Nuclease Activity and Binding Characteristics of a Cationic “Manganese Porphyrin−Bis(benzimidazole) Dye (Hoechst 33258)” Conjugate
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Bioconjugate Chemistry
- Vol. 8 (2), 222-231
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bc970007e
Abstract
To increase the binding affinity and/or the sequence selectivity of the chemical nuclease manganese-(III) tetrakis(4-N-methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin, we synthesized a conjugate molecule by associating a tris(4-N-methylpyridiniumyl)metalloporphyrin motif to Hoechst 33258 (H33258), a DNA minor groove binding dye known for its selective affinity for A-T tracts. Selected double-stranded (ds) 35-mer oligodeoxyribonucleotides have been used to probe DNA chain breakages induced by the managanese derivative of the conjugate after activation by potassium monopersulfate. Gel electrophoresis analyses show that DNA cuts were generated by the metalloporphyrin moiety of the hybrid molecule, with the H33258 entity interacting in two different possible orientations, upstream or downstream, with its preferred affinity site inside the minor groove. Also studied was the cleavage of a ds 29-mer oligodesoxyribonucleotide containing two stretches of A.T basepair (bp) which clearly showed that the hybrid can occupy the binding region at least in four preferred ways. These cleavage experiments support the strong and selective interaction of the metalloporphyrin-dye hybrid with DNA and allow the estimate of 10 bp as an average size for the affinity site of an isolated conjugate molecule. Further studies by UV-visible spectroscopy, DNA melting temperature determinations, and DNase I footprinting showed, for higher concentrations of H33258 conjugate, a preferential interaction of only the H33258 moiety with DNA (estimated binding site size 6-7 bp) with the porphyrin entity pushed out of the groove and, for the highest concentrations, self-aggregation of the H33258 conjugate all along the DNA strand in a nonselective mode.Keywords
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