title: Interaction of mithramycin with chromatin.
abstract: Mithramycin (MTR) is an anti-cancer antibiotic that blocks the macromolecular biosynthesis via reversible interaction with DNA template in the presence of bivalent metal ion such as Mg2+. In absence of DNA, mithramycin forms two types of complexes with Mg2+, complex I (with 1:1 stoichiometry in terms of MTR: Mg2+) and complex II (with 1:2 stoichiometry in terms of MTR: Mg2+). In an eukaryotic system, the drug would interact with chromatin, a protein-DNA complex. We have employed the spectroscopic techniques such as absorption and fluorescence to study the interaction of MTR: Mg2+ complexes with rat liver chromatin. In this report, we have shown that the two types of ligands have different binding potentials with the same chromatin. This supports our proposition that complexes I and II, are different molecular species. We have also shown that the histone protein(s) reduce the binding potential and the number of available sites for both ligands.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 37, Belgachia Road, Calcutta 700 037, W. Bengal, India.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008926:Plicamycin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones; D008024:Ligands; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D008274:Magnesium; D008926:Plicamycin