Label-free sensing and atomic force spectroscopy for the characterization of protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions: application to estrogen receptors.
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Date publication
mai 2011
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BOIREAU Wilfrid, Pr DELAGE-MOURROUX Régis, Dr ELIE-CAILLE Céline
Tous les auteurs :
Berthier A, Elie-Caille C, Lesniewska E, Delage-Mourroux R, Boireau W
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Résumé
In this paper we describe a new surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor dedicated to potential estrogenic compounds prescreening, by developing an estrogen receptor (ER) specific DNA chip. Through the covalent binding of a DNA strain wearing the estrogen response element (ERE) to an activated 6-mercapto-1-hexadecanoic acid and 11-mercapto-1-undecanol self-assembled monolayer on gold surface, the SPR biosensor allows to detect specifically, quickly, and without any labeling the binding of ER in the presence of estrogen. In parallel, we investigated the ER interaction with itself, in order to study the formation of ER dimer apparently needed to activate the gene expression through ERE interaction. For that, we engaged force spectroscopy experiments that allowed us to prove that ER needs estrogen for its dimerization. Moreover, these ER/ER intermolecular measurements enabled to propose an innovative screening tool for anti-estrogenic compounds, molecules of interest for hormono-dependent cancer therapy.
Référence
J Mol Recognit. 2011 May-Jun;24(3):429-35