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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
A series of 5-N-methyl quindoline (cryptolepine) derivatives (2a- x) as telomeric quadruplex ligands was synthesized and evaluated. The designed ligands possess a positive charge at the 5- N position of the aromatic quindoline scaffold. The quadruplex binding of these compounds was evaluated by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) melting assay, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) stop assay, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and molecular modeling studies. Introduction of a positive charge not only significantly improved the binding ability but also induced the selectivity toward antiparallel quadruplex, whereas the nonmethylated derivatives tended to stabilize hybrid-type quadruplexes. NMR and molecular modeling studies revealed that the ligands stacked on the external G-quartets and the positively charged 5- N atom could contribute to the stabilizing ability. Long-term exposure of human cancer cells to 2r showed a remarkable cessation in population growth and cellular senescence phenotype and accompanied by a shortening of the telomere length.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1520-4804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6381-92
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Alkaloids, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Cell-Free System, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Circular Dichroism, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Dialysis, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-G-Quadruplexes, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Indoles, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Potassium, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Quinolines, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Telomerase, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Telomere, pubmed-meshheading:18821749-Thermodynamics
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
5-N-methylated quindoline derivatives as telomeric g-quadruplex stabilizing ligands: effects of 5-N positive charge on quadruplex binding affinity and cell proliferation.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't