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Damage induced to DNA by low-energy (0-30 eV) electrons under vacuum and atmospheric conditions.

Emilie Brun1, Pierre Cloutier1, Cécile Sicard-Roselli1, Michel Fromm1, Léon Sanche1 •
University of Franche-Comté1
23 Jul 2009-Journal of Physical Chemistry B (American Chemical Society)-Vol. 113, Iss: 29, pp 10008-10013
TL;DR: It is shown that it is possible to obtain data on DNA damage induced by low-energy (0-30 eV) electrons under atmospheric conditions and the differences in damage yields recorded with the gold and glass substrates is essentially attributed to the interaction of low- energy electrons with DNA under vacuum and hydrated conditions.
Abstract: In this study, we show that it is possible to obtain data on DNA damage induced by low-energy (0-30 eV) electrons under atmospheric conditions. Five monolayer films of plasmid DNA (3197 base pairs) deposited on glass and gold substrates are irradiated with 1.5 keV X-rays in ultrahigh vacuum and under atmospheric conditions. The total damage is analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The damage produced on the glass substrate is attributed to energy absorption from X-rays, whereas that produced on the gold substrate arises from energy absorption from both the X-ray beam and secondary electrons emitted from the gold surface. By analysis of the energy of these secondary electrons, 96% are found to have energies below 30 eV with a distribution peaking at 1.4 eV. The differences in damage yields recorded with the gold and glass substrates is therefore essentially attributed to the interaction of low-energy electrons with DNA under vacuum and hydrated conditions. From these results, the G values for low-energy electrons are determined to be four and six strand breaks per 100 eV, respectively.

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Jump to: [Atmospheric Conditions] – [II. Experimental Methods] – [III. Results] – [IV. Discussion] and [V. Conclusion]

Atmospheric Conditions

  • Émilie Brun,† Pierre Cloutier,‡ Cécile Sicard-Roselli,† Michel Fromm,§ and Léon Sanche*,†,‡ Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, UniVersité Paris-Sud 11, Bât.
  • The authors present knowledge of LEE-biomolecule interactions arises from both theoretical and experimental investigations.
  • Molecules that could be evaporated in a vacuum environment without decomposition have usually been studied as gases, but some studies have also been reported on solid molecular films.
  • 23,24 The apparatus is equipped with an Al KR X-ray source, but the metal target can be replaced for X-ray emission at other characteristic energies.
  • To delineate the portion of DNA damage caused by X-rays and that arising from LEE interactions, the authors performed experiments with films deposited on an insulator and the electron-emitting gold surface under different environmental conditions.

II. Experimental Methods

  • PGEM-3Zf(-) plasmid DNA (3197 base pairs, Promega) was extracted from Escherichia coli DH5R and purified with the QIAfilter Plasmid Giga Kit .
  • The stock solution concentration was approximatively 50 ng ·µL-1. DNA purity was checked by recording the ratio between absorbances at 260 and 280 nm.27-29 Sample Preparation.
  • The lyophilized samples were exposed to the Al KR X-rays produced, under atmospheric conditions, from a cold-cathode transmission target X-ray tube.
  • The discharge electron current is controlled by the stabilized circulation of the N2 gas with the leak valve.
  • The absorbed dose rate in water, according to the ionization chamber measurement, was 2.1 Gy ·min-1. A linear relationship between log10(I0/I) and the dose was obtained in the range 0-100 Gy.

III. Results

  • Within experimental error, the loss of the supercoiled form is a linear function of the photon fluence.
  • The enhancement factors (EF) derived from these values appear on the right.
  • As expected, the gold substrate enhances DNA damage.
  • The percentage yields derived from the slope of these curves are given in the second line of Table 1.
  • For 0-30 eV SE, the energy distribution η(Ek) was calculated using33 where ηs is a coefficient that normalizes the yield of SEs having kinetic energy of Ek and W is the work function of gold, that is, 4.8 eV.34 Ninety-six percent of these SEs have energies below 30 eV, and the average energy for these electrons is 5.9 eV.

IV. Discussion

  • Given the mass absorption coefficient of DNA36 and the formula for transmitted photons (Xtrans in the Supporting Information), one can calculate that within a 5 ML film, 0.2% of 1.5 keV photons interact with DNA, while the rest pass through DNA.
  • Thus, DNA damage is induced by both X-ray photons and LEEs when DNA lies on a gold substrate.
  • In the presence of water, the G value of LEEs further increases by 50% whereas that of X-rays remains the same within instrumental error.
  • In dilute solution of DNA, the hydroxyl radical (OH) is considered to be the secondary species formed by water radiolysis that produces the largest amount of DNA damage.
  • The D(2S), O(3P2), and O(1D2) yields versus incident electron energy have an apparent threshold at ∼6.5 eV with a steadily increasing intensity.

V. Conclusion

  • The authors have shown that photoelectrons emitted from a gold substrate can be used as a source of low-energy electrons (LEEs) to irradiate DNA films under atmospheric conditions.
  • LEE damage to plasmid DNA with its hydratation shell was measured from comparison of results obtained with films deposited on gold and glass substrates.
  • The authors thank Ariane Dumont for providing us with the plasmid.
  • Details about of the calculations of the G values for photons and low-energy electrons, also known as Supporting Information Available.
  • This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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University of Cincinnati1
01 Mar 1997-BioTechniques
TL;DR: RNA A260/280 ratios are found to be more reliable and reproducible when these spectrophotometric measurements were performed at pH 8.0-8.5 and the ability to detect protein contamination was significantly improved when RNA wasSpectrophotometrically analyzed in an alkaline solution.
Abstract: The ratio of absorbance at 260 and 280 nm (the A260/280 ratio) is frequently used to assess the purity of RNA and DNA preparations. Data presented in this report demonstrate significant variability in the RNA A260/280 ratio when different sources of water were used to perform the spectrophotometric determinations. Adjusting the pH of water used for spectrophotometric analysis from approximately 5.4 to a slightly alkaline pH of 7.5-8.5 significantly increased RNA A260/280 ratios from approximately 1.5 to 2.0. Our studies revealed that changes in both the pH and ionic strength of the spectrophotometric solution influenced the A260/280 ratios. In addition, the ability to detect protein contamination was significantly improved when RNA was spectrophotometrically analyzed in an alkaline solution. UV spectral scans showed that the 260-nm RNA absorbance maximum observed in water was shifted by 2 nm to a lower wavelength when determinations were carried out in Na2HPO4 buffer at a pH of 8.5. We found RNA A260/280 ratios to be more reliable and reproducible when these spectrophotometric measurements were performed at pH 8.0-8.5 in 1-3 mM Na2HPO4 buffer.

450 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
DNA strand breaks induced by 0-4 eV electrons: the role of shape resonances.

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Frédéric Martin1, Paul Burrow2, Zhongli Cai1, Pierre Cloutier1, Darel J. Hunting1, Léon Sanche1 •
Université de Sherbrooke1, University of Nebraska–Lincoln2
03 Aug 2004-Physical Review Letters
TL;DR: Collisions of 0-4 eV electrons with thin DNA films are shown to produce single strand breaks, which support aspects of a theoretical study by Barrios et al. indicating that such a mechanism could produce strand breaks in DNA.
Abstract: Collisions of 0--4 eV electrons with thin DNA films are shown to produce single strand breaks. The yield is sharply structured as a function of electron energy and indicates the involvement of ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{*}$ shape resonances in the bond breaking process. The cross sections are comparable in magnitude to those observed in other compounds in the gas phase in which ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{*}$ electrons are transferred through the molecule to break a remote bond. The results therefore support aspects of a theoretical study by Barrios et al. [J. Phys. B 106, 7991 (2002)] indicating that such a mechanism could produce strand breaks in DNA.

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The biochemistry of the nucleic acids

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J. N. Davidson
01 Jan 1969
TL;DR: The biochemistry of the nucleic acids is studied in detail in order to establish a clear picture of the role of phosphorous and nitrogen in the structure of DNA.
Abstract: The biochemistry of the nucleic acids , The biochemistry of the nucleic acids , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

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Q1. What are the contributions in "Damage induced to dna by low-energy (0-30 ev) electrons under vacuum and atmospheric conditions" ?

Brun et al. this paper showed that photoelectrons emitted from a gold substrate can be used as a source of low-energy electrons ( LEEs ) to irradiate DNA films under atmospheric conditions.