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Concentration-Dependent Study of Nucleic Acid Blockers Used for Sequence-Specificity Enhancement in Nucleic Acids Detection. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-022-06972-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Comparative Study of Thermal Stability and On/Off Fluorescent Signaling Characteristics of Self-Quenching Smart Probes. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-020-04860-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Oladepo SA, Yusuf BO. Simple protocol for sequence-specific detection of mixed-base nucleic acids using a smart probe with NABs. Anal Biochem 2019; 568:53-56. [PMID: 30610841 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A fluorescent smart probe (SP) was used to detect a mixed-base ribonucleic acids sequence. While the SP presents excellent sensitivity for the target, it gives subtle discrimination between the perfect target sequence and several mismatch sequences. Its sequence-specificity for the target was greatly enhanced by using nucleic acid blockers (NABs), which are unlabeled, non-fluorescent hairpin oligonucleotides that are perfectly complementary to those mismatch sequences. This approach is simple, feasible at room temperature, requires no amplification enzymes, and it is suitable for applications requiring routine nucleic acids sequence detection and quantification methods such as genetic testing and biomedical diagnostics.
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- Sulayman A Oladepo
- Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Shoute LCT, Loppnow GR. Characterization of the binding interactions between EvaGreen dye and dsDNA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:4772-4780. [PMID: 29380825 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06058k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Understanding the dsDNA·EG binding interaction is important because the EvaGreen (EG) dye is increasingly used in real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, high resolution melting analysis, and routine quantification of DNA. In this work, a binding isotherm for the interactions of EG with duplex DNA (poly-dA17·poly-dT17) has been determined from the absorption and fluorescence spectra of the EG and dsDNA·EG complex. The isotherm has a sigmoidal shape and can be modeled with the Hill equation, indicating positive cooperativity for the binding interaction. A Scatchard plot of the binding data yields a concave-down curve in agreement with the Hill analysis of the binding isotherm for a positive cooperative binding interaction. Analysis of the Scatchard plot with the modified McGhee and von Hippel model for a finite one-dimensional homogeneous lattice and nonspecific binding of ligands to duplex DNA yields the intrinsic binding constant, the number of lattice sites occluded by a bound ligand, and the cooperativity parameter of 3.6 × 105 M-1, 4.0, and 8.1, respectively. The occluded site size of 4 indicates that moieties of the EG intercalate into the adjacent base pairs of the duplex DNA with a gap of 1 intercalation site between EG binding sites, as expected for a bifunctional molecule. Interestingly, at high [EG]/[base pair], the intercalation is disrupted. A model is proposed based on the fluorescence spectrum where the formation of anti-parallel stacked chains of EGs bound externally to the duplex DNA occur at these high ratios.
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- L C T Shoute
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada.
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El-Yazbi AF, Loppnow GR. Terbium fluorescence as a sensitive, inexpensive probe for UV-induced damage in nucleic acids. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 786:116-23. [PMID: 23790300 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.04.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Much effort has been focused on developing methods for detecting damaged nucleic acids. However, almost all of the proposed methods consist of multi-step procedures, are limited, require expensive instruments, or suffer from a high level of interferences. In this paper, we present a novel simple, inexpensive, mix-and-read assay that is generally applicable to nucleic acid damage and uses the enhanced luminescence due to energy transfer from nucleic acids to terbium(III) (Tb(3+)). Single-stranded oligonucleotides greatly enhance the Tb(3+) emission, but duplex DNA does not. With the use of a DNA hairpin probe complementary to the oligonucleotide of interest, the Tb(3+)/hairpin probe is applied to detect ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage. The hairpin probe hybridizes only with the undamaged DNA. However, the damaged DNA remains single-stranded and enhances the intrinsic fluorescence of Tb(3+), producing a detectable signal directly proportional to the amount of DNA damage. This allows the Tb(3+)/hairpin probe to be used for sensitive quantification of UV-induced DNA damage. The Tb(3+)/hairpin probe showed superior selectivity to DNA damage compared to conventional molecular beacons probes (MBs) and its sensitivity is more than 2.5 times higher than MBs with a limit of detection of 4.36±1.2 nM. In addition, this probe is easier to synthesize and more than eight times cheaper than MBs, which makes its use recommended for high-throughput, quantitative analysis of DNA damage.
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- Amira F El-Yazbi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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El-Yazbi AF, Loppnow GR. A selective, inexpensive probe for UV-induced damage in nucleic acids. CAN J CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2012-0417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Absorption of UV light by nucleic acids can result in the formation of molecular lesions in DNA and RNA, leading to mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, and cell death. In this work, hairpin oligonucleotide probes, which have previously been shown to be selective for DNA damage, are used. The hypochromic effect, which arises from the formation of the target–hairpin hybrid when there is no damage, is used to measure the amount of UV damage by measuring the amount of single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides. With accumulated UV exposure, the target–hairpin hybrid concentration decreases and the absorbance increases, enabling detection of UV-induced DNA damage. Our results show that the selectivity for DNA damage of the hypochromism probe is comparable with the molecular beacon probes, detecting between one and three lesions in an oligonucleotide. In addition, this probe is more than 10 times cheaper than molecular beacon probes. However, it shows lower sensitivity to DNA damage. This makes its use recommended for high-throughput, qualitative analysis of DNA damage. This introduces a simple, fast, mix-and-read assay for the detection of DNA damage.
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- Amira F. El-Yazbi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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El-Yazbi AF, Loppnow GR. Chimeric RNA–DNA Molecular Beacons for Quantification of Nucleic Acids, Single Nucleotide Polymophisms, and Nucleic Acid Damage. Anal Chem 2013; 85:4321-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ac301669y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Amira F. El-Yazbi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
T6G 2G2 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
T6G 2G2 Canada
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Nair SG, Loppnow GR. Multiplexed, UVC-induced, sequence-dependent DNA damage detection. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 89:884-90. [PMID: 23441594 DOI: 10.1111/php.12066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The exposure of DNA to ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes sequence-dependent damage. Thus, there is a need for an analytical technique that can detect damage in large numbers of DNA sequences simultaneously. In this study, we have designed an assay for UVC-induced DNA damage in multiple oligonucleotides simultaneously by using a 96-well plate and a novel automated sample mover. The UVC-induced DNA damage is measured using smart probes, analogs of molecular beacons in which guanosine nucleotides act as the fluorescence quencher. Our results show that the oligonucleotide damage constants obtained with this method are reproducible and similar to those obtained in cuvettes. The calibration curve for poly-dT shows good linearity (R(2) = 0.96), with limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) equal to 55 and 183 nm, respectively. The results show that the damage kinetics upon irradiation is sensitive to the different types of photoproducts formed in the different sequences used; i.e. poly-A oligonucleotides containing guanine are damaged at a faster rate than poly-A oligonucleotides containing either thymine or cytosine. Thus, detecting DNA damage in a 96-well plate and quantifying the damage with smart probes are a simple, fast and inexpensive mix-and-read technique for multiplexed, sequence-specific DNA damage detection.
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- Sindhu G Nair
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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El-Yazbi AF, Loppnow GR. 2-Aminopurine hairpin probes for the detection of ultraviolet-induced DNA damage. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 726:44-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2012] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Shire ZJ, Loppnow GR. Molecular Beacon Probes of Oligonucleotides Photodamaged by Psoralen. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 88:645-50. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Shire ZJ, Loppnow GR. Molecular beacon probes for the detection of cisplatin-induced DNA damage. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 403:179-84. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5790-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The exposure of DNA to radiation and chemical insults leads to damage and disease. Thus, detection and understanding of DNA damage is important for elucidating molecular mechanisms of disease. However, current methods of DNA damage detection are either time-consuming, destroy the sample, or are too specific to be used for generic detection of damage. In this paper, we examine the sensitivity of different locked nucleic acid (LNA) hairpin probes for detecting UV-induced oligonucleotide damage to LNA composition, target concentration, and ionic strength. We also compare the selectivity of the LNA hairpin probe with a DNA molecular beacon (MB) hairpin probe for detecting DNA damage. Our results show that the selectivity of the LNA hairpin probe to UV-induced nucleic acid damage increases with increasing ionic strength of the buffer and decreases with increasing target concentration and with increasing LNA ratio.
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- Amira El-Yazbi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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Oladepo SA, Loppnow GR. Self-quenching smart probes as a platform for the detection of sequence-specific UV-induced DNA photodamage. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 397:2949-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3896-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Revised: 05/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Trp-DNA adducts resulting from UV irradiation of pyrimidine bases and nucleotides in the presence of tryptophan (Trp) have been the subject of previous research. However, the relative yield of the adducts compared with the UV screening effect of Trp has not been previously considered. To determine whether Trp-DNA adduct formation or absorption "screening" by Trp is the predominant process when DNA solutions are irradiated with UV light in the presence of Trp, we irradiated Trp-containing DNA oligonucleotide solutions with UVC light and incubated aliquots of those solutions with molecular beacons (MBs) to detect the damage. We observed a rapid decay of fluorescence of the MBs for pure DNA solutions, thereby indicating damage. However, in the presence of Trp, the fluorescence decay is prolonged, with time constants that increase exponentially with Trp concentration. The results are discussed in terms of a beneficial in vivo cellular protection rather than harmful adduct formation and suggest a net sacrificial absorption of UV light by Trp which actually protects the DNA from UV damage.
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- Sulayman A Oladepo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Venkatesan N, Seo YJ, Kim BH. Quencher-free molecular beacons: a new strategy in fluorescence based nucleic acid analysis. Chem Soc Rev 2008; 37:648-63. [PMID: 18362974 DOI: 10.1039/b705468h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular beacons (MBs) have been used as viable fluorescent probes in nucleic acid analysis. Many researchers around the world continue to modify the MBs to suit their needs. As a result, a number of nucleic acid probing systems with close resemblance to the MBs are being reported from time to time. Quencher-free molecular beacons (QF-MBs) are a significant modification of the conventional MB; in QF-MBs the quencher part has been eliminated. Despite the absence of the quencher, the QF-MBs can identify specific target DNA. They can also be used in SNP typing and in real-time PCR analysis for quantification of DNAs. The design, factors behind functioning and applications of different types of QF-MBs and closely related quencher-free nucleic acid probing systems (QF-NAPs) have been described in this tutorial review.
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- Natarajan Venkatesan
- Laboratory for Modified Nucleic Acid Systems, Department of Chemistry, BK School of Molecular Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea
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Kailasam S, Rogers KR. A fluorescence-based screening assay for DNA damage induced by genotoxic industrial chemicals. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 66:165-71. [PMID: 16820187 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2005] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A rapid screening assay to detect chemically-induced DNA damage resulting from exposure of surrogate DNA to genotoxic compounds is reported. This assay is based on changes in the melting and annealing behavior observed for damaged DNA. Exposure of calf thymus DNA to genotoxic industrial chemicals reduced the extent to which the DNA annealed as measured using a double strand DNA selective fluorescent indicator dye. Formaldehyde, acrolein, crotonaldehyde and bromoethane showed the most prominent effects, chloroacetone and allylamine exhibited lesser effects, and acryrlonitrile showed no statistically significant assay response. The assay response for formaldehyde and crotonaldehyde were measured over the concentration range of 10-100 mM and 50-300 mM, respectively. This assay showed little response for the cytotoxic compounds phenol, cyclohexane and toluene but was sensitive to the effects of DNA damaging compounds such as mitomycin C and glutaraldehyde.
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- S Kailasam
- US EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory-LV, Environmental Protection Agency, 944 E. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA
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