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Xie TJ, Xie JL, Luo YJ, Mao K, Huang CZ, Li YF, Zhen SJ. CRISPR-Cas12a Coupled with DNA Nanosheet-Amplified Fluorescence Anisotropy for Sensitive Detection of Biomolecules. Anal Chem 2023; 95:7237-7243. [PMID: 37120835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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DNA nanosheets (DNSs) have been utilized effectively as a fluorescence anisotropy (FA) amplifier for biosensing. But, their sensitivity needs to be further improved. Herein, CRISPR-Cas12a with strong trans-cleavage activity was utilized to enhance the FA amplification ability of DNSs for the sensitive detection of miRNA-155 (miR-155) as a proof-of-principle target. In this method, the hybrid of the recognition probe of miR-155 (T1) and a blocker sequence (T2) was immobilized on the surface of magnetic beads (MBs). In the presence of miR-155, T2 was released by a strand displacement reaction, which activated the trans-cleavage activity of CRISPR-Cas12a. The single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) probe modified with a carboxytetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA) fluorophore was cleaved in large quantities and could not bind to the handle chain on DNSs, inducing a low FA value. In contrast, in the absence of miR-155, T2 could not be released and the trans-cleavage activity of CRISPR-Cas12a could not be activated. The TAMRA-modified ssDNA probe remained intact and was complementary to the handle chain on the DNSs, and a high FA value was obtained. Thus, miR-155 was detected through the obviously decreased FA value with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 40 pM. Impressively, the sensitivity of this method was greatly improved about 322 times by CRISPR-Cas12a, confirming the amazing signal amplification ability of CRISPR-Cas12a. At the same time, the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein was detected by the strategy successfully, indicating that this method was general. Moreover, this method has been applied in the analysis of miR-155 in human serum and the lysates of cells, which provides a new avenue for the sensitive determination of biomarkers in biochemical research and disease diagnosis.
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- Tian Jin Xie
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, P. R. China
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Kraithong T, Hartley S, Jeruzalmi D, Pakotiprapha D. A Peek Inside the Machines of Bacterial Nucleotide Excision Repair. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020952. [PMID: 33477956 PMCID: PMC7835731 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Double stranded DNA (dsDNA), the repository of genetic information in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes, exhibits a surprising instability in the intracellular environment; this fragility is exacerbated by exogenous agents, such as ultraviolet radiation. To protect themselves against the severe consequences of DNA damage, cells have evolved at least six distinct DNA repair pathways. Here, we review recent key findings of studies aimed at understanding one of these pathways: bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER). This pathway operates in two modes: a global genome repair (GGR) pathway and a pathway that closely interfaces with transcription by RNA polymerase called transcription-coupled repair (TCR). Below, we discuss the architecture of key proteins in bacterial NER and recent biochemical, structural and single-molecule studies that shed light on the lesion recognition steps of both the GGR and the TCR sub-pathways. Although a great deal has been learned about both of these sub-pathways, several important questions, including damage discrimination, roles of ATP and the orchestration of protein binding and conformation switching, remain to be addressed.
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- Thanyalak Kraithong
- Doctor of Philosophy Program in Biochemistry (International Program), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand;
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA;
- Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA;
- Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
- Correspondence: (D.J.); (D.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Correspondence: (D.J.); (D.P.)
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Yuan Z, Zhang D, Yu F, Ma Y, Liu Y, Li X, Wang H. Precise sequencing of single protected-DNA fragment molecules for profiling of protein distribution and assembly on DNA. Chem Sci 2021; 12:2039-2049. [PMID: 34163966 PMCID: PMC8179319 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01742f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multiple DNA-interacting protein molecules are often dynamically distributed and/or assembled along a DNA molecule to adapt to their intricate functions temporally. However, analytical technology for measuring such binding behaviours is still missing. Here, we demonstrate the unique capacity of a supernuclease for a highly efficient cutting of the unprotected-DNA segments and with complete preservation of the protein-occluded DNA segments at near single-nucleotide resolution. By exploring this high-resolution cutting, an unprecedented assay that allows a precise sequencing of single protected-DNA fragment molecules (SPDFMS) was developed. As relevant applications, relevant information was gained on the respective distribution/assembly patterns and coordinated displacement of single-stranded DNA-binding protein and recombinase RecA, two model proteins, on DNA. Benefiting from this assay, we also for the first time provide direct measurement of the length of single RecA nucleofilaments, showing the predominant stoichiometry of 5-7 RecA monomers per RecA nucleofilament under physiologically relevant conditions. This innovative assay appears as a promising analytical tool for studying diverse protein-DNA interactions implicated in DNA replication, transcription, recombination, repair, and gene editing.
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- Zheng Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085 P. R. China +86 10 62849600 +86 10 62849600
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085 P. R. China +86 10 62849600 +86 10 62849600
- Institute of Environment and Health, Hangzhou, Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS Hangzhou 310000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085 P. R. China +86 10 62849600 +86 10 62849600
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085 P. R. China +86 10 62849600 +86 10 62849600
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085 P. R. China +86 10 62849600 +86 10 62849600
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Institute of Environment and Health, Jianghan University Wuhan Hubei 430056 P. R. China
- Institute of Environment and Health, Hangzhou, Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS Hangzhou 310000 P. R. China
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Yuan Z, Xu P, Yu F, Zhang D, Zhao Q, Yu W, Wang H. An electroosmotic flow-free two-direction migration strategy enables fast affinity capillary electrophoresis to study the weak interactions between basic peptides and RNA. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:5833-5838. [PMID: 33227112 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01515f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis (ACE) is a useful analytical tool to study noncovalent interactions. However, it remains challenging for ACE to measure weak and unstable interactions due to the fast dissociation of the binding complex and the possible destruction of the complex by a high electric field. In this study, we proposed a two-direction migration strategy that enables ACE to detect weak and unstable but important interactions by decreasing the migration distance of the binding complex and controlling the opposite migration direction of the free probe. By synthesizing a polyacrylamide-coated neutral capillary, free of electroosmotic flow, two-direction CE migration of basic peptides (positively charged) and peptide-RNA complexes (negatively charged) was achieved. Furthermore, the weak interactions between small nuclear U2 RNA and histone peptides were detected by this two-direction migration CE approach. The effects of the methylation states of histone peptides on the weak peptide-RNA interactions were also explored by this new approach. Collectively, the suggested modification of the ACE method is able to qualitatively characterize weak interactions.
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- Zheng Yuan
- The State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Yu F, Yuan Z, Zhang D, Liu Y, Zhao Q, Wang H. High-affinity and undissociated capillary electrophoresis for DNA strand exchange analysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:7403-7406. [PMID: 32514506 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02844d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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By identification of a super-stable protein-DNA-affinity system, we developed a free-solution capillary electrophoresis approach for rapid and sensitive detection of fundamentally important DNA strand exchange reactions mediated by recombinases. We further extended this assay for identification of hyper-recombinases generated from bioengineering and detection of single DNA mismatches caused by replication error.
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- Fangzhi Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 18 Shuangqing Road, Beijing 100085, P. R. China.
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Aptamer binding assays and molecular interaction studies using fluorescence anisotropy - A review. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1125:267-278. [PMID: 32674773 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Binding of nucleic acid aptamers to specific targets and detection with fluorescence anisotropy (FA) or fluorescence polarization (FP) take advantage of the complementary features of aptamers and the fluorescence techniques. We review recent advances in affinity binding assays using aptamers and FA/FP, with an emphasis on studies of molecular interactions and identification of binding sites. Aptamers provide several benefits, including the ease of labelling fluorophores on specific sites, binding-induced changes in aptamer structures, hybridization of the aptamers to complementary sequences, changes in molecular volume upon binding of the aptamer to its target, and adsorption of aptamers onto nanomaterials. Some of these benefits have been utilized for FA/FP assays. Once the aptamer binds to its target, the resulting changes in molecular volume (size), structure, local rotation of the fluorophore, and/or the fluorescence lifetime influence changes to the FA/FP values. Measurements of these fluorescence anisotropy/polarization changes have provided insights into the molecular interactions, such as the binding affinity and the site of binding. Studies of molecular interactions conducted in homogeneous solutions, as well as those with separations, e.g., capillary electrophoresis, have been summarized in this review. Studies on mapping the position of binding in aptamers at the single nucleotide level have demonstrated a unique benefit of the FA/FP techniques and pointed to an exciting direction for future research.
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Zhao Q, Bai Y, Wang H. Directing a rational design of aptamer-based fluorescence anisotropy assay for sensitive detection of immunoglobulin E by site-specific binding study. Talanta 2020; 217:121018. [PMID: 32498825 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mapping aptamer-protein interactions is important for characterization and applications of aptamers against proteins. We describe here probing affinity interactions between aptamer and immunoglobulin E (IgE) with a fluorescence anisotropy (FA) approach using a series of aptamer probes having single fluorescein (FAM) label at individual nucleotide (A, C, T). Studies of binding between IgE and aptamer probes revealed several possible close-contact sites, e.g., T9, T10, T11, T13, C15, and T17 of a 37-nt aptamer with a stem-loop secondary structure. FAM labeling on these sites resulted in much higher FA values (higher than 0.230 for T10, T11, T13 and C15) of aptamer-IgE complexes than the distant sites (e.g., terminals) of aptamer probably because the bound IgE close to these sites significantly restricted local rotation of FAM. Close-contact site labeled aptamer probes with high affinity allowed to develop a more sensitive FA assay for IgE than distant site labeled aptamers. The FA assay using T10-labeled aptamer with a dissociation constant (Kd) about 0.8 nM enabled selective detection of IgE at 20 pM and large FA increase upon IgE addition. We also found A12, C14, A25, and T27 were important for IgE-aptamer binding as FAM labeling at these sites significantly reduced aptamer affinity. FA study showed the loop region of this stem-loop aptamer was crucial for affinity binding, and IgE bound to the loop. This FA method will be helpful for understanding aptamer-protein binding and making a rational design of aptamer affinity assays for proteins.
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- Qiang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Li Y, Zhao Q. Aptamer Structure Switch Fluorescence Anisotropy Assay for Small Molecules Using Streptavidin as an Effective Signal Amplifier Based on Proximity Effect. Anal Chem 2019; 91:7379-7384. [PMID: 31079453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Fluorescence polarization/anisotropy (FP/FA) approaches are appealing for targets sensing in homogeneous solution due to simplicity, reproducibility and sensitivity. Taking advantage of aptamers, aptamer structure switch FA methods are unique for small molecule detection based on the competition between aptamer-target binding and the hybridization of aptamer and complementary DNA (cDNA). However, usually small FA change is generated in these aptamer assays that only rely on size change caused by hybridization of an oligonucleotide because of the rapid local rotation of fluorophores and small mass change. Here we describe a simple and general aptamer structure switch FA assay for small molecules by employing a large-sized streptavidin (SA) as an effective signal amplifier based on proximity effect to reduce local rotation of fluorophore. In this design, the SA-labeled cDNA hybridizes with fluorescein (FAM)-labeled aptamer, drawing FAM close to SA and bringing a much higher FA value due to restricted local rotation of FAM. Small molecule-aptamer probe binding causes displacement of the SA-labeled cDNA and great decrease of FA. The closeness of SA to FAM in the duplex is key for this proposed strategy to produce large FA changes in target detection. Our method enabled to detect 60 pM aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), 1 nM ochratoxin A (OTA), and 0.5 μM adenosine triphosphate (ATP), respectively. This aptamer FA method combines the merits of aptamers and FA analysis, and it is promising in applications of detection of small molecules with good sensitivity.
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- Yapiao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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Yu F, Zhao Q, Zhang D, Yuan Z, Wang H. Affinity Interactions by Capillary Electrophoresis: Binding, Separation, and Detection. Anal Chem 2018; 91:372-387. [PMID: 30392351 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Fangzhi Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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Graphene oxide enhances the specificity of the polymerase chain reaction by modifying primer-template matching. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16510. [PMID: 29184216 PMCID: PMC5705716 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16836-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aiming at improved specificity, nanoparticle assisted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been widely studied and shown to improve PCR. However, the reliability and mechanism of this method are still controversial. Here, we demonstrated that 1 μg/mL of graphene oxide (GO) effectively enhances the specificity of the error-prone multi-round PCR. Mismatched primers were designed as interference to produce nonspecific products when the same amounts of matched and mismatched primers were added into semi-multiplex PCR. It was found that GO can enhance specificity by suppressing the amplification of mismatched primers. We monitored the primer-template-polymerase-GO interactions involved in the PCR using a capillary electrophoresis/laser-induced fluorescence polarization (CE-LIFP) assay. The results showed that the addition of GO promoted the formation of a matched primer-template complex, but suppressed the formation of a mismatched primer-template complex during PCR, suggesting that interactions between the primers and GO play an essential role. Furthermore, we successfully amplified the FOXL2 gene from PEGFP-N1 vectors using GO to eliminate the nonspecific products in PCR. Taken together, these results suggest that the GO can be used as an efficient additive for improving the conventional PCR system.
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Gantchev TG, Petkov PS, Hunting DJ. Conformational rearrangement of 1,2-d(GG) intrastrand cis-diammineplatinum crosslinked DNA is driven by counter-ion penetration within the minor groove of the modified site. J Mol Model 2017; 23:278. [PMID: 28913561 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3445-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The major structural aberrations of DNA induced by a cis-diammineplatinum (II) 1,2-d(GG) intrastrand cross-link (CPT) have been known for decades. To gain deeper insights into the structural dynamics of the sequence-dependent DNA distortions adjacent to the CPT adduct, we employed molecular modeling and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The structural dynamics of native (N-DNA) and cisPt 1,2-d(GG) crosslinked (CPT-DNA) in the form of symmetric 36 nt d(G2T15G*G*T15G2)●C2A15CCA15C2) oligonucleotide duplexes is compared. The selected sequence context enabled tracking of the origin of the DNA axis curvature at the YpR flexible points (N-DNA), the enhancement of axis bending, and further distortions due to steric/electrostatic perturbations arising from the CPT-crosslink. In addition to the known structural distortions of CPT-DNA: helix bend towards the major groove; local helix unwinding; high roll angle between cross-linked guanine bases; and adoption of A-form DNA on the 5'-side of the CPT-crosslink (TpG junction); our results show the existence of a singular irreversible and reproducible conformational rearrangement, not previously observed, resulting in two stable CPT-DNA1 and CPT-DNA2 conformers. The CPT-DNA2 conformation presents an enhanced DNA axis bend and a wider and shallower minor grove with increased solvent accessibility within the modified site. It is concluded that the polymorphous (unstable) DNA environment near the cisPt 1,2-d(GG) unit in synergy with specific dynamic events, such as prolonged minor groove retention of particular Na+ ions and water redistribution within the d(TG*G*T) site, together with the formation of extra and more stable H-bonds between Pt(NH3)2 amines and neighboring nucleotides, are cooperatively responsible for the initiation of the conformational rearrangement leading to the CPT-DNA2 conformer, which, surprisingly, closely resembles the HMGB1-bound CPT-DNA structure. Graphical abstract Superimposed averaged structures of normal (N-DNA, green) and cisplatin intrastrand cross-linked (CPT-DNA, orange). Global DNA axes: N-DNA (blue beads); CPT-DNA (red beads); PT (yellow sphere); crosslinked dGs viewed from the minor groove (bold).
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- Tsvetan G Gantchev
- Department of Nuclear Medicine & Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, Canada. .,"Roumen Tsanev" Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Department of Atomic Physics, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine & Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, Canada
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Zhao B, Zhang D, Li C, Yuan Z, Yu F, Zhong S, Jiang G, Yang YG, Le XC, Weinfeld M, Zhu P, Wang H. ATPase activity tightly regulates RecA nucleofilaments to promote homologous recombination. Cell Discov 2017; 3:16053. [PMID: 28101376 PMCID: PMC5240526 DOI: 10.1038/celldisc.2016.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR), catalyzed in an evolutionarily conserved manner by active RecA/Rad51 nucleofilaments, maintains genomic integrity and promotes biological evolution and diversity. The structures of RecA/Rad51 nucleofilaments provide information critical for the entire HR process. By exploiting a unique capillary electrophoresis-laser-induced fluorescence polarization assay, we have discovered an active form of RecA nucleofilament, stimulated by ATP hydrolysis, that contains mainly unbound nucleotide sites. This finding was confirmed by a nuclease protection assay and electron microscopy (EM) imaging. We further found that these RecA-unsaturated filaments promote strand exchange in vitro and HR in vivo. RecA mutants (P67D and P67E), which only form RecA-unsaturated nucleofilaments, were able to mediate HR in vitro and in vivo, but mutants favoring the formation of the saturated nucleofilaments failed to support HR. We thus present a new model for RecA-mediated HR in which RecA utilizes its intrinsic DNA binding-dependent ATPase activity to remodel the nucleofilaments to a less saturated form and thereby promote HR.
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- Bailin Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Experimental Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
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Schrell AM, Mukhitov N, Roper MG. Multiplexing Fluorescence Anisotropy Using Frequency Encoding. Anal Chem 2016; 88:7910-5. [PMID: 27440478 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In this report, a method to multiplex fluorescence anisotropy measurements is described using frequency encoding. As a demonstration of the method, simultaneous competitive immunoassays for insulin and glucagon were performed by measuring the ratio of bound and free Cy5-insulin and FITC-glucagon in the presence of their respective antibodies. A vertically polarized 635 nm laser was pulsed at 73 Hz and used to excite Cy5-insulin, while a vertically polarized 488 nm laser pulsed at 137 Hz excited FITC-glucagon. The total emission was split into parallel and perpendicular polarizations and collected onto separate photomultiplier tubes. The signals from each channel were demodulated using a fast Fourier transform, resolving the contributions from each fluorophore. Anisotropy calculations were carried out using the magnitude of the peaks in the frequency domain. The method produced the expected shape of the calibration curves with limits of detection of 0.6 and 5 nM for insulin and glucagon, respectively. This methodology could readily be expanded to other biological systems and further multiplexed to monitor increased numbers of analytes.
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- Adrian M Schrell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Zhong S, Zou D, Zhao B, Zhang D, Li X, Wang H. Electrophoretic behavior of DNA-methyl-CpG-binding domain protein complexes revealed by capillary electrophoreses laser-induced fluorescence. Electrophoresis 2015; 36:3088-93. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Shangwei Zhong
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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Wang S, Liu K, Xiao L, Yang L, Li H, Zhang F, Lei L, Li S, Feng X, Li A, He J. Characterization of a novel DNA glycosylase from S. sahachiroi involved in the reduction and repair of azinomycin B induced DNA damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:187-97. [PMID: 26400161 PMCID: PMC4705692 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Azinomycin B is a hybrid polyketide/nonribosomal peptide natural product and possesses antitumor activity by interacting covalently with duplex DNA and inducing interstrand crosslinks. In the biosynthetic study of azinomycin B, a gene (orf1) adjacent to the azinomycin B gene cluster was found to be essential for the survival of the producer, Streptomyces sahachiroi ATCC33158. Sequence analyses revealed that Orf1 belongs to the HTH_42 superfamily of conserved bacterial proteins which are widely distributed in pathogenic and antibiotic-producing bacteria with unknown functions. The protein exhibits a protective effect against azinomycin B when heterologously expressed in azinomycin-sensitive strains. EMSA assays showed its sequence nonspecific binding to DNA and structure-specific binding to azinomycin B-adducted sites, and ChIP assays revealed extensive association of Orf1 with chromatin in vivo. Interestingly, Orf1 not only protects target sites by protein–DNA interaction but is also capable of repairing azinomycin B-mediated DNA cross-linking. It possesses the DNA glycosylase-like activity and specifically repairs DNA damage induced by azinomycin B through removal of both adducted nitrogenous bases in the cross-link. This bifunctional protein massively binds to genomic DNA to reduce drug attack risk as a novel DNA binding protein and triggers the base excision repair system as a novel DNA glycosylase.
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- Shan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Helmholtz Joint Institute of Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Zhang D, Fu R, Zhao Q, Rong H, Wang H. Nanoparticles-Free Fluorescence Anisotropy Amplification Assay for Detection of RNA Nucleotide-Cleaving DNAzyme Activity. Anal Chem 2015; 87:4903-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Dapeng Zhang
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research
Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
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- School
of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan-Shangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250062, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research
Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
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- School
of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan-Shangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250062, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research
Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
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Huang H, Wei H, Zou M, Xu X, Xia B, Liu F, Li N. Modulating fluorescence anisotropy of terminally labeled double-stranded DNA via the interaction between dye and nucleotides for rational design of DNA recognition based applications. Anal Chem 2015; 87:2748-54. [PMID: 25671552 DOI: 10.1021/ac504028n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Effective signal enhancement for fluorescence anisotropy in a simple manner is most desirable for fluorescence anisotropy method development. This work aimed to provide insights into the fluorescence anisotropy of terminally labeled double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) to facilitate a facile and universal design strategy for DNA recognition based applications. We demonstrated that fluorescence anisotropy of dsDNA could be regulated by the nature of dyes, the molecular volume, and the end structure of dsDNA. Fluorescence anisotropy ascended with the increased number of base pairs up to 18 bp and leveled off thereafter, indicating the molecular volume was not the only factor responsible for fluorescence anisotropy. By choosing dyes with the positively charged center, high fluorescence anisotropy signal was obtained due to the confinement of the segmental motion of dyes through the electrostatic interaction. By properly designing the end structure of dsDNA, fluorescence anisotropy could be further improved by enlarging the effective overall rotational volume, as supported by two-dimensional (2D) (1)H-(1)H nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY). With the successful enhancement of the fluorescence anisotropy for terminally labeled dsDNA, simple and universal designs were demonstrated by sensing of major classes of analytes from macromolecules (DNA and protein) to small molecules (cocaine).
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- Hongduan Huang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ‡Beijing NMR Center, and §College of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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Hu P, Wang X, Zhang B, Zhang S, Wang Q, Wang Z. Fluorescence polarization for the evaluation of small-molecule inhibitors of PCAF BRD/Tat-AcK50 association. ChemMedChem 2014; 9:928-31. [PMID: 24474698 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A fluorescence polarization competitive assay was developed to efficiently screen and evaluate inhibitors of PCAF bromodomain/Tat-AcK50 protein-peptide interaction. A series of pyridine 1-oxide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated. Some of the novel compounds, 2-(3-aminopropylamino) pyridine 1-oxide derivatives, could be effective inhibitors of PCAF bromodomain/Tat-AcK50 association. Specifically, 2-(3-aminopropylamino)-5-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine 1-oxide hydrochloride (15) and the 5-((3-aminopropylamino)methyl) derivative (20) were found to be effective ligands for the PCAF BRD pocket. First preliminary cellular studies indicate that these small-molecule inhibitors have lower cytotoxicities and are potential leads for the anti-HIV/AIDS therapeutic strategy by targeting host-cell protein PCAF BRD to block HIV replication.
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- Ping Hu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026 (P.R. China)
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Van Houten B, Kad N. Investigation of bacterial nucleotide excision repair using single-molecule techniques. DNA Repair (Amst) 2014; 20:41-48. [PMID: 24472181 PMCID: PMC5053424 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Despite three decades of biochemical and structural analysis of the prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair (NER) system, many intriguing questions remain with regard to how the UvrA, UvrB, and UvrC proteins detect, verify and remove a wide range of DNA lesions. Single-molecule techniques have begun to allow more detailed understanding of the kinetics and action mechanism of this complex process. This article reviews how atomic force microscopy and fluorescence microscopy have captured new glimpses of how these proteins work together to mediate NER.
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- Bennett Van Houten
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Zou D, Zhang D, Liu S, Zhao B, Wang H. Interplay of binding stoichiometry and recognition specificity for the interaction of MBD2b protein and methylated DNA revealed by affinity capillary electrophoresis coupled with laser-induced fluorescence analysis. Anal Chem 2014; 86:1775-82. [PMID: 24422445 DOI: 10.1021/ac4036636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) family proteins can specifically bind methylated DNA sequences and thereby mediate gene transcription. In this study, we used neutral capillary electrophoresis coupled with laser-induced fluorescence to investigate the interactions of DNA and MBD2b, a model MBD family protein with the highest affinity. For this purpose, we synthesized 13 double-stranded oligonucleotides of varying length (20 bp to 80 bp) and of varying methylation density. The sequences of these oligonucleotides were adapted from a frequently methylated promoter region of human p16(INK4a) gene. We demonstrate that multiple MBD2b proteins can bind to one DNA molecule with a DNA length-dependent binding stoichiometry. Each MBD2b protein can occupy 20 nucleotides in a bound DNA molecule regardless of the methylation status of DNA. By binding multiple MBD2b proteins (up to four protein molecules) to one dsDNA molecule (80 bp), methylated and unmethylated DNA were bound at similar percentages. Although the total amount of the DNA-MBD2b complexes increases with increasing DNA length for both unmethylated and methylated DNA, the DNA-MBD2b complexes of 1:1 display more than 10-fold higher affinity for methylated DNA (e.g., 40 bp DNA) accompanying a 20-fold lower dissociation rate constant. Hence, our study clarifies for the first time that the specificity of MBD2b to methylated DNA decreases as more MBD2b monomers binding to the same region of DNA. Additionally, this study opens a new venue to improve MBD protein-based assays for detecting DNA methylation.
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- Dandan Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 China
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Hughes CD, Wang H, Ghodke H, Simons M, Towheed A, Peng Y, Van Houten B, Kad NM. Real-time single-molecule imaging reveals a direct interaction between UvrC and UvrB on DNA tightropes. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:4901-12. [PMID: 23511970 PMCID: PMC3643590 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Nucleotide excision DNA repair is mechanistically conserved across all kingdoms of life. In prokaryotes, this multi-enzyme process requires six proteins: UvrA–D, DNA polymerase I and DNA ligase. To examine how UvrC locates the UvrB–DNA pre-incision complex at a site of damage, we have labeled UvrB and UvrC with different colored quantum dots and quantitatively observed their interactions with DNA tightropes under a variety of solution conditions using oblique angle fluorescence imaging. Alone, UvrC predominantly interacts statically with DNA at low salt. Surprisingly, however, UvrC and UvrB together in solution bind to form the previously unseen UvrBC complex on duplex DNA. This UvrBC complex is highly motile and engages in unbiased one-dimensional diffusion. To test whether UvrB makes direct contact with the DNA in the UvrBC–DNA complex, we investigated three UvrB mutants: Y96A, a β-hairpin deletion and D338N. These mutants affected the motile properties of the UvrBC complex, indicating that UvrB is in intimate contact with the DNA when bound to UvrC. Given the in vivo excess of UvrB and the abundance of UvrBC in our experiments, this newly identified complex is likely to be the predominant form of UvrC in the cell.
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- Craig D Hughes
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Liu S, Zhao B, Zhang D, Li C, Wang H. Imaging of Nonuniform Motion of Single DNA Molecules Reveals the Kinetics of Varying-Field Isotachophoresis. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:4644-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ja400126b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shengquan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and
Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P. R.
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and
Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P. R.
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and
Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P. R.
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and
Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P. R.
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and
Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P. R.
China
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) has allowed bacteria to flourish in many different niches around the globe that inflict harsh environmental damage to their genetic material. NER is remarkable because of its diverse substrate repertoire, which differs greatly in chemical composition and structure. Recent advances in structural biology and single-molecule studies have given great insight into the structure and function of NER components. This ensemble of proteins orchestrates faithful removal of toxic DNA lesions through a multistep process. The damaged nucleotide is recognized by dynamic probing of the DNA structure that is then verified and marked for dual incisions followed by excision of the damage and surrounding nucleotides. The opposite DNA strand serves as a template for repair, which is completed after resynthesis and ligation.
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- Caroline Kisker
- Rudolf-Virchow-Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Epigenotoxicity of environmental pollutants evaluated by a combination of DNA methylation inhibition and capillary electrophoresis–laser-induced fluorescence immunoassay. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:2435-42. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6717-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Revised: 12/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Couvé S, Ishchenko AA, Fedorova OS, Ramanculov EM, Laval J, Saparbaev M. Direct DNA Lesion Reversal and Excision Repair in Escherichia coli. EcoSal Plus 2013; 5. [PMID: 26442931 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.7.2.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2012] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cellular DNA is constantly challenged by various endogenous and exogenous genotoxic factors that inevitably lead to DNA damage: structural and chemical modifications of primary DNA sequence. These DNA lesions are either cytotoxic, because they block DNA replication and transcription, or mutagenic due to the miscoding nature of the DNA modifications, or both, and are believed to contribute to cell lethality and mutagenesis. Studies on DNA repair in Escherichia coli spearheaded formulation of principal strategies to counteract DNA damage and mutagenesis, such as: direct lesion reversal, DNA excision repair, mismatch and recombinational repair and genotoxic stress signalling pathways. These DNA repair pathways are universal among cellular organisms. Mechanistic principles used for each repair strategies are fundamentally different. Direct lesion reversal removes DNA damage without need for excision and de novo DNA synthesis, whereas DNA excision repair that includes pathways such as base excision, nucleotide excision, alternative excision and mismatch repair, proceeds through phosphodiester bond breakage, de novo DNA synthesis and ligation. Cell signalling systems, such as adaptive and oxidative stress responses, although not DNA repair pathways per se, are nevertheless essential to counteract DNA damage and mutagenesis. The present review focuses on the nature of DNA damage, direct lesion reversal, DNA excision repair pathways and adaptive and oxidative stress responses in E. coli.
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Screening interaction between ochratoxin A and aptamers by fluorescence anisotropy approach. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:2443-9. [PMID: 23361229 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6736-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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By taking advantage of the intrinsic fluorescence of ochratoxin A (OTA), we present a fluorescence anisotropy approach for rapid analysis of the interactions between OTA and aptamers. The specific binding of OTA with a 36-mer aptamer can induce increased fluorescence anisotropy (FA) of OTA as the result of the freedom restriction of OTA and the increase of molecular volume, and the maximum FA change is about 0.160. This FA approach enables an easy way to investigate the effects of buffer compositions like metal ions on the affinity binding. FA analysis shows the interaction between OTA and aptamer is greatly enhanced by the simultaneous presence of Ca(2+) and Na(+), while the binding affinity of aptamer decreases more than 18-fold when only Ca(2+) exists, and the binding is completely lost when Ca(2+) is absent. Crucial region of the aptamer for binding can be mapped through FA analysis and aptamer mutation. The demonstrated FA approach maintains the advantages of FA in simplicity, rapidity, and robustness. This investigation will help the development of aptamer-based assays for OTA detection in optimizing the binding conditions, modification of aptamers, and rational design.
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Zhang D, Shen H, Li G, Zhao B, Yu A, Zhao Q, Wang H. Specific and Sensitive Fluorescence Anisotropy Sensing of Guanine-Quadruplex Structures via a Photoinduced Electron Transfer Mechanism. Anal Chem 2012; 84:8088-94. [DOI: 10.1021/ac302320x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Dapeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, 100085, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular
Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P. R.
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular
Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P. R.
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, 100085, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, P. R.
China
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- Research Center for
Environmental
Science and Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030006, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, 100085, P. R. China
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Zhu Z, Ravelet C, Perrier S, Guieu V, Fiore E, Peyrin E. Single-stranded DNA binding protein-assisted fluorescence polarization aptamer assay for detection of small molecules. Anal Chem 2012; 84:7203-11. [PMID: 22793528 DOI: 10.1021/ac301552e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Here, we describe a new fluorescence polarization aptamer assay (FPAA) strategy which is based on the use of the single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein from Escherichia coli as a strong FP signal enhancer tool. This approach relied on the unique ability of the SSB protein to bind the nucleic acid aptamer in its free state but not in its target-bound folded one. Such a feature was exploited by using the antiadenosine (Ade)-DNA aptamer (Apt-A) as a model functional nucleic acid. Two fluorophores (fluorescein and Texas Red) were introduced into different sites of Apt-A to design a dozen fluorescent tracers. In the absence of the Ade target, the binding of the labeled aptamers to SSB governed a very high fluorescence anisotropy increase (in the 0.130-0.200 range) as the consequence of (i) the large global diffusion difference between the free and SSB-bound tracers and (ii) the restricted movement of the dye in the SSB-bound state. When the analyte was introduced into the reaction system, the formation of the folded tertiary structure of the Ade-Apt-A complex triggered the release of the labeled nucleic acids from the protein, leading to a strong decrease in the fluorescence anisotropy. The key factors involved in the fluorescence anisotropy change were considered through the development of a competitive displacement model, and the optimal tracer candidate was selected for the Ade assay under buffer and realistic (diluted human serum) conditions. The SSB-assisted principle was found to operate also with another aptamer system, i.e., the antiargininamide DNA aptamer, and a different biosensing configuration, i.e., the sandwich-like design, suggesting the broad usefulness of the present approach. This sensing platform allowed generation of a fluorescence anisotropy signal for aptamer probes which did not operate under the direct format and greatly improved the assay response relative to that of the most previously reported small target FPAA.
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- Zhenyu Zhu
- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire UMR 5063, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble FR 2607, CNRS-Université Grenoble I (Joseph Fourier), 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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Webster MPJ, Jukes R, Zamfir VS, Kay CWM, Bagnéris C, Barrett T. Crystal structure of the UvrB dimer: insights into the nature and functioning of the UvrAB damage engagement and UvrB-DNA complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:8743-58. [PMID: 22753105 PMCID: PMC3458569 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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UvrB has a central role in the highly conserved UvrABC pathway functioning not only as a damage recognition element but also as an essential component of the lesion tracking machinery. While it has been recently confirmed that the tracking assembly comprises a UvrA2B2 heterotetramer, the configurations of the damage engagement and UvrB–DNA handover complexes remain obscure. Here, we present the first crystal structure of a UvrB dimer whose biological significance has been verified using both chemical cross-linking and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. We demonstrate that this dimeric species stably associates with UvrA and forms a UvrA2B2–DNA complex. Our studies also illustrate how signals are transduced between the ATP and DNA binding sites to generate the helicase activity pivotal to handover and formation of the UvrB2–DNA complex, providing key insights into the configurations of these important repair intermediates.
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- Matthew P J Webster
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Choi JW, Kang DK, Park H, deMello AJ, Chang SI. High-Throughput Analysis of Protein–Protein Interactions in Picoliter-Volume Droplets Using Fluorescence Polarization. Anal Chem 2012; 84:3849-54. [DOI: 10.1021/ac300414g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Jae-Won Choi
- Department of Biochemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic
of Korea,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic
of Korea,
- Department of
Chemistry, Imperial College London, London
SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic
of Korea,
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic
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Dynamics of lesion processing by bacterial nucleotide excision repair proteins. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2012; 110:1-24. [PMID: 22749140 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-387665-2.00001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Single-molecule approaches permit an unrivalled view of how complex systems operate and have recently been used to understand DNA-protein interactions. These tools have enabled advances in a particularly challenging problem, the search for damaged sites on DNA. DNA repair proteins are present at the level of just a few hundred copies in bacterial cells to just a few thousand in human cells, and they scan the entire genome in search of their specific substrates. How do these proteins achieve this herculean task when their targets may differ from undamaged DNA by only a single hydrogen bond? Here we examine, using single-molecule approaches, how the prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair system balances the necessity for speed against specificity. We discuss issues at a theoretical, biological, and technical level and finally pose questions for future research.
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Zhang D, Lu M, Wang H. Fluorescence anisotropy analysis for mapping aptamer-protein interaction at the single nucleotide level. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:9188-91. [PMID: 21604755 DOI: 10.1021/ja202141y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Structural characterization of aptamer-protein interactions is challenging and limited despite the tremendous applications of aptamers. Here we for the first time report a fluorescence anisotropy (FA) approach for mapping the interaction of an aptamer and its protein target at the single nucleotide level. Nine fluorescently labeled aptamers, each conjugated to a single tetramethylrhodamine at a specified nucleotide in the aptamer, were used to study their interactions with thrombin. Simultaneous monitoring of both fluorescence anisotropy changes and electrophoretic mobility shifts upon binding of the fluorescently modified aptamer to the protein provides unique information on the specific nucleotide site of binding. T25, T20, T7 and the 3'-end were identified as the close contact sites, and T3, C15T, and the 5'-end were identified as the sites distant from the binding. This approach is highly sensitive and does not require cross-linking reactions. Studies of aptamer-protein interactions using this technique are potentially useful for design, evolution, and modification of functional aptamers for a range of bioanalytical, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications.
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- Dapeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P.R. China
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Gantchev TG, Hunting DJ. Modeling the interactions of the nucleotide excision repair UvrA(2) dimer with DNA. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10912-24. [PMID: 21090726 DOI: 10.1021/bi1012035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The UvrA protein initiates the DNA damage recognition process by the bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER) system. Recently, crystallographic structures of holo-UvrA(2) dimers from two different microorganisms have been released (Protein Data Bank entries 2r6f , 2vf7 , and 2vf8 ). However, the details of the DNA binding by UvrA(2) and other peculiarities involved in the damage recognition process remain unknown. We have undertaken a molecular modeling approach to appraise the possible modes of DNA-UvrA(2) interaction using molecular docking and short-scale guided molecular dynamics [continuum field, constrained, and/or unrestricted simulated annealing (SA)], taking into account the three-dimensional location of a series of mutation-identified UvrA residues implicated in DNA binding. The molecular docking was based on the assumptions that the UvrA(2) dimer is preformed prior to DNA binding and that no major protein conformational rearrangements, except moderate domain reorientations, are required for binding of undamaged DNA. As a first approximation, DNA was treated as a rigid ligand. From the electrostatic relief of the ventral surface of UvrA(2), we initially identified three, noncollinear DNA binding paths. Each of the three resulting nucleoprotein complexes (C1, C2, and C3) was analyzed separately, including calculation of binding energies, the number and type of interaction residues (including mutated ones), and the predominant mode of translational and rotational motion of specific protein domains after SA to ensure improved DNA binding. The UvrA(2) dimer can accommodate DNA in all three orientations, albeit with different binding strengths. One of the UvrA(2)-DNA complexes (C1) fulfilled most of the requirements (high interaction energy, proximity of DNA to mutated residues, etc.) expected for a natural, high-affinity DNA binding site. This nucleoprotein presents a structural organization that is designed to clamp and bend double-stranded DNA. We examined the binding site in more detail by docking DNAs of significantly different (AT- vs CG-enriched) sequences and by submitting the complexes to DNA-unrestricted SA. It was found that in a manner independent of the DNA sequence and applied MD protocols, UvrA(2) favors binding of a bent and unwound undamaged DNA, with a kink positioned in the proximity of the Zn3 hairpins, anticollinearly aligned at the bottom of the ventral protein surface. It is further hypothesized that the Zn3 modules play an essential role in the damage recognition process and that the apparent existence of a family of DNA binding sites might be biologically relevant. Our data should prove to be useful in rational (structure-based) mutation studies.
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- Tsvetan G Gantchev
- Center for Research in Radio-Oncology (CR2), Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4 Canada.
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Weng MW, Zheng Y, Jasti VP, Champeil E, Tomasz M, Wang Y, Basu AK, Tang MS. Repair of mitomycin C mono- and interstrand cross-linked DNA adducts by UvrABC: a new model. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:6976-84. [PMID: 20647419 PMCID: PMC2978355 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mitomycin C induces both MC-mono-dG and cross-linked dG-adducts in vivo. Interstrand cross-linked (ICL) dG-MC-dG-DNA adducts can prevent strand separation. In Escherichia coli cells, UvrABC repairs ICL lesions that cause DNA bending. The mechanisms and consequences of NER of ICL dG-MC-dG lesions that do not induce DNA bending remain unclear. Using DNA fragments containing a MC-mono-dG or an ICL dG-MC-dG adduct, we found (i) UvrABC incises only at the strand containing MC-mono-dG adducts; (ii) UvrABC makes three types of incisions on an ICL dG-MC-dG adduct: type 1, a single 5′ incision on 1 strand and a 3′ incision on the other; type 2, dual incisions on 1 strand and a single incision on the other; and type 3, dual incisions on both strands; and (iii) the cutting kinetics of type 3 is significantly faster than type 1 and type 2, and all of 3 types of cutting result in producing DSB. We found that UvrA, UvrA + UvrB and UvrA + UvrB + UvrC bind to MC-modified DNA specifically, and we did not detect any UvrB- and UvrB + UvrC–DNA complexes. Our findings challenge the current UvrABC incision model. We propose that DSBs resulted from NER of ICL dG-MC-dG adducts contribute to MC antitumor activity and mutations.
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- Mao-wen Weng
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Pathology, and Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, New York 10987, USA
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Suhasini AN, Brosh RM. Mechanistic and biological aspects of helicase action on damaged DNA. Cell Cycle 2010; 9:2317-29. [PMID: 20574162 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.12.11902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Helicases catalytically unwind structured nucleic acids in a nucleoside-triphosphate-dependent and directionally specific manner, and are essential for virtually all aspects of nucleic acid metabolism. ATPase-driven helicases which translocate along nucleic acids play a role in damage recognition or unwinding of a DNA tract containing the lesion. Although classical biochemical experiments provided evidence that bulky covalent adducts inhibit DNA unwinding catalyzed by certain DNA helicases in a strand-specific manner (i.e., block to DNA unwinding restricted to adduct residence in the strand the helicase translocates), recent studies suggest more complex arrangements that may depend on the helicase under study, its assembly in a protein complex, and the type of structural DNA perturbation. Moreover, base and sugar phosphate backbone modifications exert effects on DNA helicases that suggest specialized tracking mechanisms. As a component of the replication stress response, the single-stranded DNA binding protein Replication Protein A (RPA) may serve to enable eukaryotic DNA helicases to overcome certain base lesions. Helicases play important roles in DNA damage signaling which also involve their partnership with RPA. In this review, we will discuss our current understanding of mechanistic and biological aspects of helicase action on damaged DNA.
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- Avvaru N Suhasini
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, NIH Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Li T, Zhang D, Luo W, Lu M, Wang Z, Song Y, Wang H. Metal Cation Mediated-Capillary Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids. Anal Chem 2009; 82:487-90. [DOI: 10.1021/ac9025708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Tao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center For Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Beijing 100085, China
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Ruta J, Perrier S, Ravelet C, Fize J, Peyrin E. Noncompetitive fluorescence polarization aptamer-based assay for small molecule detection. Anal Chem 2009; 81:7468-73. [PMID: 19630421 DOI: 10.1021/ac9014512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In this paper, a new fluorescence polarization (FP) assay strategy is described reporting the first demonstration of a noncompetitive FP technique dedicated to the small molecule sensing. This approach was based on the unique induced-fit binding mechanism of nucleic acid aptamers which was exploited to convert the small target binding event into a detectable fluorescence anisotropy signal. An anti-L-tyrosinamide DNA aptamer, labeled by a single fluorescent dye at its extremity, was employed as a model functional nucleic acid probe. The DNA conformational change generated by the L-tyrosinamide binding was able to induce a significant increase in the fluorescence anisotropy signal. The method allowed enantioselective sensing of tyrosinamide and analysis in practical samples. The methodology was also applied to the L-argininamide detection, suggesting the potential generalizability of the direct FP-based strategy. Such aptamer-based assay appeared to be a sensitive analytical system of remarkable simplicity and ease of use.
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- Josephine Ruta
- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire UMR 5063, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble FR 2607, CNRS-Université Grenoble I (Joseph Fourier), 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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Jia L, Kropachev K, Ding S, Van Houten B, Geacintov NE, Broyde S. Exploring damage recognition models in prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair with a benzo[a]pyrene-derived lesion in UvrB. Biochemistry 2009; 48:8948-57. [PMID: 19681599 DOI: 10.1021/bi9010072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The UvrB protein is a central unit for damage recognition in the prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair system, which excises bulky DNA lesions. We have utilized molecular modeling and MD simulations based on crystal structures, mutagenesis, and fluorescence data, to model the 10R-(+)-cis-anti-B[a]P-N2-dG lesion, derived from the tumorigenic (+)-anti-B[a]PDE metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene, at different locations on the inner and outer strand in UvrB. Our results suggest that this lesion is accommodated on the inner strand where it might translocate through the tunnel created by the beta-hairpin and UvrB domain 1B and ultimately could be housed in the pocket behind the beta-hairpin prior to excision by UvrC. Lesions that vary in size and shape may be stopped at the gate to the tunnel, within the tunnel, or in the pocket when UvrC initiates excision. Common features of beta-hairpin intrusion between the two DNA strands and nucleotide flipping manifested in structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic NER lesion recognition proteins are consistent with common recognition mechanisms, based on lesion-induced local thermodynamic distortion/destabilization and nucleotide flipping.
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- Lei Jia
- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Room 1009, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Wang X, Song Y, Song M, Wang Z, Li T, Wang H. Fluorescence Polarization Combined Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay for the Sensitive Detection of Genomic DNA Methylation. Anal Chem 2009; 81:7885-91. [DOI: 10.1021/ac901681k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Xiaoli Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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Goulko AA, Li F, Chris Le X. Bioanalytical applications of aptamer and molecular-beacon probes in fluorescence-affinity assays. Trends Analyt Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2009.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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