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This work describes the chemistry and methodology for constructing multilay
ers of bis-biotinylated dsDNA on metal substrates after enzyme cleavage and
demonstrates its use for amplified microgravimetric and impedimetric analy
ses of anticancer drug, cisplatin. Specific chemical modification of dsDNA
prior to immobilization was achieved via a bisulfite-catalyzed transaminati
on of cytosine after endonuclease cleavage of plasmid DNA. The specificity
of the reaction of cytosine residues at ss- versus dsDNA loci after endonuc
lease cleavage was characterized using circular dichroism, mass spectrometr
y, and absorption spectrophotometry. The biotinylated dsDNA consisting of 2
961 base pairs was then used as a ligand at avidin-modified gold electrodes
. Ac impedance spectroscopy and quartz crystal microbalance measurements cl
early showed that the response to cisplatin increased linearly with target
concentrations. The impedance spectroscopy resulted in a detection limit of
1 nM and a surface density of 4.8 x 10(13) molecules/0.1 cm(2). The immobi
lization of dsDNA on surfaces is a significant improvement over existing ap
proaches in that it enables the attachment of long pieces of unmodified dou
ble-stranded DNA via a simple biotinylation step, The immobilization techni
que provides a generic approach for dsDNA-based sensor development and for
monitoring DNA-analyte interactions.