Anisha Shakya1, Casey A Dougherty1, Yi Xue2, Hashim M Al-Hashimi2, Mark M Banaszak Holl1. 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States. 2. Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Duke University Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States.
Abstract
A combination of solution NMR, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and fluorescence quenching assays were employed to obtain insights into the dynamics and structural features of a polyplex system consisting of HIV-1 transactivation response element (TAR) and PEGylated generation 5 poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (G5-PEG). NMR chemical shift mapping and (13)C spin relaxation based dynamics measurements depict the polyplex system as a highly dynamic assembly where the RNA, with its local structure and dynamics preserved, rapidly exchanges (<ms) between free and polyplex-bound forms, at least for the probed N/P ratios. Recovery of quenched fluorescence shows that RNA in the polyplex can be competitively exchanged over a wide range of amine to phosphate (N/P) charge ratios. The rapid exchange between free and bound forms may contribute to the mechanism by which RNA is released into the cell upon delivery while being protected by the polyplex environment from immediate degradation by nucleases.
A combination of solution n class="Chemical">NMR, dynamic light scattering (DLS), anpan>d fluorescence quenching assays were employed to obtain insights into the dynamics anpan>d structural features of a polyplex system consisting of pan> class="Species">HIV-1 transactivation response element (TAR) and PEGylated generation 5 poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (G5-PEG). NMR chemical shift mapping and (13)C spin relaxation based dynamics measurements depict the polyplex system as a highly dynamic assembly where the RNA, with its local structure and dynamics preserved, rapidly exchanges (<ms) between free and polyplex-bound forms, at least for the probed N/P ratios. Recovery of quenched fluorescence shows that RNA in the polyplex can be competitively exchanged over a wide range of amine to phosphate (N/P) charge ratios. The rapid exchange between free and bound forms may contribute to the mechanism by which RNA is released into the cell upon delivery while being protected by the polyplex environment from immediate degradation by nucleases.
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