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Date publication

avril 2021

Journal

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GRANDEMANGE Stéphanie


Tous les auteurs :
Miclot T, Corbier C, Terenzi A, Hognon C, Grandemange S, Barone G, Monari A

Résumé

Human telomeric DNA,in G-quadruplex (G4) conformation, is characterized by a remarkable structural stability that confers it the capacity to resist to oxidative stress producing one or even clustered 8-oxoguanine (8oxoG) lesions. We present a combined experimental/computational investigation, by using circular dichroism in aqueous solutions, cellular immunofluorescence assays and molecular dynamics simulations, that identifies the crucial role of the stability of G4s to oxidative lesions, related also to their biological role as inhibitors of telomerase, an enzyme overexpressed in most cancers associated to oxidative stress.

Mots clés

Guanine quadruplexes, Molecular dynamics, electronic circular dichroism, immunofluorescence, oxidative DNA lesions

Référence

Chemistry. 2021 Apr 19;: