Monitoring DNA–Ligand Interactions in Living Human Cells Using NMR Spectroscopy

Autor: Michaela Krafčíková, Silvie Foldynová-Trantírková, Coralie Caron, Tomáš Loja, Tomas Fessl, Radovan Fiala, Simon Dzatko, Robert Hänsel-Hertsch, Jean-Louis Mergny, Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou, Anton Granzhan, Lukáš Trantírek
Přispěvatelé: Chimie, Modélisation et Imagerie pour la Biologie [Orsay], Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut Curie [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, 2019, 141 (34), pp.13281-13285. ⟨10.1021/jacs.9b03031⟩
ISSN: 0002-7863
1520-5126
Popis: Studies on DNA-ligand interactions in the cellular environment are problematic due to the lack of suitable biophysical tools. To address this need, we developed an in-cell NMR-based approach for monitoring DNA-ligand interactions inside the nuclei of living human cells. Our method relies on the acquisition of NMR data from cells electroporated with preformed DNA-ligand complexes. The impact of the intracellular environment on the integrity of the complexes is assessed based on in-cell NMR signals from unbound and ligand-bound forms of a given DNA target. This technique was tested on complexes of two model DNA fragments and four ligands, namely, a representative DNA minor-groove binder (netropsin) and ligands binding DNA base-pairing defects (naphthalenophanes). In the latter case, we demonstrate that two of the three in vitro-validated ligands retain their ability to form stable interactions with their model target DNA in cellulo, whereas the third one loses this ability due to off-target interactions with genomic DNA and cellular metabolites. Collectively, our data suggest that direct evaluation of the behavior of drug-like molecules in the intracellular environment provides important insights into the development of DNA-binding ligands with desirable biological activity and minimal side effects resulting from off-target binding.
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