RT Journal Article
T1 Interaction of silver atomic quantum clusters with living organisms: bactericidal effect of Ag3 clusters mediated by disruption of topoisomerase–DNA complexes
A1 Neissa Vásques, José Ignacio
A1 Pérez Arnaiz, Cristina
A1 Porto, V.
A1 Busto, Natalia
A1 Borrajo Alonso, Erea
A1 Leal, José M.
A1 López Quintela, Manuel Arturo
A1 García, Begoña
A1 Domínguez Puente, Fernando Ignacio
AB Essential processes for living cells such as transcription and replication depend on the formation of specific protein–DNA recognition complexes. Proper formation of such complexes requires suitable fitting between the protein surface and the DNA surface. By adopting doxorubicin (DOX) as a model probe, we report here that Ag3 atomic quantum clusters (Ag-AQCs) inhibit the intercalation of DOX into DNA and have considerable influence on the interaction of DNA-binding proteins such as topoisomerase IV, Escherichia coli DNA gyrase and the restriction enzyme HindIII. Ag-AQCs at nanomolar concentrations inhibit enzyme activity. The inhibitory effect of Ag-AQCs is dose-dependent and occurs by intercalation into DNA. All these effects, not observed in the presence of Ag+ ions, can explain the powerful bactericidal activity of Ag-AQCs, extending the knowledge of silver bactericidal properties. Lastly, we highlight the interest of the interaction of Ag clusters with living organisms, an area that should be further explored due to the potential consequences that it might have, both beneficial and harmful.
PB Royal Society of Chemistry
SN 2041-6520
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23059
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23059
LA eng
NO Neissa, J., Pérez-Arnaiz, C., Porto, V., Busto, N., Borrajo, E., Leal, J. M., López-Quintela, M. A., García, B., & Dominguez, F. (2015). Interaction of silver atomic quantum clusters with living organisms: Bactericidal effect of Ag 3 clusters mediated by disruption of topoisomerase–DNA complexes. Chemical Science, 6(12), 6717-6724. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC02022K
NO This work was supported by Obra Social“la Caixa” (OSLC-2012-007), European Commission through FEDER program (0681 InveNNta 1 E); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (MAT2010-20442, MAT2011-28673-C02-01); MINECO, Spain (MAT2012-36754-C02-01 and CTQ2014-58812-C2-2-R), Xunta de Galicia, Spain (GRC2013-044, FEDER Funds). C. P.-A. is grateful for the FPU grant from Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Madrid, Spain (FPU13/00180)
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