Fluorescent Hybridization Probes for Sensitive and Selective DNA and RNA Detection
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Abstract
We outline the different approaches taken by our group in the design of fluorescent hybridization sensors. Molecular beacons (MBs) and binary probes (BPs) using two dyes (2d-MB and 2d-BP, respectively) have been synthesized; these sensors serve as switches in emission upon binding to target biomolecules, such as DNA. These sensors allow for ratiometric fluorescence detection of polynucleotides (PNs) by visualization of the probes when bound to a target PN. Additionally, three-dye MBs (3d-MB) and BPs (3d-BP) have been developed, where an energy-transfer cascade is employed to decrease the overlap between the fluorophore emission spectra, resulting in a low direct excitation of the acceptor fluorophore. Pyrene-based MB (Py-MB) and BP (Py-BP), which possess the advantage of long fluorescence lifetimes, have also been synthesized. Time-resolved fluorescence spectra (TRES) can be used to discriminate between short-lived background fluorescence and long-lived fluorescence of the pyrene probes. This technique was demonstrated by time-resolving the signal of a Py-BP from the background fluorescence in Aplysia californica cell extracts.
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