一种含芴基的钌(II)配合物的合成及DNA键合性质

合成了一种新的钌(II)配合物[Ru(bpy)2(Hfip)](ClO4)2, 其中bpy代表2,2′-联吡啶, Hfip代表2-(9H-芴-2-基)-1H-咪唑-[4,5-f]-[1,10]-邻菲啰啉. 通过紫外可见光谱、荧光光谱、稳态荧光淬灭、与溴化乙锭的竞争实验、粘度测量和DNA热变性研究了该配合物与小牛胸腺DNA的键合性质. 结果表明, 该配合物能嵌入键合DNA, 键合常数Kb=8.6×105 L·mol-1 (50 mmol·L-1 NaCl).     

Influence of branch length asymmetry on the electrophoretic mobility of rigid rod-like DNA

The electrophoretic mobility of three-arm asymmetric star DNA molecules, produced by incorporating a short DNA branch at the midpoint of rigid-rod linear DNA fragments, is investigated in polyacrylamide gels. We determine how long the added branch must be to separate asymmetric star DNA from linear DNA with the same total molecular weight. This work focuses on two different geometric progressions of small DNA molecules. First, branches of increasing length were introduced at the center of a linear DNA fragment of constant length. At a given gel concentration, we find that relatively small branch lengths are enough to cause a detectable reduction in electrophoretic mobility. The second geometric progression starts with a small branch on a linear DNA fragment. As the length of this branch is increased, the DNA backbone length is decreased such that the total molar mass of the molecule remains constant. The branch length was then increased until the asymmetric branched molecule becomes a symmetric three-arm star polymer, allowing the effect of molecular topology on mobility to be studied independent of size effects. DNA molecules with very short branches have a mobility smaller than linear DNA of identical molar mass. The reason for this change in mobility when branching is introduced is not known, however, we explore two possible explanations in this article. (i) The branched DNA could have a greater interaction with the gel than linear DNA, causing it to move slower; (ii) the linear DNA could have modes of motion or access to pores that are unavailable to the branched DNA.     

[Ru(phen)2dppz]2+二聚及对DNA键合性质的影响

研究发现, [Ru(phen)2dppz]2+表现出非常强的自聚合倾向, 并显著影响DNA的键合性质, 有关方面的研究应引起科研工作者的足够重视.     

A Novel Method for Quantification of Circulating DNA in Serum by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis

In this paper, we first presented a novel method for quantification of circulating DNA in human serum based on capillary zone electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection (CZE-LIF). The serum was digested by proteinase to release free DNA, and then CZE-LIF system was used for the quantification of total circulating DNA. This method was successfully used to quantify the circulating DNA levels in sera from healthy individuals and certain cancer patients.We found the significantly elevated circulating DNA levels in certain prostate cancer patients. Our results demonstrated that CZE-LIF system has good linearity, excellent sensitivity (0.5 ng/mL DNA),satisfactory reproducibility (RSDs in one day and between days were both less than 5%) and reliability, and is well suitable to the quantification of the circulating DNA in human serum or plasma.     

Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeats analysis for genetic fingerprinting of pathogenic bacteria

DNA fingerprinting has attracted considerable interest as means for identifying, tracing and preventing the dissemination of infectious agents. Various methods have been developed for typing of pathogenic bacteria, which differ in discriminative power, reproducibility and ease of interpretation. During recent years a typing method, which uses the information provided by whole genome sequencing of bacterial species, has gained increased attention. Short sequence repeat (SSR) motifs are known to undergo frequent variation in the number of repeated units through cellular mechanisms most commonly active during chromosome replication. A class of SSRs, named variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs), has proven to be a suitable target for assessing genetic polymorphisms within bacterial species. This review attempts to give an overview of bacterial agents where VNTR-based typing, or multiple-locus variant-repeat analysis (MLVA) has been developed for typing purposes, together with addressing advantages and drawbacks associated with the use of tandem repeated DNA motifs as targets for bacterial typing and identification.     

硫杂蒽酮类稀土配合物的合成、表征及与DNA的作用(I)

合成了新的O-(硫杂蒽酮-[2]-基)-氧乙酸及其稀土配合物. 通过元素分析, IR, ¹H NMR, UV, DTA-TG和¹³C NMR谱对其结构进行了表征. 研究表明: 配体羧羰基脱质子后与金属离子配位, 2位氧原子也与金属离子配位, 配合物中含有一定量的配位水, 配合物为非电解质类型. 同时, 研究了O-(硫杂蒽酮-[2]-基)-氧乙酸稀土配合物对质粒DNA的切割作用. 结果表明: 铕的配合物对DNA的切割较明显, 且当配合物浓度增加时, 质粒DNA的超螺旋构型逐渐减少, 而缺刻、开环型构型逐渐增多. 在相同条件下, Eu(III)离子对质粒pBR322DNA几乎没有切割作用; 配体O-(硫杂蒽酮-[2]-基)-氧乙酸对质粒pBR322DNA也有切割作用, 但配合物EuL₃对质粒pBR322DNA的切割作用明显强于配体, 表明稀土离子Eu(III)与配体生成配合物后有较好的协同切割作用.     

电化学石英晶体微天平研究界面电场对DNA杂交的影响

采用电化学石英晶体微天平, 现场监测不同界面电场下完全匹配的靶标DNA和不完全匹配的靶标DNA分别与寡聚核苷酸探针分子杂交的过程. 结果表明, 电极表面荷正电时DNA表观杂交效率比电极表面荷负电时高, 但假阳性比较显著; 而电极表面荷负电时能有效地抑制错配杂交. 探讨了引入界面电场后探针分子取向和微观作用力对DNA杂交的影响.     

Novel amphiphilic fluorescent graft copolymers: synthesis,characterization, and potential as gene carriers

Amphiphilic fluorescent graft copolymer (PVP‐PyATAm) was successfully synthesized by the free radical copolymerizations of hydrophobic monomer N‐acryloyl‐thioureylene‐4‐(1‐pyrene)‐butyryl amide (PyATAm) with hydrophilic precursor polymers of vinyl‐functionalized poly (N‐vinylpyrrolidone) (Acryloyl‐PVP) in DMF. FT‐IR, ¹H NMR, TEM, gel permeation chromatography‐multi‐angle laser light scattering, UV‐vis spectroscopy, viscometric measurement, and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to characterize this copolymer. The TEM observation showed that the copolymer PVP‐ PyATAm formed spherical micelles in an aqueous solution and the size of micelles was between 50 and 70 nm in diameter. The interaction of PVP‐PyATAm copolymer and plasmid DNA was examined by agarose gel electrophoresis and TEM. Results indicated that the copolymer–DNA complexes were self‐assembled and the size of complexes was between 90 and 120 nm in diameter. Cytotoxity studies using MTT colorimetric assays suggested good biocompatibility of PVP‐PyATAm in vitro. These results suggested the potential of this graft copolymer as gene delivery carrier. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.