cis- and trans-Diamminedichloroplatinum(II) Interstrand Cross-Linking of a Defined Sequence Nucleosomal Core Particle

• Published in: Biochemistry (Easton) Vol. 39; no. 51; pp. 16046 - 16055
• Main Authors: Millard, Julie T, Wilkes, Erin E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 26-12-2000
• Subjects: Animals; Autoradiography; Base Sequence; Chickens; Cisplatin - chemistry; Cisplatin - metabolism; Cross-Linking Reagents - chemistry; Cross-Linking Reagents - metabolism; Diamminedichloroplatinum (II); DNA - chemistry; DNA - metabolism; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; Erythrocytes - metabolism; Histones - chemistry; Hydrolysis; Hydroxyl Radical - chemistry; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleosomes - chemistry; Nucleosomes - genetics; Nucleosomes - metabolism; platination; RNA, Ribosomal, 5S - chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 5S - genetics; rRNA 5S gene; Stereoisomerism; Xenopus - genetics; Xenopus borealis
• ISSN: 0006-2960; 1520-4995
• DOI: 10.1021/bi0022285

Interstrand cross-linking studies with the antitumor drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) and its clinically inactive isomer, trans-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), were performed on a fragment of the 5S rRNA gene of Xenopus borealis in the free and nucleosomal state. 5S nucleosomes were formed via histone octamer exchange from chicken erythrocyte core particles. Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to probe the ability of platinated DNA to reconstitute into core particles. Both isomers negatively impacted reconstitution when histones were present during incubation with the drug. When histones were not present during the drug treatment, platinated DNA was successfully reconstituted into core particles. These results suggest that platination of histones impedes reconstitution of free DNA. However, already-formed core particles were not disrupted upon platination. Sites of interstrand cross-linking were probed through denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and quantitative phosphorimagery. We found both site-specific enhancement and depression of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) cross-linking in the nucleosomal samples relative to free DNA at both drug concentrations that were tested (0.01 and 0.0025 mM). trans-Diamminedichloroplatinum(II) exhibited no detectable differences in the interstrand cross-linking of free and nucleosomal samples.