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Vogel S, Ebel K, Schürmann RM, Heck C, Meiling T, Milosavljevic AR, Giuliani A, Bald I. Vacuum-UV and Low-Energy Electron-Induced DNA Strand Breaks - Influence of the DNA Sequence and Substrate. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:823-830. [PMID: 30719805 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201801152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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DNA is effectively damaged by radiation, which can on the one hand lead to cancer and is on the other hand directly exploited in the treatment of tumor tissue. DNA strand breaks are already induced by photons having an energy below the ionization energy of DNA. At high photon energies, most of the DNA strand breaks are induced by low-energy secondary electrons. In the present study we quantified photon and electron induced DNA strand breaks in four different 12mer oligonucleotides. They are irradiated directly with 8.44 eV vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons and 8.8 eV low energy electrons (LEE). By using Si instead of VUV transparent CaF2 as a substrate the VUV exposure leads to an additional release of LEEs, which have a maximum energy of 3.6 eV and can significantly enhance strand break cross sections. Atomic force microscopy is used to visualize strand breaks on DNA origami platforms and to determine absolute values for the strand break cross sections. Upon irradiation with 8.44 eV photons all the investigated sequences show very similar strand break cross sections in the range of 1.7-2.3×10-16 cm2 . The strand break cross sections for LEE irradiation at 8.8 eV are one to two orders of magnitude larger than the ones for VUV photons, and a slight sequence dependence is observed. The sequence dependence is even more pronounced for LEEs with energies <3.6 eV. The present results help to assess DNA damage by photons and electrons close to the ionization threshold.
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- Stefanie Vogel
- Institute of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Department 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany.,School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Department 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Department 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany.,School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,UAR 1008 CEPIA, INRA, 44316, Nantes, France
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- Institute of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Department 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Khalil T, Boulanouar O, Heintz O, Fromm M. Auto-assembly of nanometer thick, water soluble layers of plasmid DNA complexed with diamines and basic amino acids on graphite: Greatest DNA protection is obtained with arginine. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2017; 71:231-239. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vogel S, Rackwitz J, Schürman R, Prinz J, Milosavljević AR, Réfrégiers M, Giuliani A, Bald I. Using DNA origami nanostructures to determine absolute cross sections for UV photon-induced DNA strand breakage. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:4589-93. [PMID: 26536162 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We have characterized ultraviolet (UV) photon-induced DNA strand break processes by determination of absolute cross sections for photoabsorption and for sequence-specific DNA single strand breakage induced by photons in an energy range from 6.50 to 8.94 eV. These represent the lowest-energy photons able to induce DNA strand breaks. Oligonucleotide targets are immobilized on a UV transparent substrate in controlled quantities through attachment to DNA origami templates. Photon-induced dissociation of single DNA strands is visualized and quantified using atomic force microscopy. The obtained quantum yields for strand breakage vary between 0.06 and 0.5, indicating highly efficient DNA strand breakage by UV photons, which is clearly dependent on the photon energy. Above the ionization threshold strand breakage becomes clearly the dominant form of DNA radiation damage, which is then also dependent on the nucleotide sequence.
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- Stefanie Vogel
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
- BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing , Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL , 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- UAR 1008 CEPIA, INRA, 44316 Nantes, France
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
- BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing , Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Śmiałek MA, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Mason NJ. Measuring the density of DNA films using ultraviolet-visible interferometry. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 87:060701. [PMID: 23848615 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.87.060701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In order to determine a proper value for the density of dry DNA films we have used a method based upon the measurement of interference effects in transmission spectra of thin DNA layers. Our results show that the methodology is effective and the density of DNA in this state, 1.407 g/cm(3), is much lower than the commonly used 1.7 g/cm(3). Obtaining accurate values for the DNA film density will allow the optical constants for DNA to be recalculated, which were previously obtained assuming a higher DNA density. Furthermore, since our recent investigations have shown a strong dependence of the sample composition on DNA film formation and thus on its density, such a method will be important in characterizing particle interactions with DNA film and their dose dependence.
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- Małgorzata A Śmiałek
- Atomic Physics Division, Department of Atomic Physics and Luminescence, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Alizadeh E, Cloutier P, Hunting D, Sanche L. Soft X-ray and low energy electron-induced damage to DNA under N2 and O2 atmospheres. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:4523-31. [PMID: 21452797 PMCID: PMC3846624 DOI: 10.1021/jp200947g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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DNA damage induced by low energy electrons (LEEs) and soft X-rays is measured under dry nitrogen and oxygen at atmospheric pressure and temperature. Five-monolayer plasmid DNA films deposited on tantalum and glass substrates are exposed to Al K(α) X-rays of 1.5 keV in the two different environments. From the damage yields for DNA, G values are extracted for X-rays and LEEs. The G values for LEEs are 3.5 and 3.4 higher than those for X-ray photons under N(2) and O(2) atmospheres, respectively. Because most of the measured damage is in the form of single strand breaks (SSB), this result indicates a much higher effectiveness for LEEs relative to X-rays in causing SSB in both environments. The results indicate that the oxygen fixation mechanism, which is highly effective in increasing radiobiological effectiveness, under aerobic conditions, is operative on the type of damage created at the early stage of DNA radiolysis by LEEs.
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- Elahe Alizadeh
- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
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Brun E, Cloutier P, Sicard-Roselli C, Fromm M, Sanche L. Damage induced to DNA by low-energy (0-30 eV) electrons under vacuum and atmospheric conditions. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:10008-13. [PMID: 19603845 DOI: 10.1021/jp902540k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In this study, we show that it is possible to obtain data on DNA damage induced by low-energy (0-30 eV) electrons under atmospheric conditions. Five monolayer films of plasmid DNA (3197 base pairs) deposited on glass and gold substrates are irradiated with 1.5 keV X-rays in ultrahigh vacuum and under atmospheric conditions. The total damage is analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The damage produced on the glass substrate is attributed to energy absorption from X-rays, whereas that produced on the gold substrate arises from energy absorption from both the X-ray beam and secondary electrons emitted from the gold surface. By analysis of the energy of these secondary electrons, 96% are found to have energies below 30 eV with a distribution peaking at 1.4 eV. The differences in damage yields recorded with the gold and glass substrates is therefore essentially attributed to the interaction of low-energy electrons with DNA under vacuum and hydrated conditions. From these results, the G values for low-energy electrons are determined to be four and six strand breaks per 100 eV, respectively.
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- Emilie Brun
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bat. 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Wyer JA, Butterworth KT, Hirst DG, Latimer CJ, Montenegro EC, Shah MB, Currell FJ. Fragmentation and plasmid strand breaks in pure and gold-doped DNA irradiated by beams of fast hydrogen atoms. Phys Med Biol 2009; 54:4705-21. [PMID: 19590119 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/15/005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The results of an investigation into the damage caused to dry plasmid DNA after irradiation by fast (keV) hydrogen atoms are presented. Agarose gel electrophoresis was used to assess single and double strand break yields as a function of dose in dry DNA samples deposited on a mica substrate. Damage levels were observed to increase with beam energy. Strand break yields demonstrated a considerable dependence on sample structure and the method of sample preparation. Additionally, the effect of high-Z nanoparticles on damage levels was investigated by irradiating DNA samples containing controlled amounts of gold nanoparticles. In contrast to previous (photonic) studies, no enhancement of strand break yields was observed with the particles showing a slight radioprotective effect. A model of DNA damage as a function of dose has been constructed in terms of the probability for the creation of single and double strand breaks, per unit ion flux. This model provides quantitative conclusions about the effects of both gold nanoparticles and the different buffers used in performing the assays and, in addition, infers the proportion of multiply damaged fragments.
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- J A Wyer
- Centre for Plasma Physics, IRCEP, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK.
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Jiang Y, Rabbi M, Kim M, Ke C, Lee W, Clark RL, Mieczkowski PA, Marszalek PE. UVA generates pyrimidine dimers in DNA directly. Biophys J 2009; 96:1151-8. [PMID: 19186150 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence that UVA radiation, which makes up approximately 95% of the solar UV light reaching the Earth's surface and is also commonly used for cosmetic purposes, is genotoxic. However, in contrast to UVC and UVB, the mechanisms by which UVA produces various DNA lesions are still unclear. In addition, the relative amounts of various types of UVA lesions and their mutagenic significance are also a subject of debate. Here, we exploit atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging of individual DNA molecules, alone and in complexes with a suite of DNA repair enzymes and antibodies, to directly quantify UVA damage and reexamine its basic mechanisms at a single-molecule level. By combining the activity of endonuclease IV and T4 endonuclease V on highly purified and UVA-irradiated pUC18 plasmids, we show by direct AFM imaging that UVA produces a significant amount of abasic sites and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs). However, we find that only approximately 60% of the T4 endonuclease V-sensitive sites, which are commonly counted as CPDs, are true CPDs; the other 40% are abasic sites. Most importantly, our results obtained by AFM imaging of highly purified native and synthetic DNA using T4 endonuclease V, photolyase, and anti-CPD antibodies strongly suggest that CPDs are produced by UVA directly. Thus, our observations contradict the predominant view that as-yet-unidentified photosensitizers are required to transfer the energy of UVA to DNA to produce CPDs. Our results may help to resolve the long-standing controversy about the origin of UVA-produced CPDs in DNA.
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- Yong Jiang
- Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Sharma KKK, Milligan JR, Bernhard WA. Multiplicity of DNA single-strand breaks produced in pUC18 exposed to the direct effects of ionizing radiation. Radiat Res 2008; 170:156-62. [PMID: 18666814 DOI: 10.1667/rr1277.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The transition of plasmid DNA from a supercoiled to an open circle conformation, as detected by gel electrophoresis, affords an extraordinarily sensitive method for detecting single-strand breaks (SSBs), one measure of deoxyribose damage. To determine the yield of SSBs, G(ssb), by this method, it is commonly assumed that Poisson statistics apply such that, on average, one SSB occurs per supercoiled plasmid lost. For the direct effect, at a large enough plasmid size, this assumption may be invalid. In this report, the assumption that one SSB occurs per pUC18 plasmid (2686 bp) is tested by measuring free base release (fbr), which is also a measure of deoxyribose damage in films prepared under controlled relative humidity so as to produce known levels of DNA hydration. The level of DNA hydration, Gamma, is expressed in mol water/mol nucleotide. The yield of free base release, G(fbr), was measured by HPLC after exposure of the films to 70 kV X rays and subsequent dissolution in water. It is well known that damage in deoxyribose leads to SSBs and free base release. Based on known mechanisms, there exists a close correspondence between free base release and SSBs, i.e., G(fbr) congruent with G(ssb). Following this assumption, the SSB multiplicity, m(ssb), was determined, where m(ssb) was defined as the mean number of SSBs per supercoiled plasmid lost. The yield of lost supercoil was determined previously (S. Purkayastha et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 26286-26291, 2006). We found that m(ssb) = 1.4 +/- 0.2 at Gamma = 2.5 and m(ssb) = 2.8 +/- 0.5 to 3.1 +/- 0.5 at Gamma = 22.5, indicating that the assumption of one SSB per lost supercoil is not likely to hold for a 2686-bp plasmid exposed to the direct effect. In addition, an increase in G(fbr), upon stepping from Gamma = 2.5 to Gamma = 22.5, was paralleled by an increase in the yield of trapped deoxyribose radicals, G(dRib)(fr), also measured previously. As a consequence, the shortfall between SSBs and trapped radicals, G(diff) = G(ssb) - G(dRib)(fr), remained relatively constant at 90-110 nmol/J. The lack of change between the two extremes of hydration is in keeping with the suggestion that non-radical species, such as doubly oxidized deoxyribose, are responsible for the shortfall.
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- Kiran Kumar K Sharma
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester, 575 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Fekete A, Kovács G, Hegedüs M, Módos K, Lammer H. Biological responses to the simulated Martian UV radiation of bacteriophages and isolated DNA. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2008; 92:110-6. [PMID: 18579407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Revised: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mars is considered as a main target for astrobiologically relevant exploration programmes. In this work the effect of simulated Martian solar UV radiation was examined on bacteriophage T7 and on isolated T7 DNA. A decrease of the biological activity of phages, characteristic changes in the absorption spectrum and in the electrophoretic pattern of isolated DNA/phage and the decrease of the amount of PCR products were detected indicating damage of isolated and intraphage T7 DNA by UV radiation. Further mechanistic insights into the UV-induced formation of intraphage/isolated T7 DNA photoproducts were gained from the application of appropriate enzymatic digestion and neutral/alkaline agarose gel electrophoresis. Our results showed that intraphage DNA was about ten times more sensitive to simulated Martian UV radiation than isolated T7 DNA indicating the role of phage proteins in the DNA damage. Compared to solar UV radiation the total amount of DNA damage determined by QPCR was about ten times larger in isolated DNA and phage T7 as well, and the types of the DNA photoproducts were different, besides cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD), double-strand breaks (dsb), and single-strand breaks (ssb), DNA-protein cross-links were produced as well. Surprisingly, energy deposition as low as 4-6 eV corresponding to 200-400 nm range could induce significant amount of ssb and dsb in phage/isolated DNA (in phage the ratio of ssb/dsb was approximately 23%/12% and approximately 32%/19% in isolated DNA). 5-8% of the CPD, 3-5% of the AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) sites were located in clusters in DNA/phage, suggesting that clustering of damage occur in the form of multiple damaged sites and these can have a high probability to produce strand breaks. The amount of total DNA damage in samples which were irradiated in Tris buffer was reduced by a factor approximately 2, compared to samples in phosphate buffer, suggesting that some of the photoproducts were produced via radicals.
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- Andrea Fekete
- Institute of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, H-1088 Budapest, Puskin u. 9, Hungary.
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Ke C, Jiang Y, Mieczkowski PA, Muramoto GG, Chute JP, Marszalek PE. Nanoscale detection of ionizing radiation damage to DNA by atomic force microscopy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2008; 4:288-294. [PMID: 18247386 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200700527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The detection and quantification of ionizing radiation damage to DNA at a single-molecule level by atomic force microscopy (AFM) is reported. The DNA damage-detection technique combining supercoiled plasmid relaxation assay with AFM imaging is a direct and quantitative approach to detect gamma-ray-induced single- and double-strand breaks in DNA, and its accuracy and reliability are validated through a comparison with traditional agarose gel electrophoresis. In addition, the dependence of radiation-induced single-strand breaks on plasmid size and concentration at a single-molecule level in a low-dose (1 Gy) and low-concentration range (0.01 ng microL(-1)-10 ng microL(-1)) is investigated using the AFM-based damage-detection assay. The results clearly show that the number of single-strand breaks per DNA molecule is linearly proportional to the plasmid size and inversely correlated to the DNA concentration. This assay can also efficiently detect DNA damage in highly dilute samples (0.01 ng microL(-1)), which is beyond the capability of traditional techniques. AFM imaging can uniquely supplement traditional techniques for sensitive measurements of damage to DNA by ionizing radiation.
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- Changhong Ke
- Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems and Department of Mechanical, Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Cai Z, Cloutier P, Hunting D, Sanche L. Comparison between X-ray photon and secondary electron damage to DNA in vacuum. J Phys Chem B 2007; 109:4796-800. [PMID: 16851564 DOI: 10.1021/jp0459458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Both monolayer and thick (20 microm) films of dry pGEM-3Zf(-) plasmid DNA deposited on tantalum foil were exposed to Al Kalpha X-rays (1.5 keV) for various times in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber. For monolayer DNA, the damage was induced mainly by low energy secondary electrons (SEs) emitted from the tantalum. For the thick films, DNA damage was induced chiefly by X-ray photons. Different forms of plasmid DNA were separated and quantified by agarose gel electrophoresis. The exposure curves for the formation of nicked circular (single strand break, SSB), linear (double strand break, DSB), and interduplex cross-link forms 1 and 2 were obtained for both monolayer and thick films of DNA, respectively. The lower limits of G values for SSB and DSB induced by SEs were derived to be 86 +/- 2 and 8 +/- 2 nmol J(-1), respectively. These values are 1.5 and 1.6 times larger than those obtained with 1.5 keV photons. The projected X-ray energy dependence of the low energy electron (LEE) enhancement factor for the SSB and DSB in monolayer DNA is also discussed. This new method of investigation of the SE-induced damage to large biomolecules allows direct comparison of the yield of products induced by high energy photons and LEEs under identical experimental conditions.
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- Zhongli Cai
- Faculté de médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4
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Jiang Y, Ke C, Mieczkowski PA, Marszalek PE. Detecting ultraviolet damage in single DNA molecules by atomic force microscopy. Biophys J 2007; 93:1758-67. [PMID: 17483180 PMCID: PMC1948057 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report detection and quantification of ultraviolet (UV) damage in DNA at a single molecule level by atomic force microscopy (AFM). By combining the supercoiled plasmid relaxation assay with AFM imaging, we find that high doses of medium wave ultraviolet (UVB) and short wave ultraviolet (UVC) light not only produce cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) as reported but also cause significant DNA degradation. Specifically, 12.5 kJ/m(2) of UVC and 165 kJ/m(2) of UVB directly relax 95% and 78% of pUC18 supercoiled plasmids, respectively. We also use a novel combination of the supercoiled plasmid assay with T4 Endonuclease V treatment of irradiated plasmids and AFM imaging of their relaxation to detect damage caused by low UVB doses, which on average produced approximately 0.5 CPD per single plasmid. We find that at very low UVB doses, the relationship between the number of CPDs and UVB dose is almost linear, with 4.4 CPDs produced per Mbp per J/m(2) of UVB radiation. We verified these AFM results by agarose gel electrophoresis separation of UV-irradiated and T4 Endonuclease V treated plasmids. Our AFM and gel electrophoresis results are consistent with the previous result obtained using other traditional DNA damage detection methods. We also show that damage detection assay sensitivity increases with plasmid size. In addition, we used photolyase to mark the sites of UV lesions in supercoiled plasmids for detection and quantification by AFM, and these results were found to be consistent with the results obtained by the plasmid relaxation assay. Our results suggest that AFM can supplement traditional methods for high resolution measurements of UV damage to DNA.
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- Yong Jiang
- Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems and Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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