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ArticleChemMedChem2025

Efficacy of DNA Intercalator-Conjugated Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotide as Anticancer Agent.

Haruki Toyama, Akira Toriba, Atsushi Shibata, Takehiko Wada, Asako Yamayoshi, Yu Mikame

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Haruki ToyamaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan.
Akira ToribaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan.
Atsushi ShibataDivision of Molecular Oncological Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, 1-5-30 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8512, Japan.
Takehiko WadaIMRAM (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan.
Asako YamayoshiDepartment of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7527-4255
Yu MikameDepartment of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5239-533X

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Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 24ym0126811j0003Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 25ak0101227h0002JSPS KAKENHI 22H00593JSPS KAKENHI 22K14839JSPS KAKENHI 25K18134Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and TechnologyNetwork Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices 20224030Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices 20241141Transformative Research Areas 20H05874
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Abstract

A triplex-forming oligonucleotide (TFO) can form a sequence-specific triple helix via Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding to polypurine tracts within a major groove side of a DNA duplex. Triplex formation can induce a double-strand break, and this phenomenon at the amplified gene loci can selectively induce the cell death of cancer cells with specific gene amplification. However, the relationship between the binding affinity of TFO for target gene loci and the cell death response remains unclear. In this study, it is aimed to develop DNA intercalator-conjugated TFOs with higher affinity for the human epidermal growth factor receptor type2 gene, which is often amplified in breast cancer cells, than the unmodified TFO. The binding affinity of the TFOs for the target DNA duplex is analyzed using nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and one of the DNA intercalator-conjugated TFOs show a higher binding affinity for the target duplex than the unmodified TFO. The cell death responses induced by these TFOs using the WST-8 assay is also evaluated suggesting that the higher binding affinity of the TFO for amplified gene loci can lead to a stronger cell death response of cancer cells with specific gene amplification.

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Antineoplastic AgentsDNAIntercalating AgentsOligonucleotidesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipAntineoplastic AgentsDNAIntercalating AgentsOligonucleotidestriplex DNAanticancerdeoxyribonucleic acidhuman epidermal growth factor receptor type2intercalatortriplex‐forming oligonucleotide

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PMID40506395
PMCPMC12530838

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