Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1399981 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2006 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

Novel bis-nucleobase–phenanthridinium conjugates were synthesised and their aqueous solutions spectroscopically characterised. Bis-adenine conjugate revealed in aqueous solutions significantly more pronounced intramolecular aromatic stacking interactions than bis-uracil analogue. In contrast with previously reported poly A recognition by bis-uracil conjugate, recognition of complementary nucleotides and poly U was not observed due to the strong interference of bulk water with hydrogen bonding between nucleobases. The screening of anticancer activity on six human cell lines revealed that tethering of a nucleobase to phenanthridinium moiety diminished antiproliferative potential of phenanthridinium. However, among mono-nucleobase conjugates adenine derivative was found to be the most selective one (MiaPaCa–2, Hep–2).

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