Targeting C-myc G-quadruplex: dual recognition by aminosugar-bisbenzimidazoles with varying linker lengths

Molecules. 2013 Nov 18;18(11):14228-40. doi: 10.3390/molecules181114228.

Abstract

G-quadruplexes are therapeutically important biological targets. In this report, we present biophysical studies of neomycin-Hoechst 33258 conjugates binding to a G-quadruplex derived from the C-myc promoter sequence. Our studies indicate that conjugation of neomycin to a G-quadruplex binder, Hoechst 33258, enhances its binding. The enhancement in G-quadruplex binding of these conjugates varies with the length and composition of the linkers joining the neomycin and Hoechst 33258 units.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Bisbenzimidazole / chemistry*
  • G-Quadruplexes*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neomycin / chemistry
  • Nucleic Acids / chemistry
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / chemistry*

Substances

  • Nucleic Acids
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
  • Neomycin
  • Bisbenzimidazole