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- Persson, Daniel, 1972, et al.
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Vesicle size-dependent translocation of penetratin analogs across lipid membranes
- 2004
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Ingår i: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes. - : Elsevier BV. - 1879-2642 .- 0005-2736. ; 1665:1-2, s. 142-155
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The recent discoveries of serious artifacts associated with the use of cell fixation in studies of the cellular uptake of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have prompted a reevaluation of the current understanding of peptide-mediated cellular delivery. Following a report on the differential cellular uptake of a number of penetratin analogs in unfixed cells, we here investigate their membrane translocation abilities in large and giant unilamellar vesicles (LUVs and GUVs, respectively). Surprisingly, in contrast to the behavior in living cells, all peptides readily entered the giant vesicles ( > 1 μm) as proved by confocal microscopy, while none of them could cross the membranes of LUVs (100 nm). For determination of the location of the peptides in the LUVs, a new concept was introduced, based on sensitive resonance energy transfer (RET) measurements of the enhanced fluorescence of acceptor fluorophores present solely in the inner leaflet. An easily adopted method to prepare such asymmetrically labeled liposomes is described. The membrane insertion depths of the tryptophan moieties of the peptides were determined by use of brominated lipids and found to be very similar for all of the peptides studied. We also demonstrate that infrared spectroscopy on the lipid carbonyl stretch vibration peak is a convenient technique to determine phospholipid concentration. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Ponten, I., et al.
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SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF THE TRANS ADDUCTS DERIVED FROM (+)-ANTI-BENZO A PYRENE-7,8-DIHYDRODIOL-9,10-EPOXIDE AND (-)-ANTI-BENZO A PYRENE-7,8-DIHYDRODIOL-9,10-EPOXIDE AND THE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE 5'-D(CCTATAGATATCC)
- 1994
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Ingår i: Carcinogenesis. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0143-3334 .- 1460-2180. ; 15:10, s. 2207-2213
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The oligonucleotide 5'-d(CCTATAGATATCC) has been reacted with the (+)- or (-)-enantiomers of trans-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene [(+)-and (-)-anti-BPDE respectively]. Consistent with previous studies employing single-stranded oligonucleotides, adduct formation of both anti-BPDE enantiomers preferentially involved trans-addition of the C10 position of the diol-epoxide to the exocyclic nitrogen of deoxyguanosine [in the following abbreviated as (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G and (-)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G adducts respectively]. The unmodified or (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-modified oligonucleotide was allowed to form duplexes with the complementary sequence 5'-d(GGATATCTATAGG) or sequences in which C has been replaced with T, G or A and analysed with regard to thermal stability. The presence of a (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G adduct in oligonucleotide duplexes substantially decreased the value of the melting point relative to the corresponding unmodified duplex. In mismatched complexes containing the (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G adduct, a further decrease in thermal stability was observed. The presence of a (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G adduct did not seem to change the extent of hyperchromicity (approximate to 20%) upon melting. 5'-d(GGATATCTATAGG) or strands in which C was replaced with T,G or A were gradually added to (+)- or (-)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-modified oligonucleotides and the fluorescence emission intensity was determined. In all cases with (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G, except when C was replaced with A in the complement, the fluorescence intensity steadily decreased and became constant at equal strand concentrations. When a strand containing A in place of C was gradually added to the (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G oligonucleotide, a marked increase in the fluorescence intensity was observed (>3-fold). In contrast, addition of strands containing A, T or G to the (-)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-modified oligonucleotide increased tbe fluorescence intensity from 1.5- to >5-fold. Addition of the fully complementary sequence to the (-)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-containing oligonucleotide resulted in reduced fluorescence, however less pronounced than with the (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-modified analogue. Significant changes in spectral properties of the adducts were observed in the duplexes. The absorption and fluorescence excitation maxima of the single-stranded (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-modified oligonucleotide were at 353 nm. Insertion of C or A opposite the adduct caused a significant shift of these maxima to shorter wavelengths (347-348 nm). Addition of acrylamide, a fluorescence quencher, reduced the fluorescence intensity in all cases, but to variable extents. The adducts not quenchable by acrylamide demonstrate spectral properties similar to those of the single-stranded (+)-BPDE(t)-N-2-G-modified oligonucleotide.
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- Pradhan, P., et al.
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Induced Circular Dichroism of Benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol 9,10-Epoxide Stereoisomers Covalently Bound to Deoxyribooligonucleotides Used to Probe Equilibrium Distribution between Groove Binding and Intercalative Adduct Conformations
- 1998
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Ingår i: Biochemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-4995 .- 0006-2960. ; 37:13, s. 4664-4673
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Binding conformations of single anti-BPDE-N-2-dG adducts in oligonucleotides of varying base composition have been studied by induced circular dichroism (ICD). The sign of the ICD around 350 nm of single-stranded oligonucleotide adducts and the sign of an exciton type of CD component at 260 nm in both single strand and duplex farms of adducts correlate with the absolute configuration of the cyclohexyl moiety of the adduct. Changes in magnitude and sign of the ICD around 350 nm were observed upon duplex formation. The results show that adducts displaying external (minor groove) binding characteristics are associated with a significant positive ICD. Conversely, adducts displaying intercalation binding characteristics were found to have a positive or negative ICD. The magnitude of the ICD is dependent on the sequence context and the particular adduct isomer studied. Duplexes with (+)-trans-anti-BPDE-N-2-dG in 5'-d(CCTATCGCTATCC) or 5'-d(CCTATAGATATCC) exhibit a relatively strong positive ICD. In contrast, the duplexes with (+)-trans-anti-BPDE-N-2-dG in 5'-d(CCTATTGCTATCC) and 5'-d(CCTATTGTTATCC) display a small positive and negative ICD, respectively, in both cases suggesting conformational heterogeneity. Partially complementary duplexes (dA, dT, or do) localized opposite the (+)-trans-anti-BPDE-N-2-dG adduct in 5'-d(CCTATCGCTATCC) or 5'-d(CCTATAGATATCC) also demonstrated negative ICD. These results together with light absorption characteristics suggest a preferred conformation of intercalation for the mismatched duplexes. Evidence of an equilibrium between the external and intercalative adduct conformation is provided by the results from the temperature dependence of the near-UV absorption and ICD characteristics of (+)-trans-anti-BPDE-N-2-dG complex in a 5'-d(CCTATAGATATCC) duplex.
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- Pradhan, P., et al.
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Studies on the Adduct Heterogeneity of Benzo(a)pyrene 7,8-Dihydrodiol 9,10-Epoxide Stereoisomers Covalently Bound to Deoxyribooligonucleotides by Induced Circular Dichroism and Light Absorption Spectroscopy
- 1999
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Ingår i: Chemical Research in Toxicology. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-5010 .- 0893-228X. ; 12:5, s. 403-411
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The binding conformations of single anti- and syn-BPDE-N-2-dG adducts in oligonucleotides of varying base composition have been studied by induced circular dichroism (ICD) and light absorption spectroscopy. The sign of the ICD in single-stranded oligonucleotide adducts correlates with the absolute configuration of the cyclohexyl moiety of the BPDE. Adducts in oligonucleotide duplexes with UV lambda(max) 350 nm exhibiting either positive or negative contributions to the ICD should have intercalated binding as the predominant conformation. The magnitude of the ICD is dependent on the sequence context of the adducted strand and the particular BPDE-adduct isomer under study. In some cases, the results suggest structural heterogeneity. For instance, the (+)- and the (-)-trans-anti-BPDE-N-2-dG adducts in duplexes where a dT flanks the lesion site exhibit weak positive ICD or negative ICD. These results reflect a bimodal conformational adduct distribution with contributions from both externally and internally located adducts. A key observation for the (+)-cis-syn-BPDE-N-2-dG complexes in 5'-d(TGC) and 5'-d(CGC) sequence contexts is that the near-UV absorption spectra showed distinct bands corresponding to minor groove binding (lambda(max) congruent to 346 nm) as well as intercalative binding (lambda(max) congruent to 354 nm). Evidence for an equilibrium between the different modes of localization is provided by the results from the temperature dependence of the near-UV absorption and ICD characteristics of(+)-cis-synBPDE-N-2-dG complexes in 5'-d(TGC) and 5'-d(CGC) sequence contexts, respectively.
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- Quesada, E., et al.
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Synthesis and fluorescence properties of novel transmembrane probes and determination of their orientation within vesicles
- 2000
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Ingår i: Helvetica Chimica Acta. - 1522-2675 .- 0018-019X. ; 83:9, s. 2464-2476
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two novel transmembrane fluorescent diester probes D and E bearing an anthracenediyl moiety in the middle of the molecule have been synthesized. Their absorption and fluorescence spectra in CHCl3 solution as well as their fluorescence characteristics in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) large unilamellar vesicles were determined. Although their absorption spectra (first transition, S-0 --> S-1) present a good overlap with the fluorescence spectrum of tryptophan, only probe E could be a good acceptor for the energy-transfer experiments, since a strong overlap exists between the absorption spectrum of tryptophan and the second transition (S-0 --> S-2) of the absorption spectrum of probe D. The Forster critical distance R-0 for energy transfer between tryptophan (donor) and probe E (acceptor) is found to be 23-24 Angstrom. Finally, linear-dichroism studies on shear-deformed DMPC vesicles show the incorporated probe E to lie essentially perpendicular to the bilayer plane. These results establish that probe E could be useful in the study of membrane-bound protein topography by the fluorescence-energy-transfer method.
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- Ratilainen, Tommi, 1970, et al.
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A simple model for gene targeting
- 2001
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Ingår i: Biophysical Journal. - 0006-3495 .- 1542-0086. ; 81:5, s. 2876-2885
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sequence-specific binding to genomic-size DNA sequences by artificial agents is of major interest for the development of gene-targeting strategies, gene-diagnostic applications, and biotechnical tools. The binding of one such agent, peptide nucleic acid (PNA), to a randomized human genome has been modeled with statistical mass action calculations. With the length of the PNA probe, the average per-base binding constant k(0), and the binding affinity loss of a mismatched base pair as main parameters, the specificity was gauged as a "therapeutic ratio" G = maximum safe [PNA](tot)/minimal efficient [PNA](tot). This general, though simple, model suggests that, above a certain threshold length of the PNA, the microscopic binding constant k(0) is the primary determinant for optimal discrimination, and that only a narrow range of rather low k(0) values gives a high therapeutic ratio G. For diagnostic purposes, the value of k(0) could readily be modulated by changing the temperature, due to the substantial DeltaH(o) associated with the binding equilibrium. Applied to gene therapy, our results stress the need for appropriate control of the binding constant and added amount of the gene-targeting agent, to meet the varying conditions (ionic strength, presence of competing DNA-binding molecules) found in the cell.
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- Ratilainen, Tommi, 1970, et al.
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Hybridization of peptide nucleic acid
- 1998
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Ingår i: Biochemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-4995 .- 0006-2960. ; 37:35, s. 12331-12342
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The thermodynamics of hybridization and the conformations of decameric mixed purine-pyrimidine sequence PNA/PNA, PNA/DNA, and DNA/DNA duplexes have been studied using fluorescence energy transfer (FET), absorption hypochromicity (ABS), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and circular dichroism (CD) techniques. The interchromophoric distances determined in the FET experiments on fluorescein- and rhodamine-labeled duplexes indicate that the solution structures of the duplexes are extended helices in agreement with available NMR (PNA/DNA) and crystal X-ray data (PNA/PNA). The melting thermodynamics of the duplexes was studied with both FET and ABS. The thermodynamic parameters obtained with ABS are in good agreement with the parameters from calorimetric measurements while FET detection of duplex melting gives in most cases more favorable free energies of hybridization. This discrepancy between FET and ABS detection is ascribed to the conjugated dyes which affect the stability of the duplexes substantially. Especially, the dianionic fluorescein attached via a flexible linker either to PNA or to DNA seems to be involved in an attractive interaction with the opposite dicationic lysine when hybridized to a PNA strand. This interaction leads to an increased thermal stability as manifested as a 3-4 degrees C increase of the melting temperature. For the PNA/DNA duplex where fluorescein is attached to the PNA strand, a large destabilization (Delta T-m = -12 degrees C) occurs relative to the unlabeled duplex, probably originating from electrostatic repulsion between the fluorescein and the negatively charged DNA backbone. In the case of the PNA/PNA duplex, the sense of helicity of the duplex is reversed upon conjugation of fluorescein via a flexible linker arm, but not when the fluorescein is attached without a linker to the PNA.
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- Ratilainen, Tommi, 1970, et al.
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Thermodynamics of sequence-specific binding of PNA to DNA
- 2000
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Ingår i: Biochemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-4995 .- 0006-2960. ; 39:26, s. 7781-7791
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For further characterization of the hybridization properties of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs), the thermodynamics of hybridization of mixed sequence PNA-DNA duplexes have been studied. We have characterized the binding of PNA to DNA in terms of binding affinity (perfectly matched duplexes) and sequence specificity of binding (singly mismatched duplexes) using mainly absorption hypochromicity melting curves and isothermal titration calorimetry. For perfectly sequence-matched duplexes of varying lengths (6-20 bp), the average free energy of binding (Delta G degrees) was determined to be -6.5 +/- 0.3 kT mol(-1) bp(-1), corresponding to a microscopic binding constant of about 14 M-1 bp(-1). A variety of single mismatches were introduced in 9- and 12-mer PNA-DNA duplexes. Melting temperatures (T-m) of 9- and 12-mer PNA-DNA duplexes with a single mismatch dropped typically 15-20 degrees C relative to that of the perfectly matched sequence with a corresponding free energy penalty of about 15 kT mol(-1) bp(-1). The average cost of a single mismatch is therefore estimated to be on the order of or larger than the gain of two matched base pairs, resulting in an apparent binding constant of only 0.02 M-1 per mismatch. The impact of a mismatch was found to be dependent on the neighboring base pairs. To a first approximation, increasing the stability of the surrounding region, i.e., the distribution of A.T and G.C base pairs, decreases the effect of the introduced mismatch.
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- Ray, Arghya, et al.
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA): its medical and biotechnical applications and promise for the future
- 2000
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Ingår i: FASEB Journal. - 1530-6860 .- 0892-6638. ; 14:9, s. 1041-1060
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Synthetic molecules that can bind with high sequence specificity to a chosen target in a gene sequence are of major interest in medicinal and biotechnological contexts. They show promise for the development of gene therapeutic agents, diagnostic devices for genetic analysis, and as molecular tools for nucleic acid manipulations. Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a nucleic acid analog in which the sugar phosphate backbone of natural nucleic acid has been replaced by a synthetic peptide backbone usually formed from N-(2-amino-ethyl)-glycine units, resulting in an achiral and uncharged mimic. It is chemically stable and resistant to hydrolytic (enzymatic) cleavage and thus not expected to be degraded inside a living cell. PNA is capable of sequence-specific recognition of DNA and RNA obeying the Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding scheme, and the hybrid complexes exhibit extraordinary thermal stability and unique ionic strength effects. It may also recognize duplex homopurine sequences of DNA to which it binds by strand invasion, forming a stable PNA-DNA-PNA tripler with a looped-out DNA strand. Since its discovery, PNA has attracted major attention at the interface of chemistry and biology because of its interesting chemical, physical, and biological properties and its potential to act as an active component for diagnostic as well as pharmaceutical applications. In vitro studies indicate that PNA could inhibit both transcription and translation of genes to which it has been targeted, which holds promise for its use for antigene and antisense therapy. However, as with other high molecular mass drugs, the delivery of PNA, involving passage through the cell membrane, appears to be a general problem.-Ray, A., Norden, B. Peptide nucleic acid (PNA): its medical and biotechnical applications and promise for the future.
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