Direct and Indirect Photochemical Reactions in Viral RNA Measured

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Direct and indirect photochemical reactions in viral RNA measured with RT-qPCR and mass spectrometry Zhong Qiao, and Krista R. Wigginton Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04281 • Publication Date (Web): 07 Nov 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 12, 2016

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Direct and indirect photochemical reactions in viral

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RNA measured with RT-qPCR and mass

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spectrometry

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Zhong Qiao,† and Krista R. Wigginton†* †

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

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_____________________________________ *corresponding author: [email protected] Tel. (734) 763-9661 Fax. (734) 764-4292 Word Counts 207 words in Abstract + 4,399 words in Text + 1,800 words in Figures + 600 words in Tables = Total 7,006

 

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Abstract: RNA carries the genetic instructions for many viruses to replicate in their host cells.

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The photochemical reactions that take place in RNA and affect viral infectivity in natural and

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engineered environments, however, remain poorly understood. We exposed RNA oligomer

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segments from the genome of bacteriophage MS2 to UV254, simulated sunlight, and singlet

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oxygen (1O2), and analyzed the oligomer reaction kinetics with RT-qPCR and quantitative

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MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS). Following UV254 exposure, quantitative MALDI-TOF-

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MS detected significantly more RNA modifications than RT-qPCR, suggesting that certain

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chemical modifications in the RNA were not detected by the reverse transcriptase enzyme. In

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contrast, MALDI-TOF-MS tracked as much 1O2-induced RNA damage as RT-qPCR. After 5

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hours of simulated sunlight exposure (5100 J/m2 UVB and 1.2 × 105 J/m2 UVA), neither

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MALDI-TOF-MS nor RT-qPCR detected significant decreases in the oligomer concentrations.

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High-resolution ESI-Orbitrap MS analyses identified pyrimidine photohydrates as the major

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UV254 products, which likely contributed to the discrepancy between the MS- and RT-qPCR-

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based results. Reactions between RNA oligomers and 1O2 resulted in an unidentified major

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product with a mass change of +6 Da. These results shed light on the photochemical reactions

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that take place in RNA and suggest that the analytical techniques used to detect RNA reactivity

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could bias the observed reaction kinetics.

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Introduction

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Many illnesses are transmitted by enteric viruses,1 often by exposure to drinking or

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recreational waters that have not been appropriately treated. Disinfection is the main line of

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defense for inactivating viruses in water. Understanding virus disinfection mechanisms helps

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improve treatment technologies and also predict the fate of non-culturable or newly emerged

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viruses during disinfection processes. Most enteric viruses are composed of a small RNA or

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DNA genome that is protected by a protein capsid. The specific chemical reactions that take

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place in viral proteins during disinfection and the biological significance of those reactions have

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been the focus of recent studies,2-5 but our understanding of the specific reactions that take place

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in viral nucleic acids is more limited.

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Disinfection treatments that harness photochemistry, including ultraviolet (UV) germicidal

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irradiation and solar water disinfection (SODIS), primarily target the viral genome.6,7

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Photochemical reactions in viral genomes can take place via direct or indirect photolysis

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pathways.8 In the direct mechanism, viral nucleic acids absorb UV light and then react to form

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photoproducts.9 In indirect pathways, exogenous sensitizers outside of the organism (e.g., NOM)

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absorb light and then react with the nucleic acids or react with other constituents in the water to

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form reactive species (e.g., singlet oxygen (1O2), hydroxyl radical (OH•)) that subsequently react

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with the nucleic acids.10 Alternatively, endogenous molecules within the virus particle can also

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act as sensitizers.3

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Most of the past research on nucleic acid photochemistry has focused on DNA. The major

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DNA modifications induced by UV radiation include cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers

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(CPD), (6-4) photoproducts, and pyrimidine hydrates, with other modifications occurring at

 

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lower levels.11 Oxidants that form from indirect photolysis pathways, like 1O2, preferentially

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react with guanine bases in DNA,12 although all four bases are susceptible to oxidative damage.13

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The oxidation product 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) is often used as a

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marker of oxidative damage in deoxynucleosides.14-17

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Studying the mechanistic fate of viral RNA through photochemical treatment processes

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requires both microbiological and analytical methods. Infective viruses can be enumerated before

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and after disinfecting treatments, as long as the viruses of interest are culturable.18-20 A number

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of important waterborne viruses, however, are not culturable or are difficult to culture with

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available cell lines (e.g., human norovirus, hepatitis A virus). Quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR)

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is widely used to enumerate viral genomes when viruses are not readily cultureable7,21,22 and to

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study the kinetics of reactions that take place in viral genomes.2,23 When used to track genome

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inactivation, there is a common assumption that RT-qPCR tracks all of the modifications in

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RNA, but the validity of this assumption has not been readily examined.7,24 Reverse transcriptase

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has a high error rate;25 for example, it makes inaccurate base modifications while transcribing

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RNA into DNA. It is therefore possible that RT-qPCR fails to recognize all RNA modifications

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that take place during direct and indirect photolysis reactions, some of which may be important

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for virus infectivity.

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The goal of this study was to characterize RNA reactions during direct and indirect photolysis.

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In particular, we studied direct photolysis by UV254 and sunlight radiation, and indirect

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photolysis with 1O2. We focused on 1O2 due to the fact that it is a principal oxidant involved with

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virus inactivation in waters containing NOM.26 Using quantitative Matrix Assisted Laser

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Desorption Ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), high-resolution

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Electrospray ionization (ESI) Orbitrap mass spectrometry, and RT-qPCR, we characterized the

 

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photolysis reaction kinetics and products in two RNA oligomers from the genome of

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bacteriophage MS2.

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Experimental Methods

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Chemicals and reagents

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Furfuryl alcohol (98%), THAP (2’-4’-6’ Trihydroxyacetophenone monohydrate), dibasic

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ammonium citrate (HOC(CO2H)(CH2CO2NH4)2) and Rose Bengal (dye content 95%) were

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purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). HPLC grade acetonitrile (ACN) was purchased

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from Acros Organics (New Jersey, USA). UltraPure DNase/RNase-Free distilled water was

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purchased from ThermoFisher Scientific, (Grand Island, NY).

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UV254, solar spectrum, and 1O2 reaction protocols

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Two RNA oligonucleotides were designed with sequences from selected regions of the

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bacteriophage MS2 viral genome (Table 1). Oligomer A was rich in pyrimidine bases, including

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several pairs of neighboring pyrimidines, and poor in guanines. Oligomer B was poor in

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pyrimidines and rich in guanines. The size of the synthetic RNA oligomers (24-mer) was small

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enough for quantitative RNA mass spectrometry measurements and large enough for RT-qPCR

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measurements. The photolysis experiments were conducted in DNA/RNAse-free water and run

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in triplicate.

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In the UV254 irradiation treatments, 20 µL RNA solution in DNase/RNase-free distilled water

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(4 µM, pH 6.2) was added to the wells of a 96-well plate (Eppendorf, Hauppauge, NY). The

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plate was placed approximately 25 cm below four 15 W germicidal low-pressure mercury vapor

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lamps (model G15T8, Philips, Andover, MA) inside a collimated beam unit. Based on chemical

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actinometry measurements,27 the UV irradiance was 0.17 mW/cm2 at 254 nm. The RNA  

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oligomer samples were irradiated for up to 20 minutes, or a dose of 204 mJ/cm2. Shielding

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calculations indicated that 99% of the incident light was transmitted through the sample, thus

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shielding corrections were not deemed necessary.

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For solar spectrum irradiation and 1O2 experiments, samples of oligomers (1 mL, 1.2 µM)

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were pipetted into 5 mm diameter quartz NMR tubes (Wilmand, Vineland, NJ). The tubes were

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placed in a test chamber of a Suntest XLS+ solar simulator (Atlas Material Testing Technology,

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Mt Prospect, IL). The solar simulator spectrum (300 to 800 nm) was monitored with a built-in

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photo-diode detector, with measured irradiances equal to 34 W/m2 and 1.4 W/m2 for the UVA

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(320-400 nm) and UVB (280-320 nm) ranges, respectively. This is equivalent to approximately

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2.4× and 3.4× the intensity of midday sun in Ann Arbor, MI during the summer (Figure S1). The

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temperature in the test chamber was maintained at 25 ºC by an air- and water-cooling system.

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For the 1O2 experiments, Rose Bengal was added to the tubes to a concentration of 1.5 mg/L

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(1.5 µM). To maintain a constant 1O2 concentration, Rose Bengal was replenished in the

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experimental solution to the initial concentration of 1.5 mg/L every 20 minutes. This approach

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resulted in a relatively constant 1O2 concentration of 9 x 10-11 M throughout the experiment, as

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measured with the 1O2 probe compound furfuryl alcohol (Figure S2).26 Control experiments

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conducted either in the dark (i.e. Dark Control) or without Rose Bengal (i.e. No Rose Bengal

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Control) were included in each set of 1O2 experiments.

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In both the 1O2 experiments and direct photolysis experiments, aliquots of the experimental

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solutions were collected from the reaction tubes in the simulator chamber periodically and stored

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refrigerated in the dark. The 1O2 experiments were conducted for two hours and the direct

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photolysis experiments were conducted for five hours. Samples were analyzed immediately after

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the completion of the experiments by RT-qPCR and mass spectrometry.

 

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Stem-loop primer based RT-qPCR Assay

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The stem-loop quantitative RT-qPCR method applied here was originally developed to

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quantify MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and therefore works well for RNA oligomers that are 18-25

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bases long.28 In brief, stem-loop RNA primers were designed for the two 24-mer RNA targets

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(Table 1). The RNA oligomer standards for RT-qPCR calibration curves were prepared at

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concentrations between 1.3 × 10-3 and 8.0 × 10-2 pmole/µL (7.5 × 108 and 4.8 × 1010 copies/µL).

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The RT reaction solutions (15 µL) consisted of 0.15 µL Deoxynucleotides (dNTPs; 100 mM),

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1.00 µL MultiScribe™ Reverse Transcriptase (50 U/µL), 1.50 µL 10X Reverse Transcription

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Buffer, 0.19 µL RNase Inhibitor (20 U/µL; TaqMan® MicroRNA Reverse Transcription Kit,

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ThermoFisher Scientific, Grand Island, NY), 3.0 µL 5X Stem-loop RT primer (Custom

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TaqMan® Small RNA Assay, ThermoFisher Scientific, Grand Island, NY), 4.16 µL nuclease-

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free water, and 5.0 µL of the RNA oligomer stock. RT was performed in a thermal cycler

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(Eppendorf AG 22331 Hamburg, Hauppauge, NY) at 16 ºC for 30 minutes followed by 42 ºC for

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30 minutes. Finally, the preparation was heated at 85 ºC for 5 minutes to denature RNA-DNA

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hybrids and inactivate reverse transcriptase. The resulting cDNA was then amplified by qPCR.

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The 20 µL qPCR reactions included 1.33 µL of the cDNA solution, 1.00 µL of TaqMan®

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Small RNA Assay (20X), 10.00 µL of 2X TaqMan® Universal PCR Master Mix II with UNG

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(ThermoFisher Scientific, Grand Island, NY), and 7.67 µL of nuclease-free water. Amplification

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and detection were performed with a RealPlex2 Mastercycler system (Eppendorf, Hauppauge,

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NY). The amplification procedure included two hold programs, 2 minutes at 50 ºC to activate the

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uracil N’-glycosylase and then 10 minutes at 95 ºC to activate the hot start DNA polymerases,

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followed by 40 cycles consisting of 15 seconds at 95 ºC and 60 seconds at 60 ºC. Real-time

 

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fluorescence measurements were analyzed with the RealPlex system software. Experimental

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RNA samples and RNA standards were reverse transcribed and amplified in parallel in each

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analysis.

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MALDI-TOF-MS analysis

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The RNA oligomer samples were analyzed with a quantitative MALDI-TOF-MS technique in

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negative-ion mode on a Bruker Autoflex Speed system (Madison, WI). A 20 mg/L solution of

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THAP in 50% ACN/50% H2O with 50 mg/mL ammonium citrate hydrate was used as the

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MALDI matrix. For quantification, a 26-mer internal standard was designed for each viral RNA

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segment by adding one adenine (A) and one uracil (U) to the 24-mer sequence at the 3’ end

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(Table 1).29 Calibration curves for oligomer quantification were prepared by mixing 1 µM 26-

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mer with different 24-mer concentrations, ranging from 0.2 to 2 µM (Figure S3). The resulting

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calibration curve R2 values were always greater than 0.99. Following the UV, solar spectrum,

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and 1O2 experiments, 5 µL aliquots of the treated oligomer solutions were combined with 5 µL

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of the corresponding internal standard solutions with 1 µM as concentration. These mixtures

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were then combined with the matrix solution at a 1:1 ratio and spotted on a polished steel

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MALDI target plate (Bruker, Madison, WI) and allowed to air dry.

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The MALDI mass measurements were calibrated externally with a mixture of five

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oligonucleotides ranging in masses from 1488 to 9137 Da. MALDI spectra were generated in

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linear mode with 12,000 laser shots randomly collected across the sample spot. Samples were

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scanned from 2,000 to 10,000 m/z.

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ESI-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry

 

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High-resolution mass analyses were performed with a qExactive ESI-Orbitrap mass

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spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, MA, USA) coupled with an EQuan Max Plus LC

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system. The samples were separated on a Hypersil GOLD UHPLC column (50 x 2.1 mm, 1.9

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µM particle size, Part No.: 25002-052130, Thermo Fisher Scientific, MA, USA). The mass

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spectrometer was operated in negative-ion mode with 3.8 kV spray voltage, 320 ºC capillary

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temperature and 50 S-lens. The spectrometer was externally calibrated with Pierce ESI Negative

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Ion calibration solution (Prod #: 88324, Thermo Fisher Scientific, MA, USA). For each analysis,

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15 µL of sample was injected with a mobile phase of 2% Hexafluoro-iso-propanol (HFIP) +

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0.4% Triethylamine (TEA) in water and 2% Hexafluoro-iso-propanol (HFIP) + 0.4%

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Triethylamine (TEA) in methanol. The gradient information is provided in Table S1. For product

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detection and identification, RNA oligomer samples were scanned from 400 to 2000 m/z in full-

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scan mode with a resolution power of 70,000. Product fragmentation was performed in Target-

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MS-MS mode with isolation as 4 amu and an HCD level of 20. A scan window of m/z 400 to

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1200 was collected at a resolution power of 17,500. Mass spectra were processed and analyzed

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by Xcalibur Qual Browser software (Thermo Fisher Scientific, MA, USA).

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Statistical analysis

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Details on how rate constants were calculated are presented in the SI. To test whether there

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were statistical differences between RNA reaction rate constants measured with RT-qPCR and

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mass spectrometry, multiple linear regression analyses were conducted using StatPlus

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(AnalystSoft Inc., Walnut, CA). The null hypothesis was that the kinetics from each experiment

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were not significantly different. The P values were computed and compared at a confidence level

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Results and Discussion

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Prior to conducting the reaction kinetics experiments, we developed the stem-loop RT-

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qPCR assay and quantitative MALDI-TOF-MS assay for the two MS2 oligomers. Once

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optimized, both quantitative methods resulted in calibration curves with R2 values greater than

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0.99 and the stem-loop RT-qPCR efficiencies were consistently greater than 0.85 (Figure S3 and

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Figure S4). The calibration curve linear concentration ranges differed between the two

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techniques, so that it was necessary to dilute the RNA samples 20-100× prior to RT-qPCR

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analysis, but no dilution was necessary for the MALDI-TOF-MS analyses.

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Direct Photochemical Reactions with UV254

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We exposed the two RNA oligomers to UV254 doses up to 204 mJ/cm2, and tracked RNA

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reaction kinetics with the quantitative PCR and MS methods. For context, this dose of UV254

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causes approximately 5-log inactivation of MS2 virus.2 The two RNA oligomers degraded

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significantly during the UV254 experiment (Figure 1) and no RNA loss was detected when

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samples were incubated in the dark over the same timeframe. The decay of both oligomers

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measured by MALDI-TOF-MS and RT-qPCR followed first order kinetics over the studied dose

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range (Figure 1), with Oligomer A reacting at a faster rate than Oligomer B (Table 2). In

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particular, the MALDI-TOF-MS results show that 70% of Oligomer A segments reacted after

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204 mJ/cm2 of UV254 irradiation, whereas only 32% of Oligomer B segments reacted.

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Meanwhile, RT-qPCR results also suggested that Oligomer A reacted faster than Oligomer B

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segments following exposure to UV254 (45% and 24%, respectively). Past research on reactions

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in nucleic acids suggests that pyrimidine bases are the most reactive with UVC.30-32 We therefore

 

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expected Oligomer A to react faster than Oligomer B due to the fact that it contains 17

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pyrimidine bases compared to 7 pyrimidine bases.

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For each of the two oligomers, the first order rate constants measured by MALDI-TOF-MS

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were significantly higher than the rate constants determined by RT-qPCR (Table 2; p < 0.01).

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Specifically, Oligomer A and Oligomer B rate constants measured with MALDI-TOF-MS were

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2.2× and 1.6× higher than rate constants measured with RT-qPCR. This indicates that the

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MALDI-TOF-MS technique is sensitive to different photochemical products than the RT-qPCR

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technique.

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Previous research on nucleic acid photochemistry, primarily with DNA, has identified three

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major direct photochemical pathways.33-35 The first and second pathways involve reactions

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between neighboring pyrimidines that lead to the formation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers

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(CPD)36,37 and pyrimidine-pyrimidone 6-4 photoproducts (termed 6-4 products).38,39 A third

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pathway forms pyrimidine photohydrates when the reactions take place in aqueous solutions.40

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Reactions that form pyrimidine photohydrate products result in a mass change of +18.015 Da

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(=H2O), whereas the dimer products do not cause a mass change (Figure S5). In our experiments,

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more damage was detected using MALDI-TOF-MS compared to RT-qPCR, despite the fact that

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the MALDI-TOF-MS technique was not sensitive to the pyrimidine dimer products. This

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indicates that certain products were not efficiently detected with the RT enzymes.

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Pyrimidine hydrates were the major products detected in the UV-treated samples based on the

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product peaks in the MALDI-TOF-MS and high-resolution ESI-Orbitrap-MS spectra (Figure 2).

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Products of Oligomer A included a single pyrimidine photohydrate (mass difference of +18.02

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Da) and a double pyrimidine photohydrate (mass difference of +36.03 Da; Figure S6). The

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concentration of the single pyrimidine photohydrate product, monitored as the peak height of the

 

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product relative to the internal standard, reached a maximum at a UV254 dose of 81.6 mJ/cm2 and

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then decreased until the final dose of 204 mJ/cm2 (Figure 2). A single pyrimidine photohydrate

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product of Oligomer B was also detected, but its intensity relative to the internal standard was

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lower than the corresponding Oligo A photohydrate product (Figure 2). A double pyrimidine

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photohydrate product of Oligomer B was not detected.

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Our results agree with an early report on RNA photochemistry that suggested hydrated

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residues are the major photoproducts after large doses of UVC irradiation.41 More recent studies

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tend to assume that pyrimidine dimers in RNA are the major photoproduct,42,43 likely because

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that is true for DNA.44 The discrepancy between RNA and DNA products may be due to the fact

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that the rate-limiting step of dimerization is the conformational change that creates favorable

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base alignment at the time of excitation, and this may be more prevalent with DNA.45

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The RT enzyme was inhibited or halted by certain RNA products, which may include

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pyrimidine dimers, pyrimidine hydrates, or some other products that have not been identified.

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Pyrimidine dimers are bulkier modifications than the hydrates (Figure S5) and thus may be more

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likely to impact the reverse transcriptase. Although the impact of pyrimidine dimers on RT has

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not been reported, DNA polymerase enzymes can be stopped by certain DNA modifications,

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depending on the type of DNA modification46 and on the specific polymerase. Taq polymerases,

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for example, do not read over pyrimidine dimer lesions, whereas A- and B- family polymerases

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do replicate sequences with pyrimidine dimers.47

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The decrease of RT-qPCR response through water treatment processes and environmental

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processes is often assumed to correlate with the loss of virus infectivity.21,48 There are issues with

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making this assumption, including that the inactivation pathway might not target the genome,2,49

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the RT-qPCR measures only a fraction of the viral genome,7,50 and that the RT enzyme might not

 

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detect the same type of damage that inactivates the viral RNA genome. Whereas publications

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have addressed the first two points, the specific RNA chemistry that inactivates the virus and

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how that compares to RT-qPCR remains largely unexplored.

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Within the host cell, the genome of (+)ssRNA viruses (e.g., MS2, poliovirus, norovirus) must

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be sufficiently intact to serve as messenger RNA for the host cell ribosomes to make new virus

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proteins and to serve as a template for RNA dependent RNA polymerases to make new RNA

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genomes. With RT-qPCR, on the other hand, the RNA must be sufficiently intact for reverse

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transcriptase to make a complimentary DNA strand that is then amplified by PCR. Previously, a

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one-hit genome inactivation model was suggested for MS2 treatment with UV254 when RNA

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damage was monitored by RT-qPCR.7 In other words, the RNA modifications detected by RT-

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qPCR were sufficient to explain the extent of MS2 inactivation. In our experiments, much more

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RNA damage was detected by mass spectrometry than by RT-qPCR (Figure 1). Assuming the

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one-hit model with RT-qPCR detection is accurate for MS2 and other (+)ssRNA viruses, our

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data suggests a large fraction of UV254-induced RNA reaction products do not inactivate viruses.

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Direct Photochemical Reactions with Simulated Sunlight

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Neither Oligomer A or Oligomer B decreased significantly in concentration after 5 hours of

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simulated sunlight exposure, regardless of the method used to quantify the oligomer

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concentration (Figure 3). This dose of UVB solar irradiation (5100 J/m2 UVB and 1.2 x 105 J/m2

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UVA) is equivalent to approximately 1.5 hours of noontime irradiation in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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during the summer (Figure S1). Previous research suggests that direct photolysis plays a role in

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virus inactivation in sunlit waters, with UVB wavelengths causing most of the photoinactivation;

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we therefore anticipated reactions in the RNA oligomers.

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The rate of MS2 inactivation was reportedly 0.22 h-1 in sensitizer-free water with UVA/UVB

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intensities similar to those used here.20 The explanation for our lack of detectable reaction is

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most likely due to the short RNA segments, which are only 0.7% of the length of the MS2

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genome. Although the data on RNA reactions due to solar radiation is scarce, the rate constants

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for pyrimidine dimer formation in dsDNA from UVA or UVB radiation was reportedly 1.4×10-7

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and 1.0×10-4 per kbp per J/m2 respectively.53 Rate constants for the formation of other DNA

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photoproducts with UVA and UVB were not readily available in the literature. We applied these

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reaction rate constants for DNA pyrimidine dimer formation to the full MS2 RNA genome and

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our 24-mer oligomers. For the MS2 genome, the predicted pyrimidine formation rates were

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approximately 2 – 5× faster than the MS2 direct photoinactivation rates reported by Silverman et

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al.20 There are several potential explanations for this discrepancy, including that reactions may

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be slower in RNA than in DNA, that incorporation in a virus particle may influence the RNA

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reaction kinetics, that there were differences in the UVA/UVB spectra emitted by the lamps, and

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that other products are responsible for inactivating the MS2 genome. Regardless of the reason for

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the discrepancy, the DNA pyrimidine formation rate constants did an adequate job of predicting

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MS2 inactivation with sunlight. When these same rate constants were applied to our 24-mer

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oligomers, calculations predicted a ~3% decrease in oligomer concentration due to pyrimidine

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dimer formation after 5 hours of solar simulator irradiation. This is in agreement with our lack of

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observed oligomer decay with RT-qPCR and mass spectrometry over the experiment timeframe.

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Future experiments should expose RNA oligomers in our size range to much higher solar UV

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doses (e.g., >50,000 J/m2 of solar UVB) in order to readily observe reactions in the oligomers.

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When irradiated in the presence of the Rose Bengal sensitizer, Oligomers A and B decreased

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in concentration according to first order kinetics and Oligomer B decreased more rapidly than

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Oligomer A (Figure 4). This trend in reactivity with 1O2 is opposite than what was observed in

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the direct photochemical reactions and is most likely due to the relative number of guanine bases

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in the oligomers (10 in Oligomer B and 1 in Oligomer A). Whereas uracil and cytosine are the

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most sensitive bases to direct photo-oxidation, guanine bases are the most reactive with 1O2 and

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other oxidants.54

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There was no statistical difference in reaction kinetics measured by quantitative MALDI-TOF-

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MS and RT-qPCR (Figure 4, Table 2), suggesting that the same 1O2-induced RNA damage is

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detected by both techniques. It should be noted that reactions between the oligomers and 1O2

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resulted in products that interfered with the MALDI oligomer peaks. Consequently, we limited

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the oligomer measurements by MALDI-TOF-MS to the initial 50% of the Oligomer A and

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Oliogmer B reactions (Figure 4). This product interference was not observed with RT-qPCR

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measurements, so the oligomer reactions were monitored by RT-qPCR over the entire

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experimental timeframe (i.e., 100 minutes). Previous research demonstrated that oxidative

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damage in RNA inhibited the synthesis of cDNA by RT, although the products were not

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identified.55 Here, following thirty minutes of 1O2 exposure, ESI-Orbitrap-MS detected a major

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product for Oligomer A and two major products for Oligomer B (Figure 5). The Oligomer A

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product had a mass of 7469.579 Da; this product, which is 16.05 Da heavier than the reactant,

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likely involves the formation of an 8-hydroxyguanosine (8-OHG) adduct, which is a common

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marker for RNA oxidation. Products of Oligomer B included a species with mass change of

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+6.00 Da (Product B1) and a species with a mass change of +13.00 Da (Product B2; Figure 5).

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The masses of Product B1 and Product B2 are not indicative of common RNA adducts reported

 

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in the literature, such as 8-hydroxyadenosine, 5-hydroxycytidine, and 5-hydroxyuridine. The

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products were not resolved with chromatography, thus the fragmentation data was inconclusive.

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Reported reaction rate constants for 1O2 with RNA monomer bases offer an opportunity to

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relate our results with established chemical kinetics.54,56 By summing up the reported rate

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constants of the individual bases in our oligomers, we predicted second order rate constants of

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7.8 x 106 M-1s-1 for Oligomer A and 1.3 x 107 M-1s-1 for Oligomer B (Table S2). The predicted

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rate constants are 7× and 2× higher than the measured rate constants, respectively. This may be

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due to inaccuracies in the reported 1O2 rate constants (see discussion in SI) or due to the impact

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of primary structure on base reactivity. The predicted rates do agree with our finding that 1O2 is

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more reactive with Oligomer B than with Oligomer A.

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The impact that RNA oxidation products have on viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases

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has not been studied, but the major DNA oxidation product 8-oxoG leads to mutations during

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transcription by DNA-dependent RNA polymerases.57,58 If RNA-dependent RNA polymerases

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undergo the same error, oxidation products in the genome may cause mutations that lead to non-

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infective viruses. Likewise, oxidized mRNAs can cause ribosome stalling and thus result in

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defective proteins synthesis;58-61 in viral RNA, this may lead to incomplete or flawed viral

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capsids that are unable to recognize and interact with host cells.

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We studied the photochemical reactivity of purified MS2 RNA oligomers to understand the

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influence of genome sequence on RNA reactivity during water disinfection processes. Our

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results demonstrate that different regions of viral RNA genomes have distinct photoreactivities

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and regions that are most susceptible to direct photolysis may be least susceptible to indirect

 

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photolysis. Furthermore, not all of the photochemical reactions that take place in RNA were

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readily detectable by RT-qPCR or MS, which has direct implications for analytical techniques

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used to define reaction kinetics. Because the detection of RNA modifications that cause virus

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inactivation are of most interest, future research efforts should seek out the RNA products that

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inhibit RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and ribosomes.

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RNA bases incorporated in a virus particle likely react differently than RNA bases in an

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oligomer. We expect that the direct photolysis reaction rate constants observed in our 24-mers

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with UV254 would vary slightly when they are incorporated in the full virus, with additional

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products forming due to interactions between the RNA and capsid proteins. With indirect

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photolysis involving 1O2, we expect that reaction rate constants would be significantly reduced

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when the oligomers are incorporated into the virus particle due to the fact that the protein capsid

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and RNA genome reduce the accessibility of 1O2 to the RNA oligomers. RNA-protein

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interactions in virus particles likely cause additional RNA oxidation products. The exact impact

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that RNA higher-level order has on RNA base photochemistry reactivity remains to be

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investigated. Filling these remaining fundamental knowledge gaps on RNA photochemistry and

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the biological significance of photochemical products will not only be important for

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understanding the inactivation of waterborne viruses, but across all domains of life in natural and

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engineered waters exposed to photochemical stresses.

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Supporting Information Available. The accompanying SI material includes descriptions of our

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rate constant calculations, spectra of the solar simulator output and solar spectrum in Ann Arbor,

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MI, a figure of 1O2 concentration measurements, calibration curves for quantitative MALDI-

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TOF-MS and RT-qPCR methods, chemical structures of RNA photochemical and oxidation

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products, a high-resolution M.S. spectra for a UV double photohydrate product, a table of our LC  

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gradient profile, and a table of our 1O2 rate constant predictions. This information is available

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free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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Author Information

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Corresponding author

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*Phone: +1- (734)-763-9661; e-mail: [email protected]

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Acknowledgment

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This research was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) BRIGE Award #1329576.

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We thank James Windak from University of Michigan for his help with MALDI-TOF-MS

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analysis, Thomas Yavaraski and Sergey Chernyak from University of Michigan for their

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assistance with ESI-Orbitrap-MS measurements, and Collin Ward and Rose Cory for their help

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with simulated sunlight experiments.  

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Oligomer B

0.0

0.0

-0.2

-0.2

log10 (C/C0)

log10 (C/C0)

Oligomer A

-0.4

-0.6

0

50

100

UV dose

150

-0.4

-0.6

200

RT-qPCR MALDI-TOF 0

50

(mJ/cm2)

100

UV dose

150

200

(mJ/cm2)

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Figure 1. Reactions of two MS2 viral RNA oligomers with UV254 irradiation measured by RT-

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qPCR and quantitative MALDI-TOF-MS. Experiments were run in triplicate. Experimental

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conditions: [RNA segment]0 = 4 µM in nuclease free water, pH 6.2.

 

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746.39570 z=10

4×10 6

745.69643 z=10

6×10

5

4×10 5 2×10 5

783.91028 z=10 783.81022 z=10

784.20851 z=10 784.11044 z=10

784.60712 z=10 784.70719 z=10 784.80703 z=10

783.71022 z=10

8 78

4.

6

4

4. 78

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2

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4. 78

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0 7. 74

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74

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0 6.

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74

74

8

0

5. 74

5.

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0

74

746.49544 z=10 746.59542 z=10 746.79476 z=10

745.79620 z=10

2×10 6

784.40746 z=10 784.50724 z=10

784.30785 z=10

8×10 5

746.29608 z=10

745.89620 z=10

B

78

6×10 6

74

Intensity

8×10 6

1×10 6

746.09633 z=10 746.19592 745.99647 z=10 z=10

Intensity

1×10 7

Intensity ratio of product peak to IS peak

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0.8 0.6

Oligo A

C

Oligo B

0.4 0.2 0.0

0

50

100

150

200

UV dose (mJ/cm2)

m/z

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Figure 2. Pyrimidine photohydrates resulting from reactions of oligomers with UV254. A) High-

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resolution mass spectrum of Oligomer A pyrimidine photohydrate product with -10 charge. B)

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High-resolution mass spectrum of Oligomer B pyrimidine photohydrate product with -10 charge.

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C) Ratio of pyrimidine photohydrates peak intensities to internal standard peak intensities (26-

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mer internal standards with constant concentration of 2 µM), measured with MALDI-TOF-MS.

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Experimental error bars represent standard error (n = 3 experiments); some error bars are smaller

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than the symbols. Oligomer B

0.1

0.1

-0.1

-0.1

log10 (C/C0)

log10 (C/C0)

Oligomer A

-0.3

-0.5

-0.5 0

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1

2

3

Time (h)

4

0

5

RT-qPCR

DarkControl (qPCR)

MALDI-TOF

DarkControl (MALDI)

1

3

2

4

5

Time (h)

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Figure 3. Reaction of two MS2 viral RNA oligomers with simulated solar irradiation measured

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by RT-qPCR and quantitative MALDI-TOF-MS. Control experiments were conducted in dark

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environment at the same time. Experiments were run in duplicate. Experimental conditions:

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[RNA segment]0 = 1.3 µM in nuclease free water, pH 6.2.

 

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Oligomer A 0.1

log10 (C/C0)

0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 0

20

40

60

80

100

Time (mins)

RT-qPCR MALDI-TOF DarkControl (qPCR)

Oligomer B

DarkControl (MALDI)

log10 (C/C0)

0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

Time (mins) 414   415  

Figure 4. Reaction of two MS2 viral RNA oligomers with 1O2 measured by RT-qPCR and

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quantitative MALDI-TOF-MS. Control experiments were conducted in dark environment at the

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same time. Experiments were run in triplicate. Experimental conditions: [RNA segment]0 = 1.0

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µM in 1.5 mg/L Rose Bengal solution, pH 6.6.

 

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B

0 mins

2.0×10

5

930.6835 [OligoA-8H]8-

2.0×10

1.0×10 5 5.0×10 4 0.0

1.0×10 5 5.0×10 4

930

931

m/z

932

0.0 1564

933

1566

4

Intensity

Intensity

2×10 4 1×10 4 931

m/z

932

6×10 4

0 1564

933

1566

4×10

4

930.6832 [OligoA-8H]8-

3×10 4

3×10 4 2×10 4 1×10 4 0

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932.6895 [Product A-8H]8-

930

931

m/z

1568

m/z

30 mins

Intensity

Intensity

5×10

1572

4×10 4

30 mins 4

1570

1566.7908 [Product B1-5H]5-

2×10 4

932.6878 [Product A-8H]8-

930

1572

1565.5847 [OligoB-5H]5-

8×10 4

3×10 4

0

1570

15 mins

930.6828 [OligoA-8H]8-

4×10 4

1568

m/z

15 mins 5×10

0 mins

1.5×10 5

Intensity

Intensity

1.5×10 5

1565.5812 [OligoB-5H]5-

5

932

1566.7603 [Product B1-5H]51565.5733 [OligoB-5H]5-

2×10 4

1×10 4

0 1564

933

1568.1608 [Product B2-5H]5-

1566

1568

m/z

1570

1572

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Figure 5. High-resolution mass spectra of two MS2 viral RNA oligomers treated with 1O2 for 0,

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15 and 30 minutes, obtained by ESI-Orbitrap-MS under full-scan negative-ion mode. A)

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Oligomer A and reaction products. A) Oligomer B and reaction products.

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Table 1. The sequences and masses of the RNA oligonucleotides from MS2 genome and

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corresponding internal standards. RNA segment

Sequence

Oligomer A

5’- 982AUCCAUAUCACACCCUUUUCCACG1005 -3’

Oligomer A Internal Standard

5’- AUCCAUAUCACACCCUUUUCCACGAU -3’

Oligomer B Oligomer B Internal Standard

5’- 168UGGAAGCAGGGAUCGCAGGCGCAA191-3’ 5’- UGGAAGCAGGGAUCGCAGGCGCAAAU-3’

Average Mass Monoisotopic Mass (Da) 7453.521 7449.990 8088.898 8085.067 7832.846 7829.137 8468.224 8464.214

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Table 2. First order rate constants of oligomer reactions with UV254 and second order rate

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constants of oligomer reactions with 1O2 measured with RT-qPCR and quantitative MALDI-MS.

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Errors reflect the 95% confident internal values of rate constants, based on a single linear

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regression of triplicate experimental data. Arrows indicate there are significant differences

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between rate constants (p < 0.05; multiple linear regression test). UV254 (mJ-1cm2) MALDI-MS RT-qPCR

RNA Segment

O2 (M-1s-1) MALDI-MS RT-qPCR

Oligomer A

5.7 x 10-3 ± 2.5 x 10-4

2.6 x 10-3 ± 2.0 x 10-4

1.1 x 106 ± 6.1 x 104

1.1 x 106 ± 1.4 x 105

Oligomer B

1.9 x 10-3 ± 1.4 x 10-4

1.2 x 10-3 ± 3.4 x 10-4

5.9 x 106 ± 6.1 x 105

6.5 x 106 ± 3.3 x 105

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