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Dializa równowagowa. Metoda badania selektywności oddziaływań ligand.DNA

Czerwińska I., Głuszyńska A., Juskowiak B.

Wiadomości Chemiczne

2010

[Z] 64, 1-2

105-122

Equilibrium or competition dialysis is a powerful tool for binding study of ligands that are expected to bind to nucleic acids with selectivity related to their structure or sequence. In the equilibrium dialysis experiment, a set of nucleic acid samples that differ in structure and sequence is dialyzed against a test ligand solution. After equilibration, the concentration of ligand bound to each structure or sequence is determined by UV-Vis absorption or fluorescence spectroscopy in each dialysis unit. Since all nucleic acid samples are in equilibrium with the same free ligand concentration, the amount of bound ligand is directly related to the ligand binding affinity. Thus, equilibrium provides a direct measure of selectivity and identifies the nucleic acid sample, which is preferred by a particular ligand. We describe here the principles and practice of the method. Examples of an application of the method are limited to the discovery of small molecules that selectively recognize the unique structural features of G-quadruplexes. There are proofs for important functional roles of G-quadruplex structures in biology (maintenance of telomeres, transcriptional regulation, and modulation of mRNA translation). G-quadruplex DNA can exist in a variety of structural forms that may possess numerous potential binding sites for small molecules. Therefore equilibrium dialysis provides a useful tool for discovery of new mall-molecule therapeutic agents targeting G-quadruplexes.