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Real-Time Monitoring of Protein Conformational Changes Using a Nano-Mechanical Sensor

Alonso-Sarduy, Livan  
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De Los Rios, Paolo  
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Benedetti, Fabrizio  
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2014
Plos One

Proteins can switch between different conformations in response to stimuli, such as pH or temperature variations, or to the binding of ligands. Such plasticity and its kinetics can have a crucial functional role, and their characterization has taken center stage in protein research. As an example, Topoisomerases are particularly interesting enzymes capable of managing tangled and supercoiled double-stranded DNA, thus facilitating many physiological processes. In this work, we describe the use of a cantilever-based nanomotion sensor to characterize the dynamics of human topoisomerase II (Topo II) enzymes and their response to different kinds of ligands, such as ATP, which enhance the conformational dynamics. The sensitivity and time resolution of this sensor allow determining quantitatively the correlation between the ATP concentration and the rate of Topo II conformational changes. Furthermore, we show how to rationalize the experimental results in a comprehensive model that takes into account both the physics of the cantilever and the dynamics of the ATPase cycle of the enzyme, shedding light on the kinetics of the process. Finally, we study the effect of aclarubicin, an anticancer drug, demonstrating that it affects directly the Topo II molecule inhibiting its conformational changes. These results pave the way to a new way of studying the intrinsic dynamics of proteins and of protein complexes allowing new applications ranging from fundamental proteomics to drug discovery and development and possibly to clinical practice.

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research article
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0103674
Web of Science ID

WOS:000339954800065

Author(s)
Alonso-Sarduy, Livan  
De Los Rios, Paolo  
Benedetti, Fabrizio  
Vobornik, Dusan  
Dietler, Giovanni  
Kasas, Sandor  
Longo, Giovanni  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Public Library of Science

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Plos One
Volume

9

Issue

7

Article Number

e103674

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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October 23, 2014
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