Inosine-5'-monophosphate disodium salt (5'-IMPNa,) reacts with cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) (cis-DDP) and its trans-isomer (trans-DDP) to give complexes of the type cis-and trans-Pt(NH3),(IMPNaZ),,CIZ.xHfi, n = 1 or 2 and Pt(lMPNa2),,C12.xH20, where n = 1, 2, or 3 and x = 0-6. In the 1 : 2 platinum complexes the nucleotide binds only to the N7-atom of the purine ring system, while in the I : 1 metal complexes there is indication for Pt-carbonyl interaction (bridging or chelation) in addition to the N7-bonding at neutral pH values with cis-DDP.Solution FT-ir studies (HZO and D,O) showed that the 1 : 1 species formed with cis-DDP at neutral pH's behaved differently from those with trans-DDP. The carbonyl stretching vibration of the free base at 1685 cm-' (HzO) and 1670 cm-' (D20) exhibited marked spectral changes in intensity, shifting, and shape upon complexation, whereas the reaction with the trans-isomer produced only slight perturbations in the above region.
IntroductionSince the discovery of the antitumor activity of cis-DDP and other related platinum compounds (I), which seem to bind DNA in tumor cells (2), several attempts have been made (2-7) to explain the mechanism of action of cis-DDP in vitro and in vivo. The N7-bonding of mononucleotides (GMP, IMP, and AMP) to the cis-DDP and other metals has been reported both in solid state and in solutions (8). However, the possibility of a direct metal-carbonyl interaction, in addition to N7-bonding, has been the subject of a long controversy (8, 9). It has been suggested (2) that the effectiveness of the platinum antitumor agent is based on the interaction of the drug with the guanine bases at N7 in the GC pairs (7, 10, 1 1) in nucleic acids and also on the interaction with the O6 of the carbonyl group of guanine (12, 13). Such an interaction could lead to deprotonation of NI of the guanine residue and eventually lead to a mispairing of guanine with thymine and finally cause the cell death (2, 13c). Several attempts have been made (12)(13)(14) to demonstrate the direct metal-carbonyl coordination in addition to the N7-bonding; however, no crystallographic evidence could be obtained. Recently, the structural analysis of a series of platinum blue compounds containing DNA components (uracil and thymine derivatives) showed (15-17) direct metal-carbonyl bonding as well as Pt-nitrogen interaction (bridging). Bau et al. have recently analysed (18) the crystal