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. 2019 Aug;24(5):675-691.
doi: 10.1007/s00775-019-01680-3. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

Guanidine- and purine-functionalized ligands of FeIIIZnII complexes: effects on the hydrolysis of DNA

Claudia Pereira  1 , Giliandro Farias  1 , Filipy G Maranha  1 , Nathalia Castilho  2 , Gerhard Schenk  3 , Bernardo de Souza  1 , Hernán Terenzi  2 , Ademir Neves  1 , Rosely A Peralta  4
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Guanidine- and purine-functionalized ligands of FeIIIZnII complexes: effects on the hydrolysis of DNA

Claudia Pereira et al. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

In this paper, the catalytic effects of aminoguanidine and aminopurine groups in the second sphere of a FeIIIZnII complex that mimics the active site of the metallohydrolase purple acid phosphatase (PAP) are investigated, with a particular view on DNA as substrate. The ligand 3-(((3-((bis(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl)amino)methyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzyl)(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)meth-yl)-2 hydroxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde-(H2L1bpea) was synthesized and its complex [(OH)FeIII(μ-OH)ZnII(H2O)(L1bpea)](ClO4) was used as a base for comparison with similar complexes previously published in the literature. Subsequent modifications were conducted in the aldehyde group, where aminoguanidine (amig) and aminopurine (apur) were used as side chain derivatives. The complexes [(OH)FeIII(μ-OH)ZnII(H2O)(L1bpea)](ClO4) (1), [(OH)FeIII(μ-OH)ZnII(H2O)(L1bpea-amig)](ClO4) (2) and [(OH)FeIII(μ-OH)ZnII(H2O)(L1bpea-apur)](ClO4) (3) were characterized by spectroscopic methods (infrared, UV-Vis) and ESI-MS spectrometry. Density functional theory (DFT) was also used to better understand the structure of the complexes. The hydrolytic activity of complexes 1, 2 and 3 was analyzed using both the model substrate 2,4-BDNPP (bis-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)phosphate) and DNA. Complexes 2 and 3, containing the derivatized ligands, have a significantly higher association constant (Kassoc≅ 1/KM) for the activated substrate 2,4-BDNPP compared to complex 1. The catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) is also higher due to hydrogen bonds and/or π-stacking interactions between the substrate and the aminoguanidine or aminopurine groups present in 2 and 3, respectively. In the DNA cleavage assays, all complexes were able to cleave DNA, with 1 and 2 having higher catalytic activity than 3. In addition, when compared to previously analyzed complexes, complex 2 is one of the most active, having a kcat of 0.21 h-1.

Keywords: DNA cleavage; Guanidine; Purine; Purple acid phosphatase.

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