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Platinum( II )‐Based Coordination Compounds as Nucleic Acid Labeling Reagents: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications in Hybridization Assays
Author(s) -
Heetebrij R. J.,
Talman E. G.,
Velzen M. A. v.,
Gijlswijk R. P. M. v.,
Snoeijers S. S.,
Schalk M.,
Wiegant J.,
Rijke F. v.d.,
Kerkhoven R. M.,
Raap A. K.,
Tanke H. J.,
Reedijk J.,
Houthoff H.J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.200200498
Subject(s) - chemistry , nucleic acid , phosphodiester bond , polynucleotide , nucleotide , reactivity (psychology) , fluorophore , stereochemistry , oligonucleotide , guanosine , biochemistry , rna , fluorescence , dna , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , gene
The synthesis, characterization, and molecular interactions of platinum( II ) coordination compounds, which contain a distal nonradioactive reporter molecule, with mono‐ and polynucleotides are described. A [Pt(II)(en)(NH 2 (CH 2 ) 6 NH‐ t Boc)Cl](NO 3 ) (en=ethylenediamine) entity has been coupled, after removal of the t Boc group, to a number of hapten and fluorophore molecules through succinimide derivatives. The influence of the various tethered reporter groups within these complexes on the reactivity towards guanosine 5′‐monophosphate (5′‐GMP), as a model for polynucleotide sequences, was investigated to shed light on the use of these reagents in hybridization assays. Reactivity turned out to be strongly dictated by the chemical nature of the distal reporter molecule present. At pH 7.0 the sequence of reactivity is cationic ≈ aromatic (stacking) > neutral > anionic; there is approximately an order of magnitude difference between the fastest reacting complex ( k =10.2×10 −2 M −1 s −1 ) and the slowest reacting complex ( k =0.93×10 −2 M −1 s −1 ) under these conditions. Platination of an oligodeoxynucleotide (30‐mer), dsDNA, or an RNA transcript, shows that a Pt/nucleotide ratio between 1:10 and 1:20 (established by using flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy) results in probes with excellent hybridization characteristics. In terms of applicability and detection limits these platinated nucleic acid probes perform equally well compared to conventionally generated nucleic acid probes, that is, through enzymatic incorporation of covalently labeled nucleotide triphosphates. Applications of these reagents to in situ hybridization assays and gene expression profiling on microarrays illustrate the potential of these monofunctional binding platinum triamine compounds.