PRODAN-Conjugated DNA: Synthesis and Photochemical Properties
摘要:
A solvatochromic fluorophore, PRODAN, has been used as a microenvironment-sensitive reporter. Based on the chemistry of PRODAN, we designed and synthesized four novel fluorescent nucleosides, X-PDN (X = U, C, A, and G), to which a PRODAN fluorophore was attached at pyrimidine C5 or purine C8. The fluorescent nucleosides sensitively varied the Stokes shift values depending on the orientational polarizability of the solvent. The X-PDN incorporated into DNA also changed the Stokes shift values depending on the DNA structure. In particular, the excitation spectrum of the X-PDN-containing duplex shifted to a longer wavelength and gave a smaller Stokes shift value when the base opposite X-PDN could form a Watson-Crick base pair with X-PDN. A lower energy excitation of X-PDN-containing DNA resulted in a strong fluorescence emission selective to the Watson-Crick pairing base. This unique photochemical character was applicable to the efficient typing of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of genes.
PRODAN-Conjugated DNA: Synthesis and Photochemical Properties
摘要:
A solvatochromic fluorophore, PRODAN, has been used as a microenvironment-sensitive reporter. Based on the chemistry of PRODAN, we designed and synthesized four novel fluorescent nucleosides, X-PDN (X = U, C, A, and G), to which a PRODAN fluorophore was attached at pyrimidine C5 or purine C8. The fluorescent nucleosides sensitively varied the Stokes shift values depending on the orientational polarizability of the solvent. The X-PDN incorporated into DNA also changed the Stokes shift values depending on the DNA structure. In particular, the excitation spectrum of the X-PDN-containing duplex shifted to a longer wavelength and gave a smaller Stokes shift value when the base opposite X-PDN could form a Watson-Crick base pair with X-PDN. A lower energy excitation of X-PDN-containing DNA resulted in a strong fluorescence emission selective to the Watson-Crick pairing base. This unique photochemical character was applicable to the efficient typing of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of genes.
A compound represented by formula (1):
wherein R
1
is a substituent represented by formula (2):
wherein R
2
is ═O or —NH
2
, with the proviso that when R
2
is ═O, H is attached to the 1-position N of the pyrimidine ring, and the bond between the 1-position N and the 6-position C is a single bond; or a substituent represented by formula (3):
wherein R
3
is —OH, ═O, or —NH
2
, with the proviso that when R
3
is —OH or —NH
2
, R
4
is H; when R
3
is ═O, R
4
is —NH
2
; and when R
3
is ═O, H is attached to the 1-position N of the purine ring, and the bond between the 1-position N and the 6-position C is a single bond.
A solvatochromic fluorophore, PRODAN, has been used as a microenvironment-sensitive reporter. Based on the chemistry of PRODAN, we designed and synthesized four novel fluorescent nucleosides, X-PDN (X = U, C, A, and G), to which a PRODAN fluorophore was attached at pyrimidine C5 or purine C8. The fluorescent nucleosides sensitively varied the Stokes shift values depending on the orientational polarizability of the solvent. The X-PDN incorporated into DNA also changed the Stokes shift values depending on the DNA structure. In particular, the excitation spectrum of the X-PDN-containing duplex shifted to a longer wavelength and gave a smaller Stokes shift value when the base opposite X-PDN could form a Watson-Crick base pair with X-PDN. A lower energy excitation of X-PDN-containing DNA resulted in a strong fluorescence emission selective to the Watson-Crick pairing base. This unique photochemical character was applicable to the efficient typing of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of genes.