Peroxynitrite-induced conformational changes in DNA that lead to cell death: UV, CD spectral, molecular dynamics simulation and FACS analysis

Peroxynitrite is known to react with biomolecules leading to their structural and function alteration. Structural alteration in DNA induced by peroxynitrite is not clearly known. The current study was carried out to decipher the changes induced by peroxynitrite using UV-Vis spectra, circular dichrom...

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Published in:Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids nucleotides & nucleic acids, 2021-01, Vol.40 (1), p.1-15
Main Authors: Anushree, G., Aravind, P., Vinod, D., Hemalatha, N., Girisha, S. T., Devaraju, K. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apoptosis
Bcl-2 protein
Caspase
Cell death
circular dichroism
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Flow cytometry
Gene expression
Molecular dynamics
molecular dynamics simulation
Peroxynitrite
Peroxynitrite (PXN)
Pheochromocytoma cells
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Summary:Peroxynitrite is known to react with biomolecules leading to their structural and function alteration. Structural alteration in DNA induced by peroxynitrite is not clearly known. The current study was carried out to decipher the changes induced by peroxynitrite using UV-Vis spectra, circular dichrometry, molecular dynamics simulation followed by restriction digestion. Apoptotic markers Bax, Bcl-2 and caspase genes were also studied by FACS in peroxynitrite induced PC12 cells. The results obtained showed that PXN binds to DNA leading to hyperchromicity of DNA in the presence of PXN over a period of time and the same was established by In silico studies where PXN modifies the DNA to accommodate itself into the stacking and brings about the significant structural alterations. Further, FACS studies reveal that Bcl-2 gene expression was down regulated whereas BAXand caspase genes were up regulated compared to control concluding that PXN induces apoptotic cell death in PC12 cells
ISSN:1525-7770
1532-2335
DOI:10.1080/15257770.2020.1809673