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NAKATANI K. Possibilities and challenges of small molecule organic compounds for the treatment of repeat diseases. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2022; 98:30-48. [PMID: 35013029 PMCID: PMC8795530 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.98.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The instability of repeat sequences in the human genome results in the onset of many neurological diseases if the repeats expand above a certain threshold. The transcripts containing long repeats sequester RNA binding proteins. The mechanism of repeat instability involves metastable slip-out hairpin DNA structures. Synthetic organic chemists have focused on the development of small organic molecules targeting repeat DNA and RNA sequences to treat neurological diseases with repeat-binding molecules. Our laboratory has studied a series of small molecules binding to mismatched base pairs and found molecules capable of binding CAG repeat DNA, which causes Huntington's disease upon expansion, CUG repeat RNA, a typical toxic RNA causing myotonic dystrophy type 1, and UGGAA repeat RNA causing spinocerebellar ataxia type 31. These molecules exhibited significant beneficial effects on disease models in vivo, suggesting the possibilities for small molecules as drugs for treating these neurological diseases.
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- Kazuhiko NAKATANI
- SANKEN, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
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High allele discrimination in the typing of single nucleotide polymorphisms of miRNA. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 46:116363. [PMID: 34419822 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) belonging to the same family have similar sequences and are difficult to identify. Herein, we report the reverse transcription-hairpin-probe-polymerase chain reaction (RT-Hpro-PCR) technique, which utilises a reverse transcription (RT) primer containing a 5'-end deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tag, to detect miRNAs with similar sequences. This strategy follows a two-step RT-PCR method using 6-7-mer RT-primers with a ~ 10-mer tag sequence at the 5'-end and a probe with a hairpin structure (Hpro), including two C-bulges, attached. The findings demonstrate that the specificity of RT could be increased by shortening the complementary part of the RT primer containing a different base, wherein the PCR could successfully progress with the use of 5'-end DNA tag because of an increase in the length of the hybridised tagged primer. This study shows the potential of RT-Hpro-PCR to precisely detect miRNAs with similar sequences, which could help explore the roles of miRNAs in several biological processes.
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Hisama K, Orimoto Y, Pomogaeva A, Nakatani K, Aoki Y. Ab initio multi-level layered elongation method and its application to local interaction analysis between DNA bulge and ligand molecules. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:044110. [PMID: 34340364 DOI: 10.1063/5.0050096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A multi-level layered elongation method was developed for efficiently analyzing the electronic states of local structures in large bio/nano-systems at the full ab initio level of theory. The original elongation method developed during the last three decades in our group has focused on the system in one direction from one terminal to the other terminal to sequentially construct the electronic states of a polymer, called a theoretical synthesis of polymers. In this study, an important region termed the central (C) part is targeted in a large polymer and the remainder are terminal (T) parts. The electronic structures along with polymer elongation are calculated repeatedly from both end T parts to the C central part at the same time. The important C part is treated with large basis sets (high level) and the other regions are treated with small basis sets (low level) in the ab initio theoretical framework. The electronic structures besides the C part can be reused for other systems with different structures at the C part, which renders the method computationally efficient. This multi-level layered elongation method was applied to the investigation on DNA single bulge recognition of small molecules (ligands). The reliability and validity of our approach were examined in comparison with the results obtained by direct calculations using a conventional quantum chemical method for the entire system. Furthermore, stabilization energies by the formation of the complex of bulge DNA and a ligand were estimated with basis set superposition error corrections incorporated into the elongation method.
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- Keisuke Hisama
- Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences, Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Takei F, Akiyama M, Murata A, Sugai A, Nakatani K, Yamashita I. RT-Hpro-PCR: A MicroRNA Detection System Using a Primer with a DNA Tag. Chembiochem 2019; 21:477-480. [PMID: 31397042 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short RNAs that regulate the expression of complementary messenger RNAs and are involved in numerous human diseases. However, current detection techniques lack the sensitivity to detect miRNAs of low abundance. Moreover, at a length of 20-25 bases, miRNAs are too short for the reverse transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Here we have developed a new, rapid, and simple miRNA detection system utilizing an RT primer containing a DNA tag at the 5'-end to increase the length of the cDNA. This strategy increases the length of the hybridized tagged primer and the complementary template DNA, as well as the melting temperature of the primer⋅template DNA duplex. PCR efficiency is thus increased, thereby enhancing miRNA detection sensitivity.
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- Fumie Takei
- National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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Gabr MT, Pigge FC. Platinum(II) Complexes with Sterically Expansive Tetraarylethylene Ligands as Probes for Mismatched DNA. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:12641-12649. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Moustafa T. Gabr
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Takei F, Akiyama M, Nobusawa K, Sabani NB, Han H, Nakatani K, Yamashita I. PCR under Low Ionic Concentration Buffer Conditions. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201702542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Fumie Takei
- Department of MedicineNational Defense Medical College 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa Saitama 359–8513 Japan
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial ResearchOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial ResearchOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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- Graduate School of EngineeringOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial ResearchOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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- Graduate School of EngineeringOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial ResearchOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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- Graduate School of EngineeringOsaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567–0047 Japan
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Fang GM, Seitz O. Synthesis of Bipartite Tetracysteine PNA Probes for DNA In Situ Fluorescent Labeling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 71:4.78.1-4.78.14. [PMID: 29275539 DOI: 10.1002/cpnc.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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"Label-free" fluorescent probes that avoid additional steps or building blocks for conjugation of fluorescent dyes with oligonucleotides can significantly reduce the time and cost of parallel bioanalysis of a large number of nucleic acid samples. A method for the synthesis of "label-free" bicysteine-modified PNA probes using solid-phase synthesis and procedures for sequence-specific DNA in situ fluorescent labeling is described here. The concept is based on the adjacent alignment of two bicysteine-modified peptide nucleic acids on a DNA target to form a structurally optimized bipartite tetracysteine motif, which induces a sequence-specific fluorogenic reaction with commercially available biarsenic dyes, even in complex media such as cell lysate. This unit will help researchers to quickly synthesize bipartite tetracysteine PNA probes and carry out low-cost DNA in situ fluorescent labeling experiments. © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Ge-Min Fang
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Takada T, Umakoshi Y, Nakamura M, Yamana K. A Luminescent Perylenediimide as a Binding Ligand for Pyrimidine/Pyrimidine Mismatches Within a DNA Duplex. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Tadao Takada
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering; University of Hyogo; 2167 Shosha, Himeji Hyogo 671-2280 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering; University of Hyogo; 2167 Shosha, Himeji Hyogo 671-2280 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering; University of Hyogo; 2167 Shosha, Himeji Hyogo 671-2280 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering; University of Hyogo; 2167 Shosha, Himeji Hyogo 671-2280 Japan
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Aikawa H, Yano A, Nakatani K. A 2,7-diamino-1,4,8-triazanaphthalene derivative selectively binds to cytosine bulge DNA only at a weakly acidic pH. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:1313-1316. [PMID: 27847943 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02273a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis and properties of 2,7-diamino-1,4,8-triazanaphthalene (azaDANP) are described. AzaDANP is protonated only at a weakly acidic pH to bind to the cytosine bulge DNA duplex selectively. Upon binding of azaDANP to the cytosine bulge DNA, a new absorption band at 407 nm appears, and the absorption change of azaDANP on binding to the target is very sensitive to environmental pH with a bell-shaped pH-absorption profile.
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- H Aikawa
- Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan.
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- Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan.
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- Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan.
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A new fluorescence turn-on type of PCR monitoring system (Hpro-PCR) using a hairpin probe and a primer having a tag sequence at the 5′ end with the fluorescent molecule 2,7-diamino-1,8-naphthyridine derivative (DANP) has been developed.
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- F. Takei
- National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki
- Tokorozawa
- Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Osaka University
- Ibaraki
- Japan
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Fang GM, Seitz O. Bivalent Display of Dicysteine on Peptide Nucleic Acids for Homogenous DNA/RNA Detection through in Situ Fluorescence Labelling. Chembiochem 2016; 18:189-194. [PMID: 27883258 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fluorogenic probes that signal the presence of specific DNA or RNA sequences are key enabling tools for molecular disease diagnosis and imaging studies. Usually, at least one fluorophore is attached through covalent bonding to an oligonucleotide probe. However, the additional conjugation step increases costs. Here we introduce a method that avoids the requirement for the preparation of fluorescence-labelled oligonucleotides and provides the opportunity to alter the fluorogenic reporter dye without resynthesis. The method is based on adjacent hybridization of two dicysteine-containing peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes to form a bipartite tetracysteine motif that binds profluorescent bisarsenical dyes such as FIAsH, ReAsH or CrAsH. Binding is accompanied by strong increases in fluorescence emission (with response factors of up to 80-fold and high brightness up to 50 mL mol-1 cm-1 ). The detection system provides sub-nanomolar limits of detection and allows discrimination of single nucleotide variations through more than 20-fold changes in fluorescence intensity. To demonstrate its usefulness, the FIAsH-based readout of the bivalent CysCys-PNA display was interfaced with a rolling-circle amplification (RCA) assay used to detect disease-associated microRNA let-7a.
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- Ge-Min Fang
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Kumar Verma R, Takei F, Nakatani K. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Fluorescence Molecular Probe for Turn-ON-Type Detection of Cytosine Bulge DNA. Org Lett 2016; 18:3170-3. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b01378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Rajiv Kumar Verma
- Department
of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, 8-1,
Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- National Defense Medical College, Namiki, 3-2, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan
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- Department
of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, 8-1,
Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Sato Y, Sato T, Sato T, Nishizawa S, Teramae N. The effect of LNA nucleobases as enhancers for the binding of amiloride to an abasic site in DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 12:7250-6. [PMID: 25101634 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00977k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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We report on a significant effect of locked nucleic acid (LNA) nucleobases on the binding of amiloride for abasic site (AP)-containing DNA duplexes. Fluorescence titration experiments showed that the binding affinity of amiloride for the target thymine (T) opposite an AP site significantly improves for the DNA duplexes possessing LNA nucleobases that flank the AP site, compared to the corresponding normal DNA duplexes. In particular, LNA flanking nucleobases on both 5'- and 3'-sides of the AP site are found to be effective for the enhancement of the binding affinity. From thermodynamic characterization of the amiloride binding, the loss in the binding entropy is remarkably reduced for the LNA-containing DNA duplexes, which is indeed responsible for the enhanced affinity of amiloride. Moreover, such an effect of LNA nucleobases was also observed for amiloride binding to DNA/RNA hybrid duplexes.
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- Yusuke Sato
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Takei F, Chen X, Yu G, Shibata T, Dohno C, Nakatani K. Cytosine-bulge-dependent fluorescence quenching for the real-time hairpin primer PCR. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 50:15195-8. [PMID: 25338232 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06780k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The progress of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was sensitively monitored based on the increase in fluorescence of N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)-2,7-diamino-1,8-naphthyridine, which was covalently anchored on the cytosine bulge directly neighbouring the 5'-T_G-3'/5'-CCA-3' sequence in the hairpin tag at the 5' end of the PCR primer.
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- F Takei
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, 567-0047 Japan.
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Peng J, Shao Y, Liu L, Zhang L, Liu H, Wang Y. Ag nanoclusters as probes for turn-on fluorescence recognition of TpG dinucleotide with a high selectivity. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 850:78-84. [PMID: 25441163 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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CpG dinucleotide in DNA has a great tendency to mutate to TpG dinucleotide and this transition can cause some serious diseases. In this work, fluorescent Ag nanoclusters (Ag NCs) were employed as useful inorganic fluorophores for the potential of selectively discriminating TpG dinucleotide from CpG dinucleotide. Opposite the base Y of interest in YpG dinucleotide (Y=C or T), a bulge site was introduced so as to make the base Y to be unpaired and ready for Ag(+) binding. Such that the unpaired Y and context base pairs can provide a specific space suitable for creating fluorescent Ag NCs. We found that in comparison with CpG dinucleotide, TpG dinucleotide is much more efficient in growing fluorescent Ag NCs. Therefore, mutation of CpG dinucleotide to TpG can be identified by a turn-on fluorescence response and a high selectivity. More interestingly, Ag NCs exhibit a better performance in the TpG recognition over the other dinucleotides (Y=A and G) than the previously used organic fluorophores. Additionally, the effectiveness of the bulge site design in discriminating these dinucleotides was evidenced by control DNAs having the abasic site structure. We expect that a practical method for TpG dinucleotide recognition with a high selectivity can be developed using the bulge site-grown fluorescent Ag NCs as novel probes.
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- Jian Peng
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, PR China.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, PR China
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Takada T, Yamaguchi K, Tsukamoto S, Nakamura M, Yamana K. Light-up fluorescent probes utilizing binding behavior of perylenediimide derivatives to a hydrophobic pocket within DNA. Analyst 2014; 139:4016-21. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an00493k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tanpure AA, Srivatsan SG. Synthesis, photophysical properties and incorporation of a highly emissive and environment-sensitive uridine analogue based on the Lucifer chromophore. Chembiochem 2014; 15:1309-16. [PMID: 24861713 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The majority of fluorescent nucleoside analogues used in nucleic acid studies have excitation maxima in the UV region and show very low fluorescence within oligonucleotides (ONs); hence, they cannot be utilised with certain fluorescence methods and for cell-based analysis. Here, we describe the synthesis, photophysical properties and incorporation of a highly emissive and environment-sensitive uridine analogue, derived by attaching a Lucifer chromophore (1,8-naphthalimide core) at the 5-position of uracil. The emissive nucleoside displays excitation and emission maxima in the visible region and exhibits high quantum yield. Importantly, when incorporated into ON duplexes it retains appreciable fluorescence efficiency and is sensitive to the neighbouring base environment. Notably, the nucleoside signals the presence of purine repeats in ON duplexes with an enhancement in fluorescence intensity, a property rarely displayed by other nucleoside analogues.
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- Arun A Tanpure
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008 (India)
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Peng J, Shao Y, Liu L, Zhang L, Liu H. Specific recognition of DNA bulge sites by in situ grown fluorescent Ag nanoclusters with high selectivity. Dalton Trans 2014; 43:1534-41. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt52042k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Takei F, Tani H, Matsuura Y, Nakatani K. Detection of hepatitis C virus by single-step hairpin primer RT-PCR. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:394-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ligase chain reaction amplification for sensitive electrochemiluminescent detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 796:1-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.07.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Takada T, Ashida A, Nakamura M, Yamana K. Cationic perylenediimide as a specific fluorescent binder to mismatch containing DNA. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:6011-4. [PMID: 23953688 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Small ligand molecules, which can recognize thermodynamically unstable site within DNA, such as mismatch base pair, abasic site, and single-bulge, have attracted much attention because of their potential diagnostics and biological applications. In this paper, we describe the binding of cationic perylenediimide (cPDI) molecules to thymine-containing mismatch base pair in DNA and the formation of cPDI dimer at the mismatch site. The cPDI dimer exhibits a characteristic excimer emission at 650nm. For T/T mismatch containing DNA, the switching behavior from the PDI dimer (650nm) to the monomer (550nm) emission in specific response to Hg(2+) ion was observed.
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- Tadao Takada
- Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan.
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Takei F, Igarashi M, Oka Y, Koga Y, Nakatani K. Competitive allele-specific hairpin primer PCR for extremely high allele discrimination in typing of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Chembiochem 2012; 13:1409-12. [PMID: 22689446 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Fumie Takei
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Synthesis, structures and spectroscopic properties of new 1,2-bis[2-(4-methyl-7-acetylamino-1,8-naphthyridine)]ethylene ligand and its binuclear copper(I) complexes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2011.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Xu S, Shao Y, Ma K, Cui Q, Liu G, Wu F, Li M. Fluorescence light-up recognition of DNA nucleotide based on selective abasic site binding of an excited-state intramolecular proton transfer probe. Analyst 2011; 136:4480-5. [PMID: 21946800 DOI: 10.1039/c1an15652g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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DNA single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection has attracted much attention due to mutation-related diseases. Various fluorescence methods for SNP detection have been proposed and many are already in use. However, fluorescence enhancement for signal-on SNP identification without label modification still remains a challenge. Here, we find that the abasic site (AP site) in a DNA duplex can be developed as a binding pocket favorable for the occurrence of the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of a 3-hydroxyflavone, fisetin, which is used as a proof of concept for effective SNP identification. Fisetin binding at the AP site is highly selective for target thymine or cytosine facing the AP site by observation of a drastic increase in the ESIPT emission band. In addition, the target recognition selectivity based on this ESIPT process is not affected by flanking bases of the AP site. The binding selectivity of fisetin at the AP site is also confirmed by measurements of fluorescence resonance energy transfer, emission lifetime and DNA melting. The fluorescent signal-on sensing for SNP based on this fluorophore is substantially advantageous over the previously used fluorophores such as the AP site-specific signal-off organic ligands with a similar fluorescing mechanism before and after binding to DNA with hydrogen bonding interaction. We expect that this approach will be employed to develop a practical SNP detection method by locating an AP site toward a target and employing an ESIPT probe as readout.
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- Shujuan Xu
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Zhu Z, Yang C, Zhou X, Qin J. Label-free aptamer-based sensors for L-argininamide by using nucleic acid minor groove binding dyes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:3192-4. [PMID: 21270994 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04844e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The nucleic acid minor groove binding dyes, DAPI and Hoechst 33258, were for the first time used in label-free aptamer-based sensors for L-argininamide. The synergy binding effect results in the enhancement of fluorescence of dyes. The method for detection of L-argininamide is simple, rapid and cost-effective.
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- Zece Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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Xie Y, Maxson T, Tor Y. Fluorescent nucleoside analogue displays enhanced emission upon pairing with guanine. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:5053-5. [PMID: 20862439 PMCID: PMC3032630 DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00413h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A fluorescent nucleobase analogue, 7-aminoquinazoline-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione, is incorporated into a DNA oligonucleotide and senses mismatched pairing by displaying G-specific fluorescence enhancement.
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- Yun Xie
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA. ; Fax:
+1 858 534 0202; Tel: +1 858 534 6401
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA. ; Fax:
+1 858 534 0202; Tel: +1 858 534 6401
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA. ; Fax:
+1 858 534 0202; Tel: +1 858 534 6401
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Jiang YL, Patel P, Klein SM. A fluorescein-containing, small-molecule, water-soluble receptor for cytosine free bases. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:7034-42. [PMID: 20801661 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Revised: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this study, we synthesized small-molecule, water-soluble, fluorescein-containing ureido compounds 6 and 8 as target receptors for cytosine free bases and then investigated the binding of cytosine free bases with the receptors using (15)N NMR spectroscopy and partially labeled cytosine-2,4-(13)C-1,3,4-(15)N-cytosine. Binding with the receptor 6a (the disodium form of 6) caused the chemical shift of the nitrogen atom of the amino group of cytosine to move downfield; binding of the receptor 8a (the disodium form of 8), which is possessing no corresponding aryl nitrogen atom, had no effect on this signal. Fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that binding of cytosine and its derivatives led to quenching of the fluorescence of receptor 6a; in contrast, the quenching of receptor 8a was only slightly affected by cytosine. Because the fluorescence of 6a was not quenched by either deoxycytidine or uracil, it appears that this receptor is a specific for cytosine among the DNA bases. We used the fluorescence of 6a to measure the apparent binding constants for various cytosine derivatives, including the anticancer prodrug 5-fluorocytosine. Receptor 6a is the first small-molecule, water-soluble fluorescent receptor for the specific binding of cytosine free bases in aqueous solution.
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- Yu Lin Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, United States.
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Gan X, Yao ZF, Zhang JF, Li Z, Fu WF. Synthesis, characterization, and spectroscopic properties of binuclear copper(I) complexes with N^N-N^N, N^N^OH, N^C^N, and phosphine ligands. J COORD CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2010.502965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Xin Gan
- a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University , Kunming 650092, P.R. China
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- a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University , Kunming 650092, P.R. China
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- a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University , Kunming 650092, P.R. China
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- a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University , Kunming 650092, P.R. China
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- a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University , Kunming 650092, P.R. China
- b Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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Fu WF, Jia LF, Mu WH, Gan X, Zhang JB, Liu PH, Cao QY, Zhang GJ, Quan L, Lv XJ, Xu QQ. Synthesis, Characterization, Photoinduced Isomerization, and Spectroscopic Properties of Vinyl-1,8-naphthyridine Derivatives and Their Copper(I) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:4524-33. [PMID: 20408579 DOI: 10.1021/ic100094y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Wen-Fu Fu
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking 100190, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking 100190, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking 100190, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
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Takei F, Igarashi M, Hagihara M, Oka Y, Soya Y, Nakatani K. Secondary-Structure-Inducible Ligand Fluorescence Coupled with PCR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:7822-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Takei F, Igarashi M, Hagihara M, Oka Y, Soya Y, Nakatani K. Secondary-Structure-Inducible Ligand Fluorescence Coupled with PCR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200902449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Smith AL, Cekan P, Brewood GP, Okonogi TM, Alemayehu S, Hustedt EJ, Benight AS, Sigurdsson ST, Robinson BH. Conformational equilibria of bulged sites in duplex DNA studied by EPR spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:2664-75. [PMID: 19708106 DOI: 10.1021/jp808260b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Conformational flexibility in nucleic acids provides a basis for complex structures, binding, and signaling. One-base bulges directly neighboring single-base mismatches in nucleic acids can be present in a minimum of two distinct conformations, complicating the examination of the thermodynamics by calorimetry or UV-monitored melting techniques. To provide additional information about such structures, we demonstrate how electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) active spin-labeled base analogues, base-specifically incorporated into the DNA, are monitors of the superposition of different bulge-mismatch conformations. EPR spectra provide information about the dynamic environments of the probe. This information is cast in terms of "dynamic signatures" that have an underlying basis in structural variations. By examining the changes in the equilibrium of the different states across a range of temperatures, the enthalpy and entropy of the interconversion among possible conformations can be determined. The DNA constructs with a single bulge neighboring a single-base mismatch ("bulge-mismatches") may be approximately modeled as an equilibrium between two possible conformations. This structural information provides insight into the local composition of the bulge-mismatch sequences. Experiments on the bulge-mismatches show that basepairing across the helix can be understood in terms of purine and pyrimidine interactions, rather than specific bases. Measurements of the enthalpy and entropy of formation for the bulge-mismatches by differential scanning calorimetry and UV-monitored melting confirm that the formation of bulge-mismatches is in fact more complicated than a simple two-state process, consistent with the base-specific spectral data that bulge-mismatches exist in multiple conformations in the premelting temperature region. We find that the calculations with the nearest-neighbor (NN) model for the two likely conformations do not correlate well with the populations of structures and thermodynamic parameters inferred from the base-specific EPR dynamics probe. We report that the base-specific spin probes are able to identify a bistable, temperature dependent, switching between conformations for a particular complex bulged construct.
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- Alyssa L Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700 Bagley Hall, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA
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Granzhan A, Teulade-Fichou MP. A Fluorescent Bisanthracene Macrocycle Discriminates between Matched and Mismatch-Containing DNA. Chemistry 2009; 15:1314-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200802421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ong HC, Arambula JF, Rao Ramisetty S, Baranger AM, Zimmerman SC. Molecular recognition of a thymine bulge by a high affinity, deazaguanine-based hydrogen-bonding ligand. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009:668-70. [DOI: 10.1039/b817733n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Srivatsan SG, Weizman H, Tor Y. A highly fluorescent nucleoside analog based on thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidine senses mismatched pairing. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:1334-8. [PMID: 18385838 PMCID: PMC5263222 DOI: 10.1039/b801054d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A highly emissive nucleobase analog, based on a thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidine core, is enzymatically incorporated into RNA oilgonucleotides that function as base discriminating fluorescent probes.
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- Seergazhi G Srivatsan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358, USA
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Imai K, Ogai Y, Nishizawa D, Kasai S, Ikeda K, Koga H. A novel SNP detection technique utilizing a multiple primer extension (MPEX) on a phospholipid polymer-coated surface. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2007; 3:547-53. [PMID: 17639130 DOI: 10.1039/b701645j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Conventional methods for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including direct DNA sequencing, pyrosequencing, and melting curve analysis, are to a great extent limited by their requirement for particular detection instruments. To overcome this limitation, we established a novel SNP detection technique utilizing multiple primer extension (MPEX) on a phospholipid polymer-coated surface. This technique is based on the development of a new plastic S-BIO PrimeSurface with a biocompatible polymer; its surface chemistry offers extraordinarily stable thermal properties, as well as chemical properties advantageous for enzymatic reactions on the surface. To visualize allele-specific PCR products on the surface, biotin-dUTP was incorporated into newly synthesized PCR products during the extension reaction. The products were ultimately detected by carrying out a colorimetric reaction with substrate solution containing 4-nitro-blue tetrazolium chloride (NBT) and 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate (BCIP). We demonstrated the significance of this novel SNP detection technique by analyzing representative SNPs on 4 LD blocks of the micro opioid receptor gene. We immobilized 20 allele-specific oligonucleotides on this substrate, and substantially reproduced the results previously obtained by other methods.
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- Kazuhide Imai
- Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Department of Human Genome Technology, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
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