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Exploring the stabilizing effect on the i-motif of neighboring structural motifs and drugs
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Cytosine-rich DNA sequences may fold into a structure known as i-motif, with potential in vivo modulation of gene expression. The stability of the i-motif is residual at neutral pH values. To increase it, the addition of neighboring moieties, such as Watson-Crick stabilized loops, tetrads, or non-canonical base pairs have been proposed. Taking a recently described i-motif structure as a model, the relative effect of these structural moieties, as well as several DNA ligands, on the stabilization of the i-motif has been studied. To this end, not only the original sequence but different mutants were considered. Spectroscopic techniques, PAGE, and multivariate data analysis methods have been used to model the folding/unfolding equilibria induced by changes of pH, temperature, and the presence of ligands. The results have shown that the duplex is the moiety that is responsible of the stabilization of the i-motif structure at neutral pH. The T:T base pair, on the contrary, shows little stabilization of the i-motif. From several selected DNA-binding ligands, the G-quadruplex ligand BA41 is shown to interact with the duplex moiety, whereas non-specific interaction and little stabilization has been observed within the i-motif.
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RODRÍGUEZ, Judit, DOMÍNGUEZ, Arnau, AVIÑÓ ANDRÉS, Anna, BORGONOVO, Gigliola, ERITJA I CASADELLÀ, Ramon, MAZZINI, Stefania, GARGALLO GÓMEZ, Raimundo. Exploring the stabilizing effect on the i-motif of neighboring structural motifs and drugs. _International Journal of Biological Macromolecules_. 2023. Vol. 242, núm. 124794. [consulta: 24 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0141-8130. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/199505]