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  • Title: Long-range allosteric effects on the B to Z equilibrium by daunomycin.
    Author: Chaires JB.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1985 Dec 03; 24(25):7479-86. PubMed ID: 4084594.
    Abstract:
    Spectroscopic and fluorometric methods were used to study the binding of the anticancer drug daunomycin to poly[d(G-C)] and poly[d(G-m5C)] under a variety of solution conditions. Under high-salt conditions that favor the left-handed Z conformation, binding isotherms for the interaction of the drug with poly[d(G-C)] are sigmoidal, indicative of a cooperative binding process. Both the onset and extent of the cooperative binding are strongly dependent upon the ionic strength. The binding data may be explained by a model in which the drug preferentially binds to B-form DNA and acts as an allosteric effector on the B to Z equilibrium. At 2.4 M NaCl, binding of as little as one drug molecule per 20 base pairs (bp) results in the conversion of poly[d(G-C)] from the Z form entirely to the B form, as inferred from binding data and demonstrated directly by circular dichroism measurements. Similar results are obtained for poly[d(G-m5C)] in 50 mM NaCl and 1.25 mM MgCl2. Under these solution conditions, it is possible to demonstrate the Z to B structural transition in poly[d(G-m5C)] as a function of bound drug by the additional methods of sedimentation velocity and susceptibility to DNase I digestion. The transmission of allosteric effects over 20 bp is well beyond the range of the drug's binding site of 3 bp. Since daunomycin preferentially binds to alternating purine-pyrimidine sequences, which are the only sequences capable of the B to Z transition, the allosteric effects described here may be of importance toward understanding the mechanism by which the drug inhibits DNA replicative events.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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