Exploiting G‐Quadruplex‐DNA Damage as a Tool to Quantify Singlet Oxygen Production.

Autor:	De Paepe, Lessandro, Madder, Annemieke, Cadoni, Enrico
Předmět:	REACTIVE oxygen species NUCLEOTIDE sequence NUCLEIC acids CIRCULAR DNA DNA damage
Zdroj:	Small Methods; Oct2024, Vol. 8 Issue 10, p1-9, 9p
Abstrakt:	G‐Quadruplexes (G4s) are highly dynamic and polymorphic nucleic acid structures that can adopt a variety of conformations. When exposed to oxidative conditions, more specifically singlet oxygen, the guanosine nucleobases can be oxidized, which in turn can affect the conformation and folding of the G4. Based on this peculiar phenomenon, it is rationalized that G4s can serve as quantification sensors for the production of singlet oxygen. Here, a method for determining the quantum yield of singlet oxygen generation for visible as well as UV‐light excited photosensitizers, using a short G4 DNA sequence, readily available from common DNA companies, as a biological and water‐soluble probe, is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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