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We describe the fluorescence properties and cytochemical applications of the aromatic diamidine M&amp;B 938. Treatment of cell smears (chicken blood, Ehrlich ascites tumor, rat bone marrow, mouse mast cells, and Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes) with aqueous solutions of M&amp;B 938 (0.5-1 microgram/ml at pH 6-7; UV excitation) induced bright bluish-white fluorescence in DNA-containing structures (interphase and mitotic chromatin, AT-rich kinetoplast DNA of T. cruzi), which was abolished by previous DNA extraction. DNA was the unique fluorescent polyanion after staining with M&amp;B 938 at neutral or alkaline pH, other polyanions such as RNA and heparin showing no emission. M&amp;B 938-stained mouse metaphase chromosomes revealed high fluorescence of the AT-rich centromeric heterochromatin, and strong emission of heterochromatin in human chromosomes 1, 9, 15, 16, and Y was found after distamycin A counterstaining. On agarose gel electrophoresis, M&amp;B 938-stained DNA markers appeared as fluorescent bands. The 1.635-KBP fragment from DNA ladder revealed a higher emission value than that expected from linear regression analysis. Spectroscopic studies showed bathochromic and hyperchromic shifts in the absorption spectrum of M&amp;B 938 complexed with DNA, as well as strong enhancement of fluorescence at 420 nm. In the presence of poly(dA)-poly(dT), the emission of M&amp;B 938 was 4.25-fold higher than with DNA; no fluorescence was observed with poly(dG)-poly(dC). Experimental results and considerations of the chemical structure suggest that the minor groove of AT regions of DNA could be the specific binding site for M&amp;B 938, which shows interesting properties and useful applications as a new DNA fluorochrome.

A New Fluorescence Reaction in DNA Cytochemistry: Microscopic and Spectroscopic Studies on the Aromatic Diamidino Compound M&B 938