title: Sequence-specific, strand-selective, and directional binding of neocarzinostatin chromophore to oligodeoxyribonucleotides.
abstract: The sequence-specific interaction of neocarzinostatin chromophore (NCS-C) has been evaluated with a series of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides of defined sequences containing the most preferred nucleotide cleavage site, T or A, or both. NCS-C preferentially cleaves T or A residues in the sequence GN1N2, where N2 is T or A. Greater cleavage occurs on the strand enriched with G residues, provided that they are adjacent to other G residues, but not at N1. These results are compatible with a model for drug binding in which the naphthoate moiety of NCS-C preferentially intercalates at GN1. This is accompanied by electrostatic binding interaction provided by the positively charged amino sugar moiety so as to place the reactive bicyclo[7.3.0]dodecadienediyne epoxide moiety in an appropriate orientation in the minor groove enabling, upon thiol activation, attack at C-5' of T or A. At certain sequences, such as GCT.AGC, a similar binding mode is also able to generate a basic lesions at the C residue on the opposite strand, forming a bistranded lesion. Although the reactions with glutathione generally show the same strand selectivity and sequence specificity as those with dithiothreitol, the former is usually more efficient than the latter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D001483:Base Sequence; D053281:Enediynes; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D009353:Zinostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D053281:Enediynes; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C032372:neocarzinostatin chromophore; D009353:Zinostatin