Volume 126, Issue 38 pp. 10283-10287
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Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complex Forms Emissive Intercalating Adducts with Double-Stranded DNA and RNA: Differential Emissions and Anticancer Activities

Taotao Zou

Taotao Zou

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Jia Liu

Dr. Jia Liu

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Ching Tung Lum

Dr. Ching Tung Lum

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

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Dr. Chensheng Ma

Dr. Chensheng Ma

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

Current address: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University (China)

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Ruth Chau-Ting Chan

Ruth Chau-Ting Chan

Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

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Dr. Chun-Nam Lok

Dr. Chun-Nam Lok

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

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Dr. Wai-Ming Kwok

Dr. Wai-Ming Kwok

Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

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Prof. Dr. Chi-Ming Che

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Chi-Ming Che

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen 518053 (China)

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First published: 15 July 2014
Citations: 25

This work was supported by the University Grants Committee of the HKSAR of China (Area of Excellence Scheme AoE/P-03/08), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2013CB834802), the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (HKU 700812P), and Special Equipment Grant of UGC (SEG_HKU02) for MS analysis. We thank Drs. C.-H. Leung, D.-L. Ma, R. W.-Y. Sun for constructive input, and Prof. Anderson Wong for help on radioisotope experiments.

Abstract

Luminescent metallo-intercalators are potent biosensors of nucleic acid structure and anticancer agents targeting DNAs. There are few examples of luminescent metallo-intercalators which can simultaneously act as emission probes of nucleic acid structure and display promising anticancer activities. Herein, we describe a luminescent platinum(II) complex, [Pt(C^N^N)(C≡NtBu)]ClO4 (1 a, HC^N^N= 6-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridyl), that intercalates between the nucleobases of nucleic acids, accompanied by an increase in emission intensity and/or a significant change in the maximum emission wavelength. The changes in emission properties measured with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) are different from those with dsDNA used in the binding reactions. Complex 1 a exhibited potent anticancer activity towards cancer cells in vitro and inhibited tumor growth in a mouse model. The stabilization of the topoisomerase I–DNA complex with resulting DNA damage by 1 a is suggested to contribute to its anticancer activity.

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