Issue 21, 2011

Monitoring the site-specific incorporation of dual fluorophore-quencher base analogues for target DNA detection by an unnatural base pair system

Abstract

We developed intramolecular dual fluorophore-quencher base analogues for site-specific incorporation into DNA by an unnatural base pair replication system. An unnatural base pair between 7-(2-thienyl)-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (Ds) and 2-nitro-4-propynylpyrrole (Px) exhibits high fidelity in PCR amplification, and the 2-nitropyrrole moiety of Px acts as a quencher. Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates of Px linked with a fluorophore (Cy3, Cy5 or FAM) were chemically synthesized, and the fluorescent properties and the enzymatic incorporation of the fluorophore-linked dPxTPs into DNA were examined in PCR amplification. The fluorophore-linked dPxTPs were site-specifically incorporated by PCR into DNA, opposite Ds in templates, with high selectivity. Furthermore, we found that the fluorescence of the triphosphates was partially quenched, but increased upon their incorporation into DNA. These dual fluorophore-quencher base analogues would be useful for site-specific DNA labeling and for monitoring the amplification products of target nucleic acid molecules with a specific sequence. We have demonstrated the utility of the fluorophore-linked Px substrates and the Ds-Px pairing in real-time quantitative PCR for target DNA molecule detection.

Graphical abstract: Monitoring the site-specific incorporation of dual fluorophore-quencher base analogues for target DNA detection by an unnatural base pair system

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jul 2011
Accepted
05 Aug 2011
First published
08 Aug 2011

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011,9, 7504-7509

Monitoring the site-specific incorporation of dual fluorophore-quencher base analogues for target DNA detection by an unnatural base pair system

R. Yamashige, M. Kimoto, T. Mitsui, S. Yokoyama and I. Hirao, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 7504 DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06118F

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