title: Affinity gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids. Specific base- and shape-selective separation of DNA and RNA on polyacrylamide-nucleobase conjugated gel.
abstract: Two types of affinity gels consisting of cross-linked polyacrylamide and affinity ligands possessing nucleic acid bases were prepared. One type of gel was polyacrylamide-poly(vinylnucleobase) conjugated gel, where the poly(vinylnucleobase) such as poly(9-vinyladenine) (PVAd) bearing a nucleobase in the side-chain was entrapped in the gel matrix. The other type of gel, in which a nucleobase such as adenine is chemically bonded to polyacrylamide gel, was prepared by copolymerization of acrylamide, cross-linker and 9-vinyladenine. These affinity gels, especially the former, demonstrated characteristic nucleobase- and shape-selective separation of nucleic acids. The gels showed high affinity for single-stranded DNA and both single- and double-stranded polynucleotides and could separate a double-stranded DNA in mixtures of double-stranded DNA and polynucleotides. The electrophoretic mobilities of poly(uridylic acid) and poly(inosinic acid) were selectively retarded even in the presence of 7 M urea. The electrophoretic behaviours of nucleic acids on the polyacrylamide-PVAd conjugated gels were compared with those on the agarose-PVAd conjugated gel. The effects of urea, temperature and concentration of PVAd were also examined. The polyacrylamide-PVAd conjugated gel served to elucidate interactions between PVAd and nucleic acids that could not be detected by usual spectroscopic methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yashima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suehiro
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akashi
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000737:chemistry; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000225:Adenine; D004247:DNA; D011145:Polyvinyls; D012313:RNA; D000099166:Polyacrylamides; C012002:poly(9-vinyladenine)