PMID- 33525995 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220721 LR - 20220830 IS - 1538-0254 (Electronic) IS - 0739-1102 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 13 DP - 2022 Aug TI - Insight into the binding mechanism of macrolide antibiotic; erythromycin to calf thymus DNA by multispectroscopic and computational approaches. PG - 6171-6182 LID - 10.1080/07391102.2021.1877821 [doi] AB - In the present study, the interactions between Erythromycin drug and calf thymus deoxyribonucleic acid (ct-DNA) were explored by multi spectroscopic techniques (UV-Visible, fluorescence, circular dichroism spectroscopies), viscosity, molecular docking simulation, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). In addition, the values of binding constant were calculated by the UV-Visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. Competitive fluorescence study with methylene blue (MB), acridine orange (AO), and Hoechst 33258 were indicated that the Erythromycin drug could displace the DNA-bound Hoechst, which displays the strong competition of Erythromycin with Hoechst to interact with the groove binding site of DNA. In addition, the observed complexes in AFM analysis comprise the chains of ct-DNA and Erythromycin with an average size of 314.05 nm. The results of thermodynamic parameter calculations (DeltaS degrees = -332.103 +/- 14 J mol(-1) K(-1) and DeltaH degrees = -115.839 +/- 0.02 kJ mol(-1)) approved the critical role of van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonds in the complexation of Erythromycin-DNA. Fluorescence spectroscopy results demonstrate the existence of a static enhancement mechanism in the interaction of Erythromycin-DNA. According to the obtained results, Erythromycin drug interacts with the major groove of ct-DNA. These consequences were further supported by the molecular docking study, and it could be determined that DNA-Erythromycin docked model was in a rough correlation with our experimental results.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma. FAU - Shahabadi, Nahid AU - Shahabadi N AD - Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. AD - Medical Biology Research Center (MBRC), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. FAU - Razlansari, Mahtab AU - Razlansari M AD - Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210202 PL - England TA - J Biomol Struct Dyn JT - Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics JID - 8404176 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Macrolides) RN - 63937KV33D (Erythromycin) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 91080-16-9 (calf thymus DNA) SB - IM MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology MH - Binding Sites MH - Circular Dichroism MH - *DNA/chemistry MH - *Erythromycin MH - Macrolides MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Spectrometry, Fluorescence MH - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet MH - Thermodynamics OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA binding OT - Erythromycin OT - atomic force microscopy OT - fluorescence analysis OT - molecular docking EDAT- 2021/02/03 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/22 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/02 05:41 PHST- 2021/02/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/02 05:41 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/07391102.2021.1877821 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2022 Aug;40(13):6171-6182. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1877821. Epub 2021 Feb 2.