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Smiljanic M, Bleteau P, Papageorgiou A, Goffart N, Adam C, Doneux T. Introducing common oxazine fluorophores as new redox labels for electrochemical DNA sensors. Bioelectrochemistry 2024; 155:108582. [PMID: 37806117 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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The electrochemical properties of three oxazine fluorophores, ATTO655, ATTO680 and ATTO700 have been investigated at gold electrodes. They display a reversible or quasi-reversible voltammetric behaviour involving either a 2e-, 2H+ or a 2e-, 1H+ redox process depending on the pH, at a formal potential located in the stability range of thiolate self-assembled monolayers (E°' ≈ -0.33 V vs. Ag|AgCl|3M KCl at pH 7.2). The performance of ATTO655 as redox label for electrochemical nucleic acid sensing was evaluated in a typical E-DNA configuration. The redox label has no detrimental impact on the folding of DNA, as shown with the i-motif forming sequence investigated here. An electron transfer rate constant around 40 s-1 was determined, which is comparable to the values reported for the popular methylene blue label. Hybridisation experiments show a significant signal variation between ssDNA and dsDNA, though it is emphasised that the sign and amplitude of the variation are highly dependent on the electrochemical parameters such as the frequency in square wave voltammetry.
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- Milutin Smiljanic
- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe, 2, CP 255, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium; Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe, 2, CP 255, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium; Université de Paris-Cité, ITODYS, CNRS, UMR 7086, 15 rue J-A de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe, 2, CP 255, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe, 2, CP 255, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe, 2, CP 255, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe, 2, CP 255, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Interfacial behaviour of oligodeoxynucleotides prone to G-quadruplex formation on negatively charged electrode surface monitored by electrochemical probes. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.141878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Mustafa G, Gyawali P, Taylor JA, Maleki P, Nunez MV, Guntrum MC, Shiekh S, Balci H. A single molecule investigation of i-motif stability, folding intermediates, and potential as in-situ pH sensor. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:977113. [PMID: 36072435 PMCID: PMC9441956 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.977113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We present a collection of single molecule work on the i-motif structure formed by the human telomeric sequence. Even though it was largely ignored in earlier years of its discovery due to its modest stability and requirement for low pH levels (pH < 6.5), the i-motif has been attracting more attention recently as both a physiologically relevant structure and as a potent pH sensor. In this manuscript, we establish single molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) as a tool to study the i-motif over a broad pH and ionic conditions. We demonstrate pH and salt dependence of i-motif formation under steady state conditions and illustrate the intermediate states visited during i-motif folding in real time at the single molecule level. We also show the prominence of intermediate folding states and reversible folding/unfolding transitions. We present an example of using the i-motif as an in-situ pH sensor and use this sensor to establish the time scale for the pH drop in a commonly used oxygen scavenging system.
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Singhal J, Verma S, Kumar S, Mehrotra D. Recent Advances in Nano-Bio-Sensing Fabrication Technology for the Detection of Oral Cancer. Mol Biotechnol 2021; 63:339-362. [PMID: 33638110 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-021-00306-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nanotechnology-based miniaturized devices have been a breakthrough in the pre-clinical and clinical research areas, e.g. drug delivery, personalized medicine. They have revolutionized the discovery and development of biomarker-based diagnostic devices for detection of various diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and cancer. Nanomaterials (NMs) hold tremendous diagnostic potential due to their high surface-to-volume ratio and quantum confinement phenomenon, improving the detection limit of clinically relevant biomolecules in bio-fluids. Thus, they are helpful in the translation of bench-on platform to point-of-care (POC) screening device. The nanomaterial-based biosensor fabrication technology has also simplified and improved oral cancer (OC) or oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) diagnosis. The fabrication of nano-bio sensors involves application specific modifications of NMs. The unique properties functionalized NMs have augmented their application on the nano-biosensing platform for the detection of clinically relevant biomolecules in bio-fluids. Therefore, this article summarizes the recent advancements in the process of fabrication of nano-biosensors for detection of OC.
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- Jaya Singhal
- Department of Health Research - Multidisciplinary Research Unit, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Health Research - Multidisciplinary Research Unit, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Health Research - Multidisciplinary Research Unit, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Health Research - Multidisciplinary Research Unit, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India. .,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Gao X, Qi L, Liu K, Meng C, Li Y, Yu HZ. Exonuclease I-Assisted General Strategy to Convert Aptamer-Based Electrochemical Biosensors from "Signal-Off" to "Signal-On". Anal Chem 2020; 92:6229-6234. [PMID: 32237711 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In terms of how the signal varies in response to increased concentration of an analyte, sensors can be classified as either "signal-on" or "signal-off" format. While both types hold potentials to be sensitive, selective, and reusable, in many situations "signal-on" sensors are preferred for their low background signal and better selectivity. In this study, with the detection of lysozyme using its DNA aptamer as a trial system, for the first time we demonstrated that such an aptamer-based electrochemical biosensor can be converted from intrinsically "signal-off" to "signal-on" with the aid of a DNA exonuclease. The fact that the stepwise cleavage of antilysozyme aptamer catalyzed by Exonuclease I (Exo I) is entirely inhibited upon binding lysozyme leads to the selective removal of unbound DNA probes (thiolate anti-lysozyme DNA aptamer strands immobilized on gold electrode) upon the introduction of Exo I to the sensor. With the aid of electrostatically bound redox cations ([Ru(NH3)6]3+), we were able to quantitate the number of aptamer strands that are bound with lysozymes via conventional cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements. We demonstrated that Exo I-assisted signal-on conversion protocol not only improves the sensing performance (10 times better limit of detection) but also promises a versatile strategy for DNA-based biosensor design, i.e., it can be readily adapted to other aptamer-protein binding systems (thrombin, as another example).
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- Xiaoyi Gao
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.,Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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Trnkova L, Triskova I, Vorlickova M, Kejnovska I, Dvorakova Z, Pivonkova H, Fiala R. Comparative Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of I‐Motif‐forming DNA Nonamers. ELECTROANAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201900323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Libuse Trnkova
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceMasaryk University, Kamenice 5 CZ-625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceMasaryk University, Kamenice 5 CZ-625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135 CZ-612 65 Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135 CZ-612 65 Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135 CZ-612 65 Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135 CZ-612 65 Brno Czech Republic
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- CEITEC MU – Central European Institute of Technology, Faculty of ScienceMasaryk University, Kamenice 5 CZ-625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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Wolski P, Nieszporek K, Panczyk T. G-Quadruplex and I-Motif Structures within the Telomeric DNA Duplex. A Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Protonation States as Factors Affecting Their Stability. J Phys Chem B 2018; 123:468-479. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Pawel Wolski
- Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30239 Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 3, 20031 Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30239 Cracow, Poland
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