作者:Changhao Wang、Brandon Carter-Cooper、Yixuan Du、Jie Zhou、Musabbir A. Saeed、Jinbing Liu、Min Guo、Benjamin Roembke、Clinton Mikek、Edwin A. Lewis、Rena G. Lapidus、Herman O. Sintim
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.04.030
日期:2016.8
G-quadruplex ligands have been touted as potential anticancer agents, however, none of the reported G-quadruplex-interactive small molecules have gone past phase II clinical trials. Recently it was revealed that diminazene (berenil, DMZ) actually binds to G-quadruplexes 1000 times better than DNA duplexes, with dissociation constants approaching 1 nM. DMZ however does not have strong anticancer activities. In this paper, using a panel of biophysical tools, including NMR, FRET melting assay and FRET competition assay, we discovered that monoamidine analogues of DMZ bearing alkyne substitutes selectively bind to G-quadruplexes. The lead DMZ analogues were shown to be able to target c-MYC G-quadruplex both in vitro and in vivo. Alkyne DMZ analogues display respectable anticancer activities (single digit micromolar GI(50)) against ovarian (OVCAR-3), prostate (PC-3) and triple negative breast (MDA-MB-231) cancer cell lines and represent interesting new leads to develop anticancer agents. (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.