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ISCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102661
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-1800239]
- Pelotonia Fellowship Program
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A novel chemical nuclease has been demonstrated to selectively cleave G-quadruplex DNA without enhancing its stability, confirming the formation of G-quadruplex telomeric DNA in live cells.
G-quadruplex structures are associated with various biological activities, while in vivo evidence is essential to confirm the formation of G-quadruplexes inside cells. Most conventional agents that recognize G-quadruplex, including antibodies and small-molecule G-quadruplex ligands, either stabilize the G-quadruplex or prevent G-quadruplex unfolding by helicase, thereby artificially increasing the G-quadruplex levels in cells. Unambiguous study of G-quadruplexes at natural cellular levels requires agents that do not enhance the stability of G-quadruplex. Herein, we report the first example of nonperturbative chemical nucleases that do not influence the stability of G-quadruplex telomeric DNA but can selectively cleave G-quadruplex DNA over duplex DNA. These chemical nucleases can be readily taken up by cells and promote selective cleavage of telomeric DNA with low levels of nonselective DNA cleavage of other regions of the genome. The cleavage of G-quadruplex telomeric DNA by nonperturbative chemical nucleases confirms the formation of G-quadruplex telomeric DNA in live cells.
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