名称:
Coligand tuning of the DNA binding properties of half-sandwich organometallic intercalators: Influence of polypyridyl (pp) and monodentate ligands (L=Cl, (NH2)2CS, (NMe2)2CS) on the intercalation of (η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)-iridium(III)- dipyridoquinoxaline and -dipyridophenazine complexes
摘要:
The DNA binding of polypyridyl (pp) (eta(5)-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)iridium(III) complexes of the type [(eta(5)-C5Me5)IrCl(pp)] (CF3SO3) (pp = dpq, dppz, dppn) (1-3) and [(eta(5)-C5Me5)Ir(L)(pp)]CF3SO3)(2) (L = (NH2)(2)CS, pp = dpq, dppz, dppn) (4-6), (L = (NMe2)(2)CS, pp = dpq, dppz, dppn) (7-9) has been studied by UV/Vis spectroscopy, circular dichroism and viscosity measurements. Modest increases Delta T-m of 2-7 degrees C in the thermal denaturation temperature (for r = [complex]/[DNA] = 0.1) and the effectively unchanged values or decreases in viscosity observed for CT DNA after incubation with complexes 1-3 for 60 min are in accordance with thermodynamically preferred coordinative Ir-N (nucleobase) binding to the biopolymer. However, kinetically favoured intercalation for 2 and 3 leads to large initial hypochromic UV/Vis shifts for their pi-pi* transitions of their polypyridyl ligands in the range 300-450 nm. As indicated by the large Delta T-m value of 14 degrees C and the marked increase in viscosity for 5/CT DNA mixtures, dppz appears to present an optimum surface area for side-on intercalation for L = (NH2)(2)CS. Whereas lower values for these parameters suggest partial intercalation for the smaller dpq ligand of complex 4, the Delta T-m value of only 2 degrees C and a decrease in DNA viscosity are in accordance with surface binding for the dppn complex 6. In contrast, replacement of L (NH2)(2)CS in 6 by L = (NMe2)(2)CS in 9 leads to very strong intercalative binding of the larger polypyridyl ligand with a binding constant K-b 1.0(6) x 10(7) M-1 following a possible change in the DNA structure from B to A, as suggested by CD spectroscopy. Viscosity studies and Delta T-m values for complexes 7 and 8 are in accordance with, respectively, partial and strong intercalative binding of these complexes into DNA. Circular dichroism measurements suggest that the presence of the bulky (NMe2)(2)CS ligand causes significant distortions of the DNA structure for the larger dppz and dppn ligands. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.