PMID- 18506743 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081210 LR - 20131121 IS - 0269-3879 (Print) IS - 0269-3879 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 10 DP - 2008 Oct TI - Screening and mechanism study of components targeting DNA from the Chinese herb Lonicera japonica by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and fluorescence spectroscopy. PG - 1164-72 LID - 10.1002/bmc.1040 [doi] AB - A method which involves combination of centrifugal ultrafiltration sampling with high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection and mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-MS) analysis was established for screening bioactive compounds binding to calf thymus deoxyribonucleic acid (ct-DNA) from the extracts of Lonicera japonica. Four compounds were screened out and identified as rutin, quercetin-3-O-glucoside, luteolin-7-O-glucoside and lonicerin, based on the comparison of retention time, UV spectra and MS data with those of standards. The DNA-binding capabilities of the latter three flavonoids were found for the first time. The binding mechanisms of rutin, quercetin-3-O-glucoside and luteolin-7-O-glucoside with ct-DNA at the molecular level were explored using acridine orange (AO) as a fluorescence probe. Groove binding is the most appropriate binding mode of these three flavonoids to DNA, according to ultraviolet absorption and fluorescence spectra, as well as melting temperature (T(m)) curves and viscosity measurements. The binding constants of rutin, quercetin-3-O-glucoside and luteolin-7-O-glucoside with DNA-AO complex were 3.81 x 10(3), 3.37 x 10(3) and 5.50 x 10(3) L/mol, respectively. FAU - Zhou, Jian-Liang AU - Zhou JL AD - Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education and Department of Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Qian, Zheng-Ming AU - Qian ZM FAU - Luo, Yong-Dong AU - Luo YD FAU - Tang, Dan AU - Tang D FAU - Chen, Hong AU - Chen H FAU - Yi, Ling AU - Yi L FAU - Li, Ping AU - Li P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Biomed Chromatogr JT - Biomedical chromatography : BMC JID - 8610241 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/chemistry MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/*methods MH - DNA/*chemistry/drug effects MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*metabolism MH - Flavonoids/chemistry MH - Lonicera/*chemistry MH - Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Osmolar Concentration MH - Spectrometry, Fluorescence MH - Viscosity EDAT- 2008/05/29 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00 CRDT- 2008/05/29 09:00 PHST- 2008/05/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/05/29 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/bmc.1040 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Chromatogr. 2008 Oct;22(10):1164-72. doi: 10.1002/bmc.1040.