Structural investigations of platinum anticancer drugs with DNA
The antitumor agent cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cis-DDP) can successfully treat testicular and ovarian cancers, presumably by binding to DNA and preventing replication. cis-DDP is less successful in treating lung and breast cancers and the trans isomer is inactive. It has been suggested that cellular recognition and repair processes may be responsible for the difference in activity between cis- and trans-DDP, the differential effectiveness against different types of cancers, as well as acquired resistance. The author reviews structural methods used to characterize several site-specific adducts. Structure-function relations that emerge may help clarify the mechanism of action. The extent of DNA bending caused by several site-specific DNA adducts formed by cis- and trans-DDP has been determined using a gel electrophoresis assay. The adducts cis-GG, cis-AG, cis-GTG, and trans-GTG were incorporated into synthetic DNA oligonucleotides of varying lengths with two bp cohesive ends. Subtle DNA distortions were amplified by polymerizing these monomers and quantitated using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The three adducts cis-GG, cis-AG, and cis-GTG were all found to bend the helix in a directed fashion by about 32-35[degrees]. The trans-GTG adduct gave a degree of flexibility to the double helix, allowing bending in more than one direction. The DNA unwinding caused by the platinum binding was measured by systematically varying the interplatinum distance in a series of synthetic DNA oligonucleotides. The cis-GG and cis-AG adducts both unwind the double helix by 13[degrees]C, while the cis-GTG adduct unwinds by 23[degrees]. To determine the complete structure of platinated duplex DNA< single crystals of a platinated 12 base pair duplex oligonucletide were obtained. Despite extreme temperature and radiation sensitivity problems, a complete set of data was collected. Several different approaches to solve the structure were attempted.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 7282531
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADDUCTS
AMMINES
ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPLEXES
CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES
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DNA ADDUCTS
DRUGS
ELECTROPHORESIS
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
NUCLEIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM COMPOUNDS
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
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