[Study of the interaction of atrazine and ct-DNA by fluorescence probe technique]

Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi. 2008 Sep;28(9):2122-5.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The interaction atrazine and ct-DNA was studied using fluorescence probe and UV absorption spectroscopy technique. Ethidium bromide (EB) was used as a probe. The effects of atrazine, phosphate, concentration of ions, and potassium iodide on the fluorescence of ct-DNA-EB system were investigated. The results showed that the fluorescence quenching process of atrazine to ct-DNA-EB system was proved to be the simultaneous dynamic and static quenching model. The phenomena of fluorescence quenching of ct-DNA-atrazine system by KI and hyperchromicity and the red shift of DNA UV-absorption caused by atrazine indicated the existence of intercalation between atrazine and ct-DNA. The experiments of phosphate and ionic strength showed that atrazine could combine with the phosphate group of ct-DNA by non-characteristic static force, and this action could be inhibited by high ionic strength.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Atrazine / chemistry*
  • Cattle
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Ethidium / chemistry*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Indicators and Reagents / chemistry*
  • Models, Chemical
  • Potassium Iodide / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Potassium Iodide
  • DNA
  • calf thymus DNA
  • Ethidium
  • Atrazine