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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Detection of DNA structural changes upon drug-binging by a combination of site-selective deutaretation and difference Raman intensity changes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15590036
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Physical pharmacy
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

TOYAMA Akira  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assistant, 大学院・薬学研究科, 助手 (60217560)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
KeywordsUV resonance Raman spectroscopy / Drug-nucleic acid interaction / Site-selective deuterated DNA / Nucleic acid structure
Research Abstract

The goal of my research is to understand the mechanism of drug-DNA interaction by using of"isotope-edited UV resonance Raman spectroscopy -a combination of site-selective isotope labeling and ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) spectroscopy The aim of this project is to find the correlation between the structure and UVRR intensity of DNA bases.
UV Raman spectra of adenine and guanine derivatives were recorded in several solvents and the intensities of UV Raman bands were analyzed by using three solvent parameters proposed by Kamlet and Taft : the hydrogen-bond donor acidy, hydrogen-bond acceptor basicity, and polarity-polarizability. As a result, we have found that the Raman intensity of the purine rings depends mostly on hydrogen bonding but little on environmental polarity-polarizability.
However, it is also known that base stacking interactions suppress the Raman intensity of DNA bases (Raman hypochromism). In order to determine either hydrogen-bonding or stacking is dominant in Raman … More intensity, isotope-edited UVRR spectra were measured of a 22-mer oligonucleotide (LacDNA) bound by cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein (CRP). CRP-(cAMP)2 complex forms strong hydrogen bonds with guanine residues of LacDNA, but base stacking of the guanine rings are not significantly altered by the complex. For isotope-edited UVRR spectra of the guanine residues of LacDNA, some Raman bands showed appreciable frequency changes but did not show meaningful intensity changes upon CRP-(cAMP)2 binding. It is indicated that the UVRR intensities of aqueous DNA must predominantly be determined by the strength of the base stacking. Isotope edited UVRR spectra of a 19-mer oligonucleotide containing a AC-mismatched base pair were also measured to evaluate the sensitivity of the UVRR intensity to the base stacking. A significant intensity change was detected at the pre-melting state of the DNA. This observation demonstrates the utility of isotope-edited UVRR spectroscopy as a probe of the base staking of DNA bases. Less

  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2005

All Journal Article (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Correlation between UV Raman intensity and hydrogen bonding of the adenine ring2005

    • Author(s)
      Akira Toyama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Molecular Structure 735-736

      Pages: 235-241

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Isotope-edited UV Raman spectroscopy of protein-DNA interactions : Binding modes of cyclic AMP receptor protein to a natural DNA recognition site2005

    • Author(s)
      Akira Toyama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 36

      Pages: 300-306

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Correlation between UV Raman intensity and hydrogen bonding of the adenine ring2005

    • Author(s)
      Akira Toyama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Molecular Structure 735-763

      Pages: 235-241

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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