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Huang X, Orimoto Y, Aoki Y. A Theoretical Exploration of the Photoinduced Breaking Mechanism of the Glycosidic Bond in Thymine Nucleotide. Molecules 2024; 29:3789. [PMID: 39202868 PMCID: PMC11357666 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29163789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2024] [Revised: 08/03/2024] [Accepted: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/03/2024] Open
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DNA glycosidic bond cleavage may induce cancer under the ultraviolet (UV) effect. Yet, the mechanism of glycosidic bond cleavage remains unclear and requires more detailed clarification. Herein, quantum chemical studies on its photoinduced mechanism are performed using a 5'-thymidine monophosphate (5'-dTMPH) model. In this study, four possible paths were examined to study the glycosidic bond cleavage. The results showed that, upon excitation, the electronic transition from the π bonding to π antibonding orbitals of the thymine ring leads to the damage of the thymine ring. Afterwards, the glycosidic bond is cleaved. At first, the doublet ground state (GS) path of glycosidic bond cleavage widely studied by other groups is caused by free electron generated by photoirradiation, with a kinetically feasible energy barrier of ~23 kcal/mol. Additionally, then, the other three paths were proposed that also might cause the glycosidic bond cleavage. The first one is the doublet excited state (ES) path, triggered by free electron along with UV excitation, which can result in a very-high-energy barrier ~49 kcal/mol that is kinetically unfavorable. The second one is the singlet ES path, induced by direct UV excitation, which assumes DNA is directly excited by UV light, which features a very low-energy barrier ~16 kcal/mol that is favored in kinetics. The third one is the triplet ES path, from the singlet state via intersystem crossing (ISC), which refers to a feasible ~27 kcal/mol energy barrier. This study emphasizes the pivotal role of the DNA glycosidic bond cleavage by our proposed direct UV excitation (especially singlet ES path) in addition to the authorized indirect free-electron-induced path, which should provide essential insights to future mechanistic comprehension and novel anti-cancer drug design.
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- Xiao Huang
- Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences, Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences, Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;
- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;
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Ito A, Kitabatake S, Furuichi W, Takase N, Nakahara T, Akiyama T, Yoshida S, Kusano Y, Furusawa Y, Hirayama R. LET Dependence of 8-Hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) Generation in Mammalian Cells under Air-Saturated and Hypoxic Conditions: A Possible Experimental Approach to the Mechanism of the Decreasing Oxygen Effect in the High-LET Region. Radiat Res 2024; 201:189-196. [PMID: 38294870 DOI: 10.1667/rade-23-00046.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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One of the most distinguished features in biological effects of heavy ions would be the decrease of oxygen effect in the high-LET region. This feature has been referred to as the radiobiological basis for the control of hypoxic fraction in cancer radiotherapy. However, mechanisms to explain this phenomenon have not been fully understood. One of the explanations was given by the oxygen in the track hypothesis, which proposes that oxygen is produced along ion tracks even in the hypoxic irradiation condition. In the present study, we designed an experimental approach to support this hypothesis by using 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as DNA damage requiring oxygen to produce. The LET dependence of 8-OHdG under hypoxic condition revealed that with increasing LET 8-OHdG yield seems to increase, despite that the yield of OH radical, which is also required for the production of 8-OHdG, decreases in the high-LET region. This result is consistent with the explanation that the local generation of oxygen along ion tracks contributes to the increase of 8-OHdG yield.
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- A Ito
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
- Section of Medical Physics and Engineering, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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Höfel S, Zwicker F, Fix MK, Drescher M. Towards liquid EPR dosimetry using nitroxides in aqueous solution. Phys Med Biol 2024; 69:055026. [PMID: 38306975 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad25c4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Objective. Water-equivalent dosimeters are desirable for dosimetry in radiotherapy. The present work investigates basic characteristics of novel aqueous detector materials and presents a signal loss approach for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry.Approach. The proposed principle is based on the radiation dose dependent annihilation of EPR active nitroxides (NO·) in aqueous solutions. Stable nitroxide radicals (3-Maleimido-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxy (MmP), 3-Carbamoyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxy (CmP)) in aqueous solutions containing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an additive were filled in glass capillaries for irradiation and EPR readout. Radiation doses ranging from 1 to 64 Gy were applied with a clinical 6 MV flattening filter free photon beam. EPR readout was then performed with a X-band benchtop spectrometer. The dose response, temporal stability and reproducibility of the samples' EPR signal amplitudes as well as the influence of the nitroxide concentration between 10 and 160μM on the absolute signal loss were investigated using MmP. CmP was used to examine the dependence of the dose response on DMSO concentration between 0 and 10 vol%. An indirect effect model was fitted to the experimental data assuming irradiation induced radical reactions as the underlying mechanism.Main results. For an initial MmP concentration of 20μM, absolute EPR signal loss is linear up to a dose of 16 Gy with a yield G(-NO·) of approximately 0.4μmol J-1. Within five weeks upon sample irradiation to doses between 0 and 32 Gy relative EPR signal fluctuations were on average (126 readouts) below 1% (1σ). For c(MmP) ≥ 20μM, absolute signal loss is only weakly dependent on c(MmP), whereas it increases strongly with increasing c(DMSO) in the range 0-5 vol%. An indirect effect model is applicable to describe the reaction mechanism resulting in the observed dose response curve.Significance. Liquids consisting of nitroxides in aqueous solution and small amounts of DMSO (2 vol%) show promising basic characteristics for application as water-equivalent EPR dosimeter materials in radiotherapy. The EPR signal loss is based on an indirect effect mediated by diffusing radicals originating from the radiolysis of the water/DMSO mixture.
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- Sebastian Höfel
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Klinik und Praxis für Strahlentherapie am Klinikum Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Klinik und Praxis für Strahlentherapie am Klinikum Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Radiation Physics and Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Verma P, Mukherjee M, Bhattacharya D, Haritan I, Dutta AK. Shape resonance induced electron attachment to cytosine: The effect of aqueous media. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:214303. [PMID: 38038205 DOI: 10.1063/5.0157576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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We have investigated the impact of microsolvation on shape-type resonance states of nucleobases, taking cytosine as a case study. To characterize the resonance position and decay width of the metastable states, we employed the newly developed DLPNO-based EA-EOM-CCSD method in conjunction with the resonance via Padé (RVP) method. Our calculations show that the presence of water molecules causes a redshift in the resonance position and an increase in the lifetime for the three lowest-lying resonance states of cytosine. Furthermore, there are some indications that the lowest resonance state in isolated cytosine may get converted to a bound state in the presence of an aqueous environment. The obtained results are extremely sensitive to the basis set used for the calculations.
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- Pooja Verma
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0482, USA
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
- Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Narayanan S J J, Tripathi D, Verma P, Adhikary A, Dutta AK. Secondary Electron Attachment-Induced Radiation Damage to Genetic Materials. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:10669-10689. [PMID: 37008102 PMCID: PMC10061531 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Reactions of radiation-produced secondary electrons (SEs) with biomacromolecules (e.g., DNA) are considered one of the primary causes of radiation-induced cell death. In this Review, we summarize the latest developments in the modeling of SE attachment-induced radiation damage. The initial attachment of electrons to genetic materials has traditionally been attributed to the temporary bound or resonance states. Recent studies have, however, indicated an alternative possibility with two steps. First, the dipole-bound states act as a doorway for electron capture. Subsequently, the electron gets transferred to the valence-bound state, in which the electron is localized on the nucleobase. The transfer from the dipole-bound to valence-bound state happens through a mixing of electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom. In the presence of aqueous media, the water-bound states act as the doorway state, which is similar to that of the presolvated electron. Electron transfer from the initial doorway state to the nucleobase-bound state in the presence of bulk aqueous media happens on an ultrafast time scale, and it can account for the decrease in DNA strand breaks in aqueous environments. Analyses of the theoretically obtained results along with experimental data have also been discussed.
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- Jishnu Narayanan S J
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Adjei D, Reyes Y, Kumar A, Ward S, Denisov SA, Alahmadi M, Sevilla MD, Wnuk SF, Mostafavi M, Adhikary A. Pathways of the Dissociative Electron Attachment Observed in 5- and 6-Azidomethyluracil Nucleosides: Nitrogen (N 2) Elimination vs Azide Anion (N 3-) Elimination. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:1563-1571. [PMID: 36780335 PMCID: PMC9984991 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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5-Azidomethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (5-AmdU, 1) has been successfully employed for the metabolic labeling of DNA and fluorescent imaging of live cells. 5-AmdU also demonstrated significant radiosensitization in breast cancer cells via site-specific nitrogen-centered radical (π-aminyl (U-5-CH2-NH•), 2, and σ-iminyl (U-5-CH═N•), 3) formation. This work shows that these nitrogen-centered radicals are not formed via the reduction of the azido group in 6-azidomethyluridine (6-AmU, 4). Radical assignments were performed using electron spin resonance (ESR) in supercooled solutions, pulse radiolysis in aqueous solutions, and theoretical (DFT) calculations. Radiation-produced electron addition to 4 leads to the facile N3- loss, forming a stable neutral C-centered allylic radical (U-6-CH2•, 5) through dissociative electron attachment (DEA) via the transient negative ion, TNI (U-6-CH2-N3•-), in agreement with DFT calculations. In contrast, TNI (U-5-CH2-N3•-) of 1, via facile N2 loss (DEA) and protonation from the surrounding water, forms radical 2. Subsequently, 2 undergoes rapid H-atom abstraction from 1 and produces the metastable intermediate α-azidoalkyl radical (U-5-CH•-N3). U-5-CH•-N3 converts facilely to radical 3. N3- loss from U-6-CH2-N3•- is thermodynamically controlled, whereas N2 loss from U-5-CH2-N3•- is dictated by protonation from the surrounding waters and resonance conjugation of the azidomethyl side chain at C5 with the pyrimidine ring.
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- Daniel Adjei
- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 146 Library Drive, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 146 Library Drive, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, 146 Library Drive, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 146 Library Drive, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, 146 Library Drive, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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Kumari B, Huwaidi A, Robert G, Cloutier P, Bass AD, Sanche L, Wagner JR. Shape Resonances in DNA: Nucleobase Release, Reduction, and Dideoxynucleoside Products Induced by 1.3 to 2.3 eV Electrons. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:5175-5184. [PMID: 35793462 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Understanding the details of DNA damage caused by high-energy particles or photons is complicated by the multitude of reactive species, arising from the ionization and dissociation of H2O, DNA, and protein. In this work, oligonucleotides (ODNs) are irradiated with a beam of low-energy electrons of 1.3 to 2.3 eV, which can only induce damage via the decay of shape resonances into various dissociative electron attachment channels. Using LC-MS/MS analysis, the major products are the release of nonmodified nucleobases (NB; Cyt ≫ Thy ∼ Ade > Gua). Additional damage includes 5,6-dihydropyrimidines (dHT > dHU) and eight nucleosides with modified sugar moieties consisting of 2',3'- and 2',5'-dideoxynucleosides (ddG > ddA ∼ ddC > ddT). The distribution of products is remarkably different in a 16-mer ODN compared to that observed previously with thymidylyl-(3'-5')-thymidine. This difference is explained by electron delocalization occurring within a sufficiently long strand, the DEA theory of O'Malley, and recent time-dependent density functional theory calculations.
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- Bhavini Kumari
- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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Chen X, Karmaker N, Cloutier P, Bass AD, Zheng Y, Sanche L. Low-Energy Electron Damage to Plasmid DNA in Thin Films: Dependence on Substrates, Surface Density, Charging, Environment, and Uniformity. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:5443-5457. [PMID: 35834372 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The interaction of low-energy electrons (LEEs) with DNA plays a significant role in the mechanisms leading to biological damage induced by ionizing radiation, particularly in radiotherapy, and its sensitization by chemotherapeutic drugs and nanoparticles. Plasmids constitute the form of DNA found in mitochondria and appear as a suitable model of genomic DNA. In a search for the best LEE targets, damage was induced to plasmids, in thin films in vacuum, by 6, 10, and 100 eV electrons under single collision conditions. The yields of single- and double-strand breaks, other cluster damage, isolated base lesions, and crosslinks were measured by electrophoresis and enzyme treatment. The films were deposited on oriented graphite or polycrystalline tantalum, with or without DNA autoassembly via diaminopropane (Dap) intercalation. Yields were correlated with the influence of vacuum, film uniformity, surface density, substrates, and the DNA environment. Aided by surface potential measurements and scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy images, the lyophilized Dap-DNA films were found to be the most practical high-quality targets. These studies pave the way to the fabrication of LEE target-films composed of plasmids intercalated with biomolecules that could mimic the cellular environment; for example, as a first step, by replacing Dap with an amino acid.
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- Xingju Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China.,Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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Lochmann C, Luxford TFM, Makurat S, Pysanenko A, Kočišek J, Rak J, Denifl S. Low-Energy Electron Induced Reactions in Metronidazole at Different Solvation Conditions. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:701. [PMID: 35745620 PMCID: PMC9227036 DOI: 10.3390/ph15060701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Metronidazole belongs to the class of nitroimidazole molecules and has been considered as a potential radiosensitizer for radiation therapy. During the irradiation of biological tissue, secondary electrons are released that may interact with molecules of the surrounding environment. Here, we present a study of electron attachment to metronidazole that aims to investigate possible reactions in the molecule upon anion formation. Another purpose is to elucidate the effect of microhydration on electron-induced reactions in metronidazole. We use two crossed electron/molecular beam devices with the mass-spectrometric analysis of formed anions. The experiments are supported by quantum chemical calculations on thermodynamic properties such as electron affinities and thresholds of anion formation. For the single molecule, as well as the microhydrated condition, we observe the parent radical anion as the most abundant product anion upon electron attachment. A variety of fragment anions are observed for the isolated molecule, with NO2- as the most abundant fragment species. NO2- and all other fragment anions except weakly abundant OH- are quenched upon microhydration. The relative abundances suggest the parent radical anion of metronidazole as a biologically relevant species after the physicochemical stage of radiation damage. We also conclude from the present results that metronidazole is highly susceptible to low-energy electrons.
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- Christine Lochmann
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik and Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic; (T.F.M.L.); (A.P.); (J.K.)
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- Laboratory of Biological Sensitizers, Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; (S.M.); (J.R.)
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic; (T.F.M.L.); (A.P.); (J.K.)
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic; (T.F.M.L.); (A.P.); (J.K.)
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- Laboratory of Biological Sensitizers, Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; (S.M.); (J.R.)
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik and Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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Denisov SA, Ward S, Shcherbakov V, Stark AD, Kaczmarek R, Radzikowska-Cieciura E, Debnath D, Jacobs T, Kumar A, Sevilla MD, Pernot P, Dembinski R, Mostafavi M, Adhikary A. Modulation of the Directionality of Hole Transfer between the Base and the Sugar-Phosphate Backbone in DNA with the Number of Sulfur Atoms in the Phosphate Group. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:430-442. [PMID: 34990129 PMCID: PMC8776618 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This work shows that S atom substitution in phosphate controls the directionality of hole transfer processes between the base and sugar-phosphate backbone in DNA systems. The investigation combines synthesis, electron spin resonance (ESR) studies in supercooled homogeneous solution, pulse radiolysis in aqueous solution at ambient temperature, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of in-house synthesized model compound dimethylphosphorothioate (DMTP(O-)═S) and nucleotide (5'-O-methoxyphosphorothioyl-2'-deoxyguanosine (G-P(O-)═S)). ESR investigations show that DMTP(O-)═S reacts with Cl2•- to form the σ2σ*1 adduct radical -P-S[Formula: see text]Cl, which subsequently reacts with DMTP(O-)═S to produce [-P-S[Formula: see text]S-P-]-. -P-S[Formula: see text]Cl in G-P(O-)═S undergoes hole transfer to Gua, forming the cation radical (G•+) via thermally activated hopping. However, pulse radiolysis measurements show that DMTP(O-)═S forms the thiyl radical (-P-S•) by one-electron oxidation, which did not produce [-P-S[Formula: see text]S-P-]-. Gua in G-P(O-)═S is oxidized unimolecularly by the -P-S• intermediate in the sub-picosecond range. DFT thermochemical calculations explain the differences in ESR and pulse radiolysis results obtained at different temperatures.
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- Sergey A. Denisov
- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, Bât. 349, Orsay 91405 Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, Bât. 349, Orsay 91405 Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, Bât. 349, Orsay 91405 Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA,Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, Bât. 349, Orsay 91405 Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479, USA
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Cook AR. Sub-picosecond Production of Solute Radical Cations in Tetrahydrofuran after Radiolysis. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10189-10197. [PMID: 34793148 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Ultrafast hole transfer from solvent radical cations produced by radiolysis with ∼10 ps, 9 MeV electron pulses to solutes in tetrahydrofuran (THF) was investigated. Because of rapid fragmentation of initially produced THF+•, solute radical cations are not expected and have not previously been reported. When 9,9-dihexyl-2,7-dibromofluorene (Br2F) at 5 to 1000 mM was used, Br2F+• with radiation chemical yields up to G = 2.23/100 eV absorbed was observed. While more than half of this was the result of direct solute ionization, the results highlight the importance of capturing holes from THF+• prior to solvation and fragmentation. The observed data show a time-resolution limited (15 ps) rise in transient absorption of Br2F+•, identical in form to reports of presolvated or dry electron capture in water and a few organic liquids, including THF. The results were thus interpreted with a similar formalism, finding C37 = 1.7 M, the concentration at which 37% of holes escape capture. The yield of solvent hole capture can be accounted for by the formation of solvent holes adjacent to solute molecules reacting faster than they can fragment; however, mechanisms such as delocalized holes or rapid hopping may play a role. Low temperature results find over two times more capture, supporting the speculation that if THF+• was longer lived, the yield of capture in under 15 ps would have been at least 2 times larger at 1 M Br2F, possibly capturing nearly all available holes from the solvent.
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- Andrew R Cook
- Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Liu C, Zheng Y, Sanche L. Damage Induced to DNA and Its Constituents by 0-3 eV UV Photoelectrons †. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 98:546-563. [PMID: 34767635 DOI: 10.1111/php.13559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The complex physical and chemical interactions between DNA and 0-3 eV electrons released by UV photoionization can lead to the formation of various lesions such as base modifications and cleavage, crosslinks and single strand breaks. Furthermore, in the presence of platinum chemotherapeutic agents, these electrons can cause clustered lesions, including double strand breaks. We explain the mechanisms responsible for these damages via the production 0-3 eV electrons by UVC radiation, and by UV photons of any wavelengths, when they are produced by photoemission from nanoparticles lying within about 10 nm from DNA. We review experimental evidence showing that a single 0-3 eV electron can produce these damages. The foreseen benefits UV-irradiation of nanoparticles targeted to the cell nucleus are mentioned in the context of cancer therapy, as well as the potential hazards to human health when they are present in cells.
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- Chaochao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Ma J, Bahry T, Denisov SA, Adhikary A, Mostafavi M. Quasi-Free Electron-Mediated Radiation Sensitization by C5-Halopyrimidines. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:7967-7975. [PMID: 34470211 PMCID: PMC8448956 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Substitution of the thymidine moiety in DNA by C5-substituted halogenated thymidine analogues causes significant augmentation of radiation damage in living cells. However, the molecular pathway involved in such radiosensitization process has not been clearly elucidated to date in solution at room temperature. So far, low-energy electrons (LEEs; 0-20 eV) under vacuum condition and solvated electrons (esol-) in solution are shown to produce the σ-type C5-centered pyrimidine base radical through dissociative electron attachment involving carbon-halogen bond breakage. Formation of this σ-type radical and its subsequent reactions are proposed to cause cellular radiosensitization. Here, we report time-resolved measurements at room temperature, showing that a radiation-produced quasi-free electron (eqf-) in solution promptly breaks the C5-halogen bond in halopyrimidines forming the σ-type C5 radical via an excited transient anion radical. These results demonstrate the importance of ultrafast reactions of eqf-, which are extremely important in chemistry, physics, and biology, including tumor radiochemotherapy.
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- Jun Ma
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, P. R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, P. R. China
- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI - 48309, United States
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405, Orsay, Cedex, France
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Halliwell B, Adhikary A, Dingfelder M, Dizdaroglu M. Hydroxyl radical is a significant player in oxidative DNA damage in vivo. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:8355-8360. [PMID: 34128512 PMCID: PMC8328964 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00044f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Recent publications have suggested that oxidative DNA damage mediated by hydroxyl radical (˙OH) is unimportant in vivo, and that carbonate anion radical (CO3˙-) plays the key role. We examine these claims and summarize the evidence that ˙OH does play a key role as an important member of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vivo.
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- Barry Halliwell
- Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences, #05-01A, 28 Medical Drive, 117456, Singapore.
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Gao Y, Zheng Y, Sanche L. Low-Energy Electron Damage to Condensed-Phase DNA and Its Constituents. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:7879. [PMID: 34360644 PMCID: PMC8345953 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The complex physical and chemical reactions between the large number of low-energy (0-30 eV) electrons (LEEs) released by high energy radiation interacting with genetic material can lead to the formation of various DNA lesions such as crosslinks, single strand breaks, base modifications, and cleavage, as well as double strand breaks and other cluster damages. When crosslinks and cluster damages cannot be repaired by the cell, they can cause genetic loss of information, mutations, apoptosis, and promote genomic instability. Through the efforts of many research groups in the past two decades, the study of the interaction between LEEs and DNA under different experimental conditions has unveiled some of the main mechanisms responsible for these damages. In the present review, we focus on experimental investigations in the condensed phase that range from fundamental DNA constituents to oligonucleotides, synthetic duplex DNA, and bacterial (i.e., plasmid) DNA. These targets were irradiated either with LEEs from a monoenergetic-electron or photoelectron source, as sub-monolayer, monolayer, or multilayer films and within clusters or water solutions. Each type of experiment is briefly described, and the observed DNA damages are reported, along with the proposed mechanisms. Defining the role of LEEs within the sequence of events leading to radiobiological lesions contributes to our understanding of the action of radiation on living organisms, over a wide range of initial radiation energies. Applications of the interaction of LEEs with DNA to radiotherapy are briefly summarized.
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- Yingxia Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China;
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie et Centre de Recherche Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada;
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Kant M, Jaruga P, Coskun E, Ward S, Stark AD, Baumann T, Becker D, Adhikary A, Sevilla MD, Dizdaroglu M. Ne-22 Ion-Beam Radiation Damage to DNA: From Initial Free Radical Formation to Resulting DNA-Base Damage. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:16600-16611. [PMID: 34235332 PMCID: PMC8246699 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We report on the physicochemical processes and the products of DNA damage involved in Ne-22 ion-beam radiation of hydrated (12 ± 3 H2O/nucleotide) salmon testes DNA at 77 K. Free radicals trapped at 77 K were identified using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The measurement of DNA damage using two different techniques of mass spectrometry revealed the formation of numerous DNA products. Results obtained by ESR spectroscopy showed that as the linear energy transfer (LET) of the ion-beam radiation increases along the beam track, the production of DNA radicals correspondingly increases until just before the Bragg peak is reached. Yields of DNA products along the ion-beam track were in excellent agreement with the radical production. This work is the first to use the combination of ESR spectroscopy and mass spectrometric techniques enabling a better understanding of mechanisms of radiation damage to DNA by heavy ion beams detailing the formation of DNA free radicals and their subsequent products.
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- Melis Kant
- Biomolecular
Measurement Division, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular
Measurement Division, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular
Measurement Division, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
- Institute
for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Way, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- National
Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan
State University, 640
South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Biomolecular
Measurement Division, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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Femtosecond responses of hydrated DNA irradiated by ionizing rays focus on the sugar-phosphate part. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-021-02778-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Watson ZL, Ward FR, Méheust R, Ad O, Schepartz A, Banfield JF, Cate JH. Structure of the bacterial ribosome at 2 Å resolution. eLife 2020; 9:60482. [PMID: 32924932 DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.26.174334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we determined the structure of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome with a global resolution of 2.0 Å. The maps reveal unambiguous positioning of protein and RNA residues, their detailed chemical interactions, and chemical modifications. Notable features include the first examples of isopeptide and thioamide backbone substitutions in ribosomal proteins, the former likely conserved in all domains of life. The maps also reveal extensive solvation of the small (30S) ribosomal subunit, and interactions with A-site and P-site tRNAs, mRNA, and the antibiotic paromomycin. The maps and models of the bacterial ribosome presented here now allow a deeper phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal components including structural conservation to the level of solvation. The high quality of the maps should enable future structural analyses of the chemical basis for translation and aid the development of robust tools for cryo-EM structure modeling and refinement.
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- Zoe L Watson
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
- Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
- Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
- Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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Lu Y, Wen H, Huang J, Liao P, Liao H, Tu J, Zeng Y. Extracellular vesicle-enclosed miR-486-5p mediates wound healing with adipose-derived stem cells by promoting angiogenesis. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:9590-9604. [PMID: 32666704 PMCID: PMC7520275 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.15387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Adipose‐derived stem cells (ASC) are said to have a pivotal role in wound healing. Specifically, ASC‐secreted extracellular vesicles (EV) carry diverse cargos such as microRNAs (miRNAs) to participate in the ASC‐based therapies. Considering its effects, we aimed to investigate the role of ASC‐EVs in the cutaneous wound healing accompanied with the study on the specific cargo‐medicated effects on wound healing. Two full‐thickness excisional skin wounds were created on mouse dorsum, and wound healing was recorded at the indicated time points followed by histological analysis and immunofluorescence staining for CD31 and α‐SMA. Human skin fibroblasts (HSFs) and human microvascular endothelial cells (HMECs) were co‐cultured with EVs isolated from ASC (ASC‐EVs), respectively, followed by the evaluation of their viability and mobility using CCK‐8, scratch test and transwell migration assays. Matrigel‐based angiogenesis assays were performed to evaluate vessel‐like tube formation by HMECs in vitro. ASC‐EVs accelerated the healing of full‐thickness skin wounds, increased re‐epithelialization and reduced scar thickness whilst enhanced collagen synthesis and angiogenesis in murine models. However, miR‐486‐5p antagomir abrogated the ASC‐EVs‐induced effects. Intriguingly, miR‐486‐5p was found to be highly enriched in ASC‐EVs, exhibiting an increase in viability and mobility of HSFs and HMECs and enhanced the angiogenic activities of HMECs. Notably, we also demonstrated that ASC‐EVs‐secreted miR‐486‐5p achieved the aforesaid effects through its target gene Sp5. Hence, our results suggest that miR‐486‐5p released by ASC‐EVs could be a critical mediator to develop an ASC‐based therapeutic strategy for wound healing.
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- Yingjie Lu
- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Yang S, Zhang Y, Zhao X. Change of Initial Yield of a Hydrated Electron with Uridine Monophosphate Concentration Is Related to the Excitation Photon Energy in Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:3695-3700. [PMID: 32310667 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b10816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The initial yield of a hydrated electron (eaq-) in a solution under laser pulse irradiation was investigated by pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy. The initial quantum yield of eaq- varies with the concentration of uridine monophosphate (UMP). The variation of the concentration of eaq- is often used to study the prehydrated electron (epre-) and eaq- attachment to UMP. The results of 320 and 260 nm excitations were compared. It was found that with the increase of UMP concentration, the initial yield of eaq- increases at 320 nm excitation, but decreases at 260 nm excitation. The further analysis indicates that some of the epre- attachments to UMP before solvation at 260 nm excitation result in the decrease of the eaq- yield. In addition, the absorption of UMP to 260 nm also causes the decrease of the eaq- yield. After the excitation at 320 nm, the phosphate group of UMP can release electrons more easily than that of water molecules by two-photon absorption, and therefore the eaq- yield increases. With the increase of UMP concentration, the decay rate of eaq- increases because eaq- is captured by UMP. The change of excitation photon does not affect the reaction rate of eaq- attachment to UMP. The longer lifetime of eaq- obtained at 260 nm excitation than 320 nm excitation is induced by the larger eaq- escape probability at 260 nm excitation. Our results show that the femtosecond pulse pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy method should be cautiously used because of its complexity in studying the epre- attachment to nucleotides in an aqueous solution.
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- Songqiu Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- Institute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Shandong University, Binhai Road 72, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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Ma J, Denisov S, Adhikary A, Mostafavi M. [How can an electron induce oxidative damage in DNA in solution]. L'ACTUALITE CHIMIQUE 2020; 450:13-18. [PMID: 32747845 PMCID: PMC7397759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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DNA damage caused by the dissociative electron attachment (DEA) has been well-studied in the gas and solid phases. However, understanding of this process at the fundamental level in solution is still a challenge. The electrons, after losing their kinetic energy via ionization and excitation events, are thermalized and undergo a multistep hydration process with a time constant of ca. ≤1 ps, to becoming fully trapped as a hydrated or solvated electron (esol - or eaq -). Prior to the formation of esol -, the electron exists in its presolvated (or prehydrated) state (epre -) with no kinetic energy. We used picosecond pulse radiolysis to generate electrons in water or in liquid diethylene glycol (DEG) to observe the dynamics of capture of these electrons by DNA/RNA bases, nucleosides, and nucleotides. Contrary to the hypotheses in the literature that the presolvated electrons (epre -) are captured well by the DNA-nucleosides/tides and the transient negative ions (TNIs) cause strand breaks, we first show that the quasi-free electrons with kinetic energy (eqf -) or epre -cannot be captured by guanine and adenine at very long distances in aqueous solutions with concentrations lower than 50 mM. However, the observation of a substantial decrease in the initial yield of esol - as a function of nucleoside/nucleotide concentrations accompanied by the formation of the nucleotide anion radicals provides direct evidence of an ultrafast step involving radiation-produced electron-mediated DNA damage via DEA. Transient signal analysis suggests that the dissociation channel of TNIs in nucleotide solutions is not even probable up to 0.25 M. On the other hand, in diethylene glycol, we demonstrate that unlike esol - and epre -, eqf - effectively attaches itself to the RNA-nucleoside, ribothymidine, forming the TNI in the excited state (TNI*) that undergoes the N1-C1' glycosidic bond dissociation. Thanks to DEA, this process induced by eqf -, in fact, leads to an oxidation of the parent molecule similar to the hydroxyl radical (•OH) leading to the same glycosidic bond (N1-C1') cleavage.
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- Jun Ma
- Professeur à l'Université de Nanjin en Chine (Aeronautics et Astronautics). Il a effectué sa thèse et une partie de son post-doctorat au Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
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- Chargé de recherche au CNRS au Laboratoire de Chimie Physique (UMR 8000) à Orsay, développant les méthodes spectroscopiques sur ELYSE
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- Research Assistant Professor à l'Université d'Oakland aux Etats-Unis. Expert des dommages à l'ADN par le rayonnement ionisant
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- Professeur à l'Université Paris-Sud, responsable de l'équipe « Actes chimiques élémentaires en phase condensée » du Laboratoire de Chimie Physique (UMR 8000) et directeur adjoint scientifique au CNRS en charge des grands instruments de recherche à l'institut de Chimie (INC). Distingué par le Prix Chercheur Confirmé 2019, de la Division de Chimie Physique de la SCF
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