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Fluorescent light-up acridine orange derivatives bind and stabilize KRAS-22RT G-quadruplex.
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Biochimie [Biochimie] 2018 Jan; Vol. 144, pp. 144-152. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 10. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- KRAS is often found mutated in lethal cancers and should be an important target for anticancer drug development. However, no effective inhibitor has been reported so far, prompting the scientific community to describe the RAS proteins as nearly "undruggable". Recent approaches developed to modulate KRAS protein expression comprises the targeting of G-quadruplex (G4) structures formed within the nuclease hypersensitive element of KRAS promoter region, by designing small and specific ligands to stabilize the tertiary fold and reduce gene expression. In this work, we report in vitro and in silico studies of novel acridine orange (AO) derivatives (C <subscript>3</subscript> -C <subscript>8</subscript> ), developed as G4 stabilizing agents. The results show that the ligands bind with high affinity and stabilize KRAS22-RT G4 with modest specificity over duplex DNA. The most promising ligand C <subscript>8</subscript> stabilizes the structure by ≈ 40 °C. Molecular docking using NMR-derived distance restraints reveal atomic details about the ligand structural features in the interaction with KRAS22-RT G4. In vitro studies with HeLa cells show that the ligands are cytotoxic with IC50 values between 0.9 μM and 5.7 μM. Moreover, the ligands tend to localize in the nucleus as shown by confocal fluorescence microscopy. Overall, these results show that the reported AO ligands display favourable properties as G4 ligands and this study provides structural detail for the development of lead KRAS G4 ligands.<br /> (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. and Société Française de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire (SFBBM). All rights reserved.)
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- Acridine Orange metabolism
Biological Transport
Cell Proliferation drug effects
Fluorescent Dyes metabolism
HeLa Cells
Humans
Intracellular Space metabolism
Ligands
Acridine Orange chemistry
Acridine Orange pharmacology
Fluorescent Dyes chemistry
Fluorescent Dyes pharmacology
G-Quadruplexes drug effects
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) genetics
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1638-6183
- Volume :
- 144
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- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Biochimie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29129745
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2017.11.004