Design, synthesis, biophysical and biological studies of trisubstituted naphthalimides as G-quadruplex ligands
作者:Antonella Peduto、Bruno Pagano、Carmen Petronzi、Antonio Massa、Veronica Esposito、Antonella Virgilio、Francesco Paduano、Francesco Trapasso、Filomena Fiorito、Salvatore Florio、Concetta Giancola、Aldo Galeone、Rosanna Filosa
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.08.062
日期:2011.11
A series of trisubstituted naphthalimides have been synthesized and evaluated as telomeric G-quadruplex ligands by biophysical methods. Affinity for telomeric G-quadruplex AGGG(TTAGGG)(3) binding was first screened by fluorescence titrations. Subsequently, the interaction of the telomeric G-quadruplex with compounds showing the best affinity has been studied by isothermal titration calorimetry and UV-melting experiments. The two best compounds of the series tightly bind the telomeric quadruplex with a 2:1 drug/DNA stoichiometry. These derivatives have been further evaluated for their ability to inhibit telomerase by a TRAP assay and their pharmacological properties by treating melanoma (M14) and human lung cancer (A549) cell lines with increasing drug concentrations. A dose-dependent inhibition of cell proliferation was observed for all cellular lines during short-term treatment. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.