Improved Fluorometric DNA Determination Based on the Interaction of the DNA/Polycation Complex with Hoechst 33258 |
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Authors: | Yinglin Zhou Shuneng Mao Yuanzong Li Wenbao Chang |
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Affiliation: | (1) The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, CN |
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Abstract: | When DNA is mixed with the cationic polyelectrolyte poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA), the DNA/PDDA complex is formed instantaneously at room temperature. This complex is much more efficient in enhancing the fluorescence of Hoechst 33258 (H 33258) than DNA alone. Based on the interaction of H 33258 with the DNA/PDDA complex, a new fluorescence assay for DNA is described. At pH 7.3 in Tris-HCl buffered solution, the DNA/PDDA complex causes a sharp enhancement in fluorescence intensity of H 33258. Simultanously, the emission maximum wavelength of H 33258 blueshifts from 490 nm to 450 nm, while the excitation redshifts from 345 to 350 nm. The calibration graphs for calf thymus DNA (ctDNA) and herring sperm DNA (hsDNA) are both linear up to 5.0 µg mL–1 when the concentration of H 33258 and PDDA are fixed at 1.5×10–6 and 1.6×10–5 mol L–1, respectively. The method is specific for native DNA. The 3 detection limits for ctDNA and hsDNA are 1.8 and 5.6 ng mL–1, respectively, i.e. much lower than in the presence of H 33258 alone. Four synthetic samples were determined satisfactorily. This method can also be developed to investigate the formation and the nature of the complexes between DNA and polycations, which have recently been widely applied in some fields such as genetic engineering and gene therapy. |
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Keywords: | : Calf thymus DNA herring sperm DNA poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) Hoechst 33258 fluorescence. |
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