Abstract
Chemotherapeutic anthracyclines, like doxorubicin (DOX), are drugs endowed with cytostatic activity and are widely used in antitumor therapy. Their molecular mechanism of action involves the formation of a stable anthracycline-DNA complex, which prevents cell division and results in cell death. It is known that elevated DOX concentrations induce DNA chain loops and overlaps. Here, for the first time, tip-enhanced Raman scattering was used to identify and localize intercalated DOX in isolated double-stranded calf thymus DNA, and the correlated near-field spectroscopic and morphologic experiments locate the DOX molecules in the DNA and provide further information regarding specific DOX-nucleobase interactions. Thus, the study provides a tool specifically for identifying intercalation markers and generally analyzing drug-DNA interactions. The structure of such complexes down to the molecular level provides mechanistic information about cytotoxicity and the development of potential anticancer drugs.
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