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Design of Modular G‐quadruplex Ligands
Authors:Ana Rita Duarte  Enrico Cadoni  Dr. Ana S. Ressurreição  Prof. Dr. Rui Moreira  Prof. Dr. Alexandra Paulo
Affiliation:Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract:Guanine‐rich nucleic acid sequences able to form four‐stranded structures (G‐quadruplexes, G4) play key cellular regulatory roles and are considered as promising drug targets for anticancer therapy. On the basis of the organization of their structural elements, G4 ligands can be divided into three major families: one, fused heteroaromatic polycyclic systems; two, macrocycles; three, modular aromatic compounds. The design of modular G4 ligands emerged as the answer to achieve not only more drug‐like compounds but also more selective ligands by targeting the diversity of the G4 loops and grooves. The rationale behind the design of a very comprehensive set of ligands, with particular focus on the structural features required for binding to G4, is discussed and combined with the corresponding biochemical/biological data to highlight key structure–G4 interaction relationships. Analysis of the data suggests that the shape of the ligand is the major factor behind the G4 stabilizing effect of the ligands. The information here critically reviewed will certainly contribute to the development of new and better G4 ligands with application either as therapeutics or probes.
Keywords:antitumor agents  DNA structures  dyes  G-quadruplexes  ligand design
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