简介:Mitoxantrone,aclinicallyusefulantitumourantibioticforleukaemiaandbreastcancer,hasreceivedmoreattentions.Inthispaper,theinteractionbetweenmitoxantroneandcalfthymusDNAisinvestigatedbyRamanandfluorescencespectroscopies,andthebindingsiteofmitoxantronetocalfthymusDNAisexplored.TheresultsshowedthatmitoxantroneinteractswithcalfthymusDNAbasesbytheintercalationofanthracyclineintothebasepairplaneofadenine(A)andthymine(T),anditresultsinthedisruptionofthehydrogenbondsbetweencalfthymusDNAbases,andthusthecalfthymusDNAdouble-strandcanbedisruptedintotheB-formDNAdouble-strandsegments.