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Cuprolinic Blue: a specific dye for single-stranded RNA in the presence of magnesium chloride. I. Fundamental aspects
Authors:Johan Tas  Dan Mendelson and Cornelis J F Noorden
Institution:(1) Laboratory of Histology and Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, Jan Swammerdam Institute, Eerste Const, Huygensstraat 20, 1054 BW Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:Summary Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the cationic dye Cuprolinic Blue were investigated with model films of polyacrylamide gel in which RNA, DNA and other biological polyanionic compounds had been incorporated. In the presence of 1m MgCl2, Curpolinic Blue was found to bind specifically to single-stranded RNA, leaving native DNA, proteins, (acid) polysaccharides and phospholipids completely unstained. Under these conditions, Cuprolinic Blue is complexed by non-electrostatic bonds with non-stacked purine bases, mainly adenine. Optimal conditions for dye binding and differentiation have been defined. Both the Cuprolinic Blue-MgCl2 staining of single-stranded RNA and the Cuprolinic Blue staining of RNA and DNA in the absence of MgCl2 were found to obey the Lambert-Beer law. The advantages and possible applications of Cuprolinic Blue are compared with well-known (indirect) histochemical RNA staining procedures.
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