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Monomolecular G-quadruplex structures with inversion of polarity sites: new topologies and potentiality

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AuthorsVirgilio A  Russo A  Amato T  Russo G  Mayol L  Esposito V  Galeone A  
AffiliationDipartimento di Farmacia   Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II   Via D. Montesano 49   80131 Napoli   Italy.  
JournalNucleic Acids Res
Year 2017

Abstract


In this paper, we report investigations, based on circular dichroism, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electrophoresis methods, on three oligonucleotide sequences, each containing one 3'-3' and two 5'-5' inversion of polarity sites, and four G-runs with a variable number of residues, namely two, three and four (mTG2T, mTG3T and mTG4T with sequence 3'-TGnT-5'-5'-TGnT-3'-3'-TGnT-5'-5'-TGnT-3' in which n = 2, 3 and 4, respectively), in comparison with their canonical counterparts (TGnT)4 (n = 2, 3 and 4). Oligonucleotides mTG3T and mTG4T have been proven to form very stable unprecedented monomolecular parallel G-quadruplex structures, characterized by three side loops containing the inversion of polarity sites. Both G-quadruplexes have shown an all-syn G-tetrad, while the other guanosines adopt anti glycosidic conformations. All oligonucleotides investigated have shown a noteworthy antiproliferative activity against lung cancer cell line Calu 6 and colorectal cancer cell line HCT-116 p53-/-. Interestingly, mTG3T and mTG4T have proven to be mostly resistant to nucleases in a fetal bovine serum assay. The whole of the data suggest the involvement of specific pathways and targets for the biological activity.