Abstract
Indenoisoquinolines are the most promising non-campthotecins topoisomerase IB inhibitors. We present an integrated experimental/computational investigation of the UV-Vis spectra of the IQNs parental compound (NSC314622) and two of its derivatives (NSC724998 and NSC725776) currently undergoing Phase I clinical trials. In all the three compounds a similar dependence of the relative absorption intensities at 270 nm and 290 nm on solvent polarity is found. The keto-oxygens in positions 5 and 11 of the molecular scaffold of the molecule are the principal chromophores involved in this dependence. Protic interactions on these sites are also found to give rise to absorptions at wavelengthsolution, due to the stabilization of highly polarized tautomers of the molecule. These results suggest that the keto-oxygens are important polarizable groups that can act as useful interactors with the molecular receptor, providing at the same time an useful fingerprint for the monitoring of the drug binding to topoisomerase IB.
Date of this Version
9-26-2013
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0073881
Recommended Citation
Coletta, Andrea; Castelli, Silvia; Chillemi, Giovanni; Sanna, Nico; Cushman, Mark S.; Pommier, Yves; and Desideri, Alessandro, "Solvent Dependency of the UV-Vis Spectrum of Indenoisoquinolines: Role of Keto-Oxygens as Polarity Interaction Probes." (2013). Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Faculty Publications. Paper 2.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073881
Comments
This is the publisher pdf of Coletta A, Castelli S, Chillemi G, Sanna N, Cushman M, et al. (2013) Solvent Dependency of the UV-Vis Spectrum of Indenoisoquinolines: Role of Keto-Oxygens as Polarity Interaction Probes. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73881 and is available at: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073881.