Five-member thio-heterocyclic fused naphthalimides with aminoalkyl side chains: Intercalation and photocleavage to DNA

  • Yufang Xu
  • , Baoyuan Qu
  • , Xuhong Qian*
  • , Yonggang Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Novel five-member thio-heterocyclic fused naphthalimides with aminoalkyl side chains were designed, synthesized and evaluated. These compounds have high Scatchard binding constants. They could damage DNA (supercoiled pBR322) from form I (closed) to II (nicked) at a concentration as low as 10 μM and from form I to form III at a concentration of 50 μM. The results implied that the influence of intercalating ability of chromophores on photocleaving ability of photocleavers depended on the mechanism of photocleavage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1139-1142
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Five-member
  • Intercalation
  • Photocleavage
  • Thio-heterocyclic fused naphthalimide

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