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Yang S, Zhang B, Murdock SR, Collings PJ. Orientational order of dyes in a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:7415-7421. [PMID: 36129321 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01110g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Absorption measurements allow the orientational order parameter of four dyes in the lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal di-sodium cromoglycate (DSCG) to be determined. The dye order parameters are small, except for dyes that intercalate between the DSCG molecules of the rod-like assemblies. The dye order parameters decrease with increasing temperature faster than the nematic order parameter of the DSCG assemblies. For intercalating dyes, the measured dye order parameter varies with the wavelength of the measurement because both intercalated and non-intercalated dye molecules contribute. On the contrary, measurements of the dye order parameter using fluorescence are sensitive only to intercalated dye molecules and produce values that reflect the order parameter of the DSCG assemblies. Therefore, the temperature and concentration dependence of the DSCG order parameter is also explored, since data of this kind on this often-studied system are lacking. Finally, the association constant of one of the intercalating dyes with the DSCG assemblies is determined, yielding a value considerably less than what is found for the same dye with DNA.
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- S Yang
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA.
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Loehr MO, Luedtke NW. A Kinetic and Fluorogenic Enhancement Strategy for Labeling of Nucleic Acids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202112931. [PMID: 35139255 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chemical modification of nucleic acids in living cells can be sterically hindered by tight packing of bioorthogonal functional groups in chromatin. To address this limitation, we report here a dual enhancement strategy for nucleic acid-templated reactions utilizing a fluorogenic intercalating agent capable of undergoing inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reactions with DNA containing 5-vinyl-2'-deoxyuridine (VdU) or RNA containing 5-vinyl-uridine (VU). Reversible high-affinity intercalation of a novel acridine-tetrazine conjugate "PINK" (KD =5±1 μM) increases the reaction rate of tetrazine-alkene IEDDA on duplex DNA by 60 000-fold (590 M-1 s-1 ) as compared to the non-templated reaction. At the same time, loss of tetrazine-acridine fluorescence quenching renders the reaction highly fluorogenic and detectable under no-wash conditions. This strategy enables live-cell dynamic imaging of acridine-modified nucleic acids in dividing cells.
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- Morten O Loehr
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 0B8, Canada.,Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Prom. Sir William Osler, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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Loehr MO, Luedtke NW. A Kinetic and Fluorogenic Enhancement Strategy for Labeling of Nucleic Acids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Morten O. Loehr
- Department of Chemistry McGill University 801 Sherbrooke St. West Montréal Québec, H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry McGill University 801 Sherbrooke St. West Montréal Québec, H3A 0B8 Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics McGill University 3655 Prom. Sir William Osler Montréal Québec H3G 1Y6 Canada
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Sayed M, Krishnamurthy B, Pal H. Unraveling the salt induced modulation in the photophysical behavior of acridine orange dye on its interaction with natural DNA. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Kostjukova LO, Leontieva SV, Kostjukov VV. The vibronic absorption spectra and electronic states of acridine orange in aqueous solution. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 249:119302. [PMID: 33341748 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) was used to obtain vibronic absorption spectra of acridine orange dye (AO) in an aqueous solution that were in good agreement with the experiment. The protonated and neutral forms of the dye have been investigated. The results of calculations using various functionals and basis sets have been analyzed. The best agreement with experiment was given by the level of theory X3LYP/6-31G(d,p). AO molecular orbitals involved in electronic transitions due light absorption in the visible region of the spectrum have been obtained. The dipole moments and atomic charges of the ground and excited states of the AO molecule have been calculated. Maps of the electrostatic potential have been drawn. An insignificant photoinduced electron transfer was found in the central ring of the chromophore of the dye molecule. According to our calculations, the vibronic coupling and the Boltzmann distribution play a significant role in the absorption spectra of the AO.
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- Lyudmila O Kostjukova
- Physics Department, Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School, Dybenko st., 1a, Sevastopol, Crimea 299028
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- Physics Department, Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School, Dybenko st., 1a, Sevastopol, Crimea 299028
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- Physics Department, Sevastopol State University, Universitetskaya st., 33, Sevastopol, Crimea 299053.
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Parisi C, Fraix A, Guglielmo S, Spyrakis F, Rolando B, Lazzarato L, Fruttero R, Gasco A, Sortino S. DNA-Targeted NO Release Photoregulated by Green Light. Chemistry 2020; 26:13627-13633. [PMID: 32453464 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A novel molecular hybrid has been designed and synthesized in which acridine orange (AO) is covalently linked to an N-nitrosoaniline derivative through an alkyl spacer. Photoexcitation of the AO antenna with the highly biocompatible green light results in intense fluorescence emission and triggers NO detachment from the N-nitroso appendage via an intramolecular electron transfer. The presence of the AO moiety encourages the binding with DNA through both external and partially intercalative fashions, depending on the DNA:molecular hybrid molar ratio. Importantly, this dual-mode binding interaction with the biopolymer does not preclude the NO photoreleasing performances of the molecular hybrid, permitting NO to be photogenerated nearby DNA with an efficiency similar to that of the free molecule. These properties make the presented compound an intriguing candidate for fundamental and potential applicative research studies where NO delivery in the DNA proximity precisely regulated by harmless green light is required.
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- Cristina Parisi
- PhotoChemLab, Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- PhotoChemLab, Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- PhotoChemLab, Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, 95125, Catania, Italy
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Aliyeva S. Adsorption of acridine yellow G from aqueous solutions using functionalized graphene nanoplatelets/modified polybutadiene hybrid composite. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202000162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Solmaz Aliyeva
- Faculty of Chemistry Baku State University Baku Azerbaijan
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering French‐Azerbaijani University Baku Azerbaijan
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Shoute LCT, Loppnow GR. Characterization of the binding interactions between EvaGreen dye and dsDNA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:4772-4780. [PMID: 29380825 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06058k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Understanding the dsDNA·EG binding interaction is important because the EvaGreen (EG) dye is increasingly used in real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, high resolution melting analysis, and routine quantification of DNA. In this work, a binding isotherm for the interactions of EG with duplex DNA (poly-dA17·poly-dT17) has been determined from the absorption and fluorescence spectra of the EG and dsDNA·EG complex. The isotherm has a sigmoidal shape and can be modeled with the Hill equation, indicating positive cooperativity for the binding interaction. A Scatchard plot of the binding data yields a concave-down curve in agreement with the Hill analysis of the binding isotherm for a positive cooperative binding interaction. Analysis of the Scatchard plot with the modified McGhee and von Hippel model for a finite one-dimensional homogeneous lattice and nonspecific binding of ligands to duplex DNA yields the intrinsic binding constant, the number of lattice sites occluded by a bound ligand, and the cooperativity parameter of 3.6 × 105 M-1, 4.0, and 8.1, respectively. The occluded site size of 4 indicates that moieties of the EG intercalate into the adjacent base pairs of the duplex DNA with a gap of 1 intercalation site between EG binding sites, as expected for a bifunctional molecule. Interestingly, at high [EG]/[base pair], the intercalation is disrupted. A model is proposed based on the fluorescence spectrum where the formation of anti-parallel stacked chains of EGs bound externally to the duplex DNA occur at these high ratios.
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- L C T Shoute
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada.
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Volkov IL, Reveguk ZV, Serdobintsev PY, Ramazanov RR, Kononov AI. DNA as UV light-harvesting antenna. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:3543-3551. [PMID: 29186575 PMCID: PMC6283424 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The ordered structure of UV chromophores in DNA resembles photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes in which quantum coherence effects play a major role in highly efficient directional energy transfer. The possible role of coherent excitons in energy transport in DNA remains debated. Meanwhile, energy transport properties are greatly important for understanding the mechanisms of photochemical reactions in cellular DNA and for DNA-based artificial nanostructures. Here, we studied energy transfer in DNA complexes formed with silver nanoclusters and with intercalating dye (acridine orange). Steady-state fluorescence measurements with two DNA templates (15-mer DNA duplex and calf thymus DNA) showed that excitation energy can be transferred to the clusters from 21 and 28 nucleobases, respectively. This differed from the DNA-acridine orange complex for which energy transfer took place from four neighboring bases only. Fluorescence up-conversion measurements showed that the energy transfer took place within 100 fs. The efficient energy transport in the Ag-DNA complexes suggests an excitonic mechanism for the transfer, such that the excitation is delocalized over at least four and seven stacked bases, respectively, in one strand of the duplexes stabilizing the clusters. This result demonstrates that the exciton delocalization length in some DNA structures may not be limited to just two bases.
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- Ivan L Volkov
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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Hoory E, Budassi J, Pfeffer E, Cho N, Thalappillil J, Andersen J, Rafailovich M, Sokolov J. Discrimination of Adsorbed Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA Molecules on Surfaces by Fluorescence Emission Spectroscopy Using Acridine Orange Dye. J Fluoresc 2017; 27:2153-2158. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-017-2154-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sayed M, Krishnamurthy B, Pal H. Unraveling multiple binding modes of acridine orange to DNA using a multispectroscopic approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:24642-53. [PMID: 27545984 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03716j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interaction of acridine orange (AOH(+)) with calf thymus DNA (ct-DNA) under different dye-DNA conditions has been investigated in detail using multispectroscopic techniques, unraveling a number of hitherto unexplored intricacies of dye-DNA binding. The observed results intriguingly show contrasting binding features when low (2.4 μM) and significantly high (23 μM) dye concentrations are used. It is conclusively inferred from absorption, steady-state fluorescence, circular dichroism, fluorescence decay and anisotropy decay studies that at low [DNA] to [dye] ratio, especially with higher dye concentration, dimeric AOH(+) predominantly binds externally to DNA surfaces through electrostatic interactions. At sufficiently high [DNA] to [dye] ratios, however, the interaction intriguingly changes to monomeric AOH(+) bound to DNA, predominantly in the intercalative mode between DNA base pairs, with partly an electrostatic binding on DNA surfaces. With very low initial dye concentration, monomeric (AOH(+)) mostly binds to DNA through intercalative and electrostatic modes for most DNA to dye ratios. The present study demonstrates a systematic correlation of the striking changes in the photophysical properties of the dye upon multimode binding with DNA. The observed results are of great significance in understanding the fundamental insights of dye/drug binding to DNA hosts, of use in the design of effective therapeutic agents.
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- Mhejabeen Sayed
- Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
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Biver T, Eltugral N, Pucci A, Ruggeri G, Schena A, Secco F, Venturini M. Synthesis, characterization, DNA interaction and potential applications of gold nanoparticles functionalized with Acridine Orange fluorophores. Dalton Trans 2011; 40:4190-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c0dt01371d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Esteves T, Xavier C, Gama S, Mendes F, Raposinho PD, Marques F, Paulo A, Pessoa JC, Rino J, Viola G, Santos I. Tricarbonyl M(I) (M = Re, (99m)Tc) complexes bearing acridine fluorophores: synthesis, characterization, DNA interaction studies and nuclear targeting. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:4104-16. [PMID: 20648265 DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00073f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New pyrazolyl-diamine ligands with acridine derivatives at the 4-position of the pyrazolyl ring were synthesized and characterized (L1 and L2). Coordination towards the fac-[M(CO)(3)](+) (M = Re, (99m)Tc) led to complexes fac-[M(CO)(3)(kappa(3)-L)] (L = L1: M = Re1, Tc1; L = L2: M = Re2, Tc2). The interaction of the novel pyrazolyl-diamine ligands (L1 and L2) and rhenium(i) complexes (Re1 and Re2) with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) was investigated by a variety of techniques, namely UV-visible, fluorescence spectroscopy and circular and linear dichroism. Compounds L1 and Re1 have moderate affinity to CT-DNA and bind to DNA by intercalation, while L2 and Re2 have a poor affinity for CT-DNA. Moreover, LD measurements showed that L1 and Re1 act as perfect intercalators. By confocal fluorescence microscopy we found that L1 and Re1 internalize and localize in the nucleus of B16F1 murine melanoma cells. The congener Tc1 complex also targets the cell nucleus exhibiting a time-dependent cellular uptake and a fast and high nuclear internalization (67.2% of activity after 30 min). Plasmid DNA studies have shown that Tc1 converts supercoiled (sc) puc19 DNA to the open circular (oc) form.
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- Teresa Esteves
- Unidade de Ciências Químicas e Radiofarmacêuticas, ITN, Estrada Nacional 10, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal
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Morii N, Kido G, Konakahara T, Morii H. Orientation of Dye Molecules in DNA-Based Films with Chain Alignment and Judgment of Their DNA-Binding Modes. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:15636-44. [PMID: 16852981 DOI: 10.1021/jp051853m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Novel composite films of chain-oriented DNA, which contain the DNA-binding dyes aligned in specific orientation, were successfully prepared by drying the solution under a horizontal magnetic field. Most of the dye-DNA composite films showed linear dichroism, as revealed by polarized ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. The intercalators, ethidium bromide and acridine orange, were fixed in chain-oriented DNA films in a similar binding manner as in solutions. Also, Hoechst 33258 and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole were found to be aligned along the minor groove, even in the solid films. Thus, our new method of preparing dye-DNA composite films with chain orientation is useful for aligning small molecules, and it will provide views of the novel anisotropic materials expected in various application fields. We used this method to prepare composite DNA films with newly designed original compounds. Seven of nine dyes were judged to bind obviously to DNA as intercalators by polarized UV-vis spectroscopy. The DNA-binding manners were further analyzed by fluorescence anisotropy measurements. On the basis of the curves for the rotational angle dependence of the anisotropy, we were able to estimate the angles between the transition-dipole moments of dyes and the aligned chain axis of DNA. Interestingly, two original compounds were found to be in the tilted forms with regard to the plane of base pairs. We emphasize here that the method using aligned dye-DNA films is very convenient for identifying the binding modes of the compounds for double-stranded DNA.
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- Nahoko Morii
- Nanomaterials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan.
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Juskowiak B. Simple fluorimetric method for probing AT-rich regions in DNA based on the photoisomerization of distilbazolium ligand. Anal Chim Acta 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(03)00552-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Association of fascaplysin with double-stranded calf thymus DNA was investigated by means of isothermal titration calorimetry, absorption spectroscopy, and circular dichroism. The UV spectroscopic data could be well interpreted in terms of a two-site model for the binding of fascaplysin to DNA revealing affinity constants of K1 = 2.5 x 10(6) M(-1) and K2 = 7.5 x 10(4) M(-1) (base pairs of DNA). Based on the typical change observed in the absorption and circular dichroism spectra, intercalation of fascaplysin is regarded as the major binding mode. The calorimetric titration curves showed an exothermic reaction which was exhausted at a 2:1 base pair/drug; ratio. This finding is in agreement with an intercalation model comprising nearest neighbor exclusion. In addition, significantly weaker non-intercalative DNA interactions can be observed at high drug concentration. By comparison of all these data with the binding behavior of known intercalating agents, it is concluded that fascaplysin intercalates into DNA.
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Bailly C, Colson P, Houssier C. The orientation of norfloxacin bound to double-stranded DNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 243:844-8. [PMID: 9501014 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Norfloxacin is a widely used antibacterial agent that inhibits DNA gyrase. This fluoroquinolone drug has significant interaction with double-stranded DNA, as judged from absorption and circular dichroism measurements. The mode of binding of norfloxacin to a variety of DNAs and polynucleotides has been investigated by electric linear dichroism. In the presence of calf thymus DNA, the drug chromophore is significantly tilted with respect to the DNA axis. This molecular arrangement contradicts classical intercalation. The orientation of the quinolone drug varies depending on the sequence of the target DNA. Binding to alternating copolymers is largely preferred compared to the corresponding homopolymers. The drug interacts preferentially with poly(dG-dC).(dG-dC) rather than with the other polynucleotides. The deletion of the 2-amino group of guanine (G-->I substitution) or the addition of a methyl group on cytosine residues (C-->methyl-C substitution) affect the drug-DNA interaction. The results show that norfloxacin is capable of interacting with a variety of DNA sequences, possibly via both minor and major groove contacts.
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- C Bailly
- INSERM U-124, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
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Antony T, Atreyi M, Rao MV. Interaction of methylene blue with transfer RNA--a spectroscopic study. Chem Biol Interact 1995; 97:199-214. [PMID: 7671338 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(95)03616-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The binding of methylene blue (MB) with tRNA was studied using absorption, fluorescence and circular dichroic spectroscopy. In the spectral titration of MB with tRNA, hypochromism was observed in the absorption maximum of the dye in the visible region till P/D = 4 and thereafter the intensity increased with a red shift at P/D > 9, indicating electrostatic and intercalative binding at low and high P/D ratios, respectively. Analysis of absorption data, following Schwarz's procedure, showed that the electrostatic binding is cooperative in nature (cooperatively parameter q = 50) with a binding constant K = 7.77 x 10(3) M-1. A non-linear Scatchard plot was observed for the intercalative binding (at P/D > 4), probably due to a difference in the spectral characteristics of the dye intercalated between the base pairs and that between the bases in the single stranded domains. Quenching of fluorescence was observed for both the binding processes. In the circular dichroism spectra of tRNA-MB complexes at high P/D (approximately 30), nonconservative positive ICD bands were seen at 620 and 680 nm while at low P/D (approximately 2), two conservative negative CD bands at 300 and 660 nm and two bisignate bands with cross overs at 565 and 605 nm were observed. The short wavelength component of the bisignate band at 565 nm is negative while that of the 605-nm band is positive, indicating that the former arises from left handed and the latter from the right handed helical disposition of dye molecules along the tRNA backbone. The changes in the CD spectrum of tRNA on dye binding could be due to a conformational change of the nucleic acid or a negative CD being induced at that region.
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- T Antony
- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India
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Debnath D, Kumar GS, Maiti M. Circular dichroism studies of the structure of DNA complex with berberine. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1991; 9:61-79. [PMID: 1781948 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1991.10507893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The binding of the benzodioxolo-benzoquinolizine alkaloid, berberine chloride to natural and synthetic DNAs has been studied by intrinsic and extrinsic circular dichroic measurements. Binding of berberine causes changes in the circular dichroism spectrum of DNA as shown by the increase of molar ellipticity of the 270nm band, but with very little change of the 240nm band. The molar ellipticity at the saturation depends strongly on the base composition of DNA and also on salt concentration, but always larger for the AT rich DNA than the GC rich DNA. The features in the circular dichroic spectral changes of berberine-synthetic DNA complexes were similar to that of native DNA, but depends on the sequence of base pairs. On binding to DNA and polynucleotides, the alkaloid becomes optically active. The extrinsic circular dichroism developed in the visible absorption region (300-500nm) for the berberine-DNA complexes shows two broad spectral bands in the regions 425-440nm and 340-360nm with the maximum varying depending on base composition and sequence of DNA. While the 425nm band shows less variation on the binding ratio, the 360nm band is remarkably dependent on the DNA/alkaloid ratio. The generation of the alkaloid associated extrinsic circular dichroic bands is not dependent on the base composition or sequence of base pairs, but the nature and magnitude of the bands are very much dependent on these two factors and also on the salt concentration. The interpretation of the results with respect to the modes of the alkaloid binding to DNA are presented.
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- D Debnath
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
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X-ray microanalysis of toluidine blue stained chromosomes: a quantitative study of the metachromatic reaction of chromatin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00745001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Monnot M, Mauffret O, Simon V, Lescot E, Psaume B, Saucier JM, Charra M, Belehradek J, Fermandjian S. DNA-drug recognition and effects on topoisomerase II-mediated cytotoxicity. A three-mode binding model for ellipticine derivatives. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)52368-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Kure N, Sano T, Harada S, Yasunaga T. Kinetics of the Interaction between DNA and Acridine Orange. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1988. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.61.643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lyng R, Härd T, Norden B. Induced CD of DNA intercalators: electric dipole allowed transitions. Biopolymers 1987; 26:1327-45. [PMID: 3663864 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360260809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fornasiero D, Kurucsev T. The binding of 9-aminoacridine to calf thymus DNA in aqueous solution. Electronic spectral studies. Biophys Chem 1985; 23:31-7. [PMID: 4092080 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(85)80061-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Absorption, circular dichroism and steady-state fluorescence spectra were determined of 9-aminoacridine solutions in the presence of DNA at an ionic strength of 0.001 mol dm-3. Up to a dye/DNA phosphorus ratio of about 0.2 the results are fully consistent with the requirements and predictions of a binding model already shown to apply to the binding of other aminoacridines to DNA. The apparently anomalous spectroscopic behaviour of the 9-aminoacridine/DNA system compared with proflavine/DNA, for example, can be satisfactorily explained from a consideration of the magnitudes of exciton interactions between dyes bound to DNA.
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Vincent WR, Rosenberg LS, Schulman SG. Microcalorimetric investigation of the binding of some chemotherapeutic agents and related molecules to calf thymus DNA. J Pharm Sci 1984; 73:1279-84. [PMID: 6491951 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600730923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Batch microcalorimetry was used to estimate directly the standard enthalpies of the binding of small molecules to DNA. These values were compared with those obtained from spectrophotometric binding constants and van't Hoff plots. The close agreement between the independently obtained enthalpies indicates that the appropriate (best) binding model has four phosphates per binding site. Thermodynamic binding constants were obtained from apparent binding constants measured at different ionic strengths. From these and the measured standard enthalpies, standard free energies and standard entropies of binding were calculated. The weak, presumably external, binding alleged to occur at high formal molar concentration ratios of ligand to DNA bases could not be detected by a measurable heat of binding.
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Houba-Hérin N, Calberg-Bacq CM, Van de Vorst A. Photodynamic activity of acridine orange: peroxide radical induction in DNA and synthetic polynucleotides. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY AND RELATED STUDIES IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MEDICINE 1984; 45:487-95. [PMID: 6327550 DOI: 10.1080/09553008414550691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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As shown by electron paramagnetic resonance, acridine orange induces the formation of peroxide radicals in DNA when dye-DNA mixtures frozen at 77 K are irradiated with visible light. The reaction is oxygen dependent and strongly reduced by the addition of an electron scavenger. Factors of the medium can modulate the reaction: an ionic strength increased up to 0.3 greatly enhances the dye efficiency whereas the presence of phosphate ions has an inhibiting influence. Acridine orange, which is slightly less efficient than proflavine on native DNA, induces an important peroxide radical formation in poly(dG).poly(dC) but has no action on the poly(dA).poly(dT)polymer.
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Labischinski H, Giesbrecht P, Fischer E, Barnickel G, Bradaczek H, Frère JM, Houssier C, Charlier P, Dideberg O, Ghuysen JM. Study of the Zn-containing DD-carboxypeptidase of Streptomyces albus G by small-angle X-ray scattering in solution. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 138:83-7. [PMID: 6704204 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb07884.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Study of the Zn2+-containing D-alanyl-D-alanine-cleaving carboxypeptidase of Streptomyces albus G by small-angle X-ray scattering in solution yielded the following molecular parameters: radius of gyration R = 1.82 +/- 0.05 nm; largest diameter D = 5.9 +/- 0.2 nm; relative molecular mass Mr = 17000 +/- 2000; volume V approximately equal to 35 +/- 2 nm3; degree of hydration: 0.25 +/- 0.02 g water/g protein. By reference to theoretical scattering curves of rigid triaxial homogeneous bodies, a model which fits all experimental data is an elliptical cylinder. Such a model is compatible with that observed in the crystal structure. At those high concentrations necessary to form inactive enzyme-ligand associations the non-competitive beta-lactam inhibitors, cephalothin and cephalosporin C, drastically altered the scattering behaviour of the protein.
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Kubota Y, Motoda Y, Kuromi Y, Fujisaki Y. Fluorescence decay studies of the DNA-3,6-diaminoacridine complexes. Biophys Chem 1984; 19:25-37. [PMID: 6320919 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(84)85003-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The interaction of several 3,6-diaminoacridines with DNAs of various base composition has been studied by steady-state and transient fluorescence measurements. The acridine dyes employed are of the following two classes: class I - proflavine, acriflavine and 10-benzyl proflavine; class II - acridine yellow, 10-methyl acridine yellow and benzoflavine. It is found that the fluorescence decay kinetics follows a single-exponential decay law for free dye and the poly[d(A-T)]-dye complex, while that of the dye bound to DNA obeys a two-exponential decay law. The long lifetime (tau 1) for each complex is almost the same as the lifetime for the poly[d(A-T)]-dye complex, and the amplitude alpha 1 decreases with increasing GC content of DNA. The fluorescence quantum yields (phi F) of dye upon binding to DNA decrease with increasing GC content; the phi F values for class I are nearly zero when bound to poly(dG) X poly(dC), but those for class II are not zero. This is in harmony with the finding that GMP almost completely quenches the fluorescence for class I, whereas a weak fluorescence arises from the GMP-dye complex for class II. The fluorescence spectra of the DNA-dye complexes gradually shift toward longer wavelengths with increasing GC content. In this connection, the fluorescence decay parameters show a dependence on the emission wavelength; alpha 1 decreases with an increase in the emission wavelength. In view of these results, it is proposed that the decay behavior of the DNA-dye complexes has its origin in the heterogeneity of the emitting sites; the long lifetime tau 1 results from the dye bound to AT-AT sites, while the short lifetime tau 2 is attributable to the dye bound in the vicinity of GC pairs. Since GC pairs almost completely quench the fluorescence for class I, partly intercalated or externally bound dye molecules may play an important role in the component tau 2.
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Caprasse M, Houssier C. Physico-chemical investigation of the mode of binding of the alkaloids 5,6-dihydroflavopereirine and sempervirine with DNA. Biochimie 1984; 66:31-41. [PMID: 6713013 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(84)90189-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The mode of binding of 5,6-dihydroflavopereirine and sempervirine to DNA has been investigated by absorption spectrophotometry, circular and electric linear dichroism, fluorescence and fluorescence polarization, viscosity increase of sonicated linear DNA and circular DNA unwinding. Although the spectroscopic properties of both compounds bound to DNA resembled those reported in our previous study of DNA complexes with two other alkaloids, and observed with planar intercalating compounds, only sempervirine was able to unwind circular DNA. The latter drug however showed signs characteristic of aggregation at the surface of the polyion. The differences between the behaviours of the four alkaloids so far investigated by us are interpreted on the basis of different extent of penetration of the chromophore ring into the DNA helix.
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Kano K, Baba Y, Kagemoto A, Beatty CL. The Thermodynamic Characterization of Poly(I)·Poly(C) Duplex–Aminoacridine Dye System. Polym J 1983. [DOI: 10.1295/polymj.15.657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pawlak K, Matuszkiewicz A, Pawlak JW, Konopa J. The mode of action of cytotoxic and antitumor 1-nitroacridines. I. The 1-nitroacridines do not exert their cytotoxic effects by physicochemical binding with DNA. Chem Biol Interact 1983; 43:131-49. [PMID: 6825197 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(83)90092-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The mode of action of cytotoxic and antitumor 1-nitroacridines and their isomeric derivatives was studied by comparing their effects in cell-free systems and towards cultured tumor HeLa cells, assuming that the nitroacridines considered exert cytotoxic effects by physicochemical binding with the DNA. All the nitroacridines impaired biosyntheses of DNA, RNA and protein in cultured HeLa cells and a causal relationship between nitroacridine inhibition of macromolecular biosyntheses and lethal effects of the agents appears likely. In cell-free systems, the nitroacridines bound with two independent sites on the DNA, forming complexes with enhanced resistance to DNA strand separation upon melting and inhibited the DNA polymerase reaction by altering activity of template and/or of enzyme. The 1-nitroacridines were poorly effective in cell-free systems and were the most potent inhibitors toward the growth of HeLa cells among the derivatives studied. It is concluded that the primary events responsible for cytotoxic effects of antitumor 1-nitroacridines and of their isomeric derivatives are different. The metabolic activation of 1-nitroacridines to more reactive intermediates which will attach to and alter the structure and/or function of DNA of sensitive cells is suggested.
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Nordén B, Tjerneld F. Structure of methylene blue-DNA complexes studied by linear and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Biopolymers 1982; 21:1713-34. [PMID: 7126754 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360210904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Ikeda S, Yoshida T, Imae T. Induced circular dichroism and mode of binding of acridine orange adsorbed on ?-form poly(S-carboxyethyl-L-cysteine) in aqueous solutions. Biopolymers 1981. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.1981.360201109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Duportail G. Linear and circular dichroism of harmine and harmaline interacting with DNA. Int J Biol Macromol 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(81)90062-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yamaoka K, Matsuda T. Metachromasy of crystal violet in the presence of poly(α-L-glutamic acid) and the bound-dye spectra determined by the principal/component-analysis method. Biophys Chem 1980; 12:235-42. [PMID: 17000154 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(80)80055-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/1980] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In order to study quantitatively the metachromatic behaviour of crystal violet (CV) in the presence of poly (alpha-L-glutamic acid), (poly (Glu)), four sets of the absorption spectra of the poly(Glu)-CV system were analyzed by the extended principal-component-analysis (PCA) method. Two classes of CV-Glu complexes, i.e., the bound-CV species, are present in poly(Glu) regardless of its helical and random-coiled conformations over a wide range of the mixing ratios of Glu residues to CV (P/D). The spectra of the bound CV in a low P/D range < 100 (complex I), extracted by the PCA method, are conformation-dependent showing three absorption bands at 506, ca. 550, and 610-620 nm. The spectra of the bound CV in a high P/D range > 100 (complex II) are closely related to, but not identical with, the free CV. The molar fractions of free CV and complexes I and II, evaluated in the P/D range of 0-150, indicate that CV binds more to the random-coiled poly(Glu) than to the helical one. Metachromasy of CV results from a complicated interplay of an unbound and two differently bound species.
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- K Yamaoka
- Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashisenda-machi, Hiroshima 730, Japan
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Matsuoka Y, Yamaoka K. Film Dichroism. V. Linear Dichroism Study of Acridine Dyes in Films with Emphasis on the Electronic Transitions Involved in the Long-wavelength Band of the Absorption Spectrum. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1980. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.53.2146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Prusik T, Kolubayev T, Morelli MJ, Brenner HC. Effect of metal ions on the luminescence of acridine dyes bound to DNA. Photochem Photobiol 1980; 31:315-21. [PMID: 7384227 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1980.tb02547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Schipper PE, Nordén B, Tjerneld F. Determination of binding geometry of DNA-adduct systems through induced circular dichroism. Chem Phys Lett 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(80)80051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Matsuoka Y, Yamaoka K. Film Dichroism. II. Linearly-polarized Absorption Spectra of Acridine Dyes in the Stretched Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1979. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.52.3163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Yamaoka K, Noji S. ESR AND OPTICAL STUDY OF SPIN-LABELED ACRIDINE DYE-DNA COMPLEXES: LOCAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE DYE-DNA BINDING SITE. CHEM LETT 1979. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.1979.1123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Motoda Y, Kubota Y. Delayed Excimer Fluorescence of Acridine Orange Bound to DNA. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1979. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.52.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Yamaoka K, Takatsuki M. Metachromasy. IV. The Simultaneous Determination of the Bound Dye Spectra and the Equilibrium Constants between Metachromatic Dyes and Various Polyelectrolytes by the Extended Principal Component Analysis Method. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1978. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.51.3182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Piette J, Calberg-Bacq CM, Van de Vorst A. Proflavine photosensitization of double and single stranded DNA: EPR study of the effect of various sulphur-containing substances. Photochem Photobiol 1978; 27:457-64. [PMID: 206918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1978.tb07629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Houssier C, Bontemps J, Emonds-Alt X, Fredericq E. Electric dichroism and birefringence of DNA, chromatin, and their complexes with cationic dyes. The structure of chromatin. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1977; 303:170-89. [PMID: 290291 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1977.tb55930.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kubota Y, Hashimoto K, Fujita K, Wakita M, Miyanohana E, Fujisaki Y. Flow dichroism, flow polarized fluorescence and viscosity of the DNA acridine complexes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1977; 478:23-32. [PMID: 889831 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2787(77)90240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The strong binding of various acridine dyes to DNA has been studied by the measurements of flow dichroism, flow polarized fluorescence and viscosity. Negative flow dichroism and percentage change in polarized fluorescence intensity show that intercalated dye molecules are oriented rather perpendicularly to the main axis of the DNA helix, like base pairs. On the other hand, viscosity measurements show that the increase of the contour length of DNA depends on the dye structure, being much smaller in the case of dyes with bulky substituents compared to that of the other dyes. This may be attributed to the formation of the outside bound complex. Further, the introduction of bulk substituents to the acridine ring leads to a little smaller values of the reduced dichroism and intensity change of polarized fluorescence. The results may be qualitatively understood if we assume that the outside bound dye lies in the groove of the DNA helix and the plane of the dye tilts from the perpendicular direction relative to the main axis of the helix.
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Hermann P, Fredericq E. The role of the AT pairs in the acid denaturation of DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 1977; 4:2939-47. [PMID: 20604 PMCID: PMC342621 DOI: 10.1093/nar/4.8.2939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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It has been determined previously that the protonation of the GC pairs induces a DNA conformation change which leads to a "metastable" structure. The role of the AT pairs, however, is no well known because the protonation does not modify their spectral properties. By means of an indirect method based on the binding of proflavine, it has been determined that the AT pairs are protonated before the acid-induced denaturation and that they seem to be unable to assume a conformation change when protonated. These results would indicate that the protonated AT pairs may be responsible for the induction of the acid denaturation and not the GC pairs as it was thought previously.
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Taylor RP, Riley RL, Weber D. Energy transfer: a general method for the study of protein-nucleic acid interactions. Arch Biochem Biophys 1977; 180:208-13. [PMID: 856043 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(77)90027-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kubota Y, Steiner RF. Fluorescence decay and quantum yield characteristics of acridine orange and proflavine bound to DNA. Biophys Chem 1977; 6:279-89. [PMID: 880342 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(77)85009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Fluorescence properties (quantum yield, decay curve, lifetime and polarization) of acridine orange and proflavine bound to DNA were examined as a function of nucleotide to dye (P/D) ratio. First, mean fluorescence lifetimes were determined by the phase-shift measurements. The lifetime and quantum yield of acridine orange increased in a parallel fashion with increasing P/D ratio. There was no parallel relation between the lifetime and quantum yield for proflavine; the lifetime showed a minimum around P/D equals 10...
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