A. M. Brett, L. A. Silva, H. Fujii
Jun 5, 2003
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Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Abstract
The electrochemistry of 3,4-dibenzyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene-S-oxide was investigated as well as its interaction with dsDNA. The electrochemical study of the thiophene-S-oxide was performed at different pH values, in a mixed solvent and by solid state voltammetry, and showed that the molecule is reduced at a very negative potential, and the reduction is pH dependent. A glassy carbon electrode modified with a thick thiophene-S-oxide+dsDNA mixture was used to study the interaction of thiophene-S-oxide in situ with dsDNA at a charged interface. The experimental results give strong evidence that the reduced thiophene-S-oxide interacts with dsDNA causing damage with possible strand break and that the thiophene-S-oxide adduct formed with dsDNA can still undergo reduction.