A Fluorogenic Covalent Chromone-Based Intercalator with a Mega-Stokes Shift for Sensing DNA Hybridization

Steve Vincent, Suman Mallick, Guillaume Barnoin, Hoang Ngoan Le, Alain Burger*, Benoît Y. Michel*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

Forced intercalation (FIT) probes have proven to be a reliable, rapid, inexpensive, and accurate method for the detection and visualization of specific nucleic acid sequences. The accommodation of a rationally designed chromone-based fluorogen within a double-stranded DNA structure was investigated by UV–Vis spectrophotometry and steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy under physiological pH conditions. After selective excitation matching with a 350 nm laser, the intrinsically negligible fluorescence of the tethered electroneutral label in a single-stranded context was increased 10-fold upon duplex formation. This fluorescence enhancement was also accompanied by a mega-Stokes shift (~100 nm) that placed the emission in the cyan color range; both features are appreciable for bio-imaging purposes. In sum, its fluorogenic behavior and its marginal impact on the double helix make this dye a prospective tool for selectively sensing sequences of interest with a remarkable ON/OFF contrast.

Originalspracheenglisch
Aufsatznummer161
FachzeitschriftChemosensors
Jahrgang11
Ausgabenummer3
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - März 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytische Chemie
  • Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie

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