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Kaminski PA. [A family of bacteriophages uses an expanded genetic alphabet]. Med Sci (Paris) 2022; 38:374-380. [PMID: 35485898 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2022041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage genomes are the richest source of modified nucleobases of any life form. Of these, 2,6-diaminopurine (2-aminoadénine) that pairs with thymine by forming three hydrogen bonds is the only one violating Watson and Crick's base pairing. 2,6-diaminopurine (2-aminoadénine), initially found in the cyanophage S-2L, is more widespread than expected and has also been detected in bacteriophage infecting Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The biosynthetic pathway for aminoadenine containing DNA as well as the exclusion of adenine are now elucidated. This example of a natural deviation from the DNA canonical nucleotides represents only one of the possibilities explored by nature and provides a proof of concept for the synthetic biology of non-canonical nucleic acids.
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- Pierre-Alexandre Kaminski
- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR2001, Biologie des bactéries pathogènes à Gram-positif, F-75015, Paris, France
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Kaminski PA. Mechanisms supporting aminoadenine-based viral DNA genomes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 79:51. [PMID: 34910247 PMCID: PMC11072226 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-04055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bacteriophage genomes are the richest source of modified nucleobases of any life form. Of these, 2,6 diaminopurine, which pairs with thymine by forming three hydrogen bonds violates Watson and Crick's base pairing. 2,6 diaminopurine initially found in the cyanophage S-2L is more widespread than expected and has also been detected in phage infecting Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The biosynthetic pathway for aminoadenine containing DNA as well as the exclusion of adenine are now elucidated. This example of a natural deviation from the genetic code represents only one of the possibilities explored by nature and provides a proof of concept for the synthetic biology of non-canonical nucleic acids.
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- P A Kaminski
- Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-Positif, Institut Pasteur, CNRS-UMR 2001, Paris, France.
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Hopfinger MC, Kirkpatrick CC, Znosko BM. Predictions and analyses of RNA nearest neighbor parameters for modified nucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:8901-8913. [PMID: 32810273 PMCID: PMC7498315 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The most popular RNA secondary structure prediction programs utilize free energy (ΔG°37) minimization and rely upon thermodynamic parameters from the nearest neighbor (NN) model. Experimental parameters are derived from a series of optical melting experiments; however, acquiring enough melt data to derive accurate NN parameters with modified base pairs is expensive and time consuming. Given the multitude of known natural modifications and the continuing use and development of unnatural nucleotides, experimentally characterizing all modified NNs is impractical. This dilemma necessitates a computational model that can predict NN thermodynamics where experimental data is scarce or absent. Here, we present a combined molecular dynamics/quantum mechanics protocol that accurately predicts experimental NN ΔG°37 parameters for modified nucleotides with neighboring Watson–Crick base pairs. NN predictions for Watson-Crick and modified base pairs yielded an overall RMSD of 0.32 kcal/mol when compared with experimentally derived parameters. NN predictions involving modified bases without experimental parameters (N6-methyladenosine, 2-aminopurineriboside, and 5-methylcytidine) demonstrated promising agreement with available experimental melt data. This procedure not only yields accurate NN ΔG°37 predictions but also quantifies stacking and hydrogen bonding differences between modified NNs and their canonical counterparts, allowing investigators to identify energetic differences and providing insight into sources of (de)stabilization from nucleotide modifications.
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- Department of Chemistry, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Keane PM, Hall JP, Poynton FE, Poulsen BC, Gurung SP, Clark IP, Sazanovich IV, Towrie M, Gunnlaugsson T, Quinn SJ, Cardin CJ, Kelly JM. Inosine Can Increase DNA′s Susceptibility to Photo‐oxidation by a RuIIComplex due to Structural Change in the Minor Groove. Chemistry 2017; 23:10344-10351. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Páraic M. Keane
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AD UK
- School of ChemistryTrinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AD UK
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation CampusDidcot Oxfordshire OX11 0DE UK
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- School of ChemistryTrinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Pearse St. Dublin 2 Ireland
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- School of ChemistryTrinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Pearse St. Dublin 2 Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AD UK
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation CampusDidcot Oxfordshire OX11 0DE UK
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- Central Laser FacilityResearch Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton LaboratoriesDidcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QX UK
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- Central Laser FacilityResearch Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton LaboratoriesDidcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QX UK
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- Central Laser FacilityResearch Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton LaboratoriesDidcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QX UK
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- School of ChemistryTrinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Pearse St. Dublin 2 Ireland
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- School of ChemistryUniversity College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AD UK
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- School of ChemistryTrinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland
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Keane PM, Poynton FE, Hall JP, Clark IP, Sazanovich IV, Towrie M, Gunnlaugsson T, Quinn SJ, Cardin CJ, Kelly JM. Monitoring guanine photo-oxidation by enantiomerically resolved Ru(II) dipyridophenazine complexes using inosine-substituted oligonucleotides. Faraday Discuss 2016; 185:455-69. [PMID: 26426601 DOI: 10.1039/c5fd00085h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The intercalating [Ru(TAP)2(dppz)](2+) complex can photo-oxidise guanine in DNA, although in mixed-sequence DNA it can be difficult to understand the precise mechanism due to uncertainties in where and how the complex is bound. Replacement of guanine with the less oxidisable inosine (I) base can be used to understand the mechanism of electron transfer (ET). Here the ET has been compared for both Λ- and Δ-enantiomers of [Ru(TAP)2(dppz)](2+) in a set of sequences where guanines in the readily oxidisable GG step in {TCGGCGCCGA}2 have been replaced with I. The ET has been monitored using picosecond and nanosecond transient absorption and picosecond time-resolved IR spectroscopy. In both cases inosine replacement leads to a diminished yield, but the trends are strikingly different for Λ- and Δ-complexes.
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- Páraic M Keane
- School of Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. and Dept. of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK. and Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Chen YC, Huang JTB, Jeng KCG, Yang RCK, Liao MK, Chen CS, Chien WJ, Wey MT, Kan LS, Sheh L. Determination of Allosteric Effects and Interstrand Bidentate Interactions in DNA-Peptide Molecular Recognition. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201000041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Huang JTB, Chen YC, Chang JC, Jeng KCG, Kao KKL, Yang RCK, Kan LS, Wey MT, Waring MJ, Chen CS, Chien WJ, Sheh L. Novel DNA-peptide interaction networks. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:2575-85. [PMID: 20338768 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.02.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2010] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Allostery in the binding of peptides to DNA has been studied by quantitative DNase I footprinting using four newly designed peptides containing the XP(Hyp)RK motif and N-methylpyrrole (Py) moieties. Apparent binding constants in the micromolar range as well as Hill coefficients were determined for each peptide. The results, together with previous studies on five other peptides support the proposal that interaction network cooperativity is highly preferred in DNA-peptide interactions that involve multiple recognition sites. It is envisaged that interstrand bidentate interactions participate in the relay of conformational changes between recognition sites on the complementary strands. Models for interpreting DNA allostery based upon interaction networks are outlined. Circular dichroism experiments involving the titration of peptides against a short oligonucleotide duplex indicate that some of these peptides bind in a dimeric manner to DNA via the minor groove, inducing characteristic conformational changes. These insights should prompt the design of new DNA-binding peptides for investigating allosteric interactions between peptides and DNA, as well as novel interaction networks, and ultimately may shed light upon the fundamental chemical rules that govern allostery in more complex biological process such as DNA-protein interaction networks.
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- Jonathan T B Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Life Science Research Center, Tunghai Christian University, Taichung 407, Taiwan, ROC
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Kao KK, Huang JC, Yang CK, Jeng KCG, Chang JC, Yao WC, Hsien S, Waring MJ, Chen MH, Ma L, Sheh L. Detection of multiple network-based allosteric interactions between peptides and arrays of DNA binding sites. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:366-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Revised: 10/22/2009] [Accepted: 10/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yang CH, Jeng KCG, Yang WH, Chen YL, Hung CC, Lin JW, Chen ST, Richardson S, Martin CRH, Waring MJ, Sheh L. Unusually Strong Positive Cooperativity in Binding of Peptides to Latent Membrane Protein-1 DNA Fragments of the Epstein-Barr Viral Gene. Chembiochem 2006; 7:1187-96. [PMID: 16810657 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200600083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The DNA-binding preferences of two oligopeptide amides, (His-Pro-Arg-Lys)(3)NH(2) (HR-12) and (Ser-Pro-Arg-Lys)(3)NH(2) (SP-12), have been examined by quantitative DNase I footprinting studies. Two different DNA fragments were investigated: a pair of 5'-(32)P-labeled duplexes from pBR322 with one or other of the complementary strands labeled and a corresponding pair of 5'-(32)P-labeled duplexes representing fragments of the latent membrane protein (LMP-1) gene from a pathogenic Epstein-Barr virus variant derived from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The major objective was to examine molecular recognition and cooperative features associated with sequence-selective binding of synthetic peptides to the LMP-1 fragments. At various binding sites on the pBR322 fragments, Hill coefficients (n(H)) ranging from 1.9-2.2 were observed; these results indicate modest positive cooperativity between binding sites for both peptides. By contrast, unusually high values of n(H), ranging from 4.0-9.3, were observed at various binding sites on the LMP-1 fragments. Allosteric models can be constructed to interpret the observed cooperative interactions between different DNA recognition sites in the LMP-1 gene upon binding of the peptide ligands. It is noteworthy that these models feature a novel network of cooperativity interconnecting multiple DNA allosteric sites. The evidence of sequence selectivity and strong cooperativity discovered in this work may prove to be a general feature of peptide interactions with some nucleic acids.
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- Chia-Hung Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai Christian University, Taichung, Taiwan 407, R.O.C
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Korniłłowicz-Kowalska T, Wrzosek M, Ginalska G, Iglik H, Bancerz R. Identification and application of a new fungal strain Bjerkandera adusta R59 in decolorization of daunomycin wastes. Enzyme Microb Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Trieb M, Rauch C, Wellenzohn B, Wibowo F, Loerting T, Mayer E, Liedl KR. Daunomycin Intercalation Stabilizes Distinct Backbone Conformations of DNA. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2004; 21:713-24. [PMID: 14769064 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2004.10506961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Daunomycin is a widely used antibiotic of the anthracycline family. In the present study we reveal the structural properties and important intercalator-DNA interactions by means of molecular dynamics. As most of the X-ray structures of DNA-daunomycin intercalated complexes are short hexamers or octamers of DNA with two drug molecules per doublehelix we calculated a self complementary 14-mer oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplex d(CGCGCGATCGCGCG)2 in the B-form with two putative intercalation sites at the 5'-CGA-3' step on both strands. Consequently we are able to look at the structure of a 1:1 complex and exclude crystal packing effects normally encountered in most of the X-ray crystallographic studies conducted so far. We performed different 10 to 20 ns long molecular dynamics simulations of the uncomplexed DNA structure, the DNA-daunomycin complex and a 1:2 complex of DNA-daunomycin where the two intercalator molecules are stacked into the two opposing 5'-CGA-3' steps. Thereby--in contrast to X-ray structures--a comparison of a complex of only one with a complex of two intercalators per doublehelix is possible. The chromophore of daunomycin is intercalated between the 5'-CG-3' bases while the daunosamine sugar moiety is placed in the minor groove. We observe a flexibility of the dihedral angle at the glycosidic bond, leading to three different positions of the ammonium group responsible for important contacts in the minor groove. Furthermore a distinct pattern of BI and BII around the intercalation site is induced and stabilized. This indicates a transfer of changes in the DNA geometry caused by intercalation to the DNA backbone.
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- Michael Trieb
- Institute of General Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Chang JC, Yang CH, Chou PY, Yang WH, Chou IC, Lu CT, Lin PH, Hou RCW, Jeng KCG, Cheng CC, Sheh L. DNA sequence-specific recognition of peptides incorporating the HPRK and polyamide motifs. Bioorg Med Chem 2004; 12:53-61. [PMID: 14697770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2003.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Three peptide amides, HPRK(Py)(4)HPRK-NH(2) (PyH-12), HPRK(Py)(3)HPRK-NH(2) (PyH-11) and HPRK(Py)(2)HPRK-NH(2) (PyH-10), incorporating two HPRK motifs and various 4-amino-1-methylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid residues (Py) were synthesized by solid-phase peptide methodology. The binding of these three peptides to a 5'-32P-labeled 158-mer DNA duplex (Watson fragment) and to a 5'-32P-labeled 135-mer DNA duplex (complementary Crick fragment) was investigated by quantitative DNase I footprinting. On the 158-mer Watson strand, the most distinctive DNase I blockages seen with all three peptides occur around positions 105-112 and 76-79, corresponding to the sequences 5'-GAGAAAAT-3' and 5'-CGGT-3', respectively. However, on the complementary Crick strand, only PyH-12 strongly discriminates the 5'-TTT-3' site around positions 108-110 whereas both PyH-11 and PyH-10 have moderate binding around positions 102-112 comprising the sequence 5'-ATTTTCTCCTT-3'. Possible bidentate and single interactions of the side-chain functions and alpha-amino protons of the peptides with DNA bases are discussed.
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- Jung-Cheng Chang
- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai Christian University, 407, ROC, Taichung, Taiwan
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Khan MA, Musarrat J. Interactions of tetracycline and its derivatives with DNA in vitro in presence of metal ions. Int J Biol Macromol 2003; 33:49-56. [PMID: 14599584 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(03)00066-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The interactions of calf thymus DNA with tetracycline (TC), 7-chlorotetracycline (CTC) and 6-dimethyl-7-chlorotetracycline (DMTC) were assessed employing spectrofluorometric and circular dichroism (CD) techniques. The Scatchard analysis revealed relatively lesser binding affinity of TC (Ka= 1.2 x 10(7) lmol(-1)) vis-a-vis CTC (Ka= 3.4 x 10(7) lmol(-1)) and DMTC (Ka= 3.0 x 10(7) lmol(-1)) with DNA. The data suggested both the intercalative and electrostatic nature of binding between the tetracyclines and DNA. The presence of Cu(II) augmented the interaction of tetracyclines with DNA, and resulted in red shift by 12 nm in CD spectra of tetracycline. The molar ellipticity (theta) also changed significantly for CTC and DMTC. The data unequivocally demonstrated the DNA binding potential of tetracyclines both in the presence and absence of Cu(II) ions in dark. The enhanced binding of tetracyclines in presence of Cu(II), ensuing conformational changes in DNA secondary structure to a varying extent, reflects differential reactivity of ligand chromophores.
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- Mateen A Khan
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, A.M.U., Aligarh 20 2002, U.P., India
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Binding studies provide information of fundamental and central importance for the complete understanding of ligand-DNA interactions. Studies of ligand binding to long natural DNA samples, to synthetic deoxypolynucleotides of simple repeating sequence, and to oligonucleotides of defined sequence are all needed to begin to understand the interaction in detail. Binding studies provide entry into the thermodynamics of the DNA interactions, which in turn provides great insight into the molecular forces that drive the binding process. This chapter summarizes both model-dependent and -independent approaches for the analysis and interpretation of binding isotherms, and should serve as a concise guide for handling experimental data.
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- J B Chaires
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
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Bailly C, Waring MJ. Use of DNA molecules substituted with unnatural nucleotides to probe specific drug-DNA interactions. Methods Enzymol 2001; 340:485-502. [PMID: 11494865 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)40438-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- C Bailly
- INSERM U-524, and Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Antitumorale du Centre Oscar Lambret IRCL, 59045 Lille, France
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Tanious FA, Wilson WD, Patrick DA, Tidwell RR, Colson P, Houssier C, Tardy C, Bailly C. Sequence-dependent binding of bis-amidine carbazole dications to DNA. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:3455-64. [PMID: 11422375 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The conventional wisdom argues that DNA intercalators possess a condensed polyaromatic ring whereas DNA minor groove binders generally contain unfused aromatic heterocycles, frequently separated by amide bonds. Recently, this view has been challenged with the discovery of powerful intercalating agents formed by unfused aromatic molecules and groove binders containing a polyaromatic nucleus. Bis-amidinocarbazoles belong to this later category of drugs having a planar chromophore and capable of reading the genetic information accessible within the minor groove of AT-rich sequences [Tanious, F.A., Ding, D., Patrick, D.A., Bailly, C., Tidwell, R.R. & Wilson, W.D. (2000) Biochemistry 39, 12091-12101]. But in addition to the tight binding to AT sites, we show here that bis-amidinocarbazoles can also interact with GC sites. The extent and mode of binding of 2,7 and 3,6 substituted amidinocarbazoles to AT and GC sequences were investigated by complementary biochemical and biophysical methods. Absorption, fluorescence, melting temperature and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurements indicate that the position of the two amidine groups on the carbazole ring influences significantly the drug-DNA interaction. SPR and DNase I footprinting data confirm the AT-preference of the compounds and provide useful information on their additional interaction with GC sequences. The 3,6-carbazole binds approximately twice as strongly to the GC-containing hairpin oligomer than the 2,7-regioisomer. The high tendency of the 3,6 compound to intercalate into different types of DNA containing G.C base pairs is shown by electric linear dichroism. This work completes our understanding of the sequence-dependent DNA binding properties of carbazole dications.
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- F A Tanious
- Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Chemical and Biological Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Bailly C, Crow S, Minnock A, Waring MJ. DNA recognition by quinoline antibiotics: use of base-modified DNA molecules to investigate determinants of sequence-specific binding of luzopeptin. NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2000; 19:1337-53. [PMID: 11097063 DOI: 10.1080/15257770008033056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The luzopeptin antibiotics contain a cyclic decadepsipeptide to which are attached two quinoline chromophores that bisintercalate into DNA. Although they bind DNA less tightly than the structurally related quinoxaline antibiotics echinomycin and triostin A, the molecular basis of their interaction remains unclear. We have used the PCR in conjunction with novel nucleotides to create specifically modified DNA for footprinting experiments. In order to study the influence that removal, addition or relocation of the guanine 2-amino group, which normally identifies G.C base pairs from the minor groove, has on the interaction of luzopeptin antibiotics with DNA. The presence of a purine 2-amino group is not strictly required for binding of luzopeptin to DNA, but the exact location of this group can alter the position of preferred drug binding sites. It is, however, not the sole determinant of nucleotide sequence recognition in luzopeptin-DNA interaction. Nor can the selectivity of luzopeptin be attributed to the quinoline chromophores, suggesting that an analogue mode of DNA recognition may be operative. This is in contrast to the digital readout that seems to predominate with the quinoxaline antibiotics.
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- C Bailly
- INSERM U-524 et Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Antitumorale du Centre Oscar Lambret, IRCL, Lille, France
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Minnock A, Crow S, Bailly C, Waring MJ. The influence of the exocyclic pyrimidine 5-methyl group on DNAse I cleavage and sequence recognition by drugs. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1489:233-48. [PMID: 10673026 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(99)00188-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Incorporation of modified nucleotides into DNA, using the PCR, has allowed us to probe the influence that the exocyclic 5-methyl group of pyrimidines has on DNAse I cleavage and sequence recognition by drugs. The results show that removal of the methyl group from the major groove, made possible by substituting uridine for thymidine, allows DNAse I to cleave more readily at AT-rich regions compared to normal DNA. By contrast, addition of an extra methyl group, contrived by substituting 5-methylcytidine for normal cytidine, allows DNAse I to cleave more readily at GC-rich regions compared to normal DNA. In the cutting pattern of DNA containing both uridine and 5-methyl cytosine, we find the cleavage characteristics of both the single-substituted DNA species combined. Thus, the presence or absence of the exocyclic 5-methyl group in the major groove has a strong influence on the relative intensity of cleavage of phosphodiester bonds by DNAse I. These nucleotide substitutions can also influence the sequence-selective binding of drugs to DNA. Whereas removal of the methyl group (replacement of T with U) generally has little effect on sequence recognition by a variety of drugs, addition of a methyl group (replacement of C with M) generates new binding sites for some intercalators, namely daunomycin, DACA and SN16713.
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- A Minnock
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Routier S, Vezin H, Lamour E, Bernier JL, Catteau JP, Bailly C. DNA cleavage by hydroxy-salicylidene-ethylendiamine-iron complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:4160-6. [PMID: 10518606 PMCID: PMC148689 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.21.4160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bis(hydroxy)salen.Fe complexes were designed as self-activated chemical nucleases. The presence of a hy-droxyl group on the two salicylidene moieties serve to form a hydroquinone system cooperating with the iron redox system to facilitate spontaneous formation of free radicals. We compared the DNA binding and cleaving properties of the ortho -, meta- and para -(bishydroxy) salen.Fe complexes with that of the corresponding chelate lacking the hydroxyl groups. DNA melting temperature studies indicated that the para complex exhibits the highest affinity for DNA. In addition, this para compound was considerably more potent at cleaving supercoiled plasmid DNA than the regio-isomeric ortho - and meta -hydroxy-salen.Fe complexes, even in the absence of a reducing agent, such as dithiothreitol used to activate the metal complex. The DNA cleaving activity of the para isomer is both time and concentration dependent and the complexed iron atom is absolutely essential for the sequence uniform cleavage of DNA. From a mechanistic point of view, electron spin resonance measurements suggest that DNA contributes positively to the activation of the semi-quinone system and the production of ligand radical species responsible for subsequent strand scission in the absence of a reducing agent. The para -hydroxy-salen.Fe complex has been used for detecting sequence-specific drug-DNA interactions. Specific binding of Hoechst 33258 to AT sequences and chromomycin to GC sequences were shown. The para -bis(hydroxy)salen.Fe derivative complements the tool box of footprinting reagents which can be utilised to produce efficient cleavage of DNA.
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- S Routier
- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Physique, URA CNRS 351, USTL Bât. C3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Martín B, Vaquero A, Priebe W, Portugal J. Bisanthracycline WP631 inhibits basal and Sp1-activated transcription initiation in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:3402-9. [PMID: 10446226 PMCID: PMC148580 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.17.3402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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An in vitro transcription assay was used to compare the capacity of the bisintercalating anthracycline WP631 (which displays a remarkably high DNA-binding affinity) and the monointercalating anthracycline daunomycin to inhibit transcription initiation of the adenovirus major late promoter linked to a G-less transcribed DNA template. Both drugs inhibit basal RNA synthesis in a concentration-dependent way, and the drug concentrations required to inhibit transcription initiation are similar. However, in this study WP631 was around 15 times more efficient at inhibiting transcription initiation when used with an adenovirus promoter containing an upstream Sp1-protein binding site under experimental conditions in which the Sp1 protein acted as a transactivator in vitro. The differences in the ability of each drug to inhibit transcription initiation were related to the competition between Sp1 and the drugs for the same binding site. Concentrations of WP631 as low as 60 nM could inhibit the Sp1-activated transcription initiation in vitro. In contrast, the concentration of daunomycin required to inhibit Sp1-activated transcription by 50% was almost the same as the concentration required to inhibit basal transcription. The efficiency of WP631 at displacing Sp1 from its putative binding site was confirmed using gel retardation and footprinting assays. These results are the first unequivocal example of a direct effect of an intercalator on activated transcription initiation.
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- B Martín
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Bailly C, Qu X, Anizon F, Prudhomme M, Riou JF, Chaires JB. Enhanced binding to DNA and topoisomerase I inhibition by an analog of the antitumor antibiotic rebeccamycin containing an amino sugar residue. Mol Pharmacol 1999; 55:377-85. [PMID: 9927631 DOI: 10.1124/mol.55.2.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Many antitumor agents contain a carbohydrate side chain appended to a DNA-intercalating chromophore. This is the case with anthracyclines such as daunomycin and also with indolocarbazoles including the antibiotic rebeccamycin and its tumor active analog, NB506. In each case, the glycoside residue plays a significant role in the interaction of the drug with the DNA double helix. In this study we show that the DNA-binding affinity and sequence selectivity of a rebeccamycin derivative can be enhanced by replacing the glucose residue with a 2'-aminoglucose moiety. The drug-DNA interactions were studied by thermal denaturation, fluorescence, and footprinting experiments. The thermodynamic parameters indicate that the newly introduced amino group on the glycoside residue significantly enhanced binding to DNA by increasing the contribution of the polyelectrolyte effect to the binding free energy, but does not appear to participate in any specific molecular contacts. The energetic contribution of the amino group of the rebeccamycin analog was found to be weaker than that of the sugar amino group of daunomycin, possibly because the indolocarbazole derivative is only partially charged at neutral pH. Topoisomerase I-mediated DNA cleavage studies reveal that the OH-->NH2 substitution does not affect the capacity of the drug to stabilize enzyme-DNA covalent complexes. Cytotoxicity studies with P388 leukemia cells sensitive or resistant to camptothecin suggest that topoisomerase I represents a privileged intracellular target for the studied compounds. The role of the sugar amino group is discussed. The study provides useful guidelines for the development of a new generation of indolocarbazole-based antitumor agents.
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- C Bailly
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Antitumorale du Centre Oscar Lambret et Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-124, Lille, France
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