中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 分子量 |
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5-甲基-1-[5-(7-氧代呋喃并[3,2-g]苯并吡喃-9-基)氧基戊基]嘧啶-2,4-二酮 | 2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 5-methyl-1-(5-((7-oxo-7H-furo(3,2-g)(1)benzopyran-9-yl)oxy)pentyl)- | 78497-52-6 | C21H20N2O6 | 396.4 |
We report here the synthesis of novel thymine biomimetic photo-adducts bearing an alkane spacer between nucleobases and characterized by antimelanoma activity against two mutated cancer cell lines overexpressing human Topoisomerase 1 (TOP1), namely SKMEL28 and RPMI7951. Among them, Dewar Valence photo-adducts showed a selectivity index higher than the corresponding pyrimidine-(6-4)-pyrimidone and cyclobutane counterpart and were characterized by the highest affinity towards TOP1/DNA complex as evaluated by molecular docking analysis. The antimelanoma activity of novel photo-adducts was retained after loading into UV photo-protective lignin nanoparticles as stabilizing agent and efficient drug delivery system. Overall, these results support a combined antimelanoma and UV sunscreen strategy involving the use of photo-protective lignin nanoparticles for the controlled release of thymine dimers on the skin followed by their sacrificial transformation into photo-adducts and successive inhibition of melanoma and alert of cellular UV machinery repair pathways.
Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements for a series of bichromophoric compounds containing 7-methoxy-coumarin and nucleotide base residues have been performed in water and in organic solvents. The data from these studies have been used to calculate the relative proportion of folded and extended conformations of bichromophores. Ground-state stacking interactions of coumarin and nucleotide base have been found to be limited to aqueous solution. The contribution of the dynamic quenching mechanism to the total fluorescence quenching in water has been estimated. The absence of dynamic quenching in organic solvents is.explained on the basis of the very short lifetime of the fluorophore in methanol.