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| Solution structure of the biologically relevant g-quadruplex element in the human c-MYC promoter. implications for g-quadruplex stabilization |
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| Author(s): Ambrus A, Chen D, Dai JX, Jones RA, Yang DZ |
| Source: BIOCHEMISTRY Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Pages: 2048-2058 Published: FEB 15 2005 |
| Times Cited: 88 References: 31 |
| Abstract: The nuclease hypersensitivity element III1, (NHE III1) of the c-MYC promoter strongly controls the transcriptional activity of the c-MYC oncogene. The purine-rich strand of the NHE 111, element has been shown to be a silencer element for c-MYC transcription upon formation of a G-quadruplex structure. We have determined the predominant G-quadruplex structure of this silencer element in potassium solution by NMR. The G-quadruplex structure adopts an intramolecular parallel-stranded quadruplex conformation with three guanine tetrads and three side loops, including two single-nucleotide side loops and one double-nucleotide side loop, that connect the four guanine strands. The three side loops are very stable and well-defined. The 3'-flanking sequence forms a stable fold-back stacking conformation capping the top end of the G-quadruplex structure. The 5'-flanking A and G bases cap the bottom end of the G-quadruplex, with the adenine stacking very well with the bottom tetrad. This paper reports the first solution structure of a G-quadruplex found to form in the promoter region of an oncogene (c-MYC). This G-quadruplex structure is extremely stable, with a similar melting temperature (>85degreesC) to that of the wild-type 27-mer purine-rich NHE III1 sequence of the c-MYC promoter. This predominant quadruplex structure has been shown to be biologically relevant, and the structural information revealed in this research provides an important basis for the design of new drug candidates that specifically target the c-MYC G-quadruplex structure and modulate gene expression. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Yang, DZ (reprint author), Univ Arizona, Coll Pharm, 1703 E Mabel St, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA |
Addresses:
1. Univ Arizona, Coll Pharm, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
2. Rutgers State Univ, Dept Chem & Chem Biol, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
3. Arizona Canc Ctr, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA |
| Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| IDS Number: 896YB |
| ISSN: 0006-2960 |
| DOI: 10.1021/bi048242p |
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