Two-stage DNA compaction induced by silver ions suggests a cooperative binding mechanism
Journal of Chemical Physics, ISSN: 0021-9606, Vol: 148, Issue: 20, Page: 205102
2018
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- Citations16
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- 16
- CrossRef10
- Captures15
- Readers15
- 15
Article Description
The interaction between silver ions and DNA plays an important role in the therapeutic use of silver ions and in related technologies such as DNA sensors. However, the underlying mechanism has not been fully understood. In this study, the dynamics of Ag-DNA interaction at a single-molecule level was studied using magnetic tweezers. AgNO solutions with concentrations ranging from 1 μM to 20 μM led to a 1.4-1.8 μm decrease in length of a single λ-DNA molecule, indicating that Ag has a strong binding with DNA, causing the DNA conformational change. The compaction process comprises one linear declining stage and another sigmoid-shaped stage, which can be attributed to the interaction mechanism. Considering the cooperative effect, the sigmoid trend was well explained using a phenomenological model. By contrast, addition of silver nanoparticle solution induced no detectable transition of DNA. The dependence of the interaction on ionic strength and DNA concentration was examined via morphology characterization and particle size distribution measurement. The size of the Ag-DNA complex decreased with an increase in Ag ionic strength ranging from 1 μM to 1 mM. Morphology characterization confirmed that silver ions induced DNA to adopt a compacted globular conformation. At a fixed [AgNO]:[DNA base pairs] ratio, increasing DNA concentration led to increased sizes of the complexes. Intermolecular interaction is believed to affect the Ag-DNA complex formation to a large extent.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85047649125&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5025348; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29865834; https://pubs.aip.org/jcp/article/148/20/205102/197056/Two-stage-DNA-compaction-induced-by-silver-ions; http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5025348; https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5025348
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