Publication detail

Study of DNA–ellipticine interaction by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection

RYVOLOVÁ, M. ADAM, V. ECKSCHLAGER, T. STIBOROVÁ, M. KIZEK, R.

Original Title

Study of DNA–ellipticine interaction by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Ellipticine (5,11-dimethyl-6H-pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole), an alkaloid isolated from Apocynaceae plants, exhibits an antitumor activity, which is exceptionally high against several specific types of tumors. Ellipticine is also interesting as an anticancer drug as it has limited side effects and lacks of hematological toxicity. Various methods to study intercalating activity of this drug have been developed. However, to our best knowledge, capillary electrophoresis (CE) as a technique combining high separation resolution with various detection options has never been used for these purposes. In this study, a novel separation method based on CE with laser-induced fluorescence (CE-LIF) detection has been developed for the determination of ellipticine and for the monitoring of ellipticine–DNA interaction. Sodium acetate (50 mM, pH 4.5) was used as a background electrolyte and LIF detection at ex = 488 nm. The limit of detection for ellipticine was determined to be 5 10 8 M. A total of 20% dimethyl sulfoxide was found optimal as sample solvent. Additionally, intercalation of ellipticine into the double-stranded DNA was investigated. Signal corresponding to ellipticine was decreasing and a new peak appeared and was growing. It can be concluded that CE-LIF is a method applicable to in vitro studies of ellipticine–DNA complexes.

Keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; DNA; Ellipticine;Tumor disease

Authors

RYVOLOVÁ, M.; ADAM, V.; ECKSCHLAGER, T.; STIBOROVÁ, M.; KIZEK, R.

RIV year

2012

Released

27. 6. 2012

ISBN

0173-0835

Periodical

Electrophoresis

Year of study

33

Number

11

State

Federal Republic of Germany

Pages from

1545

Pages to

1549

Pages count

5

BibTex

@article{BUT92848,
  author="Markéta {Vaculovičová} and Vojtěch {Adam} and Tomáš {Eckschlager} and Marie {Stiborová} and René {Kizek}",
  title="Study of DNA–ellipticine interaction by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection",
  journal="Electrophoresis",
  year="2012",
  volume="33",
  number="11",
  pages="1545--1549",
  doi="10.1002/elps.201200056",
  issn="0173-0835"
}