PubMed · 8801635
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R F Service. 1996-09-13. Making cells selectively sticky.. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5281.1493
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DNA labelling fluorescent dyes such as ethidium bromide have long been considered to be highly mutagenic during DNA replication. While recent studies have pushed back on this narrative, the intercalative nature of these dyes continues to raise the possibility that these dyes can induce mutations. The iconPCR instrument by n6tec uses fluorescent dyes to measure amplification in real time and to adjust cycling conditions. However, since this use of qPCR is preparative and not analytical, mutations introduced by fluorescent dyes would be propagated into the sequencing reaction. To address the impact of these dyes on downstream analyses, we have performed routine mutation calling as well as mutational signature analysis on samples amplified using the iconPCR in the presence of either SYBR or EvaGreen. Sequence analysis revealed very minimal impacts of dyes on the reactions, largely within the noise regimen with only subtle changes in mutation rates seen. Mutational signature analysis was unable to identify any key signatures assignable to the dyes in either substitutions or indel domains. The mutational impact of intercalating dyes during fluorescence-guided amplification is therefore minimal and can be disregarded in all but the most sensitive NGS applications.
A method for the visualisation of micropatterned spots of molecular organosilane monolayers by adsorption of dyes is presented. Therefore, microspot arrays consisting of different types of organosilane monolayers are exposed to dye solutions. After this immersion, the chips are rinsed in a solvent, resulting in a locally differentiated fluorescence intensity. The contrast between silanized and non-silanized surface areas depends on the applied dyes and their solution concentrations. Charge and polarity seems to play an important role in the adsorption. In result, the pattern of molecular organosilane monolayers can easily be identified by intensity differences of fluorescence radiation from the different regions of chip surfaces.
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