A 1H NMR Study of the DNA Binding of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes

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Abstract

1H NMR spectroscopy was used to study the oligonucleotide binding of the Δ enantiomers of [Ru(phen)2L]2+ where the bidentate ligand L is 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), dipyrido[3,2-d:2‘,3‘-f]quinoxaline (dpq) or dipyrido[3,2-a:2‘,3‘-c](6,7,8,9-tetrahydro)phenazine (dpqC). The data from one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments of the oligonucleotide−metal complex binding suggest that all three ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes bind in the DNA minor groove. While a minimally intercalated oligonucleotide binding mode may be proposed for Δ-[Ru(phen)3]2+, the NMR data clearly indicate that Δ-[Ru(phen)2dpq]2+ binds the hexanucleotide d(GTCGAC)2 by intercalation, of the dpq ligand, from the minor groove. This demonstrates that metallointercalators can intercalate from the DNA minor groove. Molecular modeling of the metal complex in the intercalation site suggests that Δ-[Ru(phen)2dpq]2+ binds in a “head-on” fashion with the phenanthroline rings in the minor groove and the dpq ligand inserted into the nucleotide base stack. NOESY experiments of the binding of Δ-[Ru(phen)2dpq]2+ with d(GTCGAC)2 and d(TCGGGATCCCGA)2 suggest that intercalation from the minor groove is favored at purine−purine/pyrimidine−pyrimidine sequences for this complex. The syntheses of Δ-[Ru(phen)2dpq]2+ and Δ-[Ru(phen)2dpqC]2+ are reported along with crystal structure of [Ru(phen)2dpq](PF6)2 (monoclinic crystal system, space group P21/c, Z = 4, a = 9.483(2) Å, b = 33.374(6) Å, c = 12.900(3) Å, β = 110.05(2)°, V = 3835(2) Å3).

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