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Optimization of G‐Quadruplex Ligands through a SAR Study Combining Parallel Synthesis and Screening of Cationic Bis(acylhydrazones)

Published inChemistry, vol. 29, no. 4, e202202427
Publication date2023-01-18
First online date2022-11-30
Abstract

G-quadruplexes (G4s), secondary structures adopted by guanine-rich DNA and RNA sequences, are implicated in numerous biological processes and have been suggested as potential drug targets. Accordingly, there is an increasing interest in developing high-throughput methods that allow the generation of congeneric series of G4-targeting molecules ("ligands") and investigating their interactions with the targets. We have developed an operationally simple method of parallel synthesis to generate "ready-to-screen" libraries of cationic acylhydrazones, a motif that we have previously identified as a promising scaffold for potent, biologically active G4 ligands. Combined with well-established screening techniques, such as fluorescence melting, this method enables the rapid synthesis and screening of combinatorial libraries of potential G4 ligands. Following this protocol, we synthesized a combinatorial library of 90 bis(acylhydrazones) and screened it against five different nucleic acid structures. This way, we were able to analyze the structure-activity relationships within this series of G4 ligands, and identified three novel promising ligands whose interactions with G4-DNAs of different topologies were studied in detail by a combination of several biophysical techniques, including native mass spectrometry, and molecular modeling.

Keywords
  • G-quadruplexes
  • G4 ligands
  • N-acylhydrazones
  • Combinatorial chemistry
  • Nitrogen heterocycles
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Funding
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-17-CE07-0004-01]
  • European Commission - Institut Curie 3-i PhD Program [666003]
Citation (ISO format)
REZNICHENKO, Oksana et al. Optimization of G‐Quadruplex Ligands through a SAR Study Combining Parallel Synthesis and Screening of Cationic Bis(acylhydrazones). In: Chemistry, 2023, vol. 29, n° 4, p. e202202427. doi: 10.1002/chem.202202427
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