Effects of Metallic Silver Particles on Resonance Energy Transfer between Fluorophores Bound to DNA

Joseph R. Lakowicz, Józef Kuśba, Yibing Shen, Joanna Malicka, Sabato D'Auria, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Ignacy Gryczynski

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Abstract

We examined the effects of metallic silver island films on resonance energy transfer (RET) between a donor and acceptor bound to double helical DNA. The donor was 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and the acceptor was propidium iodide (PI). Proximity of the labeled DNA to the silver particles resulted in a dramatic increase in RET as seen from the emission spectra and the donor decay times. Proximity to silver particles results in an increase of the Förster distance from 35 Å to an apparent value of 166 Å. These results suggest a new type of DNA hybridization assays based on RET over distances much longer than the free-space Forster distance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-77
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Fluorescence
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2003

Keywords

  • Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
  • Labeled DNA
  • Radiative decay engineering
  • Silver nanoparticles

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