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X-ray Scattering from Immunostimulatory Tetrapod-Shaped DNA in Aqueous Solution To Explore Its Biological Activity–Conformation Relationship by Yusuke Sanada; Shunsuke Sakamoto; Tomoki Shiomi; Tadashi Okobira; Efstratios Mylonas; Noboru Ohta; Naoto Yagi; Makiya Nishikawa; Isamu Akiba; Yoshinobu Takakura; Kazuo Sakurai is a Chemistry article available to read on EtoBox.

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We carried out synchrotron X-ray scattering experiments from four DNA supermolecules designed to form tetrapod shapes; these supermolecules had different sequences but identical numbers of total base pairs, and each contained an immunostimulatory CpG motif. We confirmed that the supermolecules did indeed form the expected tetrapod shape. The sample that had the largest radius of gyration (Rg) induced the most cytokine secretion from cultured immune cells. Structural analysis in combination with a rigid tetrapod model and an atomic scale DNA model revealed that the larger Rg can be ascribed to dissociation of the DNA double strands in the central connecting portion of the DNA tetrapod. This finding suggests that the biological activity is related to the ease with which single DNA strands can be formed.

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Author

Yusuke Sanada; Shunsuke Sakamoto; Tomoki Shiomi; Tadashi Okobira; Efstratios Mylonas; Noboru Ohta; Naoto Yagi; Makiya Nishikawa; Isamu Akiba; Yoshinobu Takakura; Kazuo Sakurai

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Published

2014

Language

EN

Field

Chemistry (Physical Sciences)