Sequence-Specific Single-Molecule Analysis of 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine Lesions in DNA Based on Unzipping Kinetics of Complementary Probes in Ion Channel Recordings

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• 作者：Anna E. P. Schibel ; Aaron M. Fleming ; Qian Jin ; Na An ; Jin Liu ; Charles P. Blakemore ; Henry S. White ; Cynthia J. Burrows
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 21, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：133
• 期：37
• 页码：14778-14784
• 全文大小：934K
• 年卷期：v.133,no.37(September 21, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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Translocation measurements of intact DNA strands with the ion channel 伪-hemolysin (伪-HL) are limited to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) experiments as the dimensions of the channel prevent double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) translocation; however, if a short oligodeoxynucleotide is used to interrogate a longer ssDNA strand, it is possible to unzip the duplex region when it is captured in the 伪-HL vestibule, allowing the longer strand to translocate through the 伪-HL channel. This unzipping process has a characteristic duration based on the stability of the duplex. Here, ion channel recordings are used to detect the presence and relative location of the oxidized damage site 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (OG) in a sequence-specific manner. OG engages in base pairing to C or A with unique stabilities relative to native base Watson鈥揅rick pairings, and this phenomenon is used here to engineer probe sequences (10鈥?5mers) that, when base-paired with a 65mer sequence of interest, containing either G or OG at a single site, produce characteristic unzipping times that correspond well with the duplex melting temperature (T_m). Unzipping times also depend on the direction from which the duplex enters the vestibule if the stabilities of leading base pairs at the ends of the duplex are significantly different. It is shown here that the presence of a single DNA lesion can be distinguished from an undamaged sequence and that the relative location of the damage site can be determined based on the duration of duplex unzipping.