Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulation on DNA Double Strand Breaks Induced by Hydrogen Elimination

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Auteurs principaux: Nakamura, Hiroaki, Ishiguro, Kento, Nakata, Ayako, Usami, Shunsuke, Saito, Seiki, Fujiwara, Susumu
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author Nakamura, Hiroaki
Ishiguro, Kento
Nakata, Ayako
Usami, Shunsuke
Saito, Seiki
Fujiwara, Susumu
author_facet Nakamura, Hiroaki
Ishiguro, Kento
Nakata, Ayako
Usami, Shunsuke
Saito, Seiki
Fujiwara, Susumu
contents We propose a scar model to reproduce how double-strand breaks occur in the telomeric DNA damaged by the effect of the $β$-decay of tritium to helium. In this scar model, the two hydrogens bonded to the 5$^\prime$ carbon connecting the pent saccharides and phosphate are removed. Molecular dynamics simulations using the reactive force field are carried out for 10 cases for the telomeric DNA consisting of 16 base pairs (32 nucleotides). It results in double-strand breaks (DSBs) being observed for structures with more than 24 scars. For 16 scar cases, only single-strand breaks (SSB) are observed. Moreover, in the case of $\left\{16, 0 \right\}$ and $\left\{ 0, 16 \right\},$ where only one of the strands had scars, SSB occurs only in the scarred strand. Secondly, in the $\left\{16, 8 \right\}$ and $\left\{ 8, 16 \right\}$ cases, DSBs occurs. Therefore, we conclude that the following conditions are necessary for DSBs:(i) Scars must occur on both the L and R strands. (ii) A large number of scars (24 or more) must occur in close proximity to each other.
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spellingShingle Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulation on DNA Double Strand Breaks Induced by Hydrogen Elimination
Nakamura, Hiroaki
Ishiguro, Kento
Nakata, Ayako
Usami, Shunsuke
Saito, Seiki
Fujiwara, Susumu
Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
Chemical Physics
We propose a scar model to reproduce how double-strand breaks occur in the telomeric DNA damaged by the effect of the $β$-decay of tritium to helium. In this scar model, the two hydrogens bonded to the 5$^\prime$ carbon connecting the pent saccharides and phosphate are removed. Molecular dynamics simulations using the reactive force field are carried out for 10 cases for the telomeric DNA consisting of 16 base pairs (32 nucleotides). It results in double-strand breaks (DSBs) being observed for structures with more than 24 scars. For 16 scar cases, only single-strand breaks (SSB) are observed. Moreover, in the case of $\left\{16, 0 \right\}$ and $\left\{ 0, 16 \right\},$ where only one of the strands had scars, SSB occurs only in the scarred strand. Secondly, in the $\left\{16, 8 \right\}$ and $\left\{ 8, 16 \right\}$ cases, DSBs occurs. Therefore, we conclude that the following conditions are necessary for DSBs:(i) Scars must occur on both the L and R strands. (ii) A large number of scars (24 or more) must occur in close proximity to each other.
title Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulation on DNA Double Strand Breaks Induced by Hydrogen Elimination
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.05970