Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (8): 1468.

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Electrochemical Studies of Reaction Between Dactinomycin and DNA

WANG Su-Fen, PENG Tu-Zhi, LI Jian-Ping   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Xixi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China
  • Received:2002-04-27 Online:2003-08-24 Published:2003-08-24

Abstract: The electrochemical behavior of Dactinomycin(Act-D) and the interaction between Act-Dand DNAwere investigated by using electrochemical method.In 0.1 mol/L NaH2PO4-Na2HPO4buffer(pH=7.0), Act-Dshowed a pair of oxidative and reductive peaks at -0.19 and -0.51 Vin the cyclic voltammetry.Act-Dreacted with DNAand formed an non-electroactive complex, resulting in a decrease of reductive current.The diffusion coefficient of Act-D(D), binding constant(K) and binding site size(s) of Act-Dand DNAwere obtained simultaneously by nonlinear fitting analysis of electrochemical data based on an electrochemical equation for examining the interaction between irreversible redox compounds and DNA.The results were: Df=2.0×10-5cm2·s-1, K=5.87×109cm3·mol-1, s=8.3. The overall results demonstrate that Act-Dbinds tightly to eight base pairs of ct DNA.The two cyclic penta-depsipeptides of Act-Dreinforce the interaction with DNA.

Key words: Dactinomycin, DNA, Electrochemistry method

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