Five
novel proflavine-dithiazolidinone derivatives
4a-
4e have been designed and synthesized by the reaction ofdialkyl acridin-3,6-diyl dithioureas
3a-
3e with methyl bromoacetate. The binding affinity of dithiazolidinonehydrochlorides
5a-
5e with calf thymus DNA and plasmid (pUC19) DNA was investigated by a variety ofspectroscopic techniques including UV-vis, fluorescence, and CD spectroscopy. The effects of
5a-
5e on thethermal denaturation profiles of calf thymus DNA were also studied. From spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric titrations, the binding constants for the pUC19 DNA-drug complexes were determined (
K = 6.2-2.2 ×10
4 M
-1). In vitro cytotoxic activities of compounds
5a-
5e toward murine leukemia cell line L1210 and humanuterus carcinoma HeLa cells were also examined. 2',2' '-[(Acridin-3,6-diyl)diimino]-3',3' '-dipropyl-1,3-dithiazolidin-4-one hydrochloride (
5b) showed the highest activity against these cells with IC
50 values of 6.3
M and 12.9
Mover the course of 72 h.