title: The sensitive determination of nucleic acids using resonance light scattering quenching method.
abstract: It is found that in hexamethylene tetramine (HMTA)-HCl buffer of pH 7.00, nucleic acids can quench the resonance light scattering (RLS) of europium (III) (Eu3+)-2-thenoyltrifluoroacetne (TTA)-1,10-phenanthroline (Phen) system. Based on this, a sensitive method for the determination of nucleic acids is proposed. The experiments indicate that under the optimum conditions, the quenched RLS intensity is in proportion to the concentration of nucleic acids in the range of 1.0x10(-10) to 2.0x10(-6) g ml-1 for fish sperm (fsDNA), 1.0x10(-11) to 1.0x10(-6) g ml-1 for yeast RNA (yRNA), 5.0x10(-11) to 5.0x10(-7) g ml-1 for calf thymus DNA (ctDNA). Their detection limits (S/N=3) are 0.03, 0.006 and 0.002 ng ml-1, respectively. Therefore, the proposed method is the most sensitive RLS method for the determination of nucleic acids so far. The interaction between nucleic acids and Eu3+-TTA-Phen is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Jinghe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Changxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shufang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zongshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D005063:Europium; D008027:Light; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013804:Thenoyltrifluoroacetone
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D013804:Thenoyltrifluoroacetone; D005063:Europium; C025205:1,10-phenanthroline