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Quinacrine and 9-Amino Acridine Inhibit B-Z and B-HL Form DNA Conformational Transitions

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Title Quinacrine and 9-Amino Acridine Inhibit B-Z and B-HL
Form DNA Conformational Transitions
 
Creator Das, Suman
Kundu, Suprabhat
Kumar, G Suresh
 
Subject Chemistry
 
Description The interaction of quinacrine and 9-amino acridine with right-handed B-form, left-handed Z-form, and lefthanded
protonated (HL)-form structures of polydG-me5dC was investigated by circular dichroism and absorption
spectral analysis. Both the compounds bind strongly to the B-form structure and convert the Z-form
and HL-form back to the bound right-handed form. Circular dichroic data revealed that the conformation at the
binding site is right-handed even though adjacent regions of the polynucleotide may have left-handed conformation.
The rate and extent of B-form–to–Z-form transition were decreased in the presence of these compounds.
Scatchard analysis revealed that both quinacrine and 9-amino acridine bind strongly to the polynucleotide in the
B-form in a noncooperative manner, in sharp contrast to the highly cooperative binding to the Z-form and HL-
form. Results indicated that the cooperative binding of these drugs with the Z-form and the HL-forms was
associated with a sequential conversion of the polynucleotide from a left-handed to a bound right-handed
conformation. Experimental data enabled the calculation of the number of base pairs of Z-form (7–8 with
quinacrine and 9-amino acridine) and HL-form (4 and 25, respectively, with quinacrine and 9-amino acridine)
that adopt a right-handed conformation for each bound ligand. As these compounds are known to bind preferentially
to alternating guanine–cytosine sequences, which are capable of easily undergoing the B-to-Z or B-to-
HL transition, these effects may be important in understanding their biological activities.
 
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/95/1/DNA_AND_CELL_BIOLOGY%2C30_(7)_%2C525%2D535%2C2011[27].pdf
Das, Suman and Kundu, Suprabhat and Kumar, G Suresh (2011) Quinacrine and 9-Amino Acridine Inhibit B-Z and B-HL Form DNA Conformational Transitions. DNA and Cell Biology, 30 (7). pp. 525-535.
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/dna.2010.1206
http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/95/