This work analyzes the involvement of arginines in copper/H2O2-induced DNA breakage. Copper is a highly redox active metal which has been demonstrated to form compounds with arginines. For this aim we used mixtures of pGEM3 DNA plasmid and two types of H1 histones which differ only in their arginine content. The sperm H1 histone from the annelid worm Chaetopterus variopedatus (arginine content 12.6 mol% K/R ratio 2) and the somatic H1 histone from calf thymus (arginine content 1.8 mol% and K/R ratio 15). Copper/H2O2-induced DNA breakage was observed only in presence of sperm H1 histones, but it was more relevant for the native molecule than for the deguanidinated derivative (K/R ratio 14), in which 80% of arginine residues were converted to ornithine. Further, copper induced proteinase K resistance and increase of DNA binding affinity on native sperm H1 histones. These observations are consistent with a copper induced reorganization of the side-chains of arginine residues. Copper, instead, did not affect DNA binding affinity of somatic and deguanidinated H1 histones, which show similar K/R ratio and DNA binding mode. These results indicate that arginine residues could affect these H1 histones properties and provide new insights into copper toxicity mechanisms.

Relevance of arginine residues in Cu(II)-induced DNA breakage and Proteinase K resistance of H1 histones / Piscopo, Marina; Trifuoggi, Marco; Scarano, Carmela; Gori, Carla; Giarra, Antonella; Febbraio, Ferdinando. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 8:(2018). [10.1038/s41598-018-25784-z]

Relevance of arginine residues in Cu(II)-induced DNA breakage and Proteinase K resistance of H1 histones

Marina Piscopo
Writing – Review & Editing
;
Marco Trifuoggi
Formal Analysis
;
SCARANO, CARMELA
Investigation
;
Antonella Giarra
Formal Analysis
;
and Ferdinando Febbraio
Writing – Review & Editing
2018

Abstract

This work analyzes the involvement of arginines in copper/H2O2-induced DNA breakage. Copper is a highly redox active metal which has been demonstrated to form compounds with arginines. For this aim we used mixtures of pGEM3 DNA plasmid and two types of H1 histones which differ only in their arginine content. The sperm H1 histone from the annelid worm Chaetopterus variopedatus (arginine content 12.6 mol% K/R ratio 2) and the somatic H1 histone from calf thymus (arginine content 1.8 mol% and K/R ratio 15). Copper/H2O2-induced DNA breakage was observed only in presence of sperm H1 histones, but it was more relevant for the native molecule than for the deguanidinated derivative (K/R ratio 14), in which 80% of arginine residues were converted to ornithine. Further, copper induced proteinase K resistance and increase of DNA binding affinity on native sperm H1 histones. These observations are consistent with a copper induced reorganization of the side-chains of arginine residues. Copper, instead, did not affect DNA binding affinity of somatic and deguanidinated H1 histones, which show similar K/R ratio and DNA binding mode. These results indicate that arginine residues could affect these H1 histones properties and provide new insights into copper toxicity mechanisms.
2018
Relevance of arginine residues in Cu(II)-induced DNA breakage and Proteinase K resistance of H1 histones / Piscopo, Marina; Trifuoggi, Marco; Scarano, Carmela; Gori, Carla; Giarra, Antonella; Febbraio, Ferdinando. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 8:(2018). [10.1038/s41598-018-25784-z]
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