ssDNA/十八酸修饰碳糊电极的制备及伏安法表征

将石墨粉与十八酸在80 ℃下混合制成表面富含—COOH的基底碳糊电极(SA/CPE), 然后在活化剂N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺(NHS)和1-乙基-3-(3-二甲基氨丙基)碳二亚胺盐酸盐(EDC)存在下将ssDNA固定到电极表面制备ssDNA修饰电极(ssDNA/SA/CPE). 以亚甲基蓝(MB)为指示剂, 用循环伏安法对SA/CPE和ssDNA/SA/CPE进行电化学表征, 发现其在ssDNA/SA/CPE上较在SA/CPE上的氧化峰电流(i_pa)和还原峰电流(i_pc)分别增大1.9倍和1.7倍, 式电势(E_f)负移8 mV. 把ssDNA/SA/CPE放在互补ssDNA溶液中杂交后, MB的i_pa 和i_pc较在SA/CPE上分别增大1.0倍和0.8倍, E_f负移18 mV. 用0.5 mol/L 的NaOH溶液冲洗使电极表面杂交而成的dsDNA变性洗脱, MB的伏安信号几乎与在ssDNA/SA/CPE上一样. i_pc与SA/CPE上固定的ssDNA质量在1.0×10^－7～5.0×10^－6 g范围内成线性关系, 检测限为2.0×10^－9 g (S/N＝3). 这种既廉价又灵敏的电化学生物传感器有望在转基因植物产品检测研究中得到应用.     

An Electrochemical DNA Sensor Based on Electrodepositing Aluminum Ion Films on Stearic Acid‐Modified Carbon Paste Electrode and Its Application for the Detection of Specific Sequences Related to Bar Gene and CP4 Epsps Gene

An electrochemical DNA biosensor was fabricated by immobilizing DNA probe on aluminum ion films that were electrodeposited on the surface of the stearic acid‐modified carbon paste electrode (CPE). DNA immobilization and hybridization were characterized with cyclic voltammetry (CV) by using methylene blue (MB) as indicator. MB has a couple of well‐defined voltammetric redox peaks at the CPE. The currents of redox peaks of MB decreased after depositing aluminum ion films on the CPE (Al(III)/CPE) and increased dramatically after immobilizing DNA probe (ssDNA/Al(III)/CPE). Hybridization of DNA probe led to a marked decrease of the peak currents of MB, which can be used to detect the target single‐stranded DNA. The conditions for the preparation of Al(III)/CPE, and DNA immobilization and hybridization were optimized. The specific sequences related to bar transgene in the transgenic corn and the PCR amplification of CP4 epsps gene from the sample of transgenic roundup ready soybean were detected by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) with this new electrochemical DNA biosensor. The difference between the peak currents of MB at ssDNA/Al(III)/CPE and that at hybridization DNA modified electrode (dsDNA/Al(III)/CPE) was applied to determine the specific sequence related to the target bar gene with the dynamic range comprised between 1.0×10^?7 mol/L to 1.0×10^?4 mol/L. A detection limit of 2.25×10^?8 mol/L of oligonucleotides can be estimated.     

Label‐Free and Label Based Electrochemical Detection of Hybridization by Using Methylene Blue and Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes at Chitosan Modified Carbon Paste Electrodes

A chitosan modified carbon paste electrode (ChiCPE) based DNA biosensor for the recognition of calf thymus double stranded DNA (dsDNA), single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and hybridization detection between complementary DNA oligonucleotides is presented. DNA and oligonucleotides were electrostatically attached by using chitosan onto CPE. The amino groups of chitosan formed a strong complex with the phosphate backbone of DNA. The immobilized probe could selectively hybridize with the target DNA to form hybrid on the CPE surface. The detection of hybridization was observed by using the label‐free and label based protocols. The oxidation signals of guanine and adenine greatly decreased when a hybrid was formed on the ChiCPE surface. The changes in the peak currents of methylene blue (MB), an electroactive label, were observed upon hybridization of probe with target. The signals of MB were investigated at dsDNA modified ChiCPE and ssDNA modified ChiCPE and the increased peak currents were observed, in respect to the order of electrodes. The hybridization of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes with the DNA target sequences at ChiCPE was also investigated. Performance characteristics of the sensor were described, along with future prospects.     

以乙二胺为手臂分子制备的DNA修饰电极及其伏安性能

Carboxyl was formed on the surface of glassy carbon electrode(GCE) by electrochemical oxidation. Ethylenediamine(En) was used as the arm molecule to link carboxyl with dsDNA using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and N- hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) as the activators to prepare dsDNA modified electrode(dsDNA/En/GCE). It was shown that dsDNA couM be covalently immobilized on the surface of GCE. ssDNA modified electrode(ssDNA/En/GCE) was obtained via the thermal denaturation of dsDNA/En/GCE. The dsDNA/En/GCE and ssDNA/En/GCE were characterized by voltammetry with methylene blue(MB) as the indicator. The results indicated that the currents of the redox peaks of MB at ssDNA/En/GCE were larger than those at dsDNA/En/GCE, and the currents of the redox peaks at En/GCE were the smallest. The peak-currents of MB at the DNA modified electrode had good reproducibility after multi-denaturation and hybridization cycles.     

Voltammetric Studies on the Recognition of a Copper Complex to Single‐ and Double‐Stranded DNA and Its Application in Gene Biosensor

A mixed‐ligands copper complex [Cu(phendione)(DAP)]SO₄ (phendione=1,10‐phenanthroline‐5,6‐dione, DAP=2,3‐diaminophenazine) was synthesized. Cyclic voltammetry showed that the complex underwent an obvious decrease of redox peak currents and positive shift of formal potential after interaction with double‐stranded DNA (dsDNA), suggesting that the copper complex behaved as a typical metallointercalator for dsDNA, The recognition properties of the copper complex to single‐stranded DNA (ssDNA) and dsDNA were assessed using surface‐based electrochemical methods and the results suggested that the complex had obviously different redox signals at ssDNA and dsDNA modified electrodes. The copper complex was further used as an electroactive indicator for the detection of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter gene.     

Interaction of the mutagen ethidium bromide with DNA, using a carbon paste electrode and a hanging mercury drop electrode

The interaction of ethidium bromide (2,7-diamino-10-ethyl-9-phenylphenanthridinium bromide; EB) with double stranded (ds) calf thymus DNA and thermally denatured single stranded (ss) DNA was studied in solution and at the electrode surface by means of transfer voltammetry using a carbon paste electrode (CPE) as working electrode in 0.2 M acetate buffer, pH 5.0. As a result of intercalation of this dye between the base pairs of dsDNA, the characteristic peak of dsDNA, due to the oxidation of guanine residues, decreased and after a particular concentration of EB a new peak at +0.81 V appeared, probably due to the formation of a complex between dsDNA and EB. The non-intercalated EB gives another peak, but at an increased concentration of the dye. A similar behaviour was observed during the interaction of the dye with ssDNA.Furthermore, the interaction of EB with ds, ss and supercoiled (sc) DNA was studied at the hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) surface by means of alternating current voltammetry in 0.3 M NaCl and 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 8.5) as supporting electrolyte. dsDNA yields a smaller peak at −1.42 V (peak III) compared to the one yielded by ssDNA, since the latter is a relaxed and more accessible form. By addition of EB into the buffer solution an increase of peak III was observed in the dsDNA form as well as in ssDNA resulting from their interaction with EB. Furthermore, the appearance of peak III in covalently closed circular scDNA after exposure to increasing concentrations of EB is a result of the introduction of ‘free ends’ in DNA affecting its structural integrity.     

DNA and PNA sensing on mercury and carbon electrodes by using methylene blue as an electrochemical label

Described here are the electrochemical parameters for MB on binding to DNA at hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE), glassy carbon electrode (GCE), and carbon paste electrode (CPE) in the solution and at the electrode surface. MB, which interacts with the immobilized calf thymus DNA, was detected by using single-stranded DNA-modified HMDE or CPE (ssDNA-modified HMDE or CPE), bare HMDE or CPE, and double-stranded DNA-modified HMDE or CPE (dsDNA-modified HMDE or CPE) in combination with adsorptive transfer stripping voltammetry (AdTSV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), and alternating current voltammetry (ACV) techniques. The structural conformation of DNA and hybridization between synthetic peptide nucleic acid (PNA) and DNA oligonucleotides were determined by the changes in the voltammetric peak of MB. The PNA and DNA probes were also challenged with excessive and equal amount of noncomplementary DNA and a mixture that contained one-base mismatched and target DNA. The partition coefficient was also obtained from the signal of MB with probe, hybrid, and ssDNA-modified GCEs. The effect of probe, target, and ssDNA concentration upon the MB signal was investigated. These results demonstrated that MB could be used as an effective electroactive hybridization indicator for DNA biosensors. Performance characteristics of the sensor are described, along with future prospects.     

Electrochemical DNA Biosensors Applicable to the Study of Interactions Between DNA and DNA Intercalators

Electrochemical DNA biosensors, based either on carbon paste electrode (CPE) or hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) were prepared. These biosensors were used in the study of interaction between double stranded DNA (dsDNA) and single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and acridine orange, a well known DNA intercalator. The different electrochemical behaviors were compared in the article.     

Electrochemical Study of Interaction Between Clozapine and DNA and Its Analytical Application

Abstract

The interaction between clozapine (CLZ) as an orally administrated antipsychotic drug with double stranded calf thymus DNA (dsDNA) was investigated at electrode surface using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Activated carbon paste electrode (CPE) was modified with dsDNA and used for monitoring the changes of the characteristics peak of CLZ in 0.05 M acetate buffer (pH 4.3). The adsorptive stripping voltammetry on dsDNA‐modified carbon paste electrode (dsDNA‐CPE) was used for determination of very low concentration of CLZ. Under optimal conditions, the oxidation peak current is proportional to CLZ concentration in the range of 7×10^?9?1.2×10^?6 mol l^?1 with a detection limit of 1.5×10^?9 mol l^?1 for 180 s accumulation time by DPV. The proposed dsDNA‐CPE was successfully used for determination of CLZ in human serum samples with recovery of 97.0±2.5%.     

Electrochemical DNA biosensor for the detection of TT and Hepatitis B virus from PCR amplified real samples by using methylene blue

DNA biosensors based on nucleic acid hybridization processes are rapidly being developed towards the goal of rapid and inexpensive diagnosis of genetic and infectious diseases. Electrochemical transducers are often being used for detecting the DNA hybridization event, due to their high sensitivity, small dimensions, low cost, and compatibility with microfabrication technology. In this study, an electrochemical biosensor for the voltammetric detection of DNA sequences related to the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and TT virus (TTV) from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified real samples is described for the first time. The biosensor relies on the immobilization of the 21- or 24-mer single stranded oligonucleotides (probe) related to the HBV and TTV sequences and hybridization of these oligonucleotides with their complementary sequences (target) at carbon paste electrode (CPE). The extent of hybridization between the probe and target sequences was determined by using square wave voltammetry (SWV) with moving average baseline correction and methylene blue (MB) as the hybridization indicator. As a result of the interaction between MB and the bound guanine bases of hybrid at CPE surface, the MB signal decreased, when it was compared with the MB signal, which was observed with probe modified CPE. The difference between the MB signals, obtained from the hybrid modified and the probe modified CPE is used to detect the DNA sequences of the infectious diseases from PCR amplified real samples. Numerous factors affecting the target hybridization and indicator binding reactions are optimized to maximize the sensitivity.     

Electrochemical Biosensor for the Detection of Interaction Between Arsenic Trioxide and DNA Based on Guanine Signal

The interaction of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) with calf thymus double‐stranded DNA (dsDNA), calf thymus single‐stranded DNA (ssDNA) and also 17‐mer short oligonucleotide (Probe A) was studied electrochemically by using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) with carbon paste electrode (CPE) at the surface and also in solution. Potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) was employed to monitor the interaction of As₂O₃ with dsDNA in solution phase by using a renewable pencil graphite electrode (PGE). The changes in the experimental parameters such as the concentration of As₂O₃, and the accumulation time of As₂O₃ were studied by using DPV; in addition, the reproducibility data for the interaction between DNA and As₂O₃ was determined by using both electrochemical techniques. After the interaction of As₂O₃ with dsDNA, the DPV signal of guanine was found to be decreasing when the accumulation time and the concentration of As₂O₃ were increased. Similar DPV results were also found with ssDNA and oligonucleotide. PSA results observed at a low DNA concentration such as 1 ppm and a different working electrode such as PGE showed that there could be damage to guanine bases. The partition coefficients of As₂O₃ after interaction with dsDNA and ssDNA in solution by using CPE were calculated. Similarly, the partition coefficients (PC) of As₂O₃ after interaction with dsDNA in solution was also calculated by PSA at PGE. The features of this proposed method for the detection of DNA damage by As₂O₃ are discussed and compared with those methods previously reported for the other type of DNA targeted agents in the literature.     

Sensitive detection of cyclophosphamide using DNA-modified carbon paste, pencil graphite and hanging mercury drop electrodes

The interaction of cyclophosphamide (CP) with calf thymus double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and thermally denatured single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) immobilized at the carbon paste (CPE) and pencil graphite electrodes (PGE), was studied electrochemically based on oxidation signals of guanine and adenine using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV).As a result of the interaction of CP with DNA, the voltammetric signals of guanine and adenine increased in the case of dsDNA while a slight increase was observed in ssDNA. The effect of experimental parameters such as the interaction time between CP and DNA forms and the concentration of CP, were studied using DPV with CPE and PGE. Additionally, reproducibility and detection limits were determined using both electrodes. A comparison of the analytical performance between CPE and PGE was done. Our results showed that these two different DNA biosensors could be used for the sensitive, rapid and cost effective detection of CP itself as well as of CP-DNA interaction.Furthermore, the interaction of CP with dsDNA and ssDNA was studied in solution and at the electrode surface by means of alternating current voltammetry (ACV) in 0.3 M NaCl and 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 8.5) supporting electrolyte, using a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) as working electrode.The conclusions of this study were mainly based on tensammetric peaks I (at −1.183 V) and II (−1.419 V) of DNA. This study involved the interaction of CP with surface-confined and solution phase DNA where experimental parameters, such as the concentration of CP and the interaction time, were studied. By increasing the concentration of CP, an increase of peak II was observed in both ds and ssDNA, while an increase of peak I was observed only in the case of dsDNA. An overall conclusion of the study using HMDE was that the interaction of CP with surface-confined DNA significantly differed from that with solution phase DNA. The increase of peaks I and II was lower in the case of interaction of CP with surface-confined DNA, probably due to steric positioning of DNA at the electrode surface.     

Impedance‐Based DNA Biosensor Employing Molecular Beacon DNA as Probe and Thionine as Charge Neutralizer

In this paper, we present an impedance‐based DNA biosensor using thionine intercalation to amplify DNA hybridization signal. Beacon single‐stranded DNA (ssDNA) probe and mercaptoacetic acid were self‐assembled onto a Au electrode by forming Au? S bonds. These beacon ssDNAs were hybridized with the complementary sequences around the loop structure. Then thionine was intercalated into the double‐stranded DNA (dsDNA) immobilized on the Au electrode surface. Due to the neutralization of the negative charges of dsDNA by the intercalated thionine, the electronic transfer resistance (R_et) of the DNA modified Au electrode was significantly diminished. Herein, the decreased value of R_et resulted from the thionine intercalating into dsDNA was employed as the hybridization signal. SDS was used to reduce the unspecific adsorption between ssDNA and thionine. Several experimental conditions, including the surface coverage of ssDNA probe on Au electrode, the hybridization temperature and time were all optimized. Moreover, the hybridization reactions of the unstructured linear ssDNA probe and the structured beacon ssDNA probe with their complementary sequences were compared in this work. The sensitivity of the presented DNA biosensor highlighted that the intercalation of thionine into dsDNA was an efficient approach to amplify the hybridization signal using impedance detection technique. Additionally, in this DNA biosensing protocol, beacon ssDNA has a good ability to distinguish target DNA sequences. This results in a higher specificity than using traditional unstructured DNA probe.     

Electroanalytical Study of the Interaction Between Double Stranded DNA and Antitumor Agent Curcumin

Curcumin, the major active component of the spice turmeric, which is considered to be a very useful compound in health matters, is recognized as a safe component with great potential for cancer chemoprevention and cancer therapy. For the first time, an interaction between the non-toxic agent curcumin and double stranded (ds) calf thymus DNA has been demonstrated by using voltammetry. The interaction of curcumin (CU) with dsDNA was studied using a carbon paste electrode (CPE) and a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE). Significant changes in the characteristic peaks of dsDNA were observed after addition of curcumin to a solution containing dsDNA.     

Association interaction and voltammetric determination of 1-aminopyrene and 1-hydroxypyrene at cyclodextrin and DNA based electrochemical sensors

The aim of this work was voltammetric determination of 1-aminopyrene and 1-hydroxypyrene using carbon paste electrodes modified with cyclodextrin derivatives and double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA). The detection schemes based on a preconcentration and differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) determination at beta-cyclodextrin and gamma-cyclodextrin modified carbon paste electrode (beta-CD/CPE, gamma-CD/CPE), neutral beta-cyclodextrin polymer and carboxymethyl-beta-cyclodextrin polymer modified screen-printed electrode (beta-CDP/SPE, beta-CDPA/SPE) and dsDNA modified screen-printed electrode (DNA/SPE) are proposed for the trace determination of studied analytes within the concentration range from 2 x 10(-8) to 4 x 10(-7) mol dm(-3) and from 2 x 10(-7) to 4 x 10(-6) mol dm(-3) with the limits of quantification down to 10(-8) mol dm(-3). Depending on pH, 1-aminopyrene interacts with both surface attached CD and DNA by electrostatic bonds and supramolecular complexation while 1-hydroxypyrene associates with the CD hosts via complexation. The 1-aminopyrene interaction with dsDNA was confirmed by fluorimetric measurements in the solution phase using a competing DNA-TO-PRO-3 dye complex. In addition, the effect of temperature on this association was investigated using an electrically heated DNA-modified carbon paste electrode (DNA/CPE).     

烟酰胺与DNA相互作用的电化学研究

利用示差脉冲伏安法研究了烟酰胺(NA)与小牛胸腺DNA在pH 8.0条件下相互作用的电化学行为.双链DNA(dsDNA)或单链DNA(ssDNA)的存在导致NA的峰电流明显降低且峰电位负移,表明NA与DNA发生相互作用,生成了复合物,且其作用模式主要是静电模式,但NA与dsDNA的相互作用强于与ssDNA的相互作用,可用于识别dsDNA和ssDNA.通过dsDNA加入前后峰电流的变化,计算得出NA与dsDNA结合常数β=4.946×10(11),结合位点数m=3.此外,NA的峰电流Ip与DNA质量浓度在1～14mg/L的范围内呈线性关系,线性回归方程为Ip(10-5A)=-0.03451cDNA(mg/L)+1.7408,相关系数R为0.9998.该法具有良好的回收率和选择性,可用于样品中DNA的测定.     

Optical properties of an immobilized DNA monolayer from 255 to 700 nm

The real (n) and imaginary (k) refractive indices of an immobilized monolayer of 27 nucleotide (nt) single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and the corresponding double stranded DNA (dsDNA) are measured in the 255-700 nm range. Multiple techniques are used to obtain consistent estimation. The coverage is approximately 6.5% with an average interchain distance of tethered ssDNA molecules of approximately 11.8 nm, which is significantly larger than the "footprint" of the chain on the surface. The measured increase in n by approximately 5% between the ssDNA and the dsDNA is 20% smaller than the expected change due to doubling of the molecular weight. The change in k is not significant, indicating that the electron delocalization effect expected in dsDNA due to base pair stacking is not important at optical frequencies.     

Electrochemical Detection of Cecropin CM4 Gene by Single Stranded Probe and Cysteine Modified Gold Electrode

ABSTRACT

A single stranded Cecropin CM4 gene (108 bases) was further immobilized at a cysteine modified gold electrode with the help of water soluble 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC). The ssDNA at the modified electrode could undergo hybridization in a hybridization buffer containing single stranded plasmid pLCM-4SN. A DNA minor groove binder, Hoechst 33258, was employed to discriminate between ssDNA and dsDNA. The anodic waves in differential pulse voltammograms (DPVs), of Hoechst 33258 bound to the DNAs, were used as the indicator. This assay procedure was shown to be rapid, sensitive and precise, thus a kind of prototype DNA biosensor was developed.     

Determination of Electrochemical Interaction between 2‐(1H‐benzimidazol‐2‐yl) Phenol and DNA Sequences

A benzimidazole derivate, 2‐(1H‐benzimidazol‐2‐yl) phenol (2‐Bip) and its interaction mechanism with sequence specific DNA was examined with Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV). We, for the first time, investigated the effect of 2‐Bip on sequence specific DNA with electrochemical methods by evaluating both guanine and 2‐Bip oxidation signal changes. In the study, probe sequences were immobilized to the surface of the electrodes and then hybridization was achieved by sending the complementary target onto the probe modified electrodes. Following the hybridization, 2‐Bip solution was interacted with probe and hybrid sequences to see the effect of 2‐Bip on different DNA sequences. The binding constant (K), toxicity (S%) and thermodynamic parameters, i. e., Gibbs free energy (ΔG°) of 2‐Bip‐DNA complexes were evaluated. K was calculated as 5×10⁵ and the change in the ΔG° was found as ?32.50 kJ mol^?1, which are consistent well with the literature. Furthermore, S% showed that 2‐Bip is moderately toxic to single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and toxic to double stranded DNA (dsDNA). From our experimental data, we made four conclusions (i) 2‐Bip affects both ssDNA and dsDNA, (ii) 2‐Bip interaction mode with DNA could be non‐covalent interactions, (iii) 2‐Bip could be used as new DNA hybridization indicator due to its distinct effects on ssDNA and dsDNA, (iv) 2‐Bip could be used as a drug molecule for its DNA effect.     

DNA修饰电极的研究: VIII. 1, 10-菲咯啉存在时钴离子在ssDNA 修饰金电极上 的电化学行为及痕量钴的检测

发现在过量1,10-菲咯啉存在时,Co^3^+^/^2^+在单链DNA(ssDNA)修饰金电极上的电化学响应显著增强。采用紫外光谱和循环伏安法考察了Co^3^+^/^2^+/1,10-菲咯啉体系与sSDNA的相互作用,并利用Co^3^+^/^2^+在1,10-菲咯啉存在时在ssDNA修饰金电极上的高灵敏电化学响应对痕量钴离子进行了测定。