Biomarkers for Phenol Carcinogen Exposure Act as pH-Sensing Fluorescent Probes
摘要:
Biomarkers for phenolic carcinogen exposure, 8-(4' '-hydroxyphenyl)-2'-deoxypurines, have been found to possess pH-sensitive fluorescent properties. Phenolic ionization constants (pK(a)) establish substituent (sigma(-)) constants of 0.46 for N1-Me-dG and 0.55 for dA. Their fluorescent properties prompted the synthesis of 4 that possesses fluorescent pH sensing in the physiological pH region. Our results demonstrate the potential utility of these adducts for pH sensing within nucleic acids, as well as establishing a basis for phenol-mediated carcinogenesis.
Inhibitory Effects of the Guanine Moiety on Suzuki Couplings of Unprotected Halonucleosides in Aqueous Media
摘要:
In the Suzuki arylations of unprotected halonucleosides in aqueous media, 8-bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8BrdG) couplings were slower to reach completion than the corresponding 8-bromo-2'deoxyadenosine (8BrdA) couplings. The guanine moiety has an acidic proton, which under our Suzuki conditions (PH congruent to 10) may be deprotonated to give an anion that can coordinate to palladium. The possibility that guanine coordination was responsible for the observed slower rates was explored using additive experiments in which nonhalogenated nucleosides were added to the Suzuki coupling reaction of 8BrdA or 4-bromotoluene and PhB(OH)(2) and the reaction progress monitored by HPLC or GC. Adding dG slowed these reactions, and an induction period was observed. The addition of dA or 1-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine (lMedG) to these couplings did not affect the rate of conversion to product. Guanine coordination was further explored using C-13 and P-31 NMR spectroscopy, which implies that guanine is coordinating to palladium through N-1 or O-6, or both. Furthermore, the presence of dG inhibited the formation of the active palladium(0) catalytic species, which may account for both the observed induction period and the sluggishness of reactions where guanine is involved.
Inhibitory Effects of the Guanine Moiety on Suzuki Couplings of Unprotected Halonucleosides in Aqueous Media
摘要:
In the Suzuki arylations of unprotected halonucleosides in aqueous media, 8-bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8BrdG) couplings were slower to reach completion than the corresponding 8-bromo-2'deoxyadenosine (8BrdA) couplings. The guanine moiety has an acidic proton, which under our Suzuki conditions (PH congruent to 10) may be deprotonated to give an anion that can coordinate to palladium. The possibility that guanine coordination was responsible for the observed slower rates was explored using additive experiments in which nonhalogenated nucleosides were added to the Suzuki coupling reaction of 8BrdA or 4-bromotoluene and PhB(OH)(2) and the reaction progress monitored by HPLC or GC. Adding dG slowed these reactions, and an induction period was observed. The addition of dA or 1-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine (lMedG) to these couplings did not affect the rate of conversion to product. Guanine coordination was further explored using C-13 and P-31 NMR spectroscopy, which implies that guanine is coordinating to palladium through N-1 or O-6, or both. Furthermore, the presence of dG inhibited the formation of the active palladium(0) catalytic species, which may account for both the observed induction period and the sluggishness of reactions where guanine is involved.