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Highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence displacement method for the study of DNA/small molecule binding interactions

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Title: Highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence displacement method for the study of DNA/small molecule binding interactions
Authors: Huang, Rongfu1, Wang, Li-Rong1, Guo, Liang-Hong LHGuo@rcees.ac.cn
Source: Analytica Chimica Acta. Aug2010, Vol. 676 Issue 1/2, p41-45. 5p.
Subjects: Chemiluminescence, DNA, Genetic regulation, Molecular self-assembly, Binding sites, Ligand binding (Biochemistry), Molecules
Abstract: Abstract: Non-covalent binding interactions of small molecules with DNA play important roles in regulating gene expression and gene function. In this work, a highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) displacement method has been developed to investigate such interactions, particularly for weak DNA binders. This ECL method relies on a double-stranded DNA film deposited on an indium tin oxide electrode (ITO) surface by layer-by-layer self-assembly. A DNA intercalator, [Ru(bpy)2(dppz)]2+ (bpy=2,2′-bipyridine, dppz=dipyrido[3,2-a:2′3′-c]phenazine), is employed as the ECL signal indicator. If a test compound competes with the indicator for the same binding sites in DNA, it would displace the indicator from the film and reduce ECL signal. The new method was validated by measuring five well-known DNA-binding organic molecules including quinacrine, H33258, thiazole orange, ethidium bromide and 4,6-diamidine-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride. Due to high ECL sensitivity, only 0.4μmolL−1 [Ru(bpy)2(dppz)]2+ was needed in the ECL displacement measurement, which is about 75-fold less than the concentration in the voltammetric measurement. The lowered concentration permitted direct measurement of IC50 values of eight hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in their ECL displacement curves and subsequent calculation of their binding constants with DNA. The ECL displacement method is particularly useful for investigating weak DNA binders with limited aqueous solubility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Abstract: Non-covalent binding interactions of small molecules with DNA play important roles in regulating gene expression and gene function. In this work, a highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) displacement method has been developed to investigate such interactions, particularly for weak DNA binders. This ECL method relies on a double-stranded DNA film deposited on an indium tin oxide electrode (ITO) surface by layer-by-layer self-assembly. A DNA intercalator, [Ru(bpy)2(dppz)]2+ (bpy=2,2′-bipyridine, dppz=dipyrido[3,2-a:2′3′-c]phenazine), is employed as the ECL signal indicator. If a test compound competes with the indicator for the same binding sites in DNA, it would displace the indicator from the film and reduce ECL signal. The new method was validated by measuring five well-known DNA-binding organic molecules including quinacrine, H33258, thiazole orange, ethidium bromide and 4,6-diamidine-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride. Due to high ECL sensitivity, only 0.4μmolL−1 [Ru(bpy)2(dppz)]2+ was needed in the ECL displacement measurement, which is about 75-fold less than the concentration in the voltammetric measurement. The lowered concentration permitted direct measurement of IC50 values of eight hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in their ECL displacement curves and subsequent calculation of their binding constants with DNA. The ECL displacement method is particularly useful for investigating weak DNA binders with limited aqueous solubility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00032670
DOI:10.1016/j.aca.2010.07.033