer activity.
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- Motilal Maiti
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR), Kolkata 700032, India
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Giri P, Suresh Kumar G. Molecular recognition of poly(A) targeting by protoberberine alkaloids: in vitro biophysical studies and biological perspectives. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 6:81-8. [PMID: 20024069 DOI: 10.1039/b910706a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The use of small molecules to specifically control important cellular functions through binding to nucleic acids is an area of major current interest at the interface of chemical biology and medicinal chemistry. The polyadenylic acid [poly(A)] tail of mRNA has been recently established as a potential drug target due to its significant role in the initiation of translation, maturation and stability of mRNA as well as in the production of alternate proteins in eukaryotic cells. Very recently some small molecule alkaloids of the isoquinoline group have been found to bind poly(A) with remarkably high affinity leading to self-structure formation. Plant alkaloids are small molecules known to have important traditional roles in medicinal chemistry due to their extensive biological activity. Especially, noteworthy are the protoberberine alkaloids that are widely distributed in several botanical families exhibiting myriad therapeutic applications. This review focuses on the structural and biological significance of poly(A) and interaction of protoberberine alkaloids with this RNA structure for the development of new small molecule alkaloids targeted to poly(A) structures as futuristic therapeutic agents.
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- Prabal Giri
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India.
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Giri P, Kumar GS. Self-structure induction in single stranded poly(A) by small molecules: Studies on DNA intercalators, partial intercalators and groove binding molecules. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 474:183-92. [PMID: 18387354 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2008] [Revised: 03/13/2008] [Accepted: 03/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Self-structure induction in single stranded poly(A) has been one typical example of the various ways that could be used to modulate nucleic acid structural aspects through binding of small molecules. For the first time, the interaction between a series of small molecules and poly(A) has been investigated to understand the nature of the structural features in DNA binding small molecules that could be responsible for the formation of self-structure in single stranded poly(A) molecules. Classical intercalators like ethidium, coralyne, quinacrine and proflavine, partial intercalators like berberine and palmatine and classical minor groove binders like hoechst 33258 and DAPI have been chosen for this study. The binding of each of these molecules to poly(A) has been characterized by absorption spectral titration, job plot and isothermal titration calorimetry. Self-structure formation was monitored from circular dichroic melting, optical melting and differential scanning calorimetry. The results revealed that while all the intercalators studied induced self-structure formation, partial intercalators did not induce the same in poly(A). Of the two classical DNA minor groove binding molecules investigated, hoechst was effective in inducing self-structure while DAPI was ineffective. Self-structure induction in poly(A) was observed to be directly linked to the cooperative binding of the molecules to poly(A) in that all the molecules that bound cooperatively induced self-structure in poly(A). Structural and thermodynamic aspects of the interaction leading to self-structure formation are described.
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- Prabal Giri
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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Giri P, Kumar GS. Spectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of the phototoxic and cytotoxic plant alkaloid sanguinarine with double helical poly(A). J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Giri P, Kumar GS. Specific binding and self-structure induction to poly(A) by the cytotoxic plant alkaloid sanguinarine. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1770:1419-26. [PMID: 17600625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2007] [Revised: 05/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The cytotoxic plant alkaloid sanguinarine was found to bind preferentially and strongly to single stranded poly(A) with an association constant (K(a)) in the range 3.6-4.6 x 10(6) M(-1) in comparison to several nucleic acids. The binding induced unique self-structure formation in poly(A) that showed cooperative melting transition in circular dichroism, absorbance, and differential scanning calorimetry studies. The alkaloid binding was characterized to be intercalation as revealed from fluorescence quenching experiments and was predominantly enthalpy driven as revealed from isothermal titration calorimetry. Sanguinarine is the first and only natural product so far known to induce a self-structure formation in poly(A).
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- Prabal Giri
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, India
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Islam MM, Sinha R, Kumar GS. RNA binding small molecules: Studies on t-RNA binding by cytotoxic plant alkaloids berberine, palmatine and the comparison to ethidium. Biophys Chem 2007; 125:508-20. [PMID: 17156912 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Revised: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The interaction of two natural protoberberine plant alkaloids berberine and palmatine with t-RNA(phe) was studied using various biophysical techniques and the data was compared with the binding of the classical DNA intercalator, ethidium. The results of optical thermal melting, differential scanning calorimetry and circular dichroism characterized the native cloverleaf structure of t-RNA under the conditions of the study. The strong binding of the alkaloids and ethidium to t-RNA was revealed from the absorption and fluorescence studies. The salt dependence of the binding constants enabled the dissection of the binding free energy to electrostatic and non-electrostatic contributions. This analysis revealed a surprisingly large favourable component of the non-electrostatic contribution to the binding of these charged alkaloids and ethidium to t-RNA. Isothermal titration calorimetric studies revealed that the binding of both the alkaloids is driven by a moderately favourable enthalpy decrease and a moderately favourable entropy increase while that of ethidium is driven by a large favourable enthalpy decrease. Taken together, the results suggest that the binding of these alkaloid molecules on the t-RNA structure appears to be mostly by partial intercalation while ethidium intercalates to the t-RNA. These results reveal the molecular aspects on the interaction of these alkaloids to t-RNA.
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- Md Maidul Islam
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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Protoberberine Alkaloids: Physicochemical and Nucleic Acid Binding Properties. TOPICS IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/7081_2007_071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Maiti M, Kumar GS. Molecular aspects on the interaction of protoberberine, benzophenanthridine, and aristolochia group of alkaloids with nucleic acid structures and biological perspectives. Med Res Rev 2007; 27:649-95. [PMID: 16894530 DOI: 10.1002/med.20087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Alkaloids occupy an important position in chemistry and pharmacology. Among the various alkaloids, berberine and coralyne of the protoberberine group, sanguinarine of the benzophenanthridine group, and aristololactam-beta-d-glucoside of the aristolochia group have potential to form molecular complexes with nucleic acid structures and have attracted recent attention for their prospective clinical and pharmacological utility. This review highlights (i) the physicochemical properties of these alkaloids under various environmental conditions, (ii) the structure and functional aspects of various forms of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (B-form, Z-form, H(L)-form, protonated form, and triple helical form) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) (A-form, protonated form, and triple helical form), and (iii) the interaction of these alkaloids with various polymorphic DNA and RNA structures reported by several research groups employing various analytical techniques like absorbance, fluorescence, circular dichroism, and NMR spectroscopy; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, thermal melting, viscosity, and DNase footprinting as well as molecular modeling and thermodynamic studies to provide detailed binding mechanism at the molecular level for structure-activity relationship. Nucleic acids binding properties of these alkaloids are interpreted in relation to their biological activity.
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- Motilal Maiti
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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Tanabe H, Suzuki H, Nagatsu A, Mizukami H, Ogihara Y, Inoue M. Selective inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by coptisine isolated from Coptis rhizoma, one of the crude drugs composing Kampo medicines Unsei-in. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2006; 13:334-42. [PMID: 16635741 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Acceleration of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is closely linked to the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. We, therefore, focused on traditional Japanese herbal medicines (Kampo medicines) used to ameliorate the impairment of microcirculation or blood stasis and screened them for their ability to inhibit rat VSMC proliferation. Among them, Unsei-in was found to effectively suppress VSMC proliferation, and Coptis rhizome was the responsible constituent crude drug. The extract of Coptis rhizome inhibited VSMC proliferation with the GI(50) value of 4.4 microg/ml, which was much lower than those against the proliferation of 3Y1, dRLh-84, B16, and HeLa cells. The Coptis rhizome extract inhibited the progression of VSMC arrested at G(0)/G(1) phase from G(0)/G(1) to S phase, but not that of 3Y1 cells. Biological assay-guided fractionation revealed that an alkaloid of Coptis rhizome, coptisine, was the active ingredient in selectively preventing VSMC proliferation with GI(50) of 3.3 microM (1.2 microg/ml). When the structurally-related isoquinoline alkaloids of protoberberine class were studied for their inhibitory activities, berberine decreased the VSMC proliferation with GI(50) of 95.1 microM (35.4 microg/ml), about 30 times higher concentration than coptisine, while palmatine failed to show any activity. This study provides evidence that coptisine, an ingredient of Unsei-in, prevents VSMC proliferation selectively at lower concentrations compared with various cells or other structurally related alkaloids.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Berberine/analogs & derivatives
- Berberine/pharmacology
- Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods
- Coptis/chemistry
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/chemistry
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Inhibitory Concentration 50
- Male
- Medicine, Kampo
- Melanoma, Experimental
- Mice
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Rhizome/chemistry
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- H Tanabe
- Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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Sinha R, Islam MM, Bhadra K, Kumar GS, Banerjee A, Maiti M. The binding of DNA intercalating and non-intercalating compounds to A-form and protonated form of poly(rC).poly(rG): spectroscopic and viscometric study. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 14:800-14. [PMID: 16202606 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2005] [Revised: 08/31/2005] [Accepted: 09/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polymorphic RNA conformations may serve as potential targets for structure specific antiviral agents. As an initial step in the development of such drugs, the interaction of a wide variety of compounds which are characterized to bind to DNA through classical or partial intercalation or by mechanism of groove binding, with the A-form and the protonated form of poly(rC).poly(rG), been evaluated by multifaceted spectroscopic and viscometric techniques. Results of this study suggest that (i) ethidium intercalates to the A-form of RNA, but does not intercalate to the protonated form, (ii) methylene blue intercalates to the protonated form of the RNA but does not intercalate to the A-form, (iii) actinomycin D does not bind to either conformations of the RNA, and (iv) berberine binds to the protonated form by partial intercalation process, while its binding to the A-form is very weak. The DNA groove binder distamycin A has much higher affinity to the protonated form of the RNA compared to the A-form and binds to both structures by non-intercalative mechanism. We conclude that the binding affinity characteristics of these DNA binding molecules to the RNA conformations are vastly different and may serve as data for the development of RNA based antiviral drugs.
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- Rangana Sinha
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Da-Cunha EVL, Fechinei IM, Guedes DN, Barbosa-Filho JM, Da Silva MS. Protoberberine alkaloids. THE ALKALOIDS. CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY 2005; 62:1-75. [PMID: 16265921 DOI: 10.1016/s1099-4831(05)62001-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Jain A, Rajeswari MR. Preferential binding of quinolones to DNA with alternating G, C / A, T sequences: a spectroscopic study. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2002; 20:291-9. [PMID: 12354080 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2002.10506844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The binding of quinolones, nalidixic acid (Nal), oxolinic acid (Oxo) with double stranded polynucleotides was undertaken by using UV-melting, UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence and CD spectroscopic techniques. The binding of Nal or Oxo to the polynucleotides under low-salt buffer conditions were determined for poly (dA).(dT), poly [d(A-T)], poly (dG).(dC), poly [d(G-C)] and E. coli DNA. The fluorescence data were analyzed using a previously established two step mechanism with two different DNA-Drug complexes [Rajeswari et al., Biochemistry 26, 6825-31 (1987)]. The first complex [DN](1) with a binding constant K(1), is formed where the interactions are 'nonspecific' and complex [DN](2) with a binding constant K(2), is formed where the interactions are "specific" which involve (additional) hydrophobic type of interactions like 'stacking' of the drug and the overall association constant is represented as K(=K(1)K(2)). The order of binding for Nal and Oxo is: poly [d(G-C)] > poly [d(A- T)] > E. coli > poly (dG).(dC) > poly (dA).(dT). Interaction of quinolones seems to be preferential in the alternating G, C or A, T stretches of DNA than those of non-alternating. Within any alternating or non-alternating in DNA sequences the G, C rich sequences have distinctly greater binding than A, T sequences. The overall association constant data (K) reveal higher binding of Oxo to DNA compared to Nal to any given polynucleotide investigated; which also explains the higher antibacterial potency of Oxo. Changes in the absorption difference spectra and in circular dichroic spectra also manifest these results. As the melting temperatures of the polynucleotides were only marginally raised in presence of the quinolone, we rule out the possibility of 'classical intercalation' of the drug. Amino group of guanine facilitates the binding of quinolones and therefore has the greater binding with the DNA. However, poly (dG).(dC) is known to exist in 'A' conformation which is not adopted by quinolones as in the case of poly (dA).(dT). Present results suggest that Nal or Oxo bind to DNA in a non-classical fashion which is partially stacking in nature.
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- Aklank Jain
- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, India
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Subbiah Pandi A, Velmurugan D, Govind M, Kim MJ, Josephrajan T. Crystal and Molecular Structure of 3,3,6,6 - tetramethyl - 10 -(2- hydroxybenzoylamino) -3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine - 1,8 - dione. CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1521-4079(200202)37:2/3<293::aid-crat293>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fukuda K, Hibiya Y, Mutoh M, Koshiji M, Akao S, Fujiwara H. Inhibition by berberine of cyclooxygenase-2 transcriptional activity in human colon cancer cells. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 1999; 66:227-33. [PMID: 10433483 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00162-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is abundantly expressed in colon cancer cells and plays a key role in colon tumorigenesis. Compounds inhibiting COX-2 transcriptional activity have therefore potentially a chemopreventive property against colon tumor formation. An assay method for estimating COX-2 transcriptional activity in human colon cancer cells was established using a beta-galactosidase reporter gene system, and examination was made of various medicinal herbs and their ingredients for an inhibitory effect on COX-2 transcriptional activity. We found that berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid present in plants of the genera Berberis and Coptis, effectively inhibits COX-2 transcriptional activity in colon cancer cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner at concentrations higher than 0.3 microM. The present findings may further explain the mechanism of anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor promoting effects of berberine.
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- K Fukuda
- Department of Oriental Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Sen A, Maiti M. Interaction of sanguinarine iminium and alkanolamine form with calf thymus DNA. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 48:2097-102. [PMID: 7802700 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90510-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The interaction of sanguinarine iminium form (structure I) and sanguinarine alkanolamine form (structure II) with calf thymus DNA has been studied in buffer of pH 5.2 and pH 10.5, respectively, where the physicochemical properties of DNA remain unchanged. The binding of sanguinarine iminium form to DNA is characterized by hypochromism and bathochromism in the absorption band, quenching of fluorescence intensity, increase in fluorescence polarization anisotropy, increase in positive and negative ellipticity of DNA, sign and magnitude of the thermodynamic parameters and increase in contour length of sonicated rodlike duplex DNA indicating that it binds to DNA by a mechanism of intercalation. In contrast, sanguinarine alkanolamine form does not show (i) any significant change in fluorescence polarization anisotropy, (ii) alteration of B form structure of DNA and (iii) increase in contour length of DNA indicating that it does not bind to DNA. But at a very high concentration of DNA, the alkanolamine form is influenced to form an iminium-DNA complex.
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- A Sen
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
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The interaction of berberine [7,8,13,13a-tetrahydro-9-10-dimethoxy-2,3-(methylene dioxy)-berberinium] with calf thymus DNA has been studied by spectrophotometry in buffers of various salt concentrations and temperatures. Binding parameters obtained are best fit by the neighbour exclusion model. The salt and temperature dependence of the binding constants are used to estimate thermodynamic parameters involved in the complex formation of berberine with DNA. The binding process is exothermic over the entire range and the values of enthalpy and entropy change are strongly dependent on the salt concentration. The negative enthalpy and positive entropy changes compensate one another to produce a relatively small Gibbs' free energy change. Possible molecular contribution to the enthalpy and entropy changes is discussed.
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- G S Kumar
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
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Debnath D, Kumar GS, Maiti M. Circular dichroism studies of the structure of DNA complex with berberine. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1991; 9:61-79. [PMID: 1781948 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1991.10507893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The binding of the benzodioxolo-benzoquinolizine alkaloid, berberine chloride to natural and synthetic DNAs has been studied by intrinsic and extrinsic circular dichroic measurements. Binding of berberine causes changes in the circular dichroism spectrum of DNA as shown by the increase of molar ellipticity of the 270nm band, but with very little change of the 240nm band. The molar ellipticity at the saturation depends strongly on the base composition of DNA and also on salt concentration, but always larger for the AT rich DNA than the GC rich DNA. The features in the circular dichroic spectral changes of berberine-synthetic DNA complexes were similar to that of native DNA, but depends on the sequence of base pairs. On binding to DNA and polynucleotides, the alkaloid becomes optically active. The extrinsic circular dichroism developed in the visible absorption region (300-500nm) for the berberine-DNA complexes shows two broad spectral bands in the regions 425-440nm and 340-360nm with the maximum varying depending on base composition and sequence of DNA. While the 425nm band shows less variation on the binding ratio, the 360nm band is remarkably dependent on the DNA/alkaloid ratio. The generation of the alkaloid associated extrinsic circular dichroic bands is not dependent on the base composition or sequence of base pairs, but the nature and magnitude of the bands are very much dependent on these two factors and also on the salt concentration. The interpretation of the results with respect to the modes of the alkaloid binding to DNA are presented.
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- D Debnath
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
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