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DNA Sequence-Specific Ligands: XII. Synthesis and Cytological Studies of Dimeric Hoechst 33258 Molecules

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We synthesized dimeric Hoechst dye molecules composed of two moieties of Hoechst 33258 fluorescent dye with the phenolic hydroxy groups tethered via pentamethylene, heptamethylene, or triethylene oxide linkers. A characteristic pattern of differential staining of chromosome preparations from human HL60 premonocytic leukemia cells was observed for all the three fluorescent dyes. The most contrasting pattern was obtained for the bisHoechst analogue with the heptamethylene linker; its quality was comparable with the picture obtained in the case of chromosome staining with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. The ability to penetrate into live human fibroblasts was studied for the three bisHoechst compounds. The fluorescence intensity of nuclei of live and fixed cells stained with the penta- and heptamethylene-linked bisHoechst analogues was found to differ only slightly, whereas the fluorescence of the nuclei of live cells stained with triethylene oxide-linked bisHoechst was considerably weaker than that of the fixed cells. The bisHoechst molecules are new promising fluorescent dyes that can both differentially stain chromosome preparations and penetrate through cell and nuclear membranes and effectively stain cell nuclei.

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  1. Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 32, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. V. Gromyko, K. V. Popov, A. P. Mosoleva, S. A. Streltsov & A. L. Zhuze

  2. Moscow Center of Medical Research, Oslo University, ul. Vavilova 34/5, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. L. Grokhovsky

  3. Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    V. A. Oleinikov

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Translated from Bioorganicheskaya Khimiya, Vol. 31, No. 4, 2005, pp. 385–393.

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Gromyko, A.V., Popov, K.V., Mosoleva, A.P. et al. DNA Sequence-Specific Ligands: XII. Synthesis and Cytological Studies of Dimeric Hoechst 33258 Molecules. Russ J Bioorg Chem 31, 344–351 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11171-005-0047-z

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