M. N. Slyadnev**, V. A. Kazakov**, M. V. Lavrova**,
A. A. Ganeev**, L. N. Moskvin*
*St.Petersburg State University, Dept. of Chemistry
**Lumex Ltd., St. Petersburg; St.Petersburg State
University, Dept. of Chemistry
This paper is concerned with development and optimization
of a microchip system for biochemical analysis using a CCD-based fluorescent
detector with temperature control of multiple samples in microreactors using
Peltier elements. The topology of microchip injection ports was optimized
along with the surface modification conditions to achieve simultaneous 3-5
μL samples introduction into microreactors of 250 nL. Surface passiva-tion
was performed to improve biocompatibility of the microreactors. Thermocycling
characteristics of the sys-tem were obtained and the real-time PCR was performed
in 14 minutes for 10**4 initial DNA copies. The system was capable to monitor
the kinetics of the biochemical reaction of catecholamines with the fluorogenic
dye NBD-F and optimization of reaction conditions (temperature, pH) was performed.