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Koboku S, Tsukada T, Oku Y, Kobayashi S, Saito Y. FRET-based dual-labeled oligonucleotide probe detects target DNA by probing a minor groove environment. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:1699-1706. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00027j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel amino-modifier ESF nucleoside AM37zA (1) containing trifluoroacetyl (TFA)-protected amino group is designed for the functionalization of ODN probe after oligonucleotide synthesis. AM37zA (1) demonstrated remarkable solvatochromicity and ODN...
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Karimi A, Börner R, Mata G, Luedtke NW. A Highly Fluorescent Nucleobase Molecular Rotor. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:14422-14426. [PMID: 32786749 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fluorescent base analogs (FBAs) are powerful probes of nucleic acids' structures and dynamics. However, previously reported FBAs exhibit relatively low brightness and therefore limited sensitivity of detection. Here we report the hitherto brightest FBA that has ideal molecular rotor properties for detecting local dynamic motions associated with base pair mismatches. The new trans-stilbene annulated uracil derivative "tsT" exhibits bright fluorescence emissions in various solvents (ε × Φ = 3400-29 700 cm-1 M-1) and is highly sensitive to mechanical motions in duplex DNA (ε × Φ = 150-4250 cm-1 M-1). tsT is thereby a "smart" thymidine analog, exhibiting a 28-fold brighter fluorescence intensity when base paired with A as compared to T or C. Time-correlated single photon counting revealed that the fluorescence lifetime of tsT (τ = 4-11 ns) was shorter than its anisotropy decay in well-matched duplex DNA (θ = 20 ns), yet longer than the dynamic motions of base pair mismatches (0.1-10 ns). These properties enable unprecedented sensitivity in detecting local dynamics of nucleic acids.
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- Ashkan Karimi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, McGill University, H3A-0B8 Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida, University of Applied Sciences, 09648 Mittweida, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, McGill University, H3A-0B8 Montreal, Canada.,Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, H3A-1A3 Montreal, Canada
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2-Ethynylnaphthalene-modified 8-aza-3,7-dideaza-2′-deoxyadenosine derivative discriminates thymine in target DNA via changes in the fluorescence wavelength. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.151841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Takeda T, Yanagi M, Suzuki A, Katoh R, Saito Y. Synthesis of ethynylpyrene-modified 3-deaza-2′-deoxyguanosines as environmentally sensitive fluorescent nucleosides: Target DNA-sequence detection via changes in the fluorescence wavelength. Tetrahedron Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Saito Y, Hudson RH. Base-modified fluorescent purine nucleosides and nucleotides for use in oligonucleotide probes. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bag SS, Gogoi H. Design of "Click" Fluorescent Labeled 2'-deoxyuridines via C5-[4-(2-Propynyl(methyl)amino)]phenyl Acetylene as a Universal Linker: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Interaction with BSA. J Org Chem 2018; 83:7606-7621. [PMID: 29877080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b03097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Microenvironment-sensitive fluorescent nucleosides present attractive advantages over single-emitting dyes for sensing inter-biomolecular interactions involving DNA. Herein, we report the rational design and synthesis of triazolyl push-pull fluorophore-labeled uridines via the intermediacy of C5-[4-(2-propynyl(methyl)amino)]phenyl acetylene as a universal linker. The synthesized nucleosides showed interesting solvatochromic characteristic and/or intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) features. A few of them also exhibited dual-emitting characteristics evidencing our designing concept. The HOMO-LUMO distribution showed that the emissive states of these nucleosides were characterized with more significant electron redistribution between the C5-[4-(2-propynyl(methyl)amino)]phenyl triazolyl donor moiety and the aromatic chromophores linked to it, leading to modulated emission property. The solvent polarity sensitivity of these nucleosides was also tested. The synthesized triazolyl benzonitrile (10C), naphthyl (10E), and pyrenyl (10G) nucleosides were found to exhibit interesting ICT and dual (LE/ICT) emission properties. The dual-emitting pyrenyl nucleoside maintained a good ratiometric response in the BSA protein microenvironment, enabling the switch-on ratiometric sensing of BSA as the only protein biomolecule. Thus, it is expected that the new fluorescent nucleoside analogues would be useful in designing DNA probes for nucleic acid analysis or studying DNA-protein interactions via a drastic change in fluorescence response due to a change in micropolarity.
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- Subhendu Sekhar Bag
- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 781039 , India
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- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 781039 , India
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Seio K, Kanamori T, Masaki Y. Solvent- and environment-dependent fluorescence of modified nucleobases. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Hwang GT. Single-Labeled Oligonucleotides Showing Fluorescence Changes Upon Hybridization with Target Nucleic Acids. Molecules 2018; 23:E124. [PMID: 29316733 PMCID: PMC6017082 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sequence-specific detection of nucleic acids has been intensively studied in the field of molecular diagnostics. In particular, the detection and analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is crucial for the identification of disease-causing genes and diagnosis of diseases. Sequence-specific hybridization probes, such as molecular beacons bearing the fluorophore and quencher at both ends of the stem, have been developed to enable DNA mutation detection. Interestingly, DNA mutations can be detected using fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes with only one fluorophore. This review summarizes recent research on single-labeled oligonucleotide probes that exhibit fluorescence changes after encountering target nucleic acids, such as guanine-quenching probes, cyanine-containing probes, probes containing a fluorophore-labeled base, and microenvironment-sensitive probes.
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- Gil Tae Hwang
- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
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Yanagi M, Suzuki A, Hudson RHE, Saito Y. A fluorescent 3,7-bis-(naphthalen-1-ylethynylated)-2′-deoxyadenosine analogue reports thymidine in complementary DNA by a large emission Stokes shift. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:1496-1507. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob00062j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The first example of a fluorescent adenosine analogue possessing simultaneous major- and minor-groove substitution selectively reports base-pairing to thymidine.
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- Masaki Yanagi
- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Western Ontario
- London
- Canada N6A 5B7
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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Suzuki A, Yanagi M, Takeda T, Hudson RHE, Saito Y. The fluorescently responsive 3-(naphthalen-1-ylethynyl)-3-deaza-2′-deoxyguanosine discriminates cytidine via the DNA minor groove. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:7853-7859. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01931a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A newly synthesized fluorescent nucleoside 3nzG discriminates cytidine in target DNA strands by a distinct change in its emission wavelength.
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- Azusa Suzuki
- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry
- College of Engineering
- Nihon University
- Koriyama
- Japan
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Yamauchi T, Takeda T, Yanagi M, Takahashi N, Suzuki A, Saito Y. C2-substituted 8-aza-7-deaza-2′-deoxyadenosines as environmentally sensitive fluorescent nucleosides for discriminating apurinic/apyrimidinic sites in DNA duplex. Tetrahedron Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dziuba D, Pospíšil P, Matyašovský J, Brynda J, Nachtigallová D, Rulíšek L, Pohl R, Hof M, Hocek M. Solvatochromic fluorene-linked nucleoside and DNA as color-changing fluorescent probes for sensing interactions. Chem Sci 2016; 7:5775-5785. [PMID: 30034716 PMCID: PMC6021979 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc02548j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A nucleoside bearing a solvatochromic push-pull fluorene fluorophore (dCFL ) was designed and synthesized by the Sonogashira coupling of alkyne-linked fluorene 8 with 5-iodo-2'-deoxycytidine. The fluorene building block 8 and labeled nucleoside dCFL exerted bright fluorescence with significant solvatochromic effect providing emission maxima ranging from 421 to 544 nm and high quantum yields even in highly polar solvents, including water. The solvatochromism of 8 was studied by DFT and ADC(2) calculations to show that, depending on the polarity of the solvent, emission either from the planar or the twisted conformation of the excited state can occur. The nucleoside was converted to its triphosphate variant dCFLTP which was found to be a good substrate for DNA polymerases suitable for the enzymatic synthesis of oligonucleotide or DNA probes by primer extension or PCR. The fluorene-linked DNA can be used as fluorescent probes for DNA-protein (p53) or DNA-lipid interactions, exerting significant color changes visible even to the naked eye. They also appear to be suitable for time-dependent fluorescence shift studies on DNA, yielding information on DNA hydration and dynamics.
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- Dmytro Dziuba
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
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- J. H eyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejskova 3 , CZ-182 23 Prague , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
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- J. H eyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejskova 3 , CZ-182 23 Prague , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Gilead & IOCB Research Center , Flemingovo nam. 2 , CZ-16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic .
- Department of Organic Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Charles University in Prague , Hlavova 8 , CZ-12843 Prague 2 , Czech Republic
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Bosáková A, Perlíková P, Tichý M, Pohl R, Hocek M. 6-Aryl-4-amino-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (benzo-fused 7-deaza-dATP analogues): Synthesis, fluorescent properties, enzymatic incorporation into DNA and DNA-protein binding study. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:4528-4535. [PMID: 27498304 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Four 6-substituted 4-amino-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dA(BX)TPs) were prepared by glycosylation of 4,6-dichloropyrimidoindole followed by ammonolysis, cross-coupling and triphosphorylation. They were found to be moderate to good substrates for DNA polymerases in primer extension. They also exerted fluorescence with emission maxima 335-378nm. When incorporated to oligonucleotide probes, they did not show significant mismatch discrimination but the 6-benzofuryl 4-amino-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole nucleotide displayed a useful sensitivity to protein binding in experiment with SSB protein.
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- Andrea Bosáková
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic; Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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Suzuki A, Kozakai R, Aso T, Saito I, Takeda T, Saito Y. Design and synthesis of environmentally sensitive fluorescent 2-naphthylethynylated 2′-deoxyadenosines: Detection of target DNA via changes in fluorescence intensity and wavelength. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:684-689. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Revised: 11/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Dziuba D, Jurkiewicz P, Cebecauer M, Hof M, Hocek M. A Rotational BODIPY Nucleotide: An Environment-Sensitive Fluorescence-Lifetime Probe for DNA Interactions and Applications in Live-Cell Microscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:174-8. [PMID: 26768820 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fluorescent probes for detecting the physical properties of cellular structures have become valuable tools in life sciences. The fluorescence lifetime of molecular rotors can be used to report on variations in local molecular packing or viscosity. We used a nucleoside linked to a meso-substituted BODIPY fluorescent molecular rotor (dC(bdp)) to sense changes in DNA microenvironment both in vitro and in living cells. DNA incorporating dC(bdp) can respond to interactions with DNA-binding proteins and lipids by changes in the fluorescence lifetimes in the range 0.5-2.2 ns. We can directly visualize changes in the local environment of exogenous DNA during transfection of living cells. Relatively long fluorescence lifetimes and extensive contrast for detecting changes in the microenvironment together with good photostability and versatility for DNA synthesis make this probe suitable for analysis of DNA-associated processes, cellular structures, and also DNA-based nanomaterials.
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- Dmytro Dziuba
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610 Prague 6 (Czech Republic) http://www.uochb.cas.cz/hocekgroup
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8 (Czech Republic) http://www.hof-fluorescence-group.weebly.com/
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8 (Czech Republic) http://www.hof-fluorescence-group.weebly.com/
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8 (Czech Republic) http://www.hof-fluorescence-group.weebly.com/.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610 Prague 6 (Czech Republic) http://www.uochb.cas.cz/hocekgroup. .,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Prague 2 (Czech Republic).
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Dziuba D, Jurkiewicz P, Cebecauer M, Hof M, Hocek M. A Rotational BODIPY Nucleotide: An Environment-Sensitive Fluorescence-Lifetime Probe for DNA Interactions and Applications in Live-Cell Microscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201507922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Novel Signal-Enhancing Approaches for Optical Detection of Nucleic Acids—Going beyond Target Amplification. CHEMOSENSORS 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors3030224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Aso T, Saito K, Suzuki A, Saito Y. Synthesis and photophysical properties of pyrene-labeled 3-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosines comprising a non-π-conjugated linker: fluorescence quenching-based oligodeoxynucleotide probes for thymine identification. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:10540-7. [PMID: 26338764 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01605c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pyrene-labeled 3-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine comprising a non-π-conjugated linker (py3z)A (1) was synthesized and its photophysical properties were investigated. Oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) probes containing (py3z)A (1) exhibited remarkable fluorescence quenching only when the opposite base of the complementary strand was the perfectly matched thymine. Such fluorescence quenching-based ODN probes exhibited excellent on-off switching properties, making them useful tools for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping and for the identification of target genes and structural studies of nucleic acids.
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- Tatsuya Aso
- Department of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8642, Japan.
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