Generation and characterization of a DNA-GCN4 oligonucleotide-peptide conjugate : the impact DNA/protein interactions on the sensitization of DNA

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Tytuł
Generation and characterization of a DNA-GCN4 oligonucleotide-peptide conjugate
Podtytuł
the impact DNA/protein interactions on the sensitization of DNA
Odpowiedzialność
Paweł Wityk, Rafał Piątek, Robert Nowak, Dorota Kostrzewa-Nowak
Twórcy
  • Wityk Paweł ( Autor )
  • Piątek Rafał ( Autor )
  • Nowak Robert ( Autor ) 3.3
    Afiliacja, Pracownik naukowy : Wydział Kultury Fizycznej i Promocji Zdrowia,
    Instytut Nauk o Kulturze Fizycznej
  • Kostrzewa-Nowak Dorota ( Autor ) 3.3
    Afiliacja, Pracownik naukowy : Wydział Kultury Fizycznej i Promocji Zdrowia,
    Instytut Nauk o Kulturze Fizycznej
Sumy twórców
4 autorów
Punktacja publikacji
Osoba Dysc. Pc k m P U Pu Opis
0000-0001-7025-3087 3.3 140 2 4 140,00 0,5000 70,0000 Art.
0000-0003-3037-644X 3.3 140 2 4 140,00 0,5000 70,0000 Art.
Gł. język publikacji
Angielski (English)
Data publikacji
2020
Objętość
2,08 (arkuszy wydawniczych), 18 (stron).
Identyfikator DOI
10.3390/molecules25163630
Adres URL
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/16/3630/htm
Adres URL
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/16 2020-08-13
Uwaga ogólna
Published: 10 August 2020.
Uwaga ogólna
This article belongs to the Special Issue Photoactive Biological Molecules.
Finansowanie
This work was supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. 0138/DIA/2014/43 (PW)
Finansowanie
The financial support of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) via Funds for Science and Polish Technology Programme that enabled the LC-MS system for the Nucleic Acid Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry University of Gdansk. 775/FNiTP/127/2013 (JR)
Cechy publikacji
  • Oryginalny artykuł naukowy
Słowa kluczowe
Czasopismo
Molecules
( ISSN 1420-3049 )
Kraj wydania: Szwajcaria (Schweiz)
Zeszyt: tom 25 zeszyt 16
Nr: 3630
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Data zgłoszenia do bazy Publi
2020-08-12
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WorkId
24765

Abstrakt

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Radiotherapy, the most common therapy for the treatment of solid tumors, exerts its effects by inducing DNA damage. To fully understand the extent and nature of this damage, DNA models that mimic the in vivo situation should be utilized. In a cellular context, genomic DNA constantly interacts with proteins and these interactions could influence both the primary radical processes (triggered by ionizing radiation) and secondary reactions, ultimately leading to DNA damage. However, this is seldom addressed in the literature. In this work, we propose a general approach to tackle these shortcomings. We synthesized a protein-DNA complex that more closely represents DNA in the physiological environment than oligonucleotides solution itself, while being sufficiently simple to permit further chemical analyses. Using click chemistry, we obtained an oligonucleotide-peptide conjugate, which, if annealed with the complementary oligonucleotide strand, forms a complex that mimics the specific interactions between the GCN4 protein and DNA. The covalent bond connecting the oligonucleotide and peptide constitutes a part of substituted triazole, which forms due to the click reaction between the short peptide corresponding to the specific amino acid sequence of GCN4 protein (yeast transcription factor) and a DNA fragment that is recognized by the protein. DNAse footprinting demonstrated that the part of the DNA fragment that specifically interacts with the peptide in the complex is protected from DNAse activity. Moreover, the thermodynamic characteristics obtained using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) are consistent with the interaction energies calculated at the level of metadynamics. Thus, we present an efficient approach to generate a well-defined DNA-peptide conjugate that mimics a real DNA-peptide complex. These complexes can be used to investigate DNA damage under conditions very similar to those present in the cell.

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