An unusual ligand coordination gives rise to a new family of rhodium metalloinsertors with improved selectivity and potency.

ABSTRACT: Rhodium metalloinsertors are octahedral complexes that bind DNA mismatches with high affinity and specificity and exhibit unique cell-selective cytotoxicity, targeting mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient cells over MMR-proficient cells. Here we describe a new generation of metalloinsertors with enhanced biological potency and selectivity, in which the complexes show Rh-O coordination. In particular, it has been found that both Δ- and Λ-[Rh(chrysi)(phen)(DPE)](2+) (where chrysi =5,6 chrysenequinone diimmine, phen =1,10-phenanthroline, and DPE = 1,1-di(pyridine-2-yl)ethan-1-ol) bind to DNA containing a single CC mismatch with similar affinities and without racemization. This is in direct contrast with previous metalloinsertors and suggests a possible different binding disposition for these compl

SUBMITTER: Komor AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4195389 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature