Table 4 Abbreviations, DNA oligomers and cell lines of used in this work.

From: Preparation of 6/8/11-Amino/Chloro-Oxoisoaporphine and Group-10 Metal Complexes and Evaluation of Their in Vitro and in Vivo Antitumor Activity

G4

G-quadruplex

FID

fluorescent intercalator displacement

TO

thiazole orange

SD

standard deviation

Tm

melting temperature

FRET

fluorescence resonance energy transfer

TBS

pH 7.35, 10 mM Tris-KCl-HCl buffer solution, containing 100 mM KCl

MTT

3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide

PI

propidium iodide

TAMRA

6-carboxytetramethylrhodamine

PBS

phosphate buffered saline

TRF

the duplex TTAGGG repeat-binding factors (such as TRF1 and TRF2)

FAM

6-carboxyfluorescein

hTERT

human telomerase reverse transcriptase

53BP1

p53 binding protein 1

RT-PCR

reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Pu27

5′-TGGGGAGGGTGGGGAGGGTGGGGAAGG-3′

c-kit-2

5′-CGGGCGGGCGCTAGGGAGGGT-3′

c-kit-1

5′-CGGGCGGGCACGAGGGAGGGT-3′

HTG21

5′-GGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG-3′

Pu39

5′-AGGGGCGGGCGCGGGAGGAAGGGGGCGGGAGCGGGGCTG-3′

ds26

5′-CAATCGGATCGAATTCGATCCGATTG-3′

Pu22

5′-TGAGGGTGGGTAGGGTGGGTAA-3′

F21T

5′-FAM-GGGCTAGGGCTAGGGCTAGGG-TAMRA-3′

FMidG4T

5′-FAM-CGGGCGCGGGAGGAAGGGGGCGGGAGC-TAMRA-3′

FPu18T

5′-FAM-AGGGTGGGGAGGGTGGGG-TAMRA-3′

H20M

5′-GCCAGTTCTTGAATGTAGAG-3′

F32T

5′-FAM-CCGCATCTCTACATTCAAGAACTGGCATGCGG-TAMRA-3′

bcl-2

Cx: 5′-GAGGATTGTGGCCTTCTTTG-3′

Ts: 5′-GCCGGTTCAGGTACTCAGTC-3′

hTERT

Cx: 5′-CATCCACATAGAGGCCACCACGT-3′

Ts: 5′-TGGTCTCCACGAGCCTCCGAGCG-3′

c-myc

Cx: 5′-GTGGCACCTCTTGAGGACCT-3′

Ts: 5′-TGGTGCTCCATGAGGAGACA-3′

GAPDH

Cx: 5′-CGGAAGGCCATGCCT GTCAG-3′

Ts: 5′-GCCTCTTGCACGACCAACTG-3′

Hep-G2

the hepatoblastoma cell line

NCI-H460

the non-small cell lung cancer cell line

SK-OV-3

the human ovarian cancer cell line

HCT-8

the human ileocecal adenocarcinoma cell line

BEL-7402

the human hepatoma cell line

HL-7702

an human normal hepatocytes cell line