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  • Title: Interaction between antibodies to Z-form deoxyribonucleic acid and double-stranded polynucleotides.
    Author: Malfoy B, Rousseau N, Leng M.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1982 Oct 26; 21(22):5463-7. PubMed ID: 7171568.
    Abstract:
    Antibodies to Z-DNA have been elicited in rabbits immunized with chloro(diethylenetriamine)platinum(II)chloride (Cl2dienPt) modified poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC). Under physiological conditions this polynucleotide in which 12% of the bases were substituted is in the Z form. The antibodies are mainly immunoglobulins G as shown by gel filtration of the antiserum and by ultracentrifugation of the antibodies purified on a Sepharose--poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) column. From the quantitative precipitin curve, it is concluded that each binding site of the antibody covers four nucleotide residues. The Z-form DNA-antibody complex is stabilized by electrostatic interactions. There was no interaction between poly(dI-br5dC).poly(dI-br5dC) in the Z form and the antibodies, which strongly suggests that the exocyclic amino group of guanine residues in Z-poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) interacts with the antibody binding site. The modification of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) by 2-(acetylamino)fluorene residues decreases but does not prevent the binding to the antibodies. It is also shown that the polynucleotide poly(dG-br5dC).poly(dG-br5dC) adopts the Z form over a large range of salt concentration [5 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride, pH 7.5, to 3 M NaCl].
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