General peroxidase activity of a parallel G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzyme formed by Pu39WT - a mixed G-quadruplex forming sequence in the Bcl-2 P1 promoter

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 1-7 - 2014
Bo Liu1, Da Li1, Hong Shang1
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Hospital of China, Medical University, Shenyang, China

Tóm tắt

A 39-base-pair sequence (Pu39WT) located 58 to 19 base pairs upstream of the Bcl-2 P1 promoter has been implicated in the formation of an intramolecular mixed G-quadruplex structure and is believed to play a major role in the regulation of bcl-2 transcription. However, an extensive functional exploration requires further investigation. To further exploit the structure–function relationship of the Pu39WT-hemin DNAzyme, the secondary structure and peroxidase activity of the Pu39WT-hemin complex were investigated. Experimental results showed that when Pu39WT was incubated with hemin, it formed a uniparallel G-quadruplex-hemin complex in K+ or Na+ solution, rather than a mixed hybrid without bound hemin. Also, Pu39WT-hemin showed peroxidase activity (ABTS2−) in the presence of H2O2 to produce the colored radical anion (ABTS•-), which could then be used to determine the parameters governing the catalytic efficiency and reveal the peroxidase activity of the Pu39WT-hemin DNAzyme. These results demonstrate the general peroxidase activity of Pu39WT-hemin DNAzyme, which is an intramolecular parallel G-quadruplex structure. This peroxidase activity of hemin complexed with the G-quadruplex-forming sequence in the Bcl-2 gene promoter may imply a potential mechanism of hemin-mediated cellular injury.

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