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Ion competition in condensed DNA arrays in the attractive regime.

Abstract：

:Physical origin of DNA condensation by multivalent cations remains unsettled. Here, we report quantitative studies of how one DNA-condensing ion (Cobalt(3+) Hexammine, or Co(3+)Hex) and one nonDNA-condensing ion (Mg(2+)) compete within the interstitial space in spontaneously condensed DNA arrays. As the ion concentrations in the bath solution are systematically varied, the ion contents and DNA-DNA spacings of the DNA arrays are determined by atomic emission spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction, respectively. To gain quantitative insights, we first compare the experimentally determined ion contents with predictions from exact numerical calculations based on nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equations. Such calculations are shown to significantly underestimate the number of Co(3+)Hex ions, consistent with the deficiencies of nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann approaches in describing multivalent cations. Upon increasing the concentration of Mg(2+), the Co(3+)Hex-condensed DNA array expands and eventually redissolves as a result of ion competition weakening DNA-DNA attraction. Although the DNA-DNA spacing depends on both Mg(2+) and Co(3+)Hex concentrations in the bath solution, it is observed that the spacing is largely determined by a single parameter of the DNA array, the fraction of DNA charges neutralized by Co(3+)Hex. It is also observed that only ∼20% DNA charge neutralization by Co(3+)Hex is necessary for spontaneous DNA condensation. We then show that the bath ion conditions can be reduced to one variable with a simplistic ion binding model, which is able to describe the variations of both ion contents and DNA-DNA spacings reasonably well. Finally, we discuss the implications on the nature of interstitial ions and cation-mediated DNA-DNA interactions.

journal_name

Biophys J

journal_title

Biophysical journal

authors

Qiu X,Giannini J,Howell SC,Xia Q,Ke F,Andresen K

doi

10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-08-20 00:00:00

pages

984-92

issue

4

eissn

0006-3495

issn

1542-0086

pii

S0006-3495(13)00785-6

journal_volume

105

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