Abstract :
[en] We investigated the interaction of the short PNA strand [acccca]-PNA with oligodeoxynucleotides containing one, two, or four tracts of TGGGGT units. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry allowed exploring the wide variety of complex stoichiometries that were found to coexist in solution. In water, the PNA strand forms short heteroduplexes with the complementary DNA sequences, but higher-order structures are also found, with PNA(2n)*DNA(n) triplex units, culminating in precipitation at very low ionic strength. In the presence of ammonium acetate, there is a competition between PNA*DNA heteroduplex formation and DNA G-quadruplex formation. Heteroduplex formation is favored when the PNA + DNA mixture in ammonium acetate is heated and cooled at room temperature, but not if the PNA is added at room temperature to the pre-formed G-quadruplex. We also found that the short [acccca]-PNA strand binds to G-quadruplexes. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers, 2008.
Commentary :
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Amato J, Oliviero G, De Pauw E, Gabelica V., Hybridization of short complementary PNAs to G-quadruplex forming oligonucleotides: An electrospray mass spectrometry study. Biopolymers. Published ahead of print on Dec. 8, 2008.
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