title: Self-assembly DNA-conjugated polymer for detection of single nucleotide polymorphism.
abstract: We developed a self-assembly DNA-conjugated polymer based on polyacrylic acid (PAA) for DNA chip fabrication. A 20-mer single-stranded DNA (ssDNA, probe-1), and 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionyl hydrazide (PDPH), for promoting self-assembled immobilization, were both covalently attached to PAA as sidechains. This DNA-conjugated PAA was then spontaneously immobilized on a gold substrate. Probe-1 on the immobilized polymer was hybridized to a 34-mer ssDNA (probe-2), which had the sequence desired for analyzing the target DNA. The fluorescence intensity after incubating the P-1 DNA-conjugated polymer with probe-2 DNA was much higher than with control sequence in the first hybridization. The interactions between target DNA and the DNA-conjugated PAA were investigated by fluorescence measurement. The interaction of fully matched target DNA with this immobilized DNA conjugated polymer has been studied at different ion strength conditions. SNP sequences as targets showed less than 15% the intensity of fully matched target DNA in the second hybridization, indicating that the gold surfaces coated with the DNA-conjugated PAA was highly specific to fully matched DNA. The DNA-conjugated PAA immobilized on a gold substrate is characterized by reduced nonspecific adsorption, due to less electrostatic repulsion as well as the polymer coating. Therefore, DNA-conjugated PAA can be used for probe DNA immobilization method.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Advanced Bionics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D015342:DNA Probes; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D011108:Polymers; D004247:DNA