Abstract
The fluorescent base 2-aminopurine (2Ap) was incorporated into the human telomeric DNA sequence d[AGGG(TTAGGG) 3]. The substitution of 2Ap for A in the TTA loops did not affect the G-quadruplex stability. Interestingly, a significant change in the fluorescence intensity of 2Ap between the G-quadruplex and duplex was observed. Therefore, we demonstrated that 2Ap can be used to monitor the duplex to quadruplex conformational change in the human telomeric DNA sequence. This mechanism is explained by the difference in the base stacking in the TTA loop region. Moreover, these probes distinguished between the basket-type and propeller-type G-quadruplexes. We also demonstrated the detection of the telomerase inhibitor agent, such as TMPyP4, using a 2Ap modified telomeric DNA. The formation of the G-quadruplex–ligand complex was observed by the fluorescence titration of TMPyP4.
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