A new class of symmetric bisbenzimidazole-based DNA minor groove-binding agents showing antitumor activity |
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Authors: | Mann J Baron A Opoku-Boahen Y Johansson E Parkinson G Kelland L R Neidle S |
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Affiliation: | Chemistry Department, Reading University, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AD, UK. |
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Abstract: | The synthesis and evaluation of the novel head-to-head bisbenzimidazole compound 2,2-bis[4'-(3' '-dimethylamino-1' '-propyloxy)phenyl]-5,5-bi-1H-benzimidazole is described. An X-ray crystallographic study of a complex with the DNA dodecanucleotide sequence d(CGCGAATTCGCG) shows the compound bound in the A/T minor groove region of a B-DNA duplex and that the head-to-head bisbenzimidazole motif hydrogen-bonds to the edges of all four consecutive A:T base pairs. The compound showed potent growth inhibition with a mean IC(50) across an ovarian carcinoma cell line panel of 0.31 microM, with no significant cross-resistance in two acquired cisplatin-resistant cell lines and a low level of cross-resistance in the P-glycoprotein overexpressing acquired doxorubicin-resistant cell line. Studies with the hollow fiber assay and in vivo tumor xenografts showed some evidence of antitumor activity. |
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