Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex [Ru(phen)dppz-idzo] as a colorimetric molecular "light switch" and powerful stabilizer for the RNA triplex poly(U)·poly(A)*poly(U).

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Abstract
The interaction of [Ru(phen)dppz-idzo] (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, dppz-idzo = dppz-imidazolone) with triplex RNA poly(U)·poly(A)*poly(U) was carried out by using spectroscopic and viscometric techniques in this work. Luminescent titrations suggest that [Ru(phen)dppz-idzo] shows better selectivity for poly(U)·poly(A)*poly(U) compared with poly(U)·poly(A) and poly(U), this complex exhibits a "light switch" effect with an emission enhancement factor of about 123 in the presence of poly(U)·poly(A)*poly(U). Significantly, this "light switch" behavior could even be observed by the naked eye under irradiation with UV light. To our knowledge, [Ru(bpy)dppz-idzo] is the first small molecule able to serve as a colorimetric molecular "light switch" for the triplex poly(U)·poly(A)*poly(U). Combined with the spectral and viscometric results as well as [Ru(phen)dppz-idzo] stabilizing the template duplex poly(U)·poly(A), we speculate that [Ru(phen)dppz-idzo] prefers to bind with the Hoogsteen base-paired strand (the third strand) of the triplex, thus the intercalating [Ru(phen)dppz-idzo] stabilizing the third strand is more marked in comparison with the Watson-Crick base-paired duplex of the triplex. The results obtained here may be useful for understanding the interaction of triplex RNA poly(U)·poly(A)*poly(U) with small molecule, particularly ruthenium(II) complexes.
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Authors Feng, Yongdeng;Liu, Xiaohua;Ma, Shuai;Wang, Fangfang;Tan, Lifeng;
Journal spectrochimica acta part a, molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Year 2018
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S1386-1425(18)31118-1
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