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Selective interactions of ethidiums with G-quadruplex DNA revealed by surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

Analytical Chemistry 2003 August 16
Complexes formed between G-quadruplex (G4)-conformed oligonucleotides and four ethidium derivatives were studied by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to detail the topology of complexes that support a G4 stabilization. Ethidium bromide (EB), which presents a weak ability to stabilize oligonucleotides in G4 conformation, displayed no SERS intensity modification when bound to G4, as compared with the free EB. Three ethidium derivatives have been selected due to their higher ability to stabilize G4 than EB. Bound with G4-conformed oligonucleotides, SERS intensity of these three ethidiums decreased by factors of about 6, 3.5, and 15. The high SERS quenching was interpreted as a loss of accessibility of silver colloids for G4-bound ethidiums. This could represent a new selective parameter useful to identify G4-stabilizing molecules. To apraise the role of the oligonucleotide sequence on the interaction mode, complexes were formed with eight G4-conformed oligonucleotides in which the three loops were either 5'-TTA-3' or 5'-AAA-3'. Spectra of ethidiums were sensitive to both lateral loops, opposite to the 3' and 5' G4 ends. The sequence of these loops are believed to be selective in the interaction mode of ethidiums for G4.

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