title: Interaction of fusogenic peptides with an antisense oligonucleotide in solution and in the presence of micelles: conformational studies.
abstract: The conformational effect of the interaction between various fusogenic peptides and an 18mer single stranded antisense oligonucleotide (ODN), targeted towards the green fluorescent protein mRNA, has been studied by circular dichroism spectroscopy in water and in the presence of anionic lysolipid micelles. The peptides used were the third helix of Antennapedia homeodomain pAntp-(43-58), the flock house virus FHV-gamma-(364-407) peptide, and its N-terminal gamma1-(364-384) and C-terminal gamma2-(390-407) fragments. The most significant conformational changes were observed in ODN-pAntp-(43-58) and ODN-FHV-gamma2 complexes. The pAntp-(43-58) forms a complex with ODN through electrostatic interaction resulting in profound changes in the conformation of both the peptide and the ODN. In the case of FHV-gamma2 peptide the complex formation takes place without altering the structure of ODN, and the decreased ratio of deltaepsilon208/deltaepsilon222 reflects the insertion of the complexed peptide into the micelle.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center, P.O. Box 521, 6701 Szeged, Hungary. laczko@nucleus.szbk.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laczkó
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bottka
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malvy
authors.forename: J-R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hollósi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000838:Anions; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008823:Micelles; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008823:Micelles; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014867:Water