江汉大学学报(自然科学版) ›› 2012, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 80-84.

• 生命科学 • 上一篇    下一篇

C60/Cu2+影响质粒DNA构象的复合效应研究

李佳1,林燕2,李准洁3,李正1,梁勇1   

  1. 1.江汉大学医学院,湖北武汉430056;
    2.华中农业大学资源与环境学院,湖北武汉430070;
    3.江汉大学生命科学学院,湖北武汉430056
  • 收稿日期:2012-07-06 出版日期:2012-10-20 发布日期:2013-11-07
  • 通讯作者: 梁勇(1976—),男,副教授,博士,研究方向:生态毒理学。E-mail:ly76@263.net
  • 作者简介:李佳(1981—),女,讲师,硕士,研究方向:生态毒理学。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(20907017,20890112

Combined Effect Study of C60/Cu2+ Affecting Plasmid DNA Conformation

LI Jia1,LIN Yan2,LI Zhun-jie3,LI Zheng1,LIANG Yong1   

  1. 1. School of Medicine,Jianghan University,Wuhan 430056,Hubei,China;
    2. College of Recourses and Environment,Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430074,China;
    3. College of Life Scicence,Jianghan University,Wuhan 430056,Hubei,China
  • Received:2012-07-06 Online:2012-10-20 Published:2013-11-07

摘要: 碳纳米材料的毒性效应日益受到广泛关注,通过比较研究多种非光催化条件下,富勒烯(C60)/Cu2+共存时对质粒DNA构象影响的复合作用,借以评估碳纳米材料的毒性效应。实验结果显示在非光催化条件下,C60/Cu2+可显著诱导DNA构象从超螺旋DNA转变成开环DNA,并且这种剪切效应随C60和Cu2+浓度的升高而增强;断裂后的DNA片段可重新被T4DNA连接酶连接成环状DNA,这说明C60/Cu2+的剪切位点为磷酸二酯键。另外,多种活性氧捕获剂均不能有效消除C60/Cu2+对DNA的剪切作用,这与Cu2+在DNA裂解中起主要作用相关。上述研究结果表明在非光催化条件下,C60/Cu2+可有效诱导DNA断裂,具有明显的复合效应,其潜在的基因毒性值得关注。

关键词: Cu2+, C60, T4DNA连接酶, ROS

Abstract: The toxic effects of carbon nanoparticles have been increasingly gaining attention. In this research, the combined effect of C60/Cu2+ on DNA conformation was comparatively studied by altering various reaction conditions, to assess the biological toxicity of carbon nanoparticles. The results showed that without photoexcitation, C60/Cu2+ could significantly induce the conversion of supercoiled DNA into nicked DNA, and this DNA cleavage effect was enhanced as the concentration of Cu2+ and C60 increased. Moreover, the cleaved DNA could be reconnected to circular DNA by T4 DNA ligase, which indicated that the phosphodiester bond was the splicing site of C60/Cu2+. In addition, various ROS savengers could not reduce the DNA cleavage effect of C60/Cu2+, which was relate to the feature that Cu2+ played a pivotal role in DNA cleavage. Taken together, these results demonstrated that C60/Cu2+ could significantly induce the DNA cleavage without photoexcitation, which exhibited obvious combined effect. Further consideration should be given in assessment of their potential genotoxicity.

Key words: Cu2+, C60, T4 DNA ligase, ROS

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