An NMR study of [d(CGCGAATTCGCG)]2 containing an interstrand cross-link derived from a distamycin-pyrrole conjugate.

AUTOR(ES)

Fagan, P A

RESUMO

Minor groove binding compounds related to distamycin A bind DNA with high sequence selectivity, recognizing sites which contain various combinations of A.T and G.C base pairs. These molecules have the potential to deliver cross-linking agents to the minor groove of a target DNA sequence. We have studied the covalent DNA-DNA cross-linked complex of 2,3- bis(hydroxymethyl)pyrrole-distamycin and [d(CGCGAATTCGCG)]2. The alkylating pyrrole design is based on the pharmacophore of mitomycin C and is similar in substructure to another important class of natural products, the oxidatively activated pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Ligand-DNA NOEs confirm that the tri(pyrrole-carboxamide) unit of the ligand is bound in the minor groove of the central A+T tract. Unexpectedly, it is shifted by 1 bp with respect to the distamycin A binding site on this DNA sequence. The cross-link bridges the 2-amino position of two guanine residues, G4 and G22. The C3.G22 and G4.C21 base pairs exhibit Watson-Crick base pairing, with some local distortion, as evidenced by unusual intensities observed for DNA-DNA NOE cross-peaks. The model is compared with a related structure of a cross-linked mitomycin C:DNA complex.

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