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He Y, Chen S, Xie G, Yi X, Wang J. Surface plasmon resonance detection of UV irradiation-induced DNA damage and photoenzymatic repair processes through specific interaction between consensus double-stranded DNA and p53 protein. Analyst 2023; 148:849-855. [PMID: 36648133 DOI: 10.1039/d2an01847k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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DNA damage, such as DNA lesions and strand breaks, impairs normal cell functions and failure in the DNA repair process could lead to gene mutation, cell apoptosis and disease occurrence. p53 is a tumor suppressor and DNA-binding protein, and DNA damage might affect their interaction and the subsequent p53 function. Herein, real-time monitoring of DNA damage and repair processes through DNA-p53 protein interaction was performed by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The target DNA with consecutive pyrimidine nucleobases was first damaged upon UVC (254 nm) irradiation and then photoenzymatically repaired under UVA (365 nm) irradiation. The as-formed double-stranded (ds) DNA between probe DNA and normal, damaged or repaired target DNA was immobilized on the sensor chips, followed by the injection of p53 protein. By measuring the SPR signals under different cases, the DNA damage and repair processes could be conveniently monitored. The SPR signals were inversely proportional to the UVC doses ranging from 0.021 to 1.26 kJ m-2, providing a viable means for the quantification of the DNA damage level. The binding affinity between p53 and the dsDNA formed upon the hybridization of probe DNA and normal, damaged, or photoenzymatically repaired target DNA was estimated. This is the first report on measuring the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) between the p53 protein and the dsDNA with photodamaged or repaired target sequences. The sensing strategy by SPR thus opens a new avenue for real-time measurement of the DNA damage and the repair processes.
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- Yuhan He
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China.
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Chen W, Tang Z, Hu S, Yi X, Wang J. Ultraviolet C Irradiation-Induced Dehybridization of Double-Stranded Oligonucleotides: Mechanism Investigation and Label-Free Measurement of the Photodamage Level. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:15190-15197. [PMID: 36459591 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Elucidating the mechanism and estimating the extent of conformation change of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) upon ultraviolet (UV) exposure are of vital importance for understanding the DNA photodamage process. The existing research was mainly focused on the lesions of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and involved off-site measurement of the photodamage level. In this work, short-wavelength UV (UVC) (254 nm) irradiation was demonstrated to induce the dehybridization of dsDNA due to the loss of paring capacity of photodamaged pyrimidine nucleobases. The intrinsic programmability of dsDNA enabled researchers to rationally design the on-demand dehybridization sites. The spatial conformation switch of dsDNA caused by UVC irradiation could be evolved into a label-free sensing platform for the on-site measurement of the DNA photodamage level.
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- Wenchao Chen
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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Huo H, He Y, Chen W, Wu L, Yi X, Wang J. Simultaneously monitoring UVC-induced DNA damage and photoenzymatic repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Talanta 2021; 239:123081. [PMID: 34823862 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.123081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) are the major DNA photoproducts of thymine-thymine dinucleotides upon ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Failure in the repair of damaged DNA may lead to DNA replication errors, DNA mutations, and even cell death. Photoreactivation can mediate the repair of UV-induced DNA lesions by photolyases upon UVA (315-400 nm) or blue light (400-500 nm) irradiation. Herein, the UVC (254 nm)-induced DNA damage and photoenzymatic repair of the CPD products were simultaneously monitored by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The UVC-damaged dT20 was first immobilized on the gold electrode, and the specific recognition by the anti-CPD antibody leads to significantly increased EIS signals. The electron transfer resistance (Ret) values were linearly proportional to the concentrations of damaged dT20 ranging from 0.005 to 0.1 μM, and a detection limit of 3.06 nM was achieved. Using surface plasmon resonance, the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) between the CPDs in dT20 and anti-CPD antibody was estimated to be (3.32 ± 0.31) × 10-12 M, indicating the strong binding affinity. Evidenced by EIS, the CPDs in the damaged dT20 could be repaired by the attached DNA photolyase under UVA (365 nm) photoexcitation, and the detachment of the photolyase from the DNA strand was accomplished after completion of the repair process. The repair efficiency was calculated to be 70.0% by EIS, being consistent with that of 71.4% by UV spectroscopy. The electrochemical method is simple, sensitive and straightforward, holding great potential for assaying other types of DNA lesions and their repair processes.
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- Huan Huo
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, PR China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, PR China.
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Jones NC, Nielsen SB, Hoffmann SV. On the delocalization length in RNA single strands of cytosine: how many bases see the light? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:2188-2192. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05292e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The interplay between multiple chromophores in nucleic acids and photosynthetic proteins gives rise to complex electronic phenomena and largely governs the de-excitation dynamics.
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- Nykola C. Jones
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Aarhus University
- DK-8000 Aarhus C
- Denmark
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Gekko K. Synchrotron-radiation vacuum-ultraviolet circular dichroism spectroscopy in structural biology: an overview. Biophys Physicobiol 2019; 16:41-58. [PMID: 30923662 PMCID: PMC6435020 DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.16.0_41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Circular dichroism spectroscopy is widely used for analyzing the structures of chiral molecules, including biomolecules. Vacuum-ultraviolet circular dichroism (VUVCD) spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation can extend the short-wavelength limit into the vacuum-ultraviolet region (down to ~160 nm) to provide detailed and new information about the structures of biomolecules in combination with theoretical analysis and bioinformatics. The VUVCD spectra of saccharides can detect the high-energy transitions of chromophores such as hydroxy and acetal groups, disclosing the contributions of inter- or intramolecular hydrogen bonds to the equilibrium configuration of monosaccharides in aqueous solution. The roles of hydration in the fluctuation of the dihedral angles of carboxyl and amino groups of amino acids can be clarified by comparing the observed VUVCD spectra with those calculated theoretically. The VUVCD spectra of proteins markedly improves the accuracy of predicting the contents and number of segments of the secondary structures, and their amino acid sequences when combined with bioinformatics, for not only native but also nonnative and membrane-bound proteins. The VUVCD spectra of nucleic acids confirm the contributions of the base composition and sequence to the conformation in comparative analyses of synthetic poly-nucleotides composed of selected bases. This review surveys these recent applications of synchrotron-radiation VUVCD spectroscopy in structural biology, covering saccharides, amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
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- Kunihiko Gekko
- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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Miles AJ, Wallace BA. CDtoolX, a downloadable software package for processing and analyses of circular dichroism spectroscopic data. Protein Sci 2018; 27:1717-1722. [PMID: 30168221 PMCID: PMC6194270 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy is a highly used method for the examination and characterization of proteins, including, amongst other features, their secondary and tertiary structures, thermal stability, comparisons of wildtype and mutant proteins, and monitoring the binding of small molecules, folding/unfolding pathways, and formation of macromolecular complexes. This article describes CDtoolX, a new, user-friendly, free-to-download-and-use software program that enables processing, displaying, archiving, calibrating, comparisons, and analyses of CD and synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopic data.
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- Andrew J. Miles
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck CollegeUniversity of LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck CollegeUniversity of LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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Benabou S, Ruckebusch C, Sliwa M, Aviñó A, Eritja R, Gargallo R, de Juan A. Study of light-induced formation of photodimers in the i-motif nucleic acid structure by rapid-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy and hybrid hard- and soft-modelling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:19635-19646. [PMID: 30010680 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00850g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The i-motif is a DNA structure formed by cytosine-rich sequences, very relevant from a biochemical point of view and potentially useful in nanotechnology as pH-sensitive nanodevices or nanomotors. To provide a different view on the structural changes and dynamics of direct excitation processes involving i-motif structures, the use of rapid-scan FTIR spectroscopy is proposed. Hybrid hard- and soft-modelling based on the Multivariate Curve Resolution by Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS) algorithm has been used for the resolution of rapid-scan FTIR spectra and the interpretation of the photochemically induced time-dependent conformational changes of i-motif structures. The hybrid hard- and soft-modelling version of MCR-ALS (HS-MCR), which allows the introduction of kinetic models to describe process behavior, provides also rate constants associated with the transitions modeled. The results show that UV irradiation does not produce degradation of the studied sequences but induces the formation of photodimers. The presence of these affect much more the stability of i-motif structures formed by short sequences than that of those formed by longer sequences containing additional structural stabilizing elements, such as hairpins.
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- Sanae Benabou
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí I Franquès 1-11, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Madsen MM, Jones NC, Nielsen SB, Hoffmann SV. On the wavelength dependence of UV induced thymine photolesions: a synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 18:30436-30443. [PMID: 27781221 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05980e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Solar mutagenesis via the formation of thymine dimer photoproducts is a primary cause of skin cancer. The aim of this study is to provide a direct method for following the development of photolesions in thymine single strands and to determine how the formation of these photoproducts depends on the excitation wavelength in the ultraviolet (UV) between 210 nm and 325 nm. Experiments were performed both with a 20 Hz pulsed, intense, tunable laser as well as UV lamps (at 254 nm and 302 nm), but we find that only the dose matters at these wavelengths for the yield of photoproducts. Hence in both cases the lesion process is due to one-photon absorption. The formation and yields of the photoproducts as the irradiation dose is increased is followed through measurement of synchrotron radiation circular dichroism (SRCD) spectra. A principal component analysis (PCA) of the SRCD data yields CD signatures for each of the resulting photoproducts and reveals a strong irradiation wavelength dependence upon which products are formed; cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) are formed primarily at higher irradiation wavelengths (from 250 to 300 nm); the 6,4 pyrimidine-pyrimidone photoadduct (64PP) is formed in the range 210 to 285 nm, with a higher rate of formation in the lower part of that range, while in the very lowest irradiation wavelength range (210 to 240 nm) we find thymidine monophosphate (dTMP), which indicates cleavage of the DNA backbone. Our work demonstrates the strength of SRCD spectroscopy compared to ordinary absorption spectroscopy, as the latter is not sufficient to obtain fingerprints of the thymine photoproducts.
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- Marlene Møller Madsen
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Chung CH, Kim JH, Chung BH. Detection of UV-induced mutagenic thymine dimer using graphene oxide. Anal Chem 2014; 86:11586-91. [PMID: 25375800 DOI: 10.1021/ac503577t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this paper, we report for the first time that graphene oxide (GO) can interact with mutagenic DNA but not intact DNA. After UV-irradiated fluorophore-linked DNA containing thymine repeats was mixed with GO, a decrease in fluorescence was observed in a time-dependent manner. In contrast, no fluorescence change was observed with intact DNA, indicating that UV irradiation of DNA resulted in the formation of mutagenic bases. Because GO is known to act as a fluorescence quencher, the decreased fluorescence implies adsorption of the UV-irradiated DNA onto GO. It appears that the decreased fluorescence might result from the greater accessibility of hydrophobic methyl groups and phenyl rings of thymine dimers to GO and from deformed DNA structures with less effective charge shielding under salt-containing conditions. Using this affinity of GO for mutagenic DNA, we could detect UV-irradiated DNA at concentrations as low as 100 pM. We were also able to analyze the ability of phototoxic drugs to catalyze the formation of mutagens under UV irradiation with GO. Because our method is highly sensitive and feasible and does not require the pretreatment of DNA, we propose that it could accelerate the screening of potential phototoxic drug candidates that would be able to sensitize mutagenic dsDNA.
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- Chan Ho Chung
- BioNano Health Guard Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology , 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea
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