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Emmanuelle Trévisiol

Publications and source records attributed to Emmanuelle Trévisiol.

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Biotin-phenyldiazomethane conjugates as labeling reagents at phosphate in mono and polynucleotides.

Molecules 2-5 that include in their structure a biotin moiety as detectable unit and differently substituted phenyl diazo functions as reactive group were prepared as reagents for labeling the phosphate group in mono and polynucleotides. These molecules were shown to react selectively and quantitatively with the model nucleotide 3'-UMP. They were used successfully in the labeling step of DNA and RNA analysis using high-density DNA-chips (or microarrays) technology.

Biotin↗

Dendrimeric coating of glass slides for sensitive DNA microarrays analysis.

Successful use and reliability of microarray technology is highly dependent on several factors, including surface chemistry parameters and accessibility of cDNA targets to the DNA probes fixed onto the surface. Here, we show that functionalisation of glass slides with homemade dendrimers allow production of more sensitive and reliable DNA microarrays. The dendrimers are nanometric structures of size-controlled diameter with aldehyde function at their periphery. Covalent attachment of these spherical reactive chemical structures on amino-silanised glass slides generates a reactive approximately 100 A layer onto which amino-modified DNA probes are covalently bound. This new grafting chemistry leads to the formation of uniform and homogenous spots. More over, probe concentration before spotting could be reduced from 0.2 to 0.02 mg/ml with PCR products and from 20 to 5 micro M with 70mer oligonucleotides without affecting signal intensities after hybridisation with Cy3- and Cy5-labelled targets. More interestingly, while the binding capacity of captured probes on dendrimer-activated glass surface (named dendrislides) is roughly similar to other functionalised glass slides from commercial sources, detection sensitivity was 2-fold higher than with other available DNA microarrays. This detection limit was estimated to 0.1 pM of cDNA targets. Altogether, these features make dendrimer-activated slides ideal for manufacturing cost-effective DNA arrays applicable for gene expression and detection of mutations.

DNA, Complementary↗

Aryldiazomethanes for universal labeling of nucleic acids and analysis on DNA chips.

DNA and RNA labeling and detection are key steps in nucleic acid-based technologies, used in medical research and molecular diagnostics. We report here the synthesis, reactivity, and potential of a new type of labeling molecule, m-(N-Biotinoylamino)phenylmethyldiazomethane (m-BioPMDAM), that reacts selectively and efficiently with phosphates in nucleotide monomers, oligonucleotides, DNA, and RNA. This molecule contains a biotin as detectable unit and a diazomethyl function as reactive moiety. We demonstrate that this label fulfills the requirements of stability, solubility, reactivity, and selectivity for hybridization-based analysis and especially for detection on high-density DNA chips.

Biotinylation↗

Microstructured liposome array.

Conversion of a DNA chip to a nanocapsule array was performed by grafting on a liposome an oligonucleotide complementary to an oligonucleotide bound to the array. Each liposome may be loaded by a soluble molecule or may present a hydrophobic or amphiphilic molecule inserted in its wall. To detect liposomes on the chip, we used fluorescent dyes encapsulated in the liposome internal volume or fluorescent lipids. We observed that an oligonucleotide-grafted liposome containing a defined dye specifically accumulated on the area where its complementary oligonucleotide had been spotted on the array. The virtually unlimited amount of addresses allows the specific binding of large amounts of liposomes in one single batch.

Liposomes↗