title: Electrochemical detection of telomeric quadruplex DNA using ferrocenyl naphthalene diimide.
abstract: Ferrocenylnaphthalene diimide (FND) could strongly bind to the synthetic telomere DNA, 5'-CAT GGT GGT TTG GGT TAG GGT TAG GGT TAG GGT TAC CAC-3', at 0.1 M KCl. The binding affinity of FND for the telomere DNA was ten times higher than that for calf thymus DNA under the conditions employed. Circular dichroism spectra suggested that the telomere DNA can form a tetraplex structure and FND can bind to it. Oligonucleotide extended by telomerase on the electrode could also be detected electrochemically by using FND, thereby suggesting the possibility that telomerase activity may be detected electrochemically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: Shigeori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takenaka
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D054856:G-Quadruplexes; D007094:Imides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007364:Intercalating Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D019098:Telomerase / Q000032:analysis*; D016615:Telomere / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D007094:Imides; D007364:Intercalating Agents; C406363:ferrocenylnaphthalene diimide; D004247:DNA; D019098:Telomerase