TRIS(PHENANTHROLINE)RUTHENIUM(II) - STEREOSELECTIVITY IN BINDING TO DNA
TRIS(PHENANTHROLINE)RUTHENIUM(II) - STEREOSELECTIVITY IN BINDING TO DNA
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00319a043
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
GOLDBERG, JM
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作者:
BARTON, JK;DANISHEFSKY, AT;GOLDBERG, JM
The chiral complexes tris(phenanthroline)ruthenium(II), (phen)3Ru2+, bind to DNA by intercalation, and enantiomeric selectivity in binding to a right-handed duplex is found. Spectroscopic, hydrodynamic and binding parameters are consistent with the intercalative mode of association. Hypochromicity represented a 17% decrease in intensity in the metal to ligand charge-transfer band and enhanced luminescence accompany binding to the duplex. For a given ruthenium concentration, greater luminescence is found for the .delta. isomer in the presence of DNA than for the .LAMBDA. isomer. The experimental excited-state lifetimes of (phen)3Ru2+ isomers increased identically in the presence of DNA. Therefore the higher emission intensity reflects the larger affinity of the .DELTA. isomer for the helix. An enantiomeric preference for the duplex is evident also in gel electrophoresis experiments with closed circular DNA. Both isomers unwind and rewind supercoiled pColEl DNA, but for a given added ruthenium concentration, more duplex unwinding is apparent with .DELTA.-(phen)3Ru2+. Binding isotherms for racemic (phen)3Ru2+ with calf thymus DNA, obtained by equilibrium dialysis, yield an intrinsic binding constant, K(0) = 6.2 .times. 103 M-1, and show the metal complex to occupy a 4 base-pair site at saturation. In addition, dialysates are optically enriched in the less favored .LAMBDA. enantiomer. Dialysis of Z-DNA against racemic (phen)3Ru2+ does not lead to similar optical enrichment. The results are all consistent with an intercalative model where the stereoselectivity is based upon the different steric interactions between the nonintercalated phenanthroline ligands of the chiral complex and the right-handed DNA phosphate backbone. The enantiomeric selectivity observed illustrates the importance of helix symmetry to drug recognition and provides a route to design probes for right- and left-handed DNA.