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Why does the type of halogen atom matter for the radiosensitizing properties of 5-halogen substituted 4-thio-20-deoxyuridines?
Spisz, Paulina,Zdrowowicz, Magdalena,Makurat, Samanta,Kozak, Witold,Skotnicki, Konrad,Bobrowski, Krzysztof,Rak, Janusz
, (2019)
Radiosensitizing properties of substituted uridines are of great importance for radiotherapy. Very recently, we confirmed 5-iodo-4-thio-20-deoxyuridine (ISdU) as an efficient agent, increasing the extent of tumor cell killing with ionizing radiation. To our surprise, a similar derivative of 4-thio-2’-deoxyuridine, 5-bromo-4-thio-20-deoxyuridine (BrSdU), does not show radiosensitizing properties at all. In order to explain this remarkable difference, we carried out a radiolytic (stationary and pulse) and quantum chemical studies, which allowed the pathways to all radioproducts to be rationalized. In contrast to ISdU solutions, where radiolysis leads to 4-thio-2’-deoxyuridine and its dimer, no dissociative electron attachment (DEA) products were observed for BrSdU. This observation seems to explain the lack of radiosensitizing properties of BrSdU since the efficient formation of the uridine-5-yl radical, induced by electron attachment to the modified nucleoside, is suggested to be an indispensable attribute of radiosensitizing uridines. A larger activation barrier for DEA in BrSdU, as compared to ISdU, is probably responsible for the closure of DEA channel in the former system. Indeed, besides DEA, the XSdU anions may undergo competitive protonation, which makes the release of X? kinetically forbidden.
Functionalized tricyclic cytosine analogues provide nucleoside fluorophores with improved photophysical properties and a range of solvent sensitivities
Rodgers, Brittney J.,Elsharif, Nada A.,Vashisht, Nisha,Mingus, MacY M.,Mulvahill, Mark A.,Stengel, Gudrun,Kuchta, Robert D.,Purse, Byron W.
supporting information, p. 2010 - 2015 (2014/03/21)
Tricyclic cytosines (tC and tCO frameworks) have emerged as a unique class of fluorescent nucleobase analogues that minimally perturb the structure of B-form DNA and that are not quenched in duplex nucleic acids. Systematic derivatization of th
Bromination at C-5 of pyrimidine and C-8 of purine nucleosides with 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin
Rayala, Ramanjaneyulu,Wnuk, Stanislaw F.
experimental part, p. 3333 - 3336 (2012/07/30)
Treatment of the protected and unprotected nucleosides with 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin in aprotic solvents such as CH 2Cl2, CH3CN, or DMF effected smooth bromination of uridine and cytidine derivatives at C-5 of pyrimidine rings as well as adenosine and guanosine derivatives at C-8 of purine rings. Addition of Lewis acids such as trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate enhanced the efficiency of bromination.