Sequence-dependent binding of flavonoids to duplex DNA.
Abstract
The whole family of structurally distinct flavonoids has been recognized as a valuable source of prospective anticancer agents. There is experimental evidence demonstrating that some flavonoids, like flavopiridol (FLP) and quercetin (QUE), bind to DNA influencing their key physiological function. FLP is involved in the combined mode of interaction (intercalation and minor groove binding), while QUE is viewed as a minor groove binder. From a physical standpoint, experimental and theoretical studies have not so far provided a sufficiently consistent picture of the nature of interaction with DNA. Herein the sequence-dependent binding of FLP and of QUE (two representative examples of the structurally different flavonoids) with duplex DNA, containing a variety of the sequences of eight nucleotides (I: GGGGCCCC, II: GGCCGGCC, III: AAAATTTT, IV: AAGCGCTT, V: GCGCGCGC) in the 5'-strand, is investigated using a sophisticated molecular dynamics (MD) approach. For various parts (helix, backbone, bases) of the DNA structure, the change of asymptotic (in terms of an infinite length of MD simulation) configurational entropy, being the thermodynamic consequence of DNA flexibility change due to ligand binding, is explored. As far as the sequence-dependent extent of DNA flexibility change upon QUE (or FLP) binding is concerned, for the entire double helix, increased flexibility is observed for I (or I ≈ II), while increased rigidity is found to be in the order of V > III > II > IV (or III >…
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