Fluorescent dATP for DNA Synthesis In Vivo

Fluorescent nucleoside triphosphates are powerful probes of DNA synthesis, but their potential use in living animals has been previously underexplored. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of 7-deaza-(1,2,3-triazole)-2′-deoxyadenosine-5′-triphosphate (dATP) derivatives of tetramethyl r...

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Veröffentlicht in:ACS chemical biology 2020-11, Vol.15 (11), p.2996-3003
Hauptverfasser: Schreier, Verena N, Loehr, Morten O, Deng, Ting, Lattmann, Evelyn, Hajnal, Alex, Neuhauss, Stephan C.F, Luedtke, Nathan W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Fluorescent nucleoside triphosphates are powerful probes of DNA synthesis, but their potential use in living animals has been previously underexplored. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of 7-deaza-(1,2,3-triazole)-2′-deoxyadenosine-5′-triphosphate (dATP) derivatives of tetramethyl rhodamine (“TAMRA-dATP”), cyanine (“Cy3-dATP”), and boron-dipyrromethene (“BODIPY-dATP”). Upon microinjection into live zebrafish embryos, all three compounds were incorporated into the DNA of dividing cells; however, their impact on embryonic toxicity was highly variable, depending on the exact structure of the dye. TAMRA-EdATP exhibited superior characteristics in terms of its high brightness, low toxicity, and rapid incorporation and depletion kinetics in both a vertebrate (zebrafish) and a nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans). TAMRA-EdATP allows for unprecedented, real-time visualization of DNA replication and chromosome segregation in vivo.
ISSN:1554-8929
1554-8937
DOI:10.1021/acschembio.0c00654