title: Immunological and spectroscopic studies of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) modified by cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II).
abstract: The conformational changes induced by the binding of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) to poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) have been studied by reaction with specific antibodies, by circular dichroism and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance. Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to Z-DNA bind to platinated poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) at low and high ionic strength. Antibodies elicited in rabbits immunized with the platinated polynucleotide bind to double stranded polynucleotides known to adopt the Z-conformation. At low and high ionic strength the circular dichroism spectrum of platinated poly(dG-dC).poly(dG- dC) does not resemble that of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) (B or Z conformation). At low ionic strength, the characteristic 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the Z-form is not detected. It appears only at high ionic strength, as a component of a more complex spectrum.
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D002945:Cisplatin; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; C019530:poly(dC-dG); D002945:Cisplatin