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Strzałka A, Kois-Ostrowska A, Kędra M, Łebkowski T, Bieniarz G, Szafran MJ, Jakimowicz D. Enhanced binding of an HU homologue under increased DNA supercoiling preserves chromosome organisation and sustains Streptomyces hyphal growth. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:12202-12216. [PMID: 36420903 PMCID: PMC9756944 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacterial chromosome topology is controlled by topoisomerases and nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs). While topoisomerases regulate DNA supercoiling, NAPs introduce bends or coat DNA upon its binding, affecting DNA loop formation. Streptomyces, hyphal, multigenomic bacteria known for producing numerous clinically important compounds, use the highly processive topoisomerase I (TopA) to remove excessive negative DNA supercoils. Elongated vegetative Streptomyces cells contain multiple copies of their linear chromosome, which remain relaxed and relatively evenly distributed. Here, we explored how TopA cooperates with HupA, an HU homologue that is the most abundant Streptomyces NAP. We verified that HupA has an increased affinity for supercoiled DNA in vivo and in vitro. Analysis of mutant strains demonstrated that HupA elimination is detrimental under high DNA supercoiling conditions. The absence of HupA, combined with decreased TopA levels, disrupted chromosome distribution in hyphal cells, eventually inhibiting hyphal growth. We concluded that increased HupA binding to DNA under elevated chromosome supercoiling conditions is critical for the preservation of chromosome organisation.
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- Molecular Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Molecular Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Molecular Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Molecular Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Molecular Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Molecular Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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Agarwal N, Nagar N, Raj R, Kumar D, Poluri KM. Conserved Apical Proline Regulating the Structure and DNA Binding Properties of Helicobacter pylori Histone-like DNA Binding Protein (Hup). ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:15231-15246. [PMID: 35572751 PMCID: PMC9089689 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Prokaryotic cells lack a proper dedicated nuclear arrangement machinery. A set of proteins known as nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) perform opening and closure of nucleic acids, behest cellular requirement. Among these, a special class of proteins analogous to eukaryotic histones popularly known as histone-like (HU) DNA binding proteins facilitate the nucleic acid folding/compaction thereby regulating gene architecture and gene regulation. DNA compaction and DNA protection in Helicobacter pylori is performed by HU protein (Hup). To dissect and galvanize the role of proline residue in the binding of Hup with DNA, the structure-dynamics-functional relationship of Hup-P64A variant was analyzed. NMR and biophysical studies evidenced that Hup-P64A protein attenuated DNA-binding and induced structural/stability changes in the DNA binding domain (DBD). Moreover, molecular dynamics simulations and 15N relaxation studies established the reduced conformational dynamics of P64A protein. This comprehensive study dissected the exclusive role of evolutionarily conserved apical proline residue in regulating the structure and DNA binding of Hup protein as P64 is presumed to be involved in the external leverage mechanism responsible for DNA bending and packaging, as proline rings wedge into the DNA backbone through intercalation besides their significant role in DNA binding.
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- Nipanshu Agarwal
- Department
of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department
of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Centre
of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Lucknow-226014, India
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- Centre
of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Lucknow-226014, India
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- Department
of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India
- Centre
for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India
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Since the nucleoid was isolated from bacteria in the 1970s, two fundamental questions emerged and are still in the spotlight: how bacteria organize their chromosomes to fit inside the cell and how nucleoid organization enables essential biological processes. During the last decades, knowledge of bacterial chromosome organization has advanced considerably, and today, such chromosomes are considered to be highly organized and dynamic structures that are shaped by multiple factors in a multiscale manner. Here we review not only the classical well-known factors involved in chromosome organization but also novel components that have recently been shown to dynamically shape the 3D structuring of the bacterial genome. We focus on the different functional elements that control short-range organization and describe how they collaborate in the establishment of the higher-order folding and disposition of the chromosome. Recent advances have opened new avenues for a deeper understanding of the principles and mechanisms of chromosome organization in bacteria. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Microbiology, Volume 75 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Virginia S Lioy
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;
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Control of Francisella tularensis Virulence at Gene Level: Network of Transcription Factors. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8101622. [PMID: 33096715 PMCID: PMC7588896 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Regulation of gene transcription is the initial step in the complex process that controls gene expression within bacteria. Transcriptional control involves the joint effort of RNA polymerases and numerous other regulatory factors. Whether global or local, positive or negative, regulators play an essential role in the bacterial cell. For instance, some regulators specifically modify the transcription of virulence genes, thereby being indispensable to pathogenic bacteria. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of important transcription factors and DNA-binding proteins described for the virulent bacterium Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia. This is an unexplored research area, and the poorly described networks of transcription factors merit additional experimental studies to help elucidate the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in this bacterium, and how they contribute to disease.
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Wu F, Japaridze A, Zheng X, Wiktor J, Kerssemakers JWJ, Dekker C. Direct imaging of the circular chromosome in a live bacterium. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2194. [PMID: 31097704 PMCID: PMC6522522 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10221-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Although the physical properties of chromosomes, including their morphology, mechanics, and dynamics are crucial for their biological function, many basic questions remain unresolved. Here we directly image the circular chromosome in live E. coli with a broadened cell shape. We find that it exhibits a torus topology with, on average, a lower-density origin of replication and an ultrathin flexible string of DNA at the terminus of replication. At the single-cell level, the torus is strikingly heterogeneous, with blob-like Mbp-size domains that undergo major dynamic rearrangements, splitting and merging at a minute timescale. Our data show a domain organization underlying the chromosome structure of E. coli, where MatP proteins induce site-specific persistent domain boundaries at Ori/Ter, while transcription regulators HU and Fis induce weaker transient domain boundaries throughout the genome. These findings provide an architectural basis for the understanding of the dynamic spatial organization of bacterial genomes in live cells.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Bacterial/chemistry
- Chromosomes, Bacterial/metabolism
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- DNA, Circular/chemistry
- DNA, Circular/metabolism
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism
- Genome, Bacterial
- Intravital Microscopy/instrumentation
- Intravital Microscopy/methods
- Microscopy, Fluorescence/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Single-Cell Analysis/instrumentation
- Single-Cell Analysis/methods
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabai Wu
- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands.
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Stojkova P, Spidlova P, Stulik J. Nucleoid-Associated Protein HU: A Lilliputian in Gene Regulation of Bacterial Virulence. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:159. [PMID: 31134164 PMCID: PMC6523023 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Nucleoid-associated proteins belong to a group of small but abundant proteins in bacterial cells. These transcription regulators are responsible for many important cellular processes and also are involved in pathogenesis of bacteria. The best-known nucleoid-associated proteins, such as HU, FIS, H-NS, and IHF, are often discussed. The most important findings in research concerning HU protein are described in this mini review. Its roles in DNA compaction, shape modulation, and negative supercoiling induction have been studied intensively. HU protein regulates bacteria survival, growth, SOS response, virulence genes expression, cell division, and many other cell processes. Elucidating the mechanism of HU protein action has been the subject of many research projects. This mini review provides a comprehensive overview of the HU protein.
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- Department of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czechia
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Rosa M, Di Felice R, Corni S. Adsorption Mechanisms of Nucleobases on the Hydrated Au(111) Surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:14749-14756. [PMID: 29723478 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The solution environment is of fundamental importance in the adsorption of molecules on surfaces, a process that is strongly affected by the capability of the adsorbate to disrupt the hydration layer above the surface. Here we disclose how the presence of interface water influences the adsorption mechanism of DNA nucleobases on a gold surface. By means of metadynamics simulations, we describe the distinctive features of a complex free-energy landscape for each base, which manifests activation barriers for the adsorption process. We characterize the different pathways that allow each nucleobase to overcome the barriers and be adsorbed on the surface, discussing how they influence the kinetics of adsorption of single-stranded DNA oligomers with homogeneous sequences. Our findings offer a rationale as to why experimental data on the adsorption of single-stranded homo-oligonucleotides do not straightforwardly follow the thermodynamics affinity rank.
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- Center S3 , CNR Institute of Nanoscience , 41125 Modena , Italy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Center S3 , CNR Institute of Nanoscience , 41125 Modena , Italy
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Li J, Zhai X, Ding C, Liu Y, Dong Q, Xu D, Wang X, Qiu J, Zhang Q, Pan J, Liu Q. Development of a Bacterial Macroarray for the Rapid Screening of Targeted Antibody-Secreted Hybridomas. SLAS DISCOVERY 2018; 24:190-198. [PMID: 30304643 DOI: 10.1177/2472555218804990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hybridoma screening is a key step for the successful generation of high-affinity analyte-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). This work presents an innovative screening method, known as a bacterial macroarray, generated by contact printing of hybridoma cell supernatant samples on a nitrocellulose (NC) membrane initially coated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled bacteria. Given that bacterial fixation will be influenced by complex bacterial surface structures, we selected both gram-positive bacteria ( Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes) and gram-negative bacteria ( Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Cronobacter sakazakii) to optimize the fixation conditions for binding to the NC membrane, such as the aperture of the NC membrane, the concentration of bacteria, the dosage of glycerin in the spotting buffer, and the fixation time and temperature. As a result, we found that a better bacterial macroarray could be developed when the spotting buffer, containing 1011 CFU mL-1 of FITC-labeled bacteria and 15% (V/V) glycerol, was spotted onto a 0.45 µm NC membrane with an incubation of 2 h at 37 °C. Finally, we verified the stability and specificity of the prepared bacterial macroarray by detecting cell cultures with the addition of two MAbs ( Escherichia coli O157:H7 MAb E7 and Cronobacter sakazakii MAb 1E9) to simulate the screening experiments. Here, we describe a bacterial macroarray to efficiently screen the targeted antibody-secreted hybridomas.
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- Jie Li
- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 2 Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- 1 School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China.,3 Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, PR China
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Guttula D, Liu F, van Kan JA, Arluison V, van der Maarel JRC. Effect of HU protein on the conformation and compaction of DNA in a nanochannel. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:2322-2328. [PMID: 29457176 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02118f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The effect of the heat unstable nucleoid structuring protein HU on the conformation of single DNA molecules confined in a nanochannel was investigated with fluorescence microscopy. Pre-incubated DNA molecules contract in the longitudinal direction of the channel with increasing concentration of HU. This contraction is mainly due to HU-mediated bridging of distal DNA segments and is controlled by channel diameter as well as ionic composition and strength of the buffer. For over-threshold concentrations of HU, the DNA molecules compact into an condensed form. Divalent magnesium ions facilitate, but are not required for bridging nor condensation. The conformational response following exposure to HU was investigated with a nanofluidic device that allows an in situ change in environmental solution conditions. The stretch of the nucleoprotein complex first increases, reaches an apex in ∼20 min, and subsequently decreases to an equilibrium value pertaining to pre-incubated DNA molecules after ∼2 h. This observation is rationalised in terms of a time-dependent bending rigidity by structural rearrangement of bound HU protein followed by compaction through bridging interaction. Results are discussed in regard to previous results obtained for nucleoid associated proteins H-NS and Hfq, with important implications for protein binding related gene regulation.
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- Durgarao Guttula
- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore.
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore.
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore.
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France and Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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A specific single-stranded DNA induces a distinct conformational change in the nucleoid-associated protein HU. Biochem Biophys Rep 2017; 8:318-324. [PMID: 28955971 PMCID: PMC5613972 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In prokaryotic cells, genomic DNA forms an aggregated structure with various nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs). The functions of genomic DNA are cooperatively modulated by NAPs, of which HU is considered to be one of the most important. HU binds double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and serves as a structural modulator in the genome architecture. It plays important roles in diverse DNA functions, including replication, segregation, transcription and repair. Interestingly, it has been reported that HU also binds single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) regardless of sequence. However, structural analysis of HU with ssDNA has been lacking, and the functional relevance of this binding remains elusive. In this study, we found that ssDNA induced a significant change in the secondary structure of Thermus thermophilus HU (TtHU), as observed by analysis of circular dichroism spectra. Notably, this change in secondary structure was sequence specific, because the complementary ssDNA or dsDNA did not induce the change. Structural analysis using nuclear magnetic resonance confirmed that TtHU and this ssDNA formed a unique structure, which was different from the previously reported structure of HU in complex with dsDNA. Our data suggest that TtHU undergoes a distinct structural change when it associates with ssDNA of a specific sequence and subsequently exerts a yet-to-be-defined function. We observed the CD spectra and NMR spectra of TtHU bound to various DNA. The specific ssDNA affected the secondary structure of TtHU. The structure of TtHU bound to ssDNA was distinct from the structure bound to dsDNA.
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Pelletier J, Jun S. Isolation and Characterization of Bacterial Nucleoids in Microfluidic Devices. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1624:311-322. [PMID: 28842892 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7098-8_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We report methods for isolation of Escherichia coli nucleoids in microfluidic devices, allowing characterization of nucleoids during a controlled in vivo to in vitro transition. Biochemically, nucleoids are isolated by gentle osmotic lysis, which minimally perturbs nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs). Biophysically, nucleoids are isolated in microfluidic chambers, which mimic confinement within the cell, as well as facilitate diffusive buffer exchange around nucleoids without subjecting them to flow. These methods can be used to characterize interactions between NAPs and whole nucleoids, and to investigate nucleoid structure and dynamics in confinement. We present protocols for isolation, quantification, and perturbation of nucleoids in microfluidic confinement.
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- James Pelletier
- Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.,Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- UCSD Physics and Molecular Biology, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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Sonawane MD, Lee HR, Nimse SB, Song KS, Kim T, Kim SC. Fluorescent Bead-DNA Conjugate-based Dual Signal Amplification Technology. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.10744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Mukesh Digambar Sonawane
- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry; Hallym University; Chuncheon 200-702 Korea
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry; Hallym University; Chuncheon 200-702 Korea
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry; Hallym University; Chuncheon 200-702 Korea
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry; Hallym University; Chuncheon 200-702 Korea
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry; Hallym University; Chuncheon 200-702 Korea
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This review provides a brief review of the current understanding of the structure-function relationship of the Escherichia coli nucleoid developed after the overview by Pettijohn focusing on the physical properties of nucleoids. Isolation of nucleoids requires suppression of DNA expansion by various procedures. The ability to control the expansion of nucleoids in vitro has led to purification of nucleoids for chemical and physical analyses and for high-resolution imaging. Isolated E. coli genomes display a number of individually intertwined supercoiled loops emanating from a central core. Metabolic processes of the DNA double helix lead to three types of topological constraints that all cells must resolve to survive: linking number, catenates, and knots. The major species of nucleoid core protein share functional properties with eukaryotic histones forming chromatin; even the structures are different from histones. Eukaryotic histones play dynamic roles in the remodeling of eukaryotic chromatin, thereby controlling the access of RNA polymerase and transcription factors to promoters. The E. coli genome is tightly packed into the nucleoid, but, at each cell division, the genome must be faithfully replicated, divided, and segregated. Nucleoid activities such as transcription, replication, recombination, and repair are all affected by the structural properties and the special conformations of nucleoid. While it is apparent that much has been learned about the nucleoid, it is also evident that the fundamental interactions organizing the structure of DNA in the nucleoid still need to be clearly defined.
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Jung H, Han S, Kim S. The Construction of Regulatory Network for Insulin-Mediated Genes by Integrating Methods Based on Transcription Factor Binding Motifs and Gene Expression Variations. Genomics Inform 2015; 13:76-80. [PMID: 26523131 PMCID: PMC4623444 DOI: 10.5808/gi.2015.13.3.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disorder associated with multiple genetic, developmental and environmental factors. The recent advances in gene expression microarray technologies as well as network-based analysis methodologies provide groundbreaking opportunities to study type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the present study, we used previously published gene expression microarray datasets of human skeletal muscle samples collected from 20 insulin sensitive individuals before and after insulin treatment in order to construct insulin-mediated regulatory network. Based on a motif discovery method implemented by iRegulon, a Cytoscape app, we identified 25 candidate regulons, motifs of which were enriched among the promoters of 478 up-regulated genes and 82 down-regulated genes. We then looked for a hierarchical network of the candidate regulators, in such a way that the conditional combination of their expression changes may explain those of their target genes. Using Genomica, a software tool for regulatory network construction, we obtained a hierarchical network of eight regulons that were used to map insulin downstream signaling network. Taken together, the results illustrate the benefits of combining completely different methods such as motif-based regulatory factor discovery and expression level-based construction of regulatory network of their target genes in understanding insulin induced biological processes and signaling pathways.
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- Hyeim Jung
- Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea
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Nimse SB, Song K, Sonawane MD, Sayyed DR, Kim T. Immobilization techniques for microarray: challenges and applications. SENSORS 2014; 14:22208-29. [PMID: 25429408 PMCID: PMC4299010 DOI: 10.3390/s141222208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The highly programmable positioning of molecules (biomolecules, nanoparticles, nanobeads, nanocomposites materials) on surfaces has potential applications in the fields of biosensors, biomolecular electronics, and nanodevices. However, the conventional techniques including self-assembled monolayers fail to position the molecules on the nanometer scale to produce highly organized monolayers on the surface. The present article elaborates different techniques for the immobilization of the biomolecules on the surface to produce microarrays and their diagnostic applications. The advantages and the drawbacks of various methods are compared. This article also sheds light on the applications of the different technologies for the detection and discrimination of viral/bacterial genotypes and the detection of the biomarkers. A brief survey with 115 references covering the last 10 years on the biological applications of microarrays in various fields is also provided.
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- Satish Balasaheb Nimse
- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea.
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- Biometrix Technology, Inc. 202 BioVenture Plaza, Chuncheon 200-161, Korea.
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea.
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea.
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- Institute for Applied Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea.
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Kuczenski RS, Aggarwal K, Lee KH. Improved understanding of gene expression regulation using systems biology. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 2:915-24. [PMID: 16307520 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2.6.915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This article reviews the current state of systems biology approaches, including the experimental tools used to generate 'omic' data and computational frameworks to interpret this data. Through illustrative examples, systems biology approaches to understand gene expression and gene expression regulation are discussed. Some of the challenges facing this field and the future opportunities in the systems biology era are highlighted.
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- Robert S Kuczenski
- Cornell University, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Kundukad B, Cong P, van der Maarel JRC, Doyle PS. Time-dependent bending rigidity and helical twist of DNA by rearrangement of bound HU protein. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:8280-8. [PMID: 23828037 PMCID: PMC3783175 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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HU is a protein that plays a role in various bacterial processes including compaction, transcription and replication of the genome. Here, we use atomic force microscopy to study the effect of HU on the stiffness and supercoiling of double-stranded DNA. First, we measured the persistence length, height profile, contour length and bending angle distribution of the DNA-HU complex after different incubation times of HU with linear DNA. We found that the persistence and contour length depend on the incubation time. At high concentrations of HU, DNA molecules first become stiff with a larger value of the persistence length. The persistence length then decreases over time and the molecules regain the flexibility of bare DNA after ∼2 h. Concurrently, the contour length shows a slight increase. Second, we measured the change in topology of closed circular relaxed DNA following binding of HU. Here, we observed that HU induces supercoiling over a similar time span as the measured change in persistence length. Our observations can be rationalized in terms of the formation of a nucleoprotein filament followed by a structural rearrangement of the bound HU on DNA. The rearrangement results in a change in topology, an increase in bending flexibility and an increase in contour length through a decrease in helical pitch of the duplex.
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- Binu Kundukad
- BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSym) IRG, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542 and Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Regulation of lipid biosynthesis, sliding motility, and biofilm formation by a membrane-anchored nucleoid-associated protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:1769-78. [PMID: 23396914 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02081-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Bacteria use a number of small basic proteins for organization and compaction of their genomes. By their interaction with DNA, these nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) also influence gene expression. Rv3852, a NAP of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is conserved among the pathogenic and slow-growing species of mycobacteria. Here, we show that the protein predominantly localizes in the cell membrane and that the carboxy-terminal region with the propensity to form a transmembrane helix is necessary for its membrane localization. The protein is involved in genome organization, and its ectopic expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis resulted in altered nucleoid morphology, defects in biofilm formation, sliding motility, and change in apolar lipid profile. We demonstrate its crucial role in regulating the expression of KasA, KasB, and GroEL1 proteins, which are in turn involved in controlling the surface phenotypes in mycobacteria.
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Prieto AI, Kahramanoglou C, Ali RM, Fraser GM, Seshasayee ASN, Luscombe NM. Genomic analysis of DNA binding and gene regulation by homologous nucleoid-associated proteins IHF and HU in Escherichia coli K12. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:3524-37. [PMID: 22180530 PMCID: PMC3333857 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Revised: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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IHF and HU are two heterodimeric nucleoid-associated proteins (NAP) that belong to the same protein family but interact differently with the DNA. IHF is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that bends the DNA by over 160°. HU is the most conserved NAP, which binds non-specifically to duplex DNA with a particular preference for targeting nicked and bent DNA. Despite their importance, the in vivo interactions of the two proteins to the DNA remain to be described at a high resolution and on a genome-wide scale. Further, the effects of these proteins on gene expression on a global scale remain contentious. Finally, the contrast between the functions of the homo- and heterodimeric forms of proteins deserves the attention of further study. Here we present a genome-scale study of HU- and IHF binding to the Escherichia coli K12 chromosome using ChIP-seq. We also perform microarray analysis of gene expression in single- and double-deletion mutants of each protein to identify their regulons. The sequence-specific binding profile of IHF encompasses ∼30% of all operons, though the expression of <10% of these is affected by its deletion suggesting combinatorial control or a molecular backup. The binding profile for HU is reflective of relatively non-specific binding to the chromosome, however, with a preference for A/T-rich DNA. The HU regulon comprises highly conserved genes including those that are essential and possibly supercoiling sensitive. Finally, by performing ChIP-seq experiments, where possible, of each subunit of IHF and HU in the absence of the other subunit, we define genome-wide maps of DNA binding of the proteins in their hetero- and homodimeric forms.
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- Ana I. Prieto
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 035, National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 035, National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 035, National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 035, National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 035, National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 035, National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Czapla L, Peters JP, Rueter EM, Olson WK, Maher LJ. Understanding apparent DNA flexibility enhancement by HU and HMGB architectural proteins. J Mol Biol 2011; 409:278-89. [PMID: 21459097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2010] [Revised: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Understanding and predicting the mechanical properties of protein/DNA complexes are challenging problems in biophysics. Certain architectural proteins bind DNA without sequence specificity and strongly distort the double helix. These proteins rapidly bind and unbind, seemingly enhancing the flexibility of DNA as measured by cyclization kinetics. The ability of architectural proteins to overcome DNA stiffness has important biological consequences, but the detailed mechanism of apparent DNA flexibility enhancement by these proteins has not been clear. Here, we apply a novel Monte Carlo approach that incorporates the precise effects of protein on DNA structure to interpret new experimental data for the bacterial histone-like HU protein and two eukaryotic high-mobility group class B (HMGB) proteins binding to ∼200-bp DNA molecules. These data (experimental measurement of protein-induced increase in DNA cyclization) are compared with simulated cyclization propensities to deduce the global structure and binding characteristics of the closed protein/DNA assemblies. The simulations account for all observed (chain length and concentration dependent) effects of protein on DNA behavior, including how the experimental cyclization maxima, observed at DNA lengths that are not an integral helical repeat, reflect the deformation of DNA by the architectural proteins and how random DNA binding by different proteins enhances DNA cyclization to different levels. This combination of experiment and simulation provides a powerful new approach to resolve a long-standing problem in the biophysics of protein/DNA interactions.
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- Luke Czapla
- (1)Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Misra A, Shahid M. Immobilization of self-quenched DNA hairpin probe with a heterobifunctional reagent on a glass surface for sensitive detection of oligonucleotides. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:5826-33. [PMID: 19632849 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A new sensitive method for the detection of nucleic acids on a glass surface has been described. The self-quenched DNA hairpin probe is immobilized on a glass surface utilizing heterobifunctional reagent, N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)-4-(isothiocyanatomethyl)-cyclohexane-1-carboxamide (TPICC). In the closed state fluorescence intensity was quenched due to the presence of guanosine residues in close vicinity of fluorophore while on hybridization with perfectly matched complementary target strand fluorescence was restored. Efficiency and specificity of immobilization as well as thermal stability at variable temperature and pH conditions have been discussed in detail. The method employed has potential for the detection of single nucleotide variations and other diagnostic studies.
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- Arvind Misra
- Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
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Werlang ICR, Schneider CZ, Mendonça JD, Palma MS, Basso LA, Santos DS. Identification of Rv3852 as a nucleoid-associated protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 155:2652-2663. [PMID: 19477901 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.030148-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tuberculosis remains the major cause of mortality due to a bacterial pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The molecular mechanisms of infection and persistence have not been completely elucidated for this pathogen. Studies involving nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs), which have been related to the control and influence of virulence genes in pathogenic bacteria, can help unveil the virulence process of M. tuberculosis. Here, we describe the initial characterization of an ORF for an M. tuberculosis putative NAP. The Rv3852 gene was cloned and expressed, and its product purified to homogeneity. A qualitative protein-DNA binding assay was carried out by gel-retardation and the protein affinity for specific DNA sequences was assessed quantitatively by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). A stoichiometry of 10 molecules of monomeric protein per molecule of DNA was determined. The monophasic apparent dissociation rate constant values increased to a saturable level as a function of protein concentration, yielding two limiting values for the molecular recognition of proU2 DNA. A protein-DNA binding mechanism is proposed. In addition, functional complementation studies with an Escherichia coli hns mutant reinforce the likelihood that the Rv3852 protein represents a novel NAP in M. tuberculosis.
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- Isabel C R Werlang
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Porto Alegre, RS 91501-970, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural e Zooquímica, Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
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N-(3-Triethoxysilylpropyl)-4-(isothiocyanatomethyl)-cyclohexane-1-carboxamide (TPICC): A heterobifunctional reagent for immobilization of biomolecules on glass surface. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:5217-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.08.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 08/02/2008] [Accepted: 08/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zasedateleva OA, Mikheikin AL, Turygin AY, Prokopenko DV, Chudinov AV, Belobritskaya EE, Chechetkin VR, Zasedatelev AS. Gel-based oligonucleotide microarray approach to analyze protein-ssDNA binding specificity. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:e61. [PMID: 18474529 PMCID: PMC2425478 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gel-based oligonucleotide microarray approach was developed for quantitative profiling of binding affinity of a protein to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). To demonstrate additional capabilities of this method, we analyzed the binding specificity of ribonuclease (RNase) binase from Bacillus intermedius (EC 3.1.27.3) to ssDNA using generic hexamer oligodeoxyribonucleotide microchip. Single-stranded octamer oligonucleotides were immobilized within 3D hemispherical gel pads. The octanucleotides in individual pads 5'-{N}N(1)N(2)N(3)N(4)N(5)N(6){N}-3' consisted of a fixed hexamer motif N(1)N(2)N(3)N(4)N(5)N(6) in the middle and variable parts {N} at the ends, where {N} represent A, C, G and T in equal proportions. The chip has 4096 pads with a complete set of hexamer sequences. The affinity was determined by measuring dissociation of the RNase-ssDNA complexes with the temperature increasing from 0 degrees C to 50 degrees C in quasi-equilibrium conditions. RNase binase showed the highest sequence-specificity of binding to motifs 5'-NNG(A/T/C)GNN-3' with the order of preference: GAG > GTG > GCG. High specificity towards G(A/T/C)G triplets was also confirmed by measuring fluorescent anisotropy of complexes of binase with selected oligodeoxyribonucleotides in solution. The affinity of RNase binase to other 3-nt sequences was also ranked. These results demonstrate the applicability of the method and provide the ground for further investigations of nonenzymatic functions of RNases.
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- Olga A Zasedateleva
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 32 Vavilov Street, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Monot J, Petit M, Lane SM, Guisle I, Léger J, Tellier C, Talham DR, Bujoli B. Towards Zirconium Phosphonate-Based Microarrays for Probing DNA−Protein Interactions: Critical Influence of the Location of the Probe Anchoring Groups. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:6243-51. [DOI: 10.1021/ja711427q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Julien Monot
- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6230, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse Analyse Modélisation (CEISAM), UFR Sciences et Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7200, USA, U INSERM 533, UFR de Médecine Physiologie, 1 rue Gaston Veil, BP 53508, 44035 NANTES Cedex 1, France, and Nantes Atlantique Universités, CNRS, UMR 6204, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation, 2 Rue de la
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Rubina AY, Kolchinsky A, Makarov AA, Zasedatelev AS. Why 3-D? Gel-based microarrays in proteomics. Proteomics 2008; 8:817-31. [PMID: 18214844 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Gel-based microarrays (biochips) consisting of nanoliter and sub-nanoliter gel drops on hydrophobic substrate are a versatile technology platform for immobilization of proteins and other biopolymers. Biochips provide a highly hydrophilic environment, which stabilizes immobilized molecules and facilitates their interactions with analytes. The probes are immobilized simultaneously with gel polymerization, evenly distributed throughout individual elements, and are easily accessible because of large pores. Each element is an isolated nanotube. Applications of biochips in the studies of protein interactions with other proteins, nucleic acids, and glycans are described. In particular, biochips are compatible with MALDI-MS. Biochip-based assay of prostate-specific antigen became the first protein microarray approved for clinical use by a national regulatory agency. In this review, 3-D immobilization is compared with mainstream technologies based on surface immobilization.
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- Alla Yu Rubina
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Kamashev D, Balandina A, Mazur AK, Arimondo PB, Rouviere-Yaniv J. HU binds and folds single-stranded DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 36:1026-36. [PMID: 18096614 PMCID: PMC2241890 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The nucleoid-associated protein HU plays an important role in bacterial nucleoid organization and is involved in numerous processes including transposition, recombination and DNA repair. We show here that HU binds specifically DNA containing mismatched region longer than 3 bp as well as DNA bulges. HU binds single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in a binding mode that is reminiscent but different from earlier reported specific HU interactions with double-helical DNA lesions. An HU dimer requires 24 nt of ssDNA for initial binding, and 12 nt of ssDNA for each additional dimer binding. In the presence of equimolar amounts of HU dimer and DNA, the ssDNA molecule forms an U-loop (hairpin-like) around the protein, providing contacts with both sides of the HU body. This mode differs from the binding of the single-strand-binding protein (SSB) to ssDNA: in sharp contrast to SSB, HU binds ssDNA non-cooperatively and does not destabilize double-helical DNA. Furthermore HU has a strong preference for poly(dG), while binding to poly(dA) is the weakest. HU binding to ssDNA is probably important for its capacity to cover and protect bacterial DNA both intact and carrying lesions.
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- Dmitri Kamashev
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Bacterienne, CNRS UPR 9073, Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, CNRS UPR 9080, Paris, France
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Chodavarapu S, Felczak MM, Yaniv JR, Kaguni JM. Escherichia coli DnaA interacts with HU in initiation at the E. coli replication origin. Mol Microbiol 2007; 67:781-92. [PMID: 18179598 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Escherichia coli HU protein is a dimer encoded by two closely related genes whose expression is growth phase-dependent. As a major component of the bacterial nucleoid, HU binds to DNA non-specifically, but acts at the chromosomal origin (oriC) during initiation by stimulating strand opening in vitro. We show that the alpha dimer of HU is more active than other forms of HU in initiation of an oriC-containing plasmid because it more effectively promotes strand opening of oriC. Other results demonstrate that HU stabilizes the DnaA oligomer bound to oriC, and that the alpha subunit of HU interacts with the N-terminal region of DnaA. These observations support a model whereby DnaA interacts with the alpha dimer or the alphabeta heterodimer, depending on their cellular abundance, to recruit the respective form of HU to oriC. The greater activity of the alpha dimer of HU at oriC may stimulate initiation during early log phase compared with the lesser activity of the alphabeta heterodimer or the beta dimer.
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- Sundari Chodavarapu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1319, USA
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Ng JK, Ajikumar PK, Stephanopoulos G, Too HP. Profiling RNA polymerase-promoter interaction by using ssDNA-dsDNA probe on a surface addressable microarray. Chembiochem 2007; 8:1667-70. [PMID: 17705343 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jin Kiat Ng
- MEBCS Program, Singapore-MIT Alliance, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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Hodskinson MRG, Allen LM, Thomson DP, Sayers JR. Molecular interactions of Escherichia coli ExoIX and identification of its associated 3'-5' exonuclease activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:4094-102. [PMID: 17567612 PMCID: PMC1919509 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The flap endonucleases (FENs) participate in a wide range of processes involving the structure-specific cleavage of branched nucleic acids. They are also able to hydrolyse DNA and RNA substrates from the 5'-end, liberating mono-, di- and polynucleotides terminating with a 5' phosphate. Exonuclease IX is a paralogue of the small fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I, a FEN with which it shares 66% similarity. Here we show that both glutathione-S-transferase-tagged and native recombinant ExoIX are able to interact with the E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein, SSB. Immobilized ExoIX was able to recover SSB from E. coli lysates both in the presence and absence of DNA. In vitro cross-linking studies carried out in the absence of DNA showed that the SSB tetramer appears to bind up to two molecules of ExoIX. Furthermore, we found that a 3'-5' exodeoxyribonuclease activity previously associated with ExoIX can be separated from it by extensive liquid chromatography. The associated 3'-5' exodeoxyribonuclease activity was excised from a 2D gel and identified as exonuclease III using matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization mass spectrometry.
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- Michael R. G. Hodskinson
- The University of Sheffield School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Medical Research, Section of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK and University of Wales, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor, LL57 2DG, UK
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- The University of Sheffield School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Medical Research, Section of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK and University of Wales, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor, LL57 2DG, UK
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- The University of Sheffield School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Medical Research, Section of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK and University of Wales, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor, LL57 2DG, UK
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- The University of Sheffield School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Medical Research, Section of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK and University of Wales, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor, LL57 2DG, UK
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +44-114-2712327+44-114-2713892
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Misra A, Dwivedi P. Immobilization of oligonucleotides on glass surface using an efficient heterobifunctional reagent through maleimide-thiol combination chemistry. Anal Biochem 2007; 369:248-55. [PMID: 17606218 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2007] [Revised: 05/30/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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An efficient heterobifunctional reagent, N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)-4-(N'-maleimidylmethyl) cyclohexanamide (TPMC), was developed for the immobilization of thiol-modified oligonucleotides on an unmodified glass surface. The heterobifunctionality of the reagent was used for the construction of a DNA microarray in which the triethoxysilyl functionality has specificity toward a glass surface, whereas the maleimide functionality has thiol-modified oligonucleotides via a stable thioether linkage. Immobilization of DNA was achieved by two alternative approaches. In the first approach, the reagent TPMC was treated with oligonucleotides to get triethoxysilyl-oligonucleotide conjugate, which was then covalently attached via specific triethoxysilyl functionality to an unmodified glass surface. In the second approach, the reagent was first covalently linked with an unmodified glass surface to get maleimide functionality on a glass surface, which was then used for the immobilization of oligonucleotides via a stable thioether linkage. The applicability of the reagent was explored by hybridization studies with the fluorescein-labeled complementary DNA strand and in mismatch discrimination.
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- Arvind Misra
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India.
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N-(3-Triethoxysilylpropyl)-4-(N'-maleimidylmethyl)cyclohexanamide (TPMC): a heterobifunctional reagent for immobilization of oligonucleotides on glass surface. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:3749-53. [PMID: 17451953 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Revised: 04/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A new heterobifunctional reagent, namely, N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)-4-(N'-maleimidylmethyl)cyclohexanamide (TPMC) was developed and its potentiality for fixing of thiol (-SH) modified oligonucleotides were tested. The covalent attachment of oligonucleotides with the reagent was achieved through its maleimide functionality at one end via stable thioether linkage while the other end bearing triethoxysilyl functionality has been utilized for coupling with the virgin glass surface with simplified methodologies. Immobilization of oligonucleotides was achieved by two alternating ways. The PATH-1 involves formation of conjugate of reagent and SH-modified oligonucleotides through thioether linkage and was subsequently immobilized on unmodified glass surface through triethoxysilyl group and alternatively, PATH-2 involves reaction of reagent first with unmodified glass surface to get maleimide functionality on the surface and then the SH-modified oligonucleotides were immobilized via thioether linkage. The specificity of immobilization was tested by hybridization study with complementary fluorescein labeled oligonucleotide strand.
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Zhu Q, Hong A, Sheng N, Zhang X, Matejko A, Jun KY, Srivannavit O, Gulari E, Gao X, Zhou X. microParaflo biochip for nucleic acid and protein analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 382:287-312. [PMID: 18220239 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-304-2_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We describe in this chapter the use of oligonucleotide or peptide microarrays (arrays) based on microfluidic chips. Specifically, three major applications are presented: (1) microRNA/small RNA detection using a microRNA detection chip, (2) protein binding and function analysis using epitope, kinase substrate, or phosphopeptide chips, and (3) protein-binding analysis using oligonucleotide chips. These diverse categories of customizable arrays are based on the same biochip platform featuring a significant amount of flexibility in the sequence design to suit a wide range of research needs. The protocols of the array applications play a critical role in obtaining high quality and reliable results. Given the comprehensive and complex nature of the array experiments, the details presented in this chapter is intended merely as a useful information source of reference or a starting point for many researchers who are interested in genome- or proteome-scale studies of proteins and nucleic acids and their interactions.
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- Qi Zhu
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, TX, USA
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Field S, Udalova I, Ragoussis J. Accuracy and reproducibility of protein-DNA microarray technology. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2006; 104:87-110. [PMID: 17290820 DOI: 10.1007/10_2006_035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Microarray-based methods for understanding protein-DNA interactions have been developed in the last 6 years due to the need to introduce high-throughput technologies in this field. Protein-DNA microarrays utilise chips upon which a large number of DNA sequences may be printed or synthesised. Any DNA-binding protein may then be interrogated by applying either purified sample or cellular/nuclear extracts, subject to availability of a suitable detection system. Protein is simply added to the microarray slide surface, which is then washed and subjected to at least one further incubation with a labelled molecule which binds specifically to the protein of interest. The signal obtained is proportional to the level of DNA-binding protein bound to each DNA feature, enabling relative affinities to be calculated. Key factors for reproducible and accurate quantification of protein binding are: microarray surface chemistry; length of oligonucleotides; position of the binding site sequence; quality of the protein and antibodies; and hybridisation conditions.
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- Simon Field
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, 7 Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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Pozhitkov A, Chernov B, Yershov G, Noble PA. Evaluation of gel-pad oligonucleotide microarray technology by using artificial neural networks. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 71:8663-76. [PMID: 16332861 PMCID: PMC1317365 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.12.8663-8676.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Past studies have suggested that thermal dissociation analysis of nucleic acids hybridized to DNA microarrays would improve discrimination among duplex types by scanning through a broad range of stringency conditions. To more fully constrain the utility of this approach using a previously described gel-pad microarray format, artificial neural networks (NNs) were trained to recognize noisy or low-quality data, as might derive from nonspecific fluorescence, poor hybridization, or compromised data collection. The NNs were trained to classify dissociation profiles (melts) into groups based on selected characteristics (e.g., initial signal intensity, area under the curve) using a data set of 21,044 profiles derived from 186 probes hybridized to a study set of RNA extracted from 32 microbes common to the human oral cavity. Three melt profile groups were identified: one group consisted mostly of ideal melt profiles; another group consisted mostly of poor melt profiles; and, the remainder were difficult to classify. Screening of melting profiles of perfect-match hybrids revealed inconsistencies in the form of melting profiles even for identical probes on the same microarray hybridized to same target rRNA. Approximately 18% of perfect-match duplex types were correctly classified as poor. Experimental variability and deviation from ideal melt behavior were shown to be attributable primarily to a method of local background subtraction that was very sensitive to displacement of the grid frames used for image capture (both determined by the image analysis system) and duplexes with low binding constants. Additional results showed that long RNA fragments limit the discriminating power among duplex types.
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- Alex Pozhitkov
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Fukumori T, Miyachi H, Yokoyama K. Exo-Taq-Based Detection of DNA-Binding Protein for Homogeneous and Microarray Format. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 138:473-8. [PMID: 16272142 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The study of DNA-protein interactions is of great importance to understand basic cellular processes such as transcription, replication and recombination. In this research, we developed a novel detection system for DNA-binding proteins (DBPs) involving the exonuclease (Exo) III and Taq DNA polymerase reactions. The system consists of three steps, as follows: the target DBP in the sample solution is incubated with probe DNA, and the probe is digested with Exo III and then extended with Taq using fluorescent dye-labeled dUTP as a substrate. The DBP protects the probe from digestion by Exo III. Therefore, only the DBP-bound probe allows the following extension. We examined this system using the lambda phage Cro repressor in a homogeneous format. The fluorescence image after gel electrophoresis showed a specific band. We also found that this system could be applied to the rapid and efficient detection of DBPs in stem and loop ds-DNA array formats. These results suggest that our method is useful as a new tool for analyzing DNA-protein interactions.
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- Takashi Fukumori
- Research Center of Advanced Bionics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tsukuba Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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Special-Purpose Modifications and Immobilized Functional Nucleic Acids for Biomolecular Interactions. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/b136673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cholesterol and its fatty acid esters in native DNA preparations: lipid analysis, computer simulation of their interaction with DNA and cholesterol binding to immobilized oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Russ Chem Bull 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-006-0097-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Preobrajenskaya OV, Starodubova ES, Karpov VL, Rouviere-Yaniv J. Comparison of the Local Concentration of the HU Protein for Particular Regions of Genomic DNA in Escherichia coli Cells in Vivo. Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0074-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bai Y, Ge Q, Wang J, Li T, Liu Q, Lu Z. Optimization of on-chip elongation for fabricating double-stranded DNA microarrays. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2005; 40:153-8. [PMID: 15708505 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2004.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The sequence-specific recognitions between DNA and proteins are playing important roles in many biological functions. The double-stranded DNA microarrays (dsDNA microarrays) can be used to study the sequence-specific recognitions between DNAs and proteins in highly parallel way. In this paper, two different elongation processes in forming dsDNA from the immobilized oligonucleotides have been compared in order to optimize the fabrication of dsDNA microarrays: (1) elongation from the hairpins formed by the self-hybridized oligonucleatides spotted on a glass; (2) elongation from the complementary primers hybridized on the spotted oligonucleatides. The results suggested that the dsDNA probes density produced by the hybridized-primer extension was about four times lower than those by the self-hybridized hairpins. Meanwhile, in order to reduce the cost of dsDNA microarrays, we have replaced the Klenow DNA polymerase with Taq DNA polymerase, and optimized the reaction conditions of on-chip elongation. Our experiments showed that the elongation temperature of 50 degrees C and the Mg(2+) concentration of 2.5 mM are the optimized conditions in elongation with Taq DNA polymerase. A dsDNA microarray has been successfully constructed with the above method to detect NF-kB protein.
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- Yunfei Bai
- Chien-Shiung Wu Laboratory, Department of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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Bujoli B, Lane SM, Nonglaton G, Pipelier M, Léger J, Talham DR, Tellier C. Metal Phosphonates Applied to Biotechnologies: A Novel Approach to Oligonucleotide Microarrays. Chemistry 2005; 11:1980-8. [PMID: 15669062 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A new process for preparing oligonucleotide arrays is described that uses surface grafting chemistry which is fundamentally different from the electrostatic adsorption and organic covalent binding methods normally employed. Solid supports are modified with a mixed organic/inorganic zirconium phosphonate monolayer film providing a stable, well-defined interface. Oligonucleotide probes terminated with phosphate are spotted directly on to the zirconated surface forming a covalent linkage. Specific binding of terminal phosphate groups with minimal binding of the internal phosphate diesters has been demonstrated. The mixed organic/inorganic thin films have also been extended for use arraying DNA duplex probes, and therefore represent a viable general approach to DNA-based bioarrays. Ideas for interfacing mixed organic/inorganic interfaces to other bioapplications are also discussed.
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- Bruno Bujoli
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, UMR CNRS 6513 & FR CNRS 2465, 2 Rue de la Houssinière, BP92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 03, France.
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Rubina AY, Pan'kov SV, Dementieva EI, Pen'kov DN, Butygin AV, Vasiliskov VA, Chudinov AV, Mikheikin AL, Mikhailovich VM, Mirzabekov AD. Hydrogel drop microchips with immobilized DNA: properties and methods for large-scale production. Anal Biochem 2004; 325:92-106. [PMID: 14715289 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2003.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Although gel-based microchips offer significant advantages over two-dimensional arrays, their use has been impeded by the lack of an efficient manufacturing procedure. Here we describe two simple, fast, and reproducible methods of fabrication of DNA gel drop microchips. In the first, copolymerization method, unsaturated groups are chemically attached to immobilized molecules, which are then mixed with gel-forming monomers. In the second, simpler polymerization-mediated immobilization method, aminated DNA without prior modification is added to a polymerization mixture. Droplets of polymerization mixtures are spotted by a robot onto glass slides and the slides are illuminated with UV light to induce copolymerization of DNA with gel-forming monomers. This results in immobilization of DNA within the whole volume of semispherical gel drops. The first method can be better controlled while the second one is less expensive, faster, and better suited to large-scale production. The microchips manufactured by both methods are similar in properties. Gel elements of the chip are porous enough to allow penetration of DNA up to 500 nucleotides long and its hybridization with immobilized oligonucleotides. As shown with confocal microscope studies, DNA is hybridized uniformly in the whole volume of gel drops. The gels are mechanically and thermally stable and withstand 20 subsequent hybridizations or 30-40 PCR cycles without decrease in hybridization signal. A method for quality control of the chips by staining with fluorescence dye is proposed. Applications of hydrogel microchips in research and clinical diagnostics are summarized.
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- A Yu Rubina
- Center for Biological Microchips, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 32 ul. Vavilova, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
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Chechetkin VR, Prokopenko DV, Zasedateleva OA, Gitelson GI, Lomakin ES, Livshits MA, Malinina L, Turygin AY, Krylov AS, Mirzabekov AD. Analysis of binding specificity of disulfide bonded dimeric lambda-Cro V55C protein with generic hexamer oligonucleotide microchip. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2004; 21:425-33. [PMID: 14616037 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2003.10506937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Binding specificity of mutant V55C disulfide bonded dimeric lambda-Cro protein (CroVC) to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) was studied using generic hexamer oligonucleotide microchip. The curves of dissociation of hybridized DNA in the presence and absence of CroVC were converted into the effective discriminant constants to assess the relevant thermodynamic equilibrium binding constants for dsDNA-protein complexes. Then, tiling of longer oligonucleotides with shorter oligomers was used to search for sequence motifs with the highest binding specificity similarly to sequencing by hybridization. The comparison of the deduced sequences with the known natural operator half-sites demonstrated the principal ability to discern and reconstruct the major parts of 7-mer motifs corresponding to the strongest binding of CroVC subunits. Our results show the applicability of generic microchips to the analysis of binding specificity in the case of multi-subunit DNA-binding proteins.
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- V R Chechetkin
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov str. 32, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
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Kumar P, Choithani J, Gupta KC. Construction of oligonucleotide arrays on a glass surface using a heterobifunctional reagent, N-(2-trifluoroethanesulfonatoethyl)-N-(methyl)-triethoxysilylpropyl-3-amine (NTMTA). Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:e80. [PMID: 15175428 PMCID: PMC434455 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gnh075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A rapid method for construction of oligonucleotide arrays on a glass surface, using a novel heterobifunctional reagent, N-(2-trifluoroethanesulfonatoethyl)-N-(methyl)-triethoxysilylpropyl-3-amine (NTMTA), has been described. The heterobifunctional reagent, NTMTA, carries two different thermoreactive groups. The triethoxysilyl group on one end is specific towards silanol functions on the virgin glass surface, while the trifluoroethanesulfonyl (tresyl) group on the other end of the reagent reacts specifically with aminoalkyl- or mercaptoalkyl- functionalized oligonucleotides. Immobilization of oligonucleotides on a glass surface has been realized via two routes. In the first one (A), 5'- aminoalkyl- or mercaptoalkyl-functionalized oligonucleotides were allowed to react with NTMTA to form a oligonucleotide-triethoxysilyl conjugate which, in a subsequent reaction with unmodified (virgin) glass microslide, results in surface-bound oligonucleotides. In the second route (B), the NTMTA reagent reacts first with a glass microslide whereby it generates trifluoroethanesulfonate ester functions on it, which in a subsequent step react with 5'-aminoalkyl or mercaptoalkyl oligonucleotides to generate support-bound oligonucleotides. Subsequently, the oligonucleotide arrays prepared by both routes were analyzed by hybridization experiments with complementary oligonucleotides. The constructed microarrays were successfully used in single and multiple nucleotide mismatch detection by hybridizing these with fluorescein-labeled complementary oligonucleotides. Further more, the proposed method was compared with the existing methods with respect to immobilization efficiency of oligonucleotides.
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- P Kumar
- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Institute for Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi University Campus, Delhi 110 007, India
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Linnell J, Mott R, Field S, Kwiatkowski DP, Ragoussis J, Udalova IA. Quantitative high-throughput analysis of transcription factor binding specificities. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:e44. [PMID: 14990752 PMCID: PMC390317 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gnh042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a general high-throughput approach to accurately quantify DNA-protein interactions, which can facilitate the identification of functional genetic polymorphisms. The method tested here on two structurally distinct transcription factors (TFs), NF-kappaB and OCT-1, comprises three steps: (i) optimized selection of DNA variants to be tested experimentally, which we show is superior to selecting variants at random; (ii) a quantitative protein-DNA binding assay using microarray and surface plasmon resonance technologies; (iii) prediction of binding affinity for all DNA variants in the consensus space using a statistical model based on principal coordinates analysis. For the protein-DNA binding assay, we identified a polyacrylamide/ester glass activation chemistry which formed exclusive covalent bonds with 5'-amino-modified DNA duplexes and hindered non-specific electrostatic attachment of DNA. Full accessibility of the DNA duplexes attached to polyacrylamide-modified slides was confirmed by the high degree of data correlation with the electromobility shift assay (correlation coefficient 93%). This approach offers the potential for high-throughput determination of TF binding profiles and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms on TF binding affinity. New DNA binding data for OCT-1 are presented.
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- Jane Linnell
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, 7 Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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Histone-like proteins in bacteria contribute to the control of gene expression, as well as participating in other DNA transactions such as recombination and DNA replication. They have also been described, somewhat vaguely, as contributors to the organization of the bacterial nucleoid. Our view of how these proteins act in the cell is becoming clearer, particularly in the cases of Fis, H-NS and HU, three of the most intensively studied members of the group. Especially helpful have been studies of the contributions of these proteins to the regulation of specific genes such as the gal operon, and genes coding for stable RNA species, topoisomerases, and the histone-like proteins themselves. Recent advances have also been assisted by insights into the effects the histone-like proteins exert on DNA structure not only at specific promoters but throughout the genome.
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- Charles J Dorman
- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Wang J, Bai Y, Li T, Lu Z. DNA microarrays with unimolecular hairpin double-stranded DNA probes: fabrication and exploration of sequence-specific DNA/protein interactions. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 2003; 55:215-32. [PMID: 12706906 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-022x(03)00048-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We have fabricated double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) microarrays containing unimolecular hairpin dsDNA probes immobilized on glass slides. The unimolecular hairpin dsDNA microarrays were manufactured by four steps: Firstly, synthesizing single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) oligonucleotides with two reverse-complementary sequences at 3' hydroxyl end and an overhang sequence at 5' amino end. Secondly, microspotting ssDNA on glutaraldehyde-derived glass slide to form ssDNA microarrays. Thirdly, annealing two reverse-complementary sequences to form hairpin primer at 3' end of immobilized ssDNA and thus to create partial-dsDNA microarray. Fourthly, enzymatically extending hairpin primer to convert partial-dsDNA microarrays into complete-dsDNA microarray. The excellent efficiency and high accuracy of the enzymatic synthesis were demonstrated by incorporation of fluorescently labeled dUTPs in Klenow extension and digestion of dsDNA microarrays with restriction endonuclease. The accessibility and specificity of the DNA-binding proteins binding to dsDNA microarrays were verified by binding Cy3-labeled NF-kappaB to dsDNA microarrays. The dsDNA microarrays have great potential to provide a high-throughput platform for investigation of sequence-specific DNA/protein interactions involved in gene expression regulation, restriction and so on.
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- Jinke Wang
- National Laboratory for Molecular and Biomolecular Electronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096 Jiangsu Province, China
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Proteomics is the systematic study of the many and diverse properties of proteins in a parallel manner with the aim of providing detailed descriptions of the structure, function and control of biological systems in health and disease. Advances in methods and technologies have catalyzed an expansion of the scope of biological studies from the reductionist biochemical analysis of single proteins to proteome-wide measurements. Proteomics and other complementary analysis methods are essential components of the emerging 'systems biology' approach that seeks to comprehensively describe biological systems through integration of diverse types of data and, in the future, to ultimately allow computational simulations of complex biological systems.
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- Scott D Patterson
- Celera Genomics Corporation, 45 West Gude Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
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Fabrication of Unimolecular Double-stranded DNA Microarrays on Solid Surfaces for Probing DNA-Protein/Drug Interactions. Molecules 2003. [PMCID: PMC6146897 DOI: 10.3390/80100153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We present a novel method for fabricating unimolecular double-stranded DNA microarrays on solid surfaces, which were used to probe sequence-specific DNA/protein interactions. For manufacturing the unimolecular double-stranded DNA microarrays, two kinds of special single-stranded oligonucleotides, constant oligonucleotide and target oligonucleotide, were chemically synthesized. The constant oligonucleotides with internal aminated dT were used to capture and immobilize the target oligonucleotides onto the solid surface, and also to provide a primer for later enzymatic extension reactions, while target oligonucleotides took the role of harbouring DNA-binding sites of DNA-binding proteins. The variant target oligonucleotides were annealed and ligated with the constant oligonucleotides to form the new unimolecular oligonucleotides for microspotting. The prepared unimolecular oligonucleotides were microspotted on aldehyde-derivatized glass slides to make partial-dsDNA microarrays. Finally, the partial-dsDNA microarrays were converted into a unimolecular complete-dsDNA microarray by a DNA polymerase extension reaction. The efficiency and accuracy of the polymerase synthesis were demonstrated by the fluorescent-labeled dUTP incorporation in the enzymatic extension reaction and the restriction endonuclease digestion of the fabricated unimolecular complete-dsDNA microarray. The accessibility and specificity of the sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins binding to the immobilized unimolecular dsDNA probes were demonstrated by the binding of Cy3 labeled NF-κB (p50·p50) to the unimolecular dsDNA microarray. This unimolecular dsDNA microarray provides a general technique for high-throughput DNA-protein or DNA-drugs interactions.
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Drobyshev AL, Machka C, Horsch M, Seltmann M, Liebscher V, Hrabé de Angelis M, Beckers J. Specificity assessment from fractionation experiments (SAFE): a novel method to evaluate microarray probe specificity based on hybridisation stringencies. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:E1-1. [PMID: 12527790 PMCID: PMC140526 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gng001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The cDNA-chip technology is a highly versatile tool for the comprehensive analysis of gene expression at the transcript level. Although it has been applied successfully in expression profiling projects, there is an ongoing dispute concerning the quality of such expression data. The latter critically depends on the specificity of hybridisation. SAFE (specificity assessment from fractionation experiments) is a novel method to discriminate between non- specific cross-hybridisation and specific signals. We applied in situ fractionation of hybridised target on DNA-chips by means of repeated washes with increasing stringencies. Different fractions of hybridised target are washed off at defined stringencies and the collected fluorescence intensity data at each step comprise the fractionation curve. Based on characteristic features of the fractionation curve, unreliable data can be filtered and eliminated from subsequent analyses. The approach described here provides a novel experimental tool to identify probes that produce specific hybridisation signals in DNA-chip expression profiling approaches. The iterative use of the SAFE procedure will result in increasingly reliable sets of probes for microarray experiments and significantly improve the overall efficiency and reliability of RNA expression profiling data from DNA-chip experiments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexei L Drobyshev
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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