title: Study on the genotoxic interaction of methyl violet with calf thymus DNA.
abstract: By utilizing ultraviolet (UV)-visible absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD), resonance light scattering (RLS), and transmission electron microscope (TEM) techniques, the toxic interaction of methyl violet (MV) with calf thymus DNA (ctDNA) was investigated at the molecular level. The UV-visible absorption spectra results showed that MV intercalated into ctDNA base pairs at low MV concentrations, while MV was attached to the negative charged phosphate groups at higher concentrations and the binding constant (K(theta)(25 degrees C)) was 1.80 x 10(3) L mol(-1). The absorbency results showed that the genotoxic interaction of MV with ctDNA is under the electrostatic binding mode. MV had strong toxic interaction with ctDNA at 4.0 x 10(-5) mol L(-1) MV and pH 6.5. The toxic interaction of MV with ctDNA can result in the formation of massive aggregates and change of the ctDNA conformation, which showed a significant linear dose-response relationship.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 27# Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhenxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Rutao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xingchen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yajing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Bingjun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Canzhu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects*; D005840:Gentian Violet / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; C427203:calf thymus DNA; D005840:Gentian Violet