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Boron-doped diamond electrodes in electroanalysis of reducible organic compounds
Vosáhlová, J. ; Zavázalová, J. ; Petrák, Václav ; Schwarzová-Pecková, K.
Boron doped diamond (BDD) electrodes became a well-established tool in electroanalysis of oxidizable organic compounds, nevertheless their possibilities in electroanalysis of reducible compounds remain relatively unexploited. Thus, in this study the influence of the presence of oxygen, electrode pretreatment, and activation between individual scans for electroreduction of tartrazine and allura red (azo group), 5-nitroquinoline (nitro group and N-heterocycle), vanillin (aromatic aldehyde), and azidothymidine (azide group) using batch voltammetry was tested.
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Boron-doped diamond electrodes in electroanalysis of reducible organic compounds
Vosáhlová, J. ; Zavázalová, J. ; Petrák, Václav ; Schwarzová-Pecková, K.
Boron doped diamond (BDD) electrodes became a well-established tool in electroanalysis of oxidizable organic compounds; nevertheless their possibilities in electroanalysis of reducible compounds remain relatively unexploited. Thus, in this study the influence of the presence of oxygen, electrode pretreatment, and activation between individual scans for electroreduction of tartrazine and allura red (azo group), 5-nitroquinoline (nitro group and N-heterocycle), vanillin (aromatic aldehyde), and azidothymidine (azide group) using batch voltammetry was tested.
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Study on the Electrophoretic Behaviour of Short Oligodeoxyribonucleotides in Fused Silica Capillaries. A Preliminary Communication
Vítová, Lada ; Fojta, Miroslav ; Vespalec, Radim
Effects of background electrolyte pH, composition and concentration on the electrophoretic transport of short oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODNs) in fused silica capillaries have been investigated in the presented study. Mobilities and separation efficiencies of ODNs peaks varied with all three background electrolyte characteristics. Just changes in the background electrolyte characteristics and acid-base properties of ODNs are not sufficient for a systematic explanation of the observed variations. Despite the indicated complexity of ODNs electrophoretic behaviour, we show that very high separation efficiencies of ODNs peaks can be achieved in background electrolytes of physiological pH.
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Primer Extension Reaction at the Gold Electrode Surface
Vidláková, Pavlína ; Havran, Luděk ; Fojta, Miroslav
One option of covalent DNA labeling is incorporation of chemically modified nucleotides using corresponding deoxynucleotide triphosphates into DNA molecules using polymerase-catalyzed primer extension. Primer extension is usually performed in solution and then the product is analyzed, often after a suitable separation. In our study we tested the possibility to prepare oligonucleotides with enzymatically incorporated anthraquinone labeled nucleotides using primer extension on templates immobilize at a gold electrode surface.
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Possibility of Using Purine Oxidation Signals for DNA Sequence Analysis
Špaček, Jan ; Cahová, Kateřina ; Havran, Luděk ; Fojta, Miroslav
Signals provided by electrochemical oxidation of single stranding DNA on the surface of pyrolytic graphite electrode, which correspond to the oxidation of adenine and guanine (A and G) are known for over forty years. The mechanism of oxidation of free A and G as well as nucleoside mono-, and triphosphates of these bases is know but the mechanism of oxidation of purines in the DNA still remains unexplained. Ratiometry of A and G signals could be a new tool for DNA sequence analysis, if signals of A and G oxidation obtained from single-stranded DNA adsorbed at the electrode surface are proportional to the number of oxidized As and Gs in studied samples. Our preliminary results suggest that there is a correlation, yet we encountered problems, which yet has to be addressed and explained before this method could be applied for DNA analysis.
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Examples of Using of Electrochemical Detection at Pencil Graphite Electrode with Enzymatic Labeling for Analysis of Nucleotide Sequence
Plucnara, Medard ; Haroniková, Lucia ; Špaček, Jan ; Havran, Luděk ; Horáková, Petra ; Pivoňková, Hana ; Ecsin, E. ; Erdem, A. ; Fojta, Miroslav
Many examples of utilization of enzymatic labeling for DNA sequence analysis has been described in literature so far. Some of them involve hybridization with complementary biotinylated probe, while others use incorporation of biotinylated nucleotides into DNA strand by DNA polymerases. Common approach is then binding of streptavidine-enzyme conjugates to biotin tags and incubation with substrate, which is converted to detectable product. Here, two recent applications using this principle are described for the detection of PCR amplicons and for SNP typing. Both techniques are combined with detection at pencil graphite electrodes.
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Natural and Synthetic Components of Nucleic Acids as Reactive Sites for DNA Modification by Osmium Tetroxide Complexes
Havran, Luděk ; Špaček, Jan ; Rozkosna, Jana ; Fojta, Miroslav
Natural DNA electroactivity find wide use in electrochemical analysis of its interactions and damage. For some applications is useful applied redox active tag to improve specificity of the analysis. One from utilized labels in this field are complexes of osmium tetroxide with nitrogen ligands (Os, L), which produce with DNA electroactive covalent adducts. Prime reaction site for Os, L is C=C double bond in pyrimidine nucleobases. If is 2,2'-bipyridine used as ligand, reaction is specific for single strand DNA. In this contribution will be presented results of electrochemical analysis of Os, bipy adducts with different ODN containing chemically modified purine bases.
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Electrochemical Reduction and Oxidation of Nucleic Acids Bases and their Analogues: a Brief Overview
Fojta, Miroslav ; Špaček, Jan ; Dudová, Zdenka ; Pivoňková, Hana ; Daňhel, Aleš ; Fojt, Lukáš ; Havran, Luděk
Nucleic acids are known as electroactive biomacromolecules containing electrochemically reducible or oxidizable constituents. Nucleobases cytosine, 5-methylcytosine, adenine and guanine can be reduced in aqueous media on mercury or silver amalgam electrodes. Oxidation of all natural nucleic acids bases (in addition to the above mentioned ones, also uracil and thymine) was demonstrated using various types of carbon electrodes. Some of synthetic nucleobases or nucleotide analogues (e g., 7-deazapurines, cytidine analogues used as epigenetic modulators, etc.) exhibit specific electrochemical properties that differ from those of the parent bases and can be utilized to determine the given substance in the presence of natural nucleic acids or their components.
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Electrochemical Analysis of Sybr Green I and its Interaction with DNA
Dudová, Zdenka ; Pivoňková, Hana ; Havran, Luděk ; Fojta, Miroslav
There are used many methods such real-time PCR and electrophoresis in molecular biology and biochemistry which are based on utilization of a fluorescent dye Sybr Green I (SG) for selective detection of double stranded (ds) DNA and its quantification. SG is a planar molecule (see Fig. 1) that intercalates into the DNA double helix and simultaneously can bind into minor groove of dsDNA. In our work we focused on electrochemical behavior of SG on a pyrolytic graphite electrode (PGE) using square-wave voltammetry (SWV). The voltammetric method was used in measurements of SG interactions with DNA at the PGE.
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