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* Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR CNRS 8502, and Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR CNRS 8619, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Correspondence: Address reprint requests to E. Raspaud, E-mail: raspaud{at}lps.u-psud.fr.
The structure of polyamines-DNA precipitates was studied by x-ray diffraction. Precise measurements of the interhelix distance aH were obtained at different NaCl, polyamine, and DNA concentrations. Most of the results were obtained using spermine and few others using spermidine. The precipitates are liquid crystalline, either hexagonal and/or cholesteric, with an interhelical spacing that depends on the ionic concentrations and on the polyamine type. In our experimental conditions, the spacing varies from 28.15 to 33.4 Å. This variation is interpreted in terms of different ionic components that are present inside the precipitates and that are thought to regulate the value of the cohesive energy of DNA. These results are discussed in relation to the biological processes requiring a closeness of double helices and to the role played by polyamine analogs in cancer therapy.
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