Pyranocoumarins as potential photochemotherapeutic agents: theoretical and physico-chemical studies on the mechanism of action
摘要:
The interactions between 2 angular pyranocoumarins and DNA have been studied in both ground and excited states. The compounds are able to intercalate inside DNA in a non-covalent manner and, under UV-A irradiation, to photobind covalently, forming pyran-side monoadducts and cross-links. The crystal structure of 4,6-dimethylpyranocoumarin was determined by X-ray diffraction techniques, and molecular arrangements in both ground and excited (singlet and triplet) states were calculated by the MNDO method. Results are discussed in terms of intercalation in the ground state, as shown by linear dichroism measurements, and covalent photobinding to pyrimidine bases of DNA under UV-A excitation.
A number of new methylderivatives of pyranocoumarins, related to 8-desmethylxanthyletine and to 8-desmethylseseline, were synthesized. The syntheses were performed by cyclization in boiling N,N-diethyl aniline of the propargyl or methylpropargyl ethers of the appropriate methylderivatives of 7-hydroxycou-marin. Methyl groups have been introduced into positions which look most promising for enhancement
The interactions between 2 angular pyranocoumarins and DNA have been studied in both ground and excited states. The compounds are able to intercalate inside DNA in a non-covalent manner and, under UV-A irradiation, to photobind covalently, forming pyran-side monoadducts and cross-links. The crystal structure of 4,6-dimethylpyranocoumarin was determined by X-ray diffraction techniques, and molecular arrangements in both ground and excited (singlet and triplet) states were calculated by the MNDO method. Results are discussed in terms of intercalation in the ground state, as shown by linear dichroism measurements, and covalent photobinding to pyrimidine bases of DNA under UV-A excitation.