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Interactions of acridine orange with nucleic acids. Properties of complexes of acridine orange with single stranded ribonucleic acid.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6197975     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Interactions between acridine orange (AO) and nucleic acids (calf thymus DNA, and homoribo- and homodeoxyribo-polynucleotides) were studied in solutions containing ethanol as a cosolvent. Light absorption, scattering and luminescence were measured as a function of AO concentration at different dye/phosphate (D/P) ratios, and the data were analyzed using the McGhee-von Hippel probabilistic model of the polymer-ligand interactions. The absorption spectra of AO complexes with four homoribopolymers are presented. The intrinsic association constants and cooperativity coefficients of the formation of the complexes were calculated. The effects of ethanol (up to 35%, v/v) on these interactions were concentration dependent and may be extrapolated to zero concentration of this cosolvent. The possibility of destabilization of the double helix of nucleic acids by AO at high D/P ratios is discussed in light of the available thermodynamic data.
Authors:
J Kapuscinski; Z Darzynkiewicz; M R Melamed
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochemical pharmacology     Volume:  32     ISSN:  0006-2952     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochem. Pharmacol.     Publication Date:  1983 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1984-02-14     Completed Date:  1984-02-14     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0101032     Medline TA:  Biochem Pharmacol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3679-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acridine Orange / pharmacology*
Animals
Binding Sites / drug effects
Cattle
Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry
DNA / analysis*
Ethanol
Light
Models, Chemical
RNA / analysis*
Scattering, Radiation
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Spectrophotometry
Thymus Gland / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA-14134/CA/NCI NIH HHS; CA-232-96/CA/NCI NIH HHS; CA-28704/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
63231-63-0/RNA; 64-17-5/Ethanol; 65-61-2/Acridine Orange; 9007-49-2/DNA

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