Transfer printing of DNA by "click" chemistry

Chembiochem. 2007 Nov 5;8(16):1997-2002. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200700402.

Abstract

This paper describes a straightforward procedure to immobilize oligonucleotides on glass substrates in well-defined micropatterns by microcontact printing with a dendrimer-modified stamp. The oligonucleotides are efficiently immobilized by "click" chemistry induced by microcontact printing. Acetylene-modified oligonucleotides were treated with an azide-terminated glass slide under the confinement of the dendrimer-modified stamp, without the use of a Cu(I) catalyst. The immobilization is an irreversible, covalent, and one-step reaction that results in stable attachment of the oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides with the acetylene-modification at the 5' terminus hybridize selectively with full-length, complementary targets. Strands with more than one acetylene linker do not hybridize with complementary strands.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylene / chemistry
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Dendrimers / chemistry
  • Glass / chemistry
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force / methods
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Oligonucleotides / chemical synthesis
  • Oligonucleotides / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Surface Properties
  • Thiazoles / chemistry

Substances

  • Dendrimers
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Oligonucleotides
  • TOTO-1 thiazole orange dye
  • Thiazoles
  • DNA
  • Acetylene