title: Joint experimental and theoretical investigation of the comparative DNA binding affinities of intercalating anthracycline derivatives.
abstract: The comparative binding affinities for poly(dA-dT) and poly(dG-dC) of novel antitumor anthracyclines are reported. The data concern, besides the parent compound adriamycin (ADM), 4-demethoxy 6-deoxy 6-aminodaunomycin (II), 9-deoxy-ADM (III), 4-demethyl-6-O-methyl-ADM (IV), and 3'-deamino-3'-hydroxy-4'-epi-ADM (IV). Theoretical computations are performed in parallel for their comparative binding affinities to model double-stranded hexanucleotides, d(GCGCGC)2, d(TATATA)2, and d(CGTACG)2, using the SIBFA (sum of interactions between fragments computed ab inito) procedure. The computations reproduce in a very satisfactory manner the most salient features of the experimental comparative binding affinities. These encompass, in particular, a higher affinity for the d(TATATA)2 oligomer of II than that of ADM, despite the absence of the 14-OH substituent in II, a marked reversal of the CG versus TA sequence selectivity of the neutral compound V, favoring the d(CGCGCG)2 oligomer over the d(TATATA)2 one; and the deleterious effect incurred on the binding affinities by the presence of an O-methyl substituent at position 6 of the chromophore.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique Associé au C.N.R.S., Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gresh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pullman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arcamone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menozzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tonani
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D007364:Intercalating Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D011067:Poly dA-dT / Q000378:metabolism; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D007364:Intercalating Agents; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; D011067:Poly dA-dT; C019530:poly(dC-dG); D004247:DNA