Design of tetraplex specific ligands: cyclic naphthalene diimide

Abstract

Cyclic naphthalene diimide 1 bound to hybrid-type tetraplex DNA from 5'-AGGG(TTAGGG)3-3' (K = 8.6 × 10(6) M(-1)) with 260-fold greater affinity than binding to a double stranded oligonucleotide consisting of 5'-GGG AGG TTT CGC-3' and 3'-CCC TCC AAA GCG-5' (nK = 3.3 × 10(4) M(-1)) with 0.5 μM of IC50 for telomerase activity.