Synthesis and evaluation of fused bispyrimidinoacridines as novel pentacyclic analogues of quadruplex-binder BRACO-19.

The present article reports on the design and the synthesis of a series of mono- and bis-pyrimidinoacridines and their evaluation as a novel family of quadruplex-binders. It is shown that bispyrimidinoacridines represent an interesting compromise between easy synthetic access and efficiency in terms of quadruplex interaction (both affinic and selective), as judged by G4-FID assay and mol. modeling. The present study also highlights that control of the $π$-stacking interactions taking place between the ligand and the accessible G-tetrad of a quadruplex-DNA is indeed essential for good recognition but not exclusively (key role of direct and water-mediated H-bonds). The introduction of addnl. amino side chains, valuable in the acridine series, results here in steric perturbations of the ligand/quadruplex recognition and lowers the quadruplex/duplex selectivity. [on SciFinder(R)]

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Titre
Synthesis and evaluation of fused bispyrimidinoacridines as novel pentacyclic analogues of quadruplex-binder BRACO-19.
Type de publication
Article de revue
Année de publication
2009
Revue
Org. Biomol. Chem.
Volume
7
Pagination
5219–5228
ISSN
1477-0520
Soumis le 12 avril 2018