作者:James Korang、Ismaila Emahi、Whitney R. Grither、Sara M. Baumann、Dana A. Baum、Ryan D. McCulla
DOI:10.1039/c3ra41597j
日期:——
Reactive oxygen species are known to induce DNA strand cleavage and have been explored as treatments for cancer. The development of aqueous-soluble dibenzothiophene-S-oxide (DBTO) derivatives has made it possible to investigate the mechanism of DNA cleavage by these photoactivatable precursors of atomic oxygen. In addition to the release of atomic oxygen, DBTO can also undergo other processes such as α-cleavage. An objective of this work was to establish whether the extent of strand scission could be attributed to a direct reaction between atomic oxygen and DNA. To accomplish this aim, the extent of strand cleavage upon irradiation of three different DBTO derivatives was measured by the conversion of circular pUC19 plasmid (Form I) to nicked (Form II) as monitored by gel electrophoresis. The interaction of the sulfoxides with DNA was systematically studied by optical melt and fluorescence anisotropy experiments. Thiols are susceptible to rapid oxidation by atomic oxygen, and thus, glutathione was used as a ROS scavenger to determine if DNA cleavage was induced by the release of atomic oxygen. The results from these experiments indicated atomic oxygen was at least partially responsible for the observed strand scission.
活性氧类物质会引发DNA链断裂,因此被用于癌症治疗。水溶性二苯并噻吩-S-氧化物(DBTO)衍生物的开发使得研究原子氧光活化前体引发DNA断裂的机理成为可能。除了释放原子氧,DBTO还可以发生α-断裂等其他过程。这项工作的目的是确定DNA链断裂的程度是否归因于原子氧与DNA的直接反应。为了实现这一目标,通过凝胶电泳监测圆pUC19质粒(I型)转化为缺口(II型)的情况,测量了三种不同DBTO衍生物照射后DNA链断裂的程度。通过光学熔融和荧光各向异性实验系统研究了硫氧化物与DNA的相互作用。硫醇易受原子氧的快速氧化,因此,将谷胱甘肽用作ROS清除剂,以确定DNA断裂是否是由原子氧的释放引起的。这些实验结果表明,原子氧至少部分导致了所观察到的DNA链断裂。