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Komaki K, Kasuya S, Toda Y, Tosaka T, Kamiya K, Koshiyama T. Cu(II)-Triggered Ion Channel Properties of a 2,2'-Bipyridine-Modified Amphotericin B. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2023; 6:828-835. [PMID: 36708326 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The development of stimuli-responsive synthetic channels that open and close in response to physical and chemical changes in the surrounding environment has attracted attention because of their potential bioapplications such as sensing, drug release, antibiotics, and molecular manipulation tools to control membrane transport in cells. Metal coordination is ideal as a stimulus for stimuli-responsive channels because it allows for reversible gating behavior through the addition and removal of metal ions and fine-tuning of channel structure through coordination geometry defined by the type of the metal ion and ligand. We have previously reported on transition metal-ion dependent ion permeability control of Amphotericin B (AmB) modified with a metal coordination site, 2,2'-bipyridine ligand (bpy-AmB). AmB is one of the polyene macrolide antibiotics, and it is known that the interaction between AmB and ergosterol molecules is required for AmB channel formation. In contrast, the Cu2+ coordination to the bpy moiety of bpy-AmB induces formation of Ca2+ ion-permeable channels in the ergosterol-free POPC membrane. However, the details of bpy-AmB properties such as channel stability, ion selectivity, pore size, and the effect of ergosterol on channel formation remain unclear. Here, we investigate bpy-AmB channels triggered by transition metal coordination in POPC or ergosterol-containing POPC liposomes using an HPTS assay, electrophysiological measurements, and time-resolved UV-vis spectral measurements. These analyses reveal that bpy-AmB channels triggered by Cu2+ ions are more stable and have larger pore sizes than the original AmB channels and enable efficient permeation of various cations. We believe that our channel design will lead to the construction of metal coordination-triggered synthetic ion channels.
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- Kosuke Komaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga525-8577, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1, Tenjin, Kiryu, Gunma376-8515, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1, Tenjin, Kiryu, Gunma376-8515, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga525-8577, Japan
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Koshiyama T, Inoue Y, Asada S, Kawahara K, Ide S, Yasuhara K, Ohba M. pH-Dependent ion permeability control of a modified amphotericin B channel through metal complexation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:2895-2898. [PMID: 33606865 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc08368b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Amphotericin B incorporating 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy-AmB) forms a membrane channel exhibiting pH-dependent Ca2+ ion permeability with a selective response to Cu2+ ions. The coordination structure at bpy sites depends on the pH and metal ions can control the association state of bpy-AmB in the membrane.
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- Tomomi Koshiyama
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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Gamble Jarvi A, Sargun A, Bogetti X, Wang J, Achim C, Saxena S. Development of Cu 2+-Based Distance Methods and Force Field Parameters for the Determination of PNA Conformations and Dynamics by EPR and MD Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:7544-7556. [PMID: 32790374 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c05509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are a promising group of synthetic analogues of DNA and RNA that offer several distinct advantages over the naturally occurring nucleic acids for applications in biosensing, drug delivery, and nanoelectronics. Because of its structural differences from DNA/RNA, methods to analyze and assess the structure, conformations, and dynamics are needed. In this work, we develop synergistic techniques for the study of the PNA conformation. We use CuQ2, a Cu2+ complex with 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ), as an alternative base pair and as a spin label in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) distance methods. We use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with newly developed force field parameters for the spin labels to interpret the distance constraints determined by EPR. We complement these methods by UV-vis and circular dichroism measurements and assess the efficacy of the Cu2+ label on a PNA duplex whose backbone is based on aminoethylglycine and a duplex with a hydroxymethyl backbone modification. We show that the Cu2+ label functions efficiently within the standard PNA and the hydroxymethyl-modified PNA and that the MD parameters may be used to accurately reproduce our EPR findings. Through the combination of EPR and MD, we gain new insights into the PNA structure and conformations as well as into the mechanism of orientational selectivity in Cu2+ EPR at X-band. These results present for the first time a rigid Cu2+ spin label used for EPR distance measurements in PNA and the accompanying MD force fields for the spin label. Our studies also reveal that the spin labels have a low impact on the structure of the PNA duplexes. The combined MD and EPR approach represents an important new tool for the characterization of the PNA duplex structure and provides valuable information to aid in the rational application of PNA at large.
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- Austin Gamble Jarvi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Bhai S, Ganguly B. Role of the backbone of nucleic acids in the stability of Hg2+-mediated canonical base pairs and thymine–thymine mispair: a DFT study. RSC Adv 2020; 10:40969-40982. [PMID: 35519218 PMCID: PMC9057718 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra07526d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metal-mediated base pairs have attracted attention in nucleic acid research and molecular devices. Herein, we report a systematic computational study on Hg2+-mediated base pairs with canonical and TT mispair dimers. The computed results revealed that the model DTTD (thymine–thymine with DNA backbone) mispair is more energetically favored than the canonical base pairs. The DTTTTD mispair dimer is more energetically stable by ∼36.0 kcal mol−1 than the corresponding canonical DATGCD base pairs. The Hg⋯Hg metallophilic interaction was observed with the DTTTTD mispair and not the canonical base pairs. The DATGCD (adenine: thymine, guanine: cytosine) base pairs were significantly perturbed upon interaction with the mercury ion; however, the TTTT mispairs were aligned upon interaction with the Hg2+ ion. The DTTTTD mispair adopts a B-type conformation with proper alignment of its nucleobases along the axis. The MESP calculations showed a larger Vmin value for the interacting nitrogen centers of the thymine nucleobase, supporting its stronger binding with the Hg2+ ion compared to the other nucleobases. The role of the backbone is crucial in nucleic acids to determine many useful properties, and PNAs have been exploited extensively in the literature. Thus, this study was further extended to metal-mediated PNA-containing dimer mispairs such as DTTTTP (thymine–thymine dimer model with hybrid DNA and PNA backbone) and PTTTTP (thymine–thymine dimer model with PNA backbone). The calculated results showed that the PTTTTP PNA mispair is thermodynamically more stable than the canonical dimers. The enthalpy calculated for DTTTTD and PTTTTP at the B3LYP-D3/6-31G* level of theory showed that PTTTTP is ∼3.0 kcal mol−1 more stable than DTTTTD. The metallophilic interaction of Hg2+ ions in the PTTTTP mispair was not observed; however, the metal ions interact with the nitrogen of the thymine bases, presumably enhancing the stability of this mispair by strong electrostatic interactions. These interactions arise due to the P-type conformations of PNAs, which lack metallophilic interactions between the metal ions and can adopt a wider and more unwounded helix. The interaction of the mispair dimers with the explicit water molecules also showed a similar stability trend to that observed with the implicit solvation model. The metallophilic interaction (Hg⋯Hg) was found to be conserved in DTTTTD. The AIM analysis performed for these dimers revealed that the interactions are primarily electrostatic in nature. The UV-vis absorption spectra of the mispair systems calculated at the B3LYP-D3/6-31G* level of theory using the TD-DFT method in the aqueous phase suggested that the absorption maximum is located at a longer wavelength in the case of PTTTTP compared to the corresponding DTTTTD and can be a signature to identify the formation of metal-mediated nucleic acid systems. Hg2+-mediated PNA–PNA mispair duplex (PTTTTP) is more energetically favoured compared to DNA–DNA mispair duplex (DTTTTD).![]()
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- Surjit Bhai
- Computation and Simulation Unit (Analytical and Environmental Science Division and Centralized Instrument Facility)
- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Bhavnagar
- India-364 002
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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- Computation and Simulation Unit (Analytical and Environmental Science Division and Centralized Instrument Facility)
- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Bhavnagar
- India-364 002
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Bhai S, Ganguly B. Role of backbones on the interaction of metal ions with deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid: A DFT study. J Mol Graph Model 2019; 93:107445. [PMID: 31494536 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.107445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Metal ion interaction with deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid were studied using B3LYP-D3/6-311++g(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31 + G(d) level of theory in aqueous phase employing polarized continuum (PCM) model. This study reports the role of backbones on deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid for complexation with different metal ions. The systematic study performed with DFT calculations reveals that central binding (Type-4) shows the strongest binding compared to the other binding modes because of the involvement of the backbone as well as the nitrogenous bases. The charged backbone of DNA nucleotides contributes significantly towards binding with the metal ions. The deoxyguanosine monophosphate (dGMP) clearly indicates the strongest binding upon complexation with Mg2+ (-49.6 kcal/mol), Zn2+ (-45.3 kcal/mol) and Cu2+ (-148.4 kcal/mol), respectively. The neutral backbone of PNA also assists to complex the metal ions with PNA nucleotides. The Mg2+ and Cu2+ prefer to bind with the PNA-Cytosine (-32.9 kcal/mol & -132.9 kcal/mol) in central binding mode (type-4). PNA-Adenine-Zn2+ (-29.1 kcal/mol) is the preferred binding mode (type-4) compared to other modes of interaction for this metal ion with PNA-Adenine nucleotide. The Cu2+ ion showed the superior complexation ability with deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid compared to Mg2+ and Zn2+ ions. The cation-π complexation with the bases of nucleotides was also obtained with Cu2+ ion. The AIM (atoms in molecule) theory has been applied to examine the nature of the interaction of Mg2+, Zn2+, and Cu2+ ion to the deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid. The alkaline earth metal, Mg2+ ion shows electrostatic nature while interaction with deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid, however, the transition metal ions (Zn2+, Cu2+) showed partly covalent nature as well with deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid. The optical properties calculated for the binding of metal ions with deoxyribonucleic acid and peptide nucleic acid showed a diagnostic signature to ascertain the interaction of metal ions with such nucleotides. Cu2+ ion showed larger red shifts in the absorption spectrum values upon complexation with the DNAs and PNAs. The calculated results suggest that such metal ions would prefer to bind with the DNA compared to PNA in DNA-PNA duplexes. The preference for the binding of metal ions with DNA nucleotides is largely attributed to the contribution of charged backbones compared to the neutral PNA backbones.
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- Surjit Bhai
- Computation and Simulation Unit (Analytical and Environmental Science Division and Centralized Instrument Facility), CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364 002, India
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- Computation and Simulation Unit (Analytical and Environmental Science Division and Centralized Instrument Facility), CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364 002, India.
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Jayarathna DR, Stout HD, Achim C. Metal Coordination to Ligand-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid Triplexes. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:6865-6872. [PMID: 29845860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A challenging goal in nanotechnology is the precise and programmable arrangement of specific elements in nanosystems in the three-dimensional space. The use of ligand-modified nucleic acids represents an accurate and selective tool to achieve this goal when it comes to metal ion organization. The synthesis of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) monomers that contain ligands instead of nucleobases makes possible the creation of metal-mediated alternative base pairs and triplets at specific locations in PNA duplexes and triplexes, respectively. We report the formation of four- and six-coordinate metal complexes between PNA triplexes modified with 2,2'-bipyridine (Bpy) or 8-hydroxyquinoline (Q) ligands and 3d metal ions. These metal complexes function as alternative base triplets or pairs in that they increase the thermal stability of the triplexes if the stability constants of the metal complexes are relatively high. The increase in the triplex melting temperature correlates with the stability constants of the metal complexes with ligand-containing PNA determined by UV-vis titrations. The metal complexes coordinate two or three ligands although three bidentate ligands are in close proximity of each other within a triplex. Metal coordination to ligand-modified PNA triplexes was further studied by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and circular dichrosim (CD) spectroscopy. EPR spectroscopy indicated the formation of a square planar [CuQ2] complex between Cu2+ and Q-containing PNA triplex. Taken together, the spectroscopic results indicate that in the presence of 1 equiv of Fe2+ or Ni2+ the majority, but not all, of the Bpy-containing PNA triplexes contain [MBpy3] complexes, with a minority of them being metal free. We attribute this behavior to a supramolecular chelate effect exerted by the triplex, which favors the formation of tris-ligand complexes, that is balanced by the steric interactions between the metal complex and the adjacent nucleobase triplets, which decrease the stability of the complex and triplex. In contrast, the very high stability of square planar [MQ2] complexes of Cu2+ and Ni2+ leads to formation of bis-ligand complexes instead of tris-ligand complexes with Q3-containing PNA triplexes. The metal-containing PNA triplexes have a terminal l-lysine and adopt a left-handed chiral structure in solution. The handedness of the PNA triplex determines that of the metal complexes formed with the Bpy-containing PNA triplexes.
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- Dilhara R Jayarathna
- Department of Chemistry , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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Jash B, Müller J. Metal-Mediated Base Pairs: From Characterization to Application. Chemistry 2017; 23:17166-17178. [PMID: 28833684 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The investigation of metal-mediated base pairs and the development of their applications represent a prominent area of research at the border of bioinorganic chemistry and supramolecular coordination chemistry. In metal-mediated base pairs, the complementary nucleobases in a nucleic acid duplex are connected by coordinate bonds to an embedded metal ion rather than by hydrogen bonds. Because metal-mediated base pairs facilitate a site-specific introduction of metal-based functionality into nucleic acids, they are ideally suited for use in DNA nanotechnology. This minireview gives an overview of the general requirements that need to be considered when devising a new metal-mediated base pair, both from a conceptual and from an experimental point of view. In addition, it presents selected recent applications of metal-modified nucleic acids to indicate the scope of metal-mediated base pairing.
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- Biswarup Jash
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie and NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie and NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Takezawa Y, Müller J, Shionoya M. Artificial DNA Base Pairing Mediated by Diverse Metal Ions. CHEM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.160985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Yusuke Takezawa
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
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Bersellini M, Roelfes G. Multidrug resistance regulators (MDRs) as scaffolds for the design of artificial metalloenzymes. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:3069-3073. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob00390k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Artificial metalloenzymes were created from multidrug resistance regulator proteins by in vivo incorporation of an unnatural metal binding amino acid.
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- Manuela Bersellini
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- 9747 AG Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- 9747 AG Groningen
- The Netherlands
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An artificial metalloenzyme containing both a regulatory and a catalytic domain is selectively activated in presence of Fe2+ ions.
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- Manuela Bersellini
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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Baskin M, Panz L, Maayan G. Versatile ruthenium complexes based on 2,2′-bipyridine modified peptoids. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:10350-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04346a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Helical peptoids bearing 2,2′-bipyridine form ruthenium complexes via intermolecular binding to linear peptoid strands or intramolecular binding to a cyclic scaffold.
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- Maria Baskin
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Haifa
- Israel
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- Organic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Technion-Israel institute of technology
- Haifa 32000
- Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Haifa
- Israel
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Mari C, Mosberger S, Llorente N, Spreckelmeyer S, Gasser G. Insertion of organometallic moieties into peptides and peptide nucleic acids using alternative “click” strategies. Inorg Chem Front 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5qi00270b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Application of alternative “click” strategies (metal-free photoclick and one-pot click) to cymantrene and ferrocene derivatives yielded novel metal-containing conjugates.
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- Cristina Mari
- University of Zurich
- Department of Chemistry
- Zurich
- Switzerland
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- University of Zurich
- Department of Chemistry
- Zurich
- Switzerland
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- University of Zurich
- Department of Chemistry
- Zurich
- Switzerland
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Hensel S, Megger N, Schweizer K, Müller J. Second generation silver(I)-mediated imidazole base pairs. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:2139-44. [PMID: 25246972 PMCID: PMC4168905 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The imidazole-Ag(I)-imidazole base pair is one of the best-investigated artificial metal-mediated base pairs. We show here that its stability can be further improved by formally replacing the imidazole moiety by a 2-methylimidazole or 4-methylimidazole moiety. A comparison of the thermal stability of several double helices shows that the addition of one equivalent of Ag(I) leads to a 50% larger increase in the melting temperature when a DNA duplex with methylated imidazole nucleosides is applied. This significant effect can likely be attributed to a better steric shielding of the metal ion within the metal-mediated base pair.
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- Susanne Hensel
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Yin X, Kong J, De Leon A, Li Y, Ma Z, Wierzbinski E, Achim C, Waldeck DH. Luminescence quenching by photoinduced charge transfer between metal complexes in peptide nucleic acids. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:9037-45. [PMID: 24975518 DOI: 10.1021/jp5027042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A new scaffold for studying photoinduced charge transfer has been constructed by connecting a [Ru(Bpy)3](2+) donor to a bis(8-hydroxyquinolinate)2 copper [CuQ2] acceptor through a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) bridge. The luminescence of the [Ru(Bpy)3](2+*) donor is quenched by electron transfer to the [CuQ2] acceptor. Photoluminescence studies of these donor-bridge-acceptor systems reveal a dependence of the charge transfer on the length and sequence of the PNA bridge and on the position of the donor and acceptor in the PNA. In cases where the [Ru(Bpy)3](2+) can access the π base stack at the terminus of the duplex, the luminescence decay is described well by a single exponential; but if the donor is sterically hindered from accessing the π base stack of the PNA duplex, a distribution of luminescence lifetimes for the donor [Ru(Bpy)3](2+*) is observed. Molecular dynamics simulations are used to explore the donor-PNA-acceptor structure and the resulting conformational distribution provides a possible explanation for the distribution of electron transfer rates.
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- Xing Yin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Stephan H, Foerster C, Gasser G. Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of radiometal-containing peptide nucleic acids. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1050:37-54. [PMID: 24297349 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-553-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) have very attractive properties for applications in nuclear medicine. Because PNAs have high selectivity for DNA/RNA recognition, resistance to nuclease/protease degradation, and high thermal and radiolytic stabilities, PNA bioconjugates could transform the areas of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine. In this book chapter, we report on the current developments towards the preparation of radiometal-containing PNA constructs and summarize the protocols for labeling these probes with (99m)Tc, (111)In, (64)Cu, (90)Y, and (177)Lu.
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- Holger Stephan
- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Helmholtz- Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
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Joshi T, Patra M, Spiccia L, Gasser G. Di-heterometalation of thiol-functionalized peptide nucleic acids. ARTIFICIAL DNA, PNA & XNA 2013; 4:11-8. [PMID: 23422249 PMCID: PMC3654725 DOI: 10.4161/adna.24019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2012] [Revised: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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As a proof-of-principle, two hetero-bimetallic PNA oligomers containing a ruthenium(II) polypyridyl and a cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl complex have been prepared by serial combination of solid-phase peptide coupling and in-solution thiol chemistry. Solid-phase N-terminus attachment of Ru(II)-polypyridyl carboxylic acid derivative, C1, onto the thiol-functionalized PNA backbone (H-a-a-g-t-c-t-g-c-linker-cys-NH 2) has been performed by standard peptide coupling method. As two parallel approaches, the strong affinity of thiols for maleimide and haloacetyl group has been exploited for subsequent post-SPPS addition of cymantrene-based organometallic cores, C2 and C3. Michael-like addition and thioether ligation of thiol functionalized PNA1 (H-gly-a-a-g-t-c-t-g-c-linker-cys-NH 2) and PNA2 (C1-a-a-g-t-c-t-g-c-linker-cys-NH 2) to cymantrene maleimide and chloroacetyl derivatives, C2 and C3, respectively, has been performed. The synthesized ruthenium(II)-cymantrenyl PNA oligomers have been characterized by mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and IR spectroscopy. The distinct Mn-CO vibrational IR stretches, between 1,924-2,074 cm (-1) , have been used as markers to confirm the presence of cymantrenyl units in the PNA sequences and the purity of the HPLC-purified PNA thioethers assessed using LC-MS.
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- Tanmaya Joshi
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry; University of Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry; University of Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and School of Chemistry; Monash University; Clayton, VIC Australia
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry; University of Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
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Duprey JLHA, Takezawa Y, Shionoya M. Metal-locked DNA three-way junction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 52:1212-6. [PMID: 23238966 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Jean-Louis H A Duprey
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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de Leon AR, Olatunde AO, Morrow JR, Achim C. Binding of Eu(III) to 1,2-hydroxypyridinone-modified peptide nucleic acids. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:12597-9. [PMID: 23148561 DOI: 10.1021/ic301790v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Substitution of a nucleobase pair with a pair of 1,2-hydroxypyridinone (1,2-HOPO) ligands in the center of a 10-base-pair peptide nucleic acid (PNA) duplex provides a strong binding site for Eu(III) as evidenced by UV thermal melting curves, UV titrations, and luminescence spectroscopy. Eu(III) excitation spectra and luminescence lifetime data are consistent with Eu(III) bound to both 1,2 HOPO ligands in a PNA-HOPO duplex as the major species present in solution.
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- Arnie R de Leon
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Samanta PK, Manna AK, Pati SK. Structural, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Metallo Base Pairs in Duplex DNA: A Theoretical Insight. Chem Asian J 2012; 7:2718-28. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201200630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Pralok K. Samanta
- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064 (India), Fax: (+91) 80‐2208‐2766/2767
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064 (India), Fax: (+91) 80‐2208‐2766/2767
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064 (India), Fax: (+91) 80‐2208‐2766/2767
- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064 (India), Fax: (+91) 80‐2208‐2766/2767
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Coppock MB, Williams ME. Nucleic Acid Mimetics. Supramol Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/9780470661345.smc169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wierzbinski E, de Leon A, Davis KL, Bezer S, Wolak MA, Kofke MJ, Schlaf R, Achim C, Waldeck DH. Charge transfer through modified peptide nucleic acids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:1971-1981. [PMID: 22217076 DOI: 10.1021/la204445u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We studied the charge transfer properties of bipyridine-modified peptide nucleic acid (PNA) in the absence and presence of Zn(II). Characterization of the PNA in solution showed that Zn(II) interacts with the bipyridine ligands, but the stability of the duplexes was not affected significantly by the binding of Zn(II). The charge transfer properties of these molecules were examined by electrochemistry for self-assembled monolayers of ferrocene-terminated PNAs and by conductive probe atomic force microscopy for cysteine-terminated PNAs. Both electrochemical and single molecular studies showed that the bipyridine modification and Zn(II) binding do not affect significantly the charge transfer of the PNA duplexes.
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- Emil Wierzbinski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Megger DA, Megger N, Müller J. Metal-mediated base pairs in nucleic acids with purine- and pyrimidine-derived nucleosides. Met Ions Life Sci 2012; 10:295-317. [PMID: 22210344 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2172-2_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Metal-mediated base pairs are transition metal complexes formed from complementary nucleosides within nucleic acid double helices. Instead of relying on hydrogen bonds, they are stabilized by coordinative bonds. The nucleosides acting as ligands do not necessarily have to be artificial. In fact, several examples are known of naturally occurring nucleobases (e.g., thymine, cytosine) capable of forming stable metal-mediated base pairs that are highly selective towards certain metal ions. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of metal-mediated base pairs formed from natural nucleosides or from closely related artificial nucleosides that are pyrimidine or purine derivatives. It addresses the different strategies that lead to the development of these base pairs. The article focuses on structural models for metal-mediated base pairs, their experimental characterization within a nucleic acid, and on their possible applications.
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Gasser G, Neumann S, Ott I, Seitz M, Heumann R, Metzler-Nolte N. Preparation and Biological Evaluation of Di-Hetero-Organometallic-Containing PNA Bioconjugates. Eur J Inorg Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201100734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Bezer S, Rapireddy S, Skorik YA, Ly DH, Achim C. Coordination-driven inversion of handedness in ligand-modified PNA. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:11929-37. [PMID: 22059624 DOI: 10.1021/ic200855p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a synthetic analogue of DNA, which has the same nucleobases as DNA but typically has a backbone based on aminoethyl glycine (Aeg). PNA forms duplexes by Watson Crick hybridization. The Aeg-based PNA duplexes adopt a chiral helical structure but do not have a preferred handedness because they do not contain a chiral center. An L-lysine situated at the C-end of one or both strands of a PNA duplex causes the duplex to preferably adopt a left-handed structure. We have introduced into the PNA duplexes both a C-terminal L-lysine and one or two PNA monomers that have a γ-(S)-methyl-aminoethyl glycine backbone, which is known to induce a preference for a right-handed structure. Indeed, we found that in these duplexes the γ-methyl monomer exerts the dominant chiral induction effect causing the duplexes to adopt a right-handed structure. The chiral PNA monomer had a 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (Tpy) ligand instead of a nucleobase and PNA duplexes that contained one or two Tpys formed [Cu(Tpy)(2)](2+) complexes in the presence of Cu(2+). The CD spectroscopy studies showed that these metal-coordinated duplexes were right-handed due to the chiral induction effect exerted by the S-Tpy PNA monomer(s) except for the cases when the [Cu(Tpy)(2)](2+) complex was formed with Tpy ligands from two different PNA duplexes. In the latter case, the metal complex bridged the two PNA duplexes and the duplexes were left-handed. The results of this study show that the preferred handedness of a ligand-modified PNA can be switched as a consequence of metal coordination to the ligand. This finding could be used as a tool in the design of functional nucleic-acid based nanostructures.
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- Silvia Bezer
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890, USA
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Joshi T, Barbante GJ, Francis PS, Hogan CF, Bond AM, Spiccia L. Electrochemiluminescent peptide nucleic acid-like monomers containing Ru(II)-dipyridoquinoxaline and Ru(II)-dipyridophenazine complexes. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:12172-83. [PMID: 22040143 DOI: 10.1021/ic201911f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A series of Ru(II)-peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-like monomers, [Ru(bpy)(2)(dpq-L-PNA-OH)](2+) (M1), [Ru(phen)(2)(dpq-L-PNA-OH)](2+) (M2), [Ru(bpy)(2)(dppz-L-PNA-OH)](2+) (M3), and [Ru(phen)(2)(dppz-L-PNA-OH)](2+) (M4) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, dpq-L-PNA-OH = 2-(N-(2-(((9H-fluoren-9-yl)methoxy)carbonylamino)ethyl)-6-(dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine-11-carboxamido)hexanamido)acetic acid, dppz-L-PNA-OH = 2-(N-(2-(((9H-fluoren-9-yl) methoxy)carbonylamino)ethyl)-6-(dipyrido[3,2-f:2',3'-h]quinoxaline-2-carboxamido)acetic acid) have been synthesized and characterized by IR and (1)H NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. As is typical for Ru(II)-tris(diimine) complexes, acetonitrile solutions of these complexes (M1-M4) show MLCT transitions in the 443-455 nm region and emission maxima at 618, 613, 658, and 660 nm, respectively, upon photoexcitation at 450 nm. Changes in the ligand environment around the Ru(II) center are reflected in the luminescence and electrochemical response obtained from these monomers. The emission intensity and quantum yield for M1 and M2 were found to be higher than for M3 and M4. Electrochemical studies in acetonitrile show the Ru(II)-PNA monomers to undergo a one-electron redox process associated with Ru(II) to Ru(III) oxidation. A positive shift was observed in the reversible redox potentials for M1-M4 (962, 951, 936, and 938 mV, respectively, vs Fc(0/+) (Fc = ferrocene)) in comparison with [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) (888 mV vs Fc(0/+)). The ability of the Ru(II)-PNA monomers to generate electrochemiluminescence (ECL) was assessed in acetonitrile solutions containing tripropylamine (TPA) as a coreactant. Intense ECL signals were observed with emission maxima for M1-M4 at 622, 616, 673, and 675 nm, respectively. At an applied potential sufficiently positive to oxidize the ruthenium center, the integrated intensity for ECL from the PNA monomers was found to vary in the order M1 (62%) > M3 (60%) > M4 (46%) > M2 (44%) with respect to [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) (100%). These findings indicate that such Ru(II)-PNA bioconjugates could be investigated as multimodal labels for biosensing applications.
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- Tanmaya Joshi
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Ma Z, Olechnowicz F, Skorik YA, Achim C. Metal binding to ligand-containing peptide nucleic acids. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:6083-92. [PMID: 21634382 DOI: 10.1021/ic200138b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The substitution of nucleobases in nucleic acid duplexes with ligands that have high affinity for transition metal ions creates metal-binding sites at specific locations within the duplexes. Several studies on the incorporation of metal ions into DNA and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) duplexes have suggested that the stability constant of the metal complex formed within the duplexes is a primary determinant of the thermal stability of the duplexes. To understand this relationship, we have synthesized two PNA monomers that carry the same ligand, namely 8-hydroxyquinoline, but have this ligand attached differently to the PNA backbone. The PNA monomers have been incorporated into PNA duplexes. UV and CD spectroscopy and calorimetric studies of the 8-hydroxyquinoline-PNA duplexes showed that the effect of the stability of the metal complex on the PNA duplexes was significantly modulated by the steric relationship between the complex and the duplex. This information is useful for the construction of hybrid inorganic-nucleic acid nanostructures.
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- Zhijie Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Megger DA, Fonseca Guerra C, Hoffmann J, Brutschy B, Bickelhaupt FM, Müller J. Contiguous Metal‐Mediated Base Pairs Comprising Two Ag
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Ions. Chemistry 2011; 17:6533-44. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Revised: 02/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Dominik A. Megger
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Muenster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster (Germany), Fax: (+49) 251‐83‐36007
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Scheikundig Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Fax: (+31) 20‐59‐87629
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- Institut für Physikalische and Theoretische Chemie, Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt, Max‐von‐Laue‐Str. 7, 60438 Frankfurt (Germany)
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- Institut für Physikalische and Theoretische Chemie, Goethe‐Universität Frankfurt, Max‐von‐Laue‐Str. 7, 60438 Frankfurt (Germany)
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Scheikundig Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Fax: (+31) 20‐59‐87629
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Muenster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster (Germany), Fax: (+49) 251‐83‐36007
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Gasser G, Sosniak AM, Metzler-Nolte N. Metal-containing peptide nucleic acid conjugates. Dalton Trans 2011; 40:7061-76. [PMID: 21541385 DOI: 10.1039/c0dt01706j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) are non-natural DNA/RNA analogues with favourable physico-chemical properties and promising applications. Discovered nearly 20 years ago, PNAs have recently re-gained quite a lot of attention. In this Perspective article, we discuss the latest advances on the preparation and utilisation of PNA monomers and oligomers containing metal complexes. These metal- conjugates have found applications in various research fields such as in the sequence-specific detection of nucleic acids, in the hydrolysis of nucleic acids and peptides, as radioactive probes or as modulators of PNA·DNA hybrid stability, and last but not least as probes for molecular and cell biology.
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- Gilles Gasser
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Coppock MB, Miller JR, Williams ME. Assembly of a Trifunctional Artificial Peptide Into an Anti-Parallel Duplex with Three Cu(II) Cross-links. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:949-55. [DOI: 10.1021/ic101538v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Matthew B. Coppock
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Coppock MB, Kapelewski MT, Youm HW, Levine LA, Miller JR, Myers CP, Williams ME. CuII Cross-Linked Antiparallel Dipeptide Duplexes Using Heterofunctional Ligand-Substituted Aminoethylglycine. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:5126-33. [DOI: 10.1021/ic100252g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Matthew B. Coppock
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Metal–bipyridine complexes in DNA backbones and effects on thermal stability. J Biol Inorg Chem 2010; 15:629-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-010-0630-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Huang CH, Parish A, Samain F, Garo F, Häner R, Morrow JR. Binding of Europium(III) to a Non-Nucleosidic Phenanthroline Linker in DNA. Bioconjug Chem 2010; 21:476-82. [DOI: 10.1021/bc900386w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Ching-Hui Huang
- Department of Chemistry, 526 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-3000, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, 526 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-3000, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, 526 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-3000, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, 526 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-3000, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, 526 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-3000, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, 526 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-3000, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Solution structure of a DNA double helix with consecutive metal-mediated base pairs. Nat Chem 2010; 2:229-34. [PMID: 21124482 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 12/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Metal-mediated base pairs represent a powerful tool for the site-specific functionalization of nucleic acids with metal ions. The development of applications of the metal-modified nucleic acids will depend on the availability of structural information on these double helices. We present here the NMR solution structure of a self-complementary DNA oligonucleotide with three consecutive imidazole nucleotides in its centre. In the absence of transition-metal ions, a hairpin structure is adopted with the artificial nucleotides forming the loop. In the presence of Ag(i) ions, a duplex comprising three imidazole-Ag(+)-imidazole base pairs is formed. Direct proof for the formation of metal-mediated base pairs was obtained from ¹J(¹⁵N,¹⁰⁷/¹⁰⁹Ag) couplings upon incorporation of ¹⁵N-labelled imidazole. The duplex adopts a B-type conformation with only minor deviations in the region of the artificial bases. This work represents the first structural characterization of a metal-modified nucleic acid with a continuous stretch of metal-mediated base pairs.
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Fainerman-Melnikova M, Clegg JK, Pakchung AAH, Jensen P, Codd R. Structural diversity of complexes between Cu(ii) or Ni(ii) and endocyclic oxygen- or nitrogen-containing ligands: synthesis, X-ray structure determinations and circular dichroism spectra. CrystEngComm 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/c0ce00323a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Maayan G. Conformational Control in Metallofoldamers: Design, Synthesis and Structural Properties. European J Org Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200900637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Galia Maayan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, P. O. Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611‐7200, USA
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Paul A, Watson RM, Wierzbinski E, Davis KL, Sha A, Achim C, Waldeck DH. Distance dependence of the charge transfer rate for peptide nucleic acid monolayers. J Phys Chem B 2009; 114:14140-8. [PMID: 19691305 DOI: 10.1021/jp906910h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Charge transfer studies have been performed for self-assembled monolayers of single-stranded and double-stranded peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) having a C-terminus cysteine and an N-terminus ferrocene group as a redox reporter. The decay of the charge transfer rate with distance was strong for short single-stranded PNA molecules and weak for long single-stranded and double-stranded PNAs. Possible mechanisms for this "softening" of the distance dependence are discussed. The nature of the mechanism change can be explained by a transition of the charge transport mechanism from superexchange-mediated tunneling for short PNAs to a "hopping" mechanism for long PNAs.
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- Amit Paul
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Nickita N, Gasser G, Bond AM, Spiccia L. Synthesis, Spectroscopic Properties and Electrochemical Oxidation of RuII-Polypyridyl Complexes Attached to a Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomer Backbone. Eur J Inorg Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200801259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rannulu NS, Rodgers MT. Noncovalent Interactions of Ni+ with N-Donor Ligands (Pyridine, 4,4′-Dipyridyl, 2,2′-Dipyridyl, and 1,10-Phenanthroline): Collision-Induced Dissociation and Theoretical Studies. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:4534-48. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8112045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- N. S. Rannulu
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Levine LA, Kirin SI, Myers CP, Showalter SA, Williams ME. Heterometallic Ferrocene-Rhenium Complexes Linked by an Aminoethylglycine Scaffold. Eur J Inorg Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200800865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Levine LA, Youm HW, Yennawar HP, Williams ME. Synthesis and Characterization of a (Dipyridylthiophene)platin Complex of a Pyridyl-Substituted Aminoethylglycine Artificial Dipeptide. Eur J Inorg Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200800585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jens Müller
- Faculty of Chemistry, Dortmund University of Technology, Otto‐Hahn‐Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany, Fax: +49 231 755 3797
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He W, Franzini RM, Achim C. Metal-Containing Nucleic Acid Structures Based on Synergetic Hydrogen and Coordination Bonding. PROGRESS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/9780470144428.ch8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Johannsen S, Paulus S, Düpre N, Müller J, Sigel RKO. Using in vitro transcription to construct scaffolds for one-dimensional arrays of mercuric ions. J Inorg Biochem 2008; 102:1141-51. [PMID: 18289686 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2007] [Revised: 12/22/2007] [Accepted: 12/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In vitro transcription by T7 RNA polymerase can be used to construct scaffolds for the one-dimensional arrangement of mercury(II) ions. In these constructs, the metal ions are located inside of RNA double helices. By replacing the amide protons of two oppositely located uracil residues of complementary strands, mercury(II) becomes coordinated in a linear fashion to form metal-ion mediated base pairs, analogous to the well-known thymine-Hg-thymine base pair in DNA. This is shown here by a combination of various experimental techniques, including NMR spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, as well as UV and CD spectroscopy. A total of five different double helices, including both palindromic and non-palindromic RNA sequences and between two and twenty consecutive uracil residues, have been synthesized and shown to be able to incorporate mercury(II). The synthesis of r(GGAGU 20CUCC) demonstrates that T7 polymerase is capable of handling long continuous stretches of identical nucleotides, albeit at the cost of an increasing number of abortion products and longer oligonucleotide strands that need to be separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This work introduces RNA into the group of nucleic acids that can form metal ion mediated base pairs. The use of such metal-modified nucleic acids has been envisaged in various fields of research, including the generation of molecular wires.
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- Silke Johannsen
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Böhme D, Düpre N, Megger DA, Müller J. Conformational change induced by metal-ion-binding to DNA containing the artificial 1,2,4-triazole nucleoside. Inorg Chem 2007; 46:10114-9. [PMID: 17973476 DOI: 10.1021/ic700884q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A conformational switch can be induced upon the addition of transition-metal ions to oligonucleotides that contain a row of successive artificial nucleobases flanked by complementary sequences of natural nucleobases, provided that the artificial bases cannot undergo self-pairing via hydrogen bonding but only via the formation of metal-ion-mediated base pairs. Such oligonucleotides adopt a hairpin structure in the absence of transition-metal ions, yet they show a preference for the formation of a regular double helix if the appropriate metal ions are present. We report here our experimental data on the structure of the oligonucleotide d(A7X3T7) (A=adenine, T=thymine, X=1,2,4-triazole) in the absence and presence of silver(I). This study comprising temperature-dependent UV spectroscopy, CD spectroscopy, MALDI-TOF measurements, fluorescence spectroscopy, and dynamic light scattering opens up a new approach to the generation of a large variety of metal-ion sensors with the possibility of fine-tuning their sensing capabilities, depending on the artificial nucleoside that is used.
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- Dominik Böhme
- Department of Chemistry, University of Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Pensato S, Saviano M, Romanelli A. New peptide nucleic acid analogues: synthesis and applications. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2007; 7:1219-32. [PMID: 17696820 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.7.8.1219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Peptide nucleic acids are oligonucleotide mimics characterised by high chemical and enzymatic stability, high specificity and affinity toward complementary DNA/RNA. The lack of charge and polar groups in the backbone decrease their solubility in aqueous environment and their ability to cross cell membranes, reducing their performance in in vivo applications. To improve solubility, increase affinity and specificity of binding and to control recognition between nucleic acids, several analogues bearing modifications on the nucleobase, nucleobase-backbone linker and on the backbone were synthesised. This paper describes the synthesis and applications of Peptide nucleic acid analogues and discusses the potential of analogues for which no application is reported.
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- Soccorsa Pensato
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento delle Scienze Biologiche, Facoltà di Scienze Biotecnologiche, Napoli, Italy
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Nickita N, Belousoff MJ, Bhatt AI, Bond AM, Deacon GB, Gasser G, Spiccia L. Synthesis, Structure, Spectroscopic Properties, and Electrochemical Oxidation of Ruthenium(II) Complexes Incorporating Monocarboxylate Bipyridine Ligands. Inorg Chem 2007; 46:8638-51. [PMID: 17880205 DOI: 10.1021/ic700796m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[Ru(bpy)(2)(Mebpy-COOH)](PF(6))(2).3H(2)O (1), [Ru(phen)(2)(Mebpy-COOH)](ClO(4))(2).5H(2)O (2), [Ru(dppz)(2)(Mebpy-COOH)]Cl(2).9H(2)O (3), and [Ru(bpy)(dppz)(Mebpy-COOH)](PF(6))(2).5H(2)O (4) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, Mebpy-COOH = 4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine-4-carboxylic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, dppz = dipyrido[3,2,-a;2',3-c]phenazine) have been synthesized and characterized spectroscopically and by microanalysis. The [Ru(Mebpy-COOH)(CO)(2)Cl(2)].H(2)O intermediate was prepared by reaction of the monocarboxylic acid ligand, Mebpy-COOH, with [Ru(CO)(2)Cl(2)](n), and the product was then reacted with either bpy, phen, or dppz in the presence of an excess of trimethylamine-N-oxide (Me(3)NO), as the decarbonylation agent, to generate 1, 2, and 3, respectively. For compound 4, [Ru(bpy)(CO)Cl(2)](2) was reacted with Mebpy-COOH to yield [Ru(bpy)(Mebpy-COOH)(CO)Cl](PF(6)).H(2)O as a mixture of two main geometric isomers. Chemical decarbonylation in the presence of dppz gave 4 also as a mixture of two isomers. Electrochemical and spectrophotometric studies indicated that complexes 1 and 2 were present as a mixture of protonated and deprotonated forms in acetonitrile solution because of water of solvation in the isolated solid products. The X-ray crystal structure determination on crystals of [Ru(bpy)2(MebpyCOO)][Ru(bpy)(2)(MebpyCOOH)](3)(PF(6))(7), 1a, and [Ru(phen)(2)(MebpyCOO)](ClO(4)).6H(2)O, 2a, obtained from solutions of 1 and 2, respectively, revealed that 1a consisted of a mixture of protonated and deprotonated forms of the complex in a 1:3 ratio and that 2a consisted of the deprotonated derivative of 2. A distorted octahedral geometry for the Ru(II) centers was found for both complexes. Upon excitation at 450 nm, MeCN solutions of the protonated complexes 1-4 were found to exhibit emission bands in the 635-655 nm range, whereas the corresponding emission maxima of their deprotonated forms were observed at lower wavelengths. Protonation/deprotonation effects were also observed in the luminescence and electrochemical behavior of complexes 1-4. Comprehensive electrochemical studies in acetonitrile show that the ruthenium centers on 1, 2, 3, and 4 are oxidized from Ru(II) to Ru(III) with reversible potentials at 917, 929, 1052, and 1005 mV vs Fc(0/+) (Fc = ferrocene), respectively. Complexes 1 and 2 also exhibit an irreversible oxidation process in acetonitrile, and all compounds undergo ligand-based reduction processes.
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- School of Chemistry and Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Kirin SI, Yennawar HP, Williams ME. Synthesis and Characterization of CuII Complexes with Amino Acid Substituted Di(2-pyridyl)amine Ligands. Eur J Inorg Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200700273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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