title: The first automated synthesis of ferrocene-labelled phosphorothioate DNA probe: a new potential tool for the fabrication of DNA microarrays.
abstract: We report the synthesis and the characterisation of the first electroactive ferrocene-labelled oligonucleotide phosphorothioate (ODN-Fc-Ps) probe obtained by automated synthesis. The grafting of ODN-Fc-Ps probe on gold electrode resulted in the appearance of the ferrocene redox couple in cyclic voltammetry confirming the effectiveness of the ODN grafting. The electrochemical response of the modified electrode was analysed in aqueous media before and after hybridisation with ODN target. The hybridisation with ODN target induces a large conformational change in the surface-confined DNA structure monitored by cyclic voltammetry of the ferrocene marker which confirms the potential of ferrocene-labelled oligonucleotide phosphorothioate to develop electrochemical DNA chips.
authors.affiliation: Gruope de Orgnique et Matériaux Moléculairs, GCOM 2 -UMR CNRS 6114, Marseille, France. brisset@luminy.univ-mrs.fr
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brisset
authors.forename: Aude-Emmanuelle
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chaix
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mandrand
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000075163:Metallocenes; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000075163:Metallocenes; D013873:Thionucleotides; D004247:DNA; C004998:ferrocene