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Cooperative effects on the formation of intercalation sites.

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:Daunomycin is one of the most important agents used in anticancer chemotherapy. It interacts with DNA through intercalation of its planar chromophore between successive base pairs. The effect of intercalation on structure, dynamics and energetics is the topic of a wealth of scientific studies. In the present study, we report a computational examination of the energetics of the intercalation process. In detail, we concentrate on the energetic penalty that intercalation of daunomycin introduces into DNA by disturbing it from its unbound conformation. For these means, we are analyzing already published molecular dynamics simulations of daunomycin-DNA complexes and present novel simulations of a bisdaunomycin-DNA and a 9-dehydroxydaunomycin-DNA intercalated complex using the MM-GBSA module implemented in the AMBER suite of programs. Using this molecular dynamics based, continuum solvent method we were able to calculate the energy required to form an intercalation site. Consequently, we compare the free energy of the duplex d(CGCGCGATCGCGCG)(2) in the B-form conformation with the respective conformations when intercalated with daunomycin and a bisintercalating analog. Our results show that the introduction of one single intercalation site costs approximately 32 kcal/mol. For double intercalation, or intercalation of the bisintercalator, the respective value for one intercalation site decreases to 27 and 24 kcal/mol, respectively, at a theoretical salt concentration of 0.15 M. This proposes that at least in these cases, a synergistic effect takes place. Although it is well known that intercalation leads to substantial disturbance of the DNA conformation, already performed investigations suggest a lower energetic penalty. Nevertheless to the best of our knowledge the calculations presented here are the most complete ones and consider hydration effects for the first time. The interaction energy between the ligand and the DNA certainly over-compensates this penalty for introducing the intercalation site and thus favors complexation. Such analyses are helpful for the description of allosteric effects in protein ligand binding.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Trieb M,Rauch C,Wibowo FR,Wellenzohn B,Liedl KR

doi

10.1093/nar/gkh788

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pub_date

2004-09-01 00:00:00

pages

4696-703

issue

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

pii

32/15/4696

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Cooperative effects on the formation of intercalation sites.