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Huang PJ, Rochambeau D, Sleiman HF, Liu J. Target Self‐Enhanced Selectivity in Metal‐Specific DNAzymes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:3573-3577. [PMID: 31867832 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Po‐Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department of ChemistryWaterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of ChemistryMcGill University 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal Québec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of ChemistryMcGill University 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal Québec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of ChemistryWaterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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Huang PJ, Rochambeau D, Sleiman HF, Liu J. Target Self‐Enhanced Selectivity in Metal‐Specific DNAzymes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Po‐Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department of ChemistryWaterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of ChemistryMcGill University 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal Québec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of ChemistryMcGill University 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal Québec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of ChemistryWaterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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He Y, Lopez A, Zhang Z, Chen D, Yang R, Liu J. Nucleotide and DNA coordinated lanthanides: From fundamentals to applications. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Wang Y, Zhu Y, Hu Y, Zeng G, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Feng C. How to Construct DNA Hydrogels for Environmental Applications: Advanced Water Treatment and Environmental Analysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1703305. [PMID: 29450972 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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With high binding affinity, porous structures, safety, green, programmability, etc., DNA hydrogels have gained increasing recognition in the environmental field, i.e., advanced treatment technology of water and analysis of specific pollutants. DNA hydrogels have been demonstrated as versatile potential adsorbents, immobilization carriers of bioactive molecules, catalysts, sensors, etc. Moreover, altering components or choosing appropriate functional DNA optimizes environment-oriented hydrogels. However, the lack of comprehensive information hinders the continued optimization. The principle used to fabricate the most suitable hydrogels in terms of the requirements is the focus of this Review. First, different fabrication strategies are introduced and the ideal characteristic for environmental applications is in focus. Subsequently, recent environmental applications and the development of diverse DNA hydrogels regarding their synthesis mechanism are summarized. Finally, the Review provides an insight into the remaining challenging and future perspectives in environmental applications.
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- Yingrong Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Lushan South Road, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, Center South University of Forestry and Technology, Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, 410004, China
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Zhang Z, Morishita K, Lin WTD, Huang PJJ, Liu J. Nucleotide coordination with 14 lanthanides studied by isothermal titration calorimetry. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Wenhu Zhou
- Xiangya
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China
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of Chemistry, Water Institute, and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, Water Institute, and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, Water Institute, and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Huang PJJ, Vazin M, Lin JJ, Pautler R, Liu J. Distinction of Individual Lanthanide Ions with a DNAzyme Beacon Array. ACS Sens 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Po-Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department
of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department
of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department
of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department
of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department
of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Huang PJJ, Vazin M, Liu J. In Vitro Selection of a DNAzyme Cooperatively Binding Two Lanthanide Ions for RNA Cleavage. Biochemistry 2016; 55:2518-25. [PMID: 27054549 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Trivalent lanthanide ions (Ln(3+)) were recently employed to select RNA-cleaving DNAzymes, and three new DNAzymes have been reported so far. In this work, dysprosium (Dy(3+)) was used with a library containing 50 random nucleotides. After six rounds of in vitro selection, a new DNAzyme named Dy10a was obtained and characterized. Dy10a has a bulged hairpin structure cleaving a RNA/DNA chimeric substrate. Dy10a is highly active in the presence of the five Ln(3+) ions in the middle of the lanthanide series (Sm(3+), Eu(3+), Gd(3+), Tb(3+), and Dy(3+)), while its activity descends on the two sides. The cleavage rate reaches 0.6 min(-1) at pH 6 with just 200 nM Sm(3+), which is the fastest among all known Ln(3+)-dependent enzymes. Dy10a binds two Ln(3+) ions cooperatively. When a phosphorothioate (PS) modification is introduced at the cleavage junction, the activity decreases by >2500-fold for both the Rp and Sp diastereomers, and thiophilic Cd(2+) cannot rescue the activity. The pH-rate profile has a slope of 0.37 between pH 4.2 and 5.2, and the slope was even lower at higher pH. On the basis of these data, a model of metal binding is proposed. Finally, a catalytic beacon sensor that can detect Ho(3+) down to 1.7 nM is constructed.
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- Po-Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Vazin M, Huang PJJ, Matuszek Ż, Liu J. Biochemical Characterization of a Lanthanide-Dependent DNAzyme with Normal and Phosphorothioate-Modified Substrates. Biochemistry 2015; 54:6132-8. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mahsa Vazin
- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Lanthanides represent a group of very important but challenging analytes for biosensor development. These 15 elements are very similar in their chemical properties. So far, limited success has been realized using the rational ligand design approach. My laboratory has successfully accomplished the task of carrying out combinatorial selection to isolate lanthanide-dependent RNA-cleaving DNAzymes. We report two new DNAzymes, each discovered in a different selection condition and both are highly specific to lanthanides. When both DNAzymes are used together, it is possible to identify the last few heavy lanthanides. Upon introducing a phosphorothioate modification, one of the abovementioned DNAzymes becomes highly active with many toxic heavy metals. With the selection of more DNAzymes with different activity patterns cross the lanthanide series, a sensor array might be produced for identifying each ion. This article is a minireview of the current developments on this topic and some of the historical aspects. It reflects the main content of the Fred Beamish Award presentation delivered at the 2014 Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference in Vancouver. Future directions in this area are also discussed.
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- Juewen Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Huang PJJ, Vazin M, Matuszek Ż, Liu J. A new heavy lanthanide-dependent DNAzyme displaying strong metal cooperativity and unrescuable phosphorothioate effect. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 43:461-9. [PMID: 25488814 PMCID: PMC4288186 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In vitro selection of RNA-cleaving DNAzymes was performed using three heavy lanthanide ions (Ln3+): Ho3+, Er3+ and Tm3+. The resulting sequences were aligned together and about half of the library contained a new family of DNAzyme. These DNAzymes have a simple loop structure, and they are active only with the seven heavy Ln3+. Among the tested non-lanthanide ions, only Y3+ induced cleavage and even Pb2+ failed to cleave, suggesting a very high specificity. A representative DNAzyme, Tm7, has a sigmoidal metal binding curve with a Hill coefficient of 3, indicating that three metal ions are involved in the catalytic step. Its pH-rate profile has a slope of 1, suggesting a single deprotonation step is involved in the rate-limiting step. Tm7 has a cleavage rate of 1.6 min−1 at pH 7.8 with 10 μM Er3+. Phosphorothioate substitution at the cleavage junction completely inhibits the activity, which cannot be rescued by Cd2+ alone, or by a mixture of Er3+ and Cd2+, suggesting that two interacting metal ions are involved in direct bonding to both non-bridging oxygen atoms. A new model involving three lanthanide ions is proposed based on this study. A biosensor is engineered using Tm7 to detect Dy3+ down to 14 nM.
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- Po-Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Huang PJJ, Vazin M, Liu J. In vitro selection of a new lanthanide-dependent DNAzyme for ratiometric sensing lanthanides. Anal Chem 2014; 86:9993-9. [PMID: 25199650 DOI: 10.1021/ac5029962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Developing biosensors for lanthanides is an important but challenging analytical task. To address this problem, in vitro selection of RNA-cleaving DNAzymes was carried out using a library containing a region of 35 random nucleotides in the presence of Lu(3+), since Lu(3+) was reported to be the most efficient lanthanide for RNA cleavage. The resulting DNA sequences can be aligned to a single family with two conserved stretches of nucleotides. One of the representative DNAzymes (named Lu12) was further studied. Lu12 is more active with smaller lanthanides and has the lowest activity in the presence of the largest lanthanide (lutetium). Its cleavage rate is 0.12 min(-1) in the presence of 10 μM Nd(3+) at pH 6.0. This is a new DNAzyme, and a catalytic beacon sensor is designed by attaching a fluorophore/quencher pair, detecting Nd(3+) down to 0.4 nM (72 parts-per-trillion). This DNAzyme is highly selective for lanthanides as well, showing cleavage only with two nonlanthanide ions: Y(3+) and Pb(2+). We previously reported a DNAzyme named Ce13d, which has similar responses to all the trivalent lanthanides. Combining these two allows for a ratiometric assay that identifies a few large lanthanides.
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- Po-Jung Jimmy Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo , 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario Canada , N2L 3G1
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Lin WTD, Huang PJJ, Pautler R, Liu J. The group trend of lanthanides binding to DNA and DNAzymes with a complex but symmetric pattern. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:11859-62. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05551a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Javadi-Zarnaghi F, Höbartner C. Lanthanide cofactors accelerate DNA-catalyzed synthesis of branched RNA. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:12839-48. [PMID: 23895365 DOI: 10.1021/ja406162z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Most deoxyribozymes (DNA catalysts) require metal ions as cofactors for catalytic activity, with Mg(2+), Mn(2+), and Zn(2+) being the most represented activators. Trivalent transition-metal ions have been less frequently considered. Rare earth ions offer attractive properties for studying metal ion binding by biochemical and spectroscopic methods. Here we report the effect of lanthanide cofactors, in particular terbium (Tb(3+)), for DNA-catalyzed synthesis of 2',5'-branched RNA. We found up to 10(4)-fold increased ligation rates for the 9F7 deoxribozyme using 100 μM Tb(3+) and 7 mM Mg(2+), compared to performing the reaction with 7 mM Mg(2+) alone. Combinatorial mutation interference analysis (CoMA) was used to identify nucleotides in the catalytic region of 9F7 that are essential for ligation activity with different metal ion combinations. A minimized version of the DNA enzyme sustained high levels of Tb(3+)-assisted activity. Sensitized luminescence of Tb(3+) bound to DNA in combination with DMS probing and DNase I footprinting results supported the CoMA data. The accelerating effect of Tb(3+) was confirmed for related RNA-ligating deoxyribozymes, pointing toward favorable activation of internal 2'-OH nucleophiles. The results of this study offer fundamental insights into nucleotide requirements for DNA-catalyzed RNA ligation and will be beneficial for practical applications that utilize 2',5'-branched RNA.
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- Fatemeh Javadi-Zarnaghi
- Research Group Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Carter JR, Balaraman V, Kucharski CA, Fraser TS, Fraser MJ. A novel dengue virus detection method that couples DNAzyme and gold nanoparticle approaches. Virol J 2013; 10:201. [PMID: 23809208 PMCID: PMC3765938 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-10-201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Recent epidemics of dengue viruses (DENV) coupled with new outbreaks on the horizon have renewed the demand for novel detection methods that have the ability to identify this viral pathogen prior to the manifestation of symptoms. The ability to detect DENV in a timely manner is essential for rapid recovery from disease symptoms. A modified lab-derived 10-23 DNAzyme tethered to gold nanoparticles provides a powerful tool for the detection of viruses, such as DENV. Results We examined the effectiveness of coupling DNAzyme (DDZ) activation to the salt-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) to detect dengue virus (DENV) progeny in mosquito cells. A DNAzyme was designed to recognize the 5’ cyclization sequence (5’ CS) that is conserved among all DENV, and conjugated to AuNPs. DDZ-AuNP has demonstrated the ability to detect the genomic RNA of our model dengue strain, DENV-2 NGC, isolated from infected Aedes albopictus C6/36 cells. These targeting events lead to the rapid aggregation of AuNPs, resulting in a red to clear color transition of the reaction mixes, and thus positive detection of the DENV RNA genome. The inclusion of SDS in the reaction mixture permitted the detection of DENV directly from cell culture supernatants without additional sample processing. Specificity assays demonstrated detection is DENV-specific, while sensitivity assays confirm detection at levels of 1 × 101 TCID50 units. These results demonstrate DDZ-AuNP effectively detects DENV genomes in a sequence specific manner and at concentrations that are practical for field use. Conclusions We have developed an effective detection assay using DNAzyme catalysis coupled with AuNP aggregation for the detection of DENV genomes in a sequence specific manner. Full development of our novel DDZ-AuNP detection method will provide a practical, rapid, and low cost alternative for the detection of DENV in mosquito cells and tissues, and possibly infected patient serum, in a matter of minutes with little to no specialized training required.
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- James R Carter
- Department of Biological Sciences, Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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RNA-Cleaving DNA Enzymes and Their Potential Therapeutic Applications as Antibacterial and Antiviral Agents. FROM NUCLEIC ACIDS SEQUENCES TO MOLECULAR MEDICINE 2012. [PMCID: PMC7119987 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27426-8_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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DNA catalysts are synthetic single-stranded DNA molecules that have been identified by in vitro selection from random sequence DNA pools. The most prominent representatives of DNA catalysts (also known as DNA enzymes, deoxyribozymes, or DNAzymes) catalyze the site-specific cleavage of RNA substrates. Two distinct groups of RNA-cleaving DNA enzymes are the 10-23 and 8-17 enzymes. A typical RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme consists of a catalytic core and two short binding arms which form Watson–Crick base pairs with the RNA targets. RNA cleavage is usually achieved with the assistance of metal ions such as Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Pb2+, or Zn2+, but several chemically modified DNA enzymes can cleave RNA in the absence of divalent metal ions. A number of studies have shown the use of 10-23 DNA enzymes for modest downregulation of therapeutically relevant RNA targets in cultured cells and in whole mammals. Here we focus on mechanistic aspects of RNA-cleaving DNA enzymes and their potential to silence therapeutically appealing viral and bacterial gene targets. We also discuss delivery options and challenges involved in DNA enzyme-based therapeutic strategies.
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Dokukin V, Silverman SK. Lanthanide ions as required cofactors for DNA catalysts. Chem Sci 2012; 3:1707-1714. [PMID: 23243490 DOI: 10.1039/c2sc01067d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report that micromolar concentrations of lanthanide ions can be required cofactors for DNA-hydrolyzing deoxyribozymes. Previous work identified deoxyribozymes that simultaneously require both Zn(2+) and Mn(2+) to achieve DNA-catalyzed DNA hydrolysis (10(12) rate enhancement); a mutant of one such DNA catalyst requires only Zn(2+). Here we show that in vitro selection in the presence of 10 µM lanthanide ion (Ce(3+), Eu(3+), or Yb(3+)) along with 1 mM Zn(2+) leads to numerous DNA-hydrolyzing deoxyribozymes that strictly require the lanthanide ion as well as Zn(2+) for catalytic activity. These DNA catalysts have a range of lanthanide dependences, including some deoxyribozymes that strongly favor one particular lanthanide ion (e.g., Ce(3+) >> Eu(3+) >> Yb(3+)) and others that function well with more than one lanthanide ion. Intriguingly, two of the Yb(3+)-dependent deoxyribozymes function well with Yb(3+) alone (K(d,app) ~10 µM, in the absence of Zn(2+)) and have little or no activity with Eu(3+) or Ce(3+). In contrast to these selection outcomes when lanthanide ions were present, new selections with Zn(2+) or Mn(2+) alone, or Zn(2+) with Mg(2+)/Ca(2+), led primarily to deoxyribozymes that cleave DNA by deglycosylation and β-elimination rather than by hydrolysis, including several instances of depyrimidination. We conclude that lanthanide ions warrant closer attention as cofactors when identifying new nucleic acid catalysts, especially for applications in which high concentrations of polyvalent metal ion cofactors are undesirable.
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- Victor Dokukin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Malashikhina N, Pavlov V. DNA-decorated nanoparticles as nanosensors for rapid detection of ascorbic acid. Biosens Bioelectron 2012; 33:241-6. [PMID: 22317836 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2011] [Revised: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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We designed an assay for rapid detection of ascorbic acid (AA) with a DNAzyme cleaving its DNA substrate in the presence of Cu(2+) and AA. The sensor consists of two DNA strands that form a complex between each other. The 5'-end of the DNAzyme binds the substrate DNA via Watson-Crick bonding and the 3'-end binds through formation of a DNA-triplex via Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding. The substrate DNA was prepared by two different methods. In the first case the nucleic acid was modified with fluorescein/dabcyl FRET pair across the cleavage site. In the second case the nucleic acid modified with fluorescein was immobilised on gold nanoparticles. DNAzyme contains a loop forming a complex with Cu(2+) ions. The oxidation of ascorbic acid (AA) with oxygen yields hydrogen peroxide. The latter interacts with Cu(2+) to give hydroxyl radicals. They break substrate DNA in close vicinity to the copper/DNA complex to separate fluorescein from gold nanoparticles leading to the increase in fluorescence intensity. Use of substrate DNA modified with the fluorescein/dabcyl couple allowed to measure AA concentration within 3 min with the detection limit of 2.5 μM. Employment of gold nanoparticles decorated with fluorescein-modified DNA allowed to improve the detection limit of AA quantification by two orders of magnitude due to enhanced cleavage of DNA catalysed by Au clusters. Fructose, sucrose, glucose, urea, and citric acid did not interfere with our assay even at concentration of 1mM. Good selectivity allowed us to apply our rapid and sensitive assays to detection of AA in vitamin C tablets, urine and orange juice.
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- Natalia Malashikhina
- Biofunctional Nanomaterials Department, CIC biomaGUNE, Parque tecnológico de San Sebastian, Paseo Miramon 182, Donostia - San Sebastian 20009, Spain
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Lan T, Lu Y. Metal Ion-Dependent DNAzymes and Their Applications as Biosensors. Met Ions Life Sci 2012; 10:217-48. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2172-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Cheng J, Li N, Cheng Z, Hua R, Cai J, Si W, Hong F. Splenocyte apoptotic pathway in mice following oral exposure to cerium trichloride. CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 83:612-617. [PMID: 21195450 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Revised: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 12/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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With their widespread application in agriculture, industry, culture, medicine, and daily life, lanthanide compounds are being brought into the ecological environment and human body through food chains. It is important to know the acute and chronic effects of lanthanides on the environment, nature balance, and the human body after their entry into bodies and the environment. Lanthanides have been demonstrated to cause spleen apoptosis and decreased immunity of mice, but very little is known about the molecular aspects of these mechanism. In order to understand the spleen apoptotic mechanism induced by intragastric administration of 2, 10 and 20 mg kg(-1) body weight CeCl(3) for consecutive 60 d, we investigated the cerium accumulation, apoptosis, the expression levels of the apoptosis-related cytokines into apoptosis-related genes and proteins. The results demonstrated that cerium had obvious accumulation in the mouse spleen, leading to the significant increase of the spleen indices and splenocyte apoptosis. Furthermore, CeCl(3) could effectively activate caspase-3 and -9, decrease the Bcl-2 the levels of gene and protein, and increase the levels of Bax, and cytochrome c genes and their protein expressions, and promote reactive oxygen species production. It implied CeCl(3)-induced apoptosis in the mouse spleen via intrinsic pathway. Our findings suggest the need for great caution to handle the lanthanides for workers and consumers.
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- Jie Cheng
- Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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Camargo MA, Neves A, Bortoluzzi AJ, Szpoganicz B, Fischer FL, Terenzi H, Serra OA, Santos VG, Vaz BG, Eberlin MN. Efficient Phosphodiester Hydrolysis by Luminescent Terbium(III) and Europium(III) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:6013-25. [DOI: 10.1021/ic100549u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Maryene A. Camargo
- Laboratório de Bioinorgânica e Crystalografia (LABINC), Departamento de Química
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- Laboratório de Bioinorgânica e Crystalografia (LABINC), Departamento de Química
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- Laboratório de Bioinorgânica e Crystalografia (LABINC), Departamento de Química
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular Estrutural, Departamento de Bioquímica, CCB
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- Laboratório de Terras Raras (FFCLRP-USP), Departamento de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenue Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório ThoMSon de Espectrometria de Massas, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório ThoMSon de Espectrometria de Massas, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório ThoMSon de Espectrometria de Massas, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Bin X, Kraatz HB. Interaction of metal ions and DNA films on gold surfaces: an electrochemical impedance study. Analyst 2009; 134:1309-13. [PMID: 19562195 DOI: 10.1039/b821670c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has been used to investigate the effects of a number of metal ions with DNA films on gold surfaces exploiting [Fe(CN)6](3-/4-) as a solution-based redox probe. Alkaline earth metal ions Mg2+, Ca2+, trivalent Al3+, La3+ and divalent transition metal ions Ni2+, Cu2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+ have been selected in this study and the results are compared with previous studies on the effects of Zn2+ on the EIS of DNA films. All experimental results were evaluated with the help of equivalent circuits which allowed the extraction of resistive and capacitive components. For all metal ions studied here, addition of the metal ions causes a decrease in the charge transfer resistance. The difference of charge transfer resistance (DeltaR(ct)) of ds-DNA films in the presence and absence of the various metal ions is different and particular to any given metal ion. In addition, we studied the EIS of ds-DNA films containing a single A-C mismatch in the presence and absence of Ca2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+. DeltaR(ct) values for ds-DNA films with a single A-C mismatch is smaller than those of fully matched ds-DNA films.
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- Xiaomin Bin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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Kim HK, Li J, Nagraj N, Lu Y. Probing metal binding in the 8-17 DNAzyme by TbIII luminescence spectroscopy. Chemistry 2008; 14:8696-703. [PMID: 18688837 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Metal-dependent cleavage activities of the 8-17 DNAzyme were found to be inhibited by Tb(III) ions, and the apparent inhibition constant in the presence of 100 microM of Zn(II) was measured to be 3.3+/-0.3 microM. The apparent inhibition constants increased linearly with increasing Zn(II) concentration, and the inhibition effect could be fully rescued with addition of active metal ions, indicating that Tb(III) is a competitive inhibitor and that the effect is completely reversible. The sensitized Tb(III) luminescence at 543 nm was dramatically enhanced when Tb(III) was added to the DNAzyme-substrate complex. With an inactive DNAzyme in which the GT wobble pair was replaced with a GC Watson-Crick base pair, the luminescence enhancement was slightly decreased. In addition, when the DNAzyme strand was replaced with a complete complementary strand to the substrate, no significant luminescence enhancement was observed. These observations suggest that Tb(III) may bind to an unpaired region of the DNAzyme, with the GT wobble pair playing a role. Luminescence lifetime measurements in D(2)O and H(2)O suggested that Tb(III) bound to DNAzyme is coordinated by 6.7+/-0.2 water molecules and two or three functional groups from the DNAzyme. Divalent metal ions competed for the Tb(III) binding site(s) in the order Co(II)>Zn(II)>Mn(II)>Pb(II)>Ca(II) approximately Mg(II). This order closely follows the order of DNAzyme activity, with the exception of Pb(II). These results indicate that Pb(II), the most active metal ion, competes for Tb(III) binding differently from other metal ions such as Zn(II), suggesting that Pb(II) may bind to a different site from that for the other metal ions including Zn(II) and Tb(III).
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- Hee-Kyung Kim
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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BACKGROUND Although catalytic RNA enzymes (CRzs) are naturally occurring in many organisms, their DNA counterparts (CDzs) were developed by in vitro selection/evolution from random sequence libraries. OBJECTIVE To provide a brief overview of how CDzs have been selected in vitro, and of their properties and functions, as well as their possible future utility. METHODS We concentrated on examples of 'direct' selection of CDzs. Many CDzs have been used in biological settings, for example downregulation of target mRNAs, while many more recent applications use CDzs in biosensor and nanotechnology settings. CONCLUSIONS Although much work has concentrated on using CDzs for regulating gene expression, their potential as nucleic acid medicines has diminished substantially, supplanted by simple antisense oligonucleotides and, more recently, by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). It seems unlikely that CDzs will have clinical utility. In contrast, they are likely to have significant potential in the sensor/nanotechnology arena.
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- Weihua Pan
- Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Bodi A, Borbas KE, Bruce JI. Near IR-emitting DNA-probes exploiting stepwise energy transfer processes. Dalton Trans 2007:4352-8. [PMID: 17893825 DOI: 10.1039/b708940f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis and characterisation of two new cyclen-based near IR-emitting lanthanide complexes is reported; the lanthanides are sensitised by rhodamine, which in turn is excited by energy transfer from a coumarin 2 moiety. The three lumophores function as an energy transfer cascade spanning the UV-visible-near IR region of the spectrum, resulting in large Stokes shifts. Double stranded DNA selectively switches one of the two energy transfer processes off, enabling luminescent DNA-sensing in the near IR region. The regioselective di-alkylation of the cyclen scaffold is explained with the help of DFT calculations.
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- Andras Bodi
- Molecular Dynamics Group, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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Silverman SK. In vitro selection, characterization, and application of deoxyribozymes that cleave RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:6151-63. [PMID: 16286368 PMCID: PMC1283523 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Over the last decade, many catalytically active DNA molecules (deoxyribozymes; DNA enzymes) have been identified by in vitro selection from random-sequence DNA pools. This article focuses on deoxyribozymes that cleave RNA substrates. The first DNA enzyme was reported in 1994 and cleaves an RNA linkage. Since that time, many other RNA-cleaving deoxyribozymes have been identified. Most but not all of these deoxyribozymes require a divalent metal ion cofactor such as Mg2+ to catalyze attack by a specific RNA 2′-hydroxyl group on the adjacent phosphodiester linkage, forming a 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate and a 5′-hydroxyl group. Several deoxyribozymes that cleave RNA have utility for in vitro RNA biochemistry. Some DNA enzymes have been applied in vivo to degrade mRNAs, and others have been engineered into sensors. The practical impact of RNA-cleaving deoxyribozymes should continue to increase as additional applications are developed.
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- Scott K Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Chen F, Wang R, Li Z, Liu B, Wang X, Sun Y, Hao D, Zhang J. A novel replicating circular DNAzyme. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:2336-41. [PMID: 15115797 PMCID: PMC419442 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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10-23 DNAzyme has the potential to suppress gene expressions through sequence-specific mRNA cleavage. However, the dependence on exogenous delivery limits its applications. The objective of this work is to establish a replicating DNAzyme in bacteria using a single-stranded DNA vector. By cloning the 10-23 DNAzyme into the M13mp18 vector, we constructed two circular DNAzymes, C-Dz7 and C-Dz482, targeting the beta-lactamase mRNA. These circular DNAzymes showed in vitro catalytic efficiencies (kcat/K(M)) of 7.82 x 10(6) and 1.36 x 10(7) M(-1) x min(-1), respectively. Their dependence on divalent metal ions is similar to that found with linear 10-23 DNAzyme. Importantly, the circular DNAzymes were not only capable of replicating in bacteria but also exhibited high activities in inhibiting beta-lactamase and bacterial growth. This study thus provides a novel strategy to produce replicating DNAzymes which may find widespread applications.
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- Fei Chen
- Key Lab for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, P.R. China
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A detailed biochemical and mechanistic study of in vitro selected variants of 8-17 DNAzymes is presented. Even though the 8-17 DNAzyme motif has been obtained through in vitro selection under three different conditions involving 10 mM Mg(2+) (called 8-17), 0.5 mM Mg(2+)/50 mM histidine (called Mg5), or 100 microM Zn(2+) (called 17E), all variants are shown to be the most active with Pb(2+) (8-17: k(obs) approximately 0.5 min(-1); Mg5: k(obs) approximately 2 min(-1); 17E: k(obs) approximately 1 min(-1) with 200 microM Pb(2+) at pH 5.0). For the 17E variant of the 8-17 DNAzyme, the single-turnover rate constants followed the order of Pb(2+) >> Zn(2+) >> Mn(2+) approximately Co(2+) > Ni(2+) > Mg(2+) approximately Ca(2+) > Sr(2+) approximately Ba(2+). The catalytic rate is half-maximal at 13.5 microM Pb(2+), 0.97 mM Zn(2+), or 10.5 mM Mg(2+), suggesting that the metal-binding affinity of the DNAzymes is in the order of Pb(2+) > Zn(2+) > Mg(2+). The Pb(2+)-dependent activity increases linearly with pH and the slope of the plot of log k(obs) versus pH is approximately 1, suggesting a single deprotonation in the rate-limiting step of the reaction. Sequence variations of the DNAzyme confirm the importance of the G*T wobble pair, the two loops and the intervening stem in maintaining the active conformation of the system. While Mg(2+) and Zn(2+) catalyze only a transesterification reaction with formation of a product containing a 2',3'-cyclic phosphate, Pb(2+) catalyzes a transesterification reaction followed by hydrolysis of the 2',3'-cyclic phosphate. Although this two-step mechanism has shown to be operative in protein ribonucleases and in the leadzyme RNAzyme, it is now demonstrated for the first time that this DNAzyme may also use the same mechanism. Therefore, the two-step mechanism is observed in metalloenzymes of all classes, and this 8-17 DNAzyme provides a simple, stable, and cost-effective model system for understanding the structure of Pb(2+)-binding sites and their roles in the two-step mechanism.
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- Andrea K Brown
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Mundoma C, Greenbaum NL. Binding of europium(III) ions to RNA stem loops: role of the primary hydration sphere in complex formation. Biopolymers 2003; 69:100-9. [PMID: 12717725 DOI: 10.1002/bip.10320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Understanding the process by which RNA molecules fold into stable structures includes study of the role of site-bound metal ions. Because the alkaline earth metal ions typically associated with RNA structure [most often Mg(II)] do not provide convenient spectroscopic signals, replacement with metal ions having spectroscopically useful properties has been a valuable approach. The luminescence properties of the lanthanide(III) series, in particular europium(III), have made them useful in the study of complexation with biomolecules. We review the physical, chemical, and spectroscopic characteristics of Eu(III) that contribute to its value as a probe of RNA-metal ion interactions, and examples of information obtained from studies of Eu(III) bound to small RNA stem loops. Although Eu(III) has similar site preference to Mg(II), luminescence and isothermal titration calorimetry measurements indicate that Ln(III) loses water molecules from the inner hydration sphere more readily than does Mg(II), resulting in more direct coordination between RNA and the metal ion and very different energetics of binding. In some cases, e.g., a GAAA tetraloop, binding appears to occur by a lock and key process; in the same base sequence containing certain deoxynucleoside substitutions that alter loop structure, binding appears to occur by an induced fit process.
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- Claudius Mundoma
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-4390, USA
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The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) ribozymes are self-cleaving RNA sequences critical to the replication of a small RNA genome. A recently determined crystal structure together with biochemical and biophysical studies provides new insight into the possible catalytic mechanism of these ribozymes. The HDV ribozymes are examples of naturally occurring small ribozymes that catalyze cleavage of the RNA backbone with a rate enhancement of 10(6)- to 10(7)-fold over the uncatalyzed rate. To achieve this level of rate enhancement, the HDV ribozymes have been proposed to employ several catalytic strategies that include the use of metal ions, intrinsic binding energy, and a novel example of general acid-base catalysis with a cytosine side chain acting as a proton donor or acceptor.
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- I-hung Shih
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Serrano P, Llebaria A, Delgado A. An unexpected chelation-controlled Yb(OTf)(3)-catalyzed aminolysis and azidolysis of cyclitol epoxides. J Org Chem 2002; 67:7165-7. [PMID: 12354019 DOI: 10.1021/jo0261146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A chelation-controlled aminolysis and azidolysis of cyclitol epoxides with Yb(OTf)(3) has been disclosed. The presence of a free OH group able to direct the coordination with the lanthanide seems essential for an efficient regiocontrol of the process.
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- Pedro Serrano
- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Farmàcia, Unitat de Química Farmacèutica (Unitat Associada al CSIC), Avgda. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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A new DNA enzyme, the "Bipartite DNAzyme", suitable for the sequence-specific cleavage of RNA, was obtained from a random DNA library by in vitro selection. Only a single family of catalytic molecules emerged from the selection, and a 22 nucleotide consensus sequence common to all clones defined a putative catalytic core. The most abundant clone self-cleaved at a single internal ribonucleotide phosphodiester with a relatively fast k(obs) value of 1.7 min(-1), in 10 mM MgCl(2) at 23 degrees C. This DNAzyme ("Bipartite I") required divalent cations, with magnesium and manganese most optimally supporting cleavage. A reselection from a mutagenized DNAzyme pool for the ability to cleave at extended RNA substrates yielded an unchanged catalytic core sequence. From this re-selection a DNAzyme ("Bipartite II") capable of sequence-specifically cleaving extended stretches of RNA was derived. A rate versus pH analysis of the Bipartite II DNAzyme revealed a two-phase profile, similar to that reported for the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) ribozyme, suggesting that the Bipartite II DNAzyme and the HDV ribozyme may share similar catalytic strategies. Multiple-turnover kinetics, measured in 30 mM MgCl(2), at 37 degrees C, with an HIV-1-derived RNA substrate, yielded a k(cat) value of approximately 1.4 min(-1) and a K(M) value of approximately 230 nM, which were of the same order as k(cat) and K(M )values measured for other ribozymes and DNAzymes in general use for RNA cleavage. The Bipartite DNAzyme therefore represents a new and potentially useful reagent, both for the processing of RNA transcripts in vitro and for mRNA ablation procedures in vivo.
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- A R Feldman
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
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Greenbaum NL, Mundoma C, Peterman DR. Probing of metal-binding domains of RNA hairpin loops by laser-induced lanthanide(III) luminescence. Biochemistry 2001; 40:1124-34. [PMID: 11170437 DOI: 10.1021/bi002210u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Direct laser excitation of aqueous Eu(III) bound to specific RNA fragments was used to probe the metal-binding sites of the anticodon loop of tRNA(Phe) from E. coli and of a tetraloop containing a GNRA consensus sequence. Binding of Mg(II) or Eu(III) to either RNA fragment resulted in a higher melting transition, but no global change in structure was observed. Aqueous Eu(III) exhibits a single weak excitation peak at 17273 cm(-1), the intensity of which increased upon addition of the tRNA loop fragment. Analysis of incremental increases in the luminescence intensity upon complexation with the tRNA loop indicated a stoichiometry of one high-affinity Eu(III)-binding site per loop fragment, with a Kd of 1.3 +/- 0.2 microM. Competition experiments between Eu(III) and Mg(II) were consistent with the two metal ions binding to a common site and with an approximately 30-fold lesser affinity of the tRNA loop for Mg(II) than for Eu(III). The rate of luminescence decay following excitation of Eu(III) bound to the tRNA loop corresponded to displacement of up to 4-5 (of a possible 9) waters of hydration on binding to the tRNA loop. By comparison, Eu(III) binds to the DNA analogue of the tRNA loop with an 8-fold lesser affinity and one fewer direct coordination site than to the RNA sequence, suggesting that a 2'OH of RNA is one of the direct ligands. In contrast with the absence of a shift in the excitation peak of aqueous Eu(III) upon formation of the tRNA loop complex, direct excitation of Eu(III) bound to a GNRA tetraloop fragment resulted in a substantially blue-shifted excitation peak (17290 cm(-1)). The tetraloop fragment also has a single Eu(III)-binding site, with a Kd of 12 +/- 3 microM. The bound Eu(III) was competed by Mg(II), although the relative affinity for Mg(II) was approximately 150-450-fold less than that for Eu(III). The Eu(III)-binding site of the tetraloop site is highly dehydrated, with approximately 7 water molecules displaced upon binding by RNA ligands, suggesting that the blue-shift of the excitation peak is the result of Eu(III) specifically bound in a nonpolar site within the GNRA loop structure.
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- N L Greenbaum
- Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, USA.
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Transferring Groups by Displacement Reactions. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The repetitive and extraordinarily stable polynucleotide chains of DNA serve as an ideal storage system for genetic information. Although it is best known for its helical structure and relatively inert character, in vitro selection can be used to compel DNA to perform a surprising variety of chemical reactions. These artificial DNA enzymes or 'deoxyribozymes' generate large chemical rate enhancements and demonstrate precise substrate recognition, much like their protein and RNA counterparts. Recent studies with these prototypic deoxyribozymes indicate that DNA has a substantial untapped potential for intricate structure formation that could be exploited in novel chemical and biological catalysis.
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- Y Li
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA
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The past year has seen a coming-of-age in DNA enzyme research. Far from being laboratory curiosities, the activities of new DNA enzymes have broadened the known catalytic repertoire of nucleic acid enzymes, provided valuable insights into different mechanistic possibilities open to nucleic acid catalysts, and explored the importance for catalysis of native functionalities within DNA and RNA, as well as of a diversity of extrinsic cofactors. Thus, the first amino acid cofactor-utilizing DNA enzyme has been described, as well as DNA enzymes that cleave RNA without the assistance of any external cofactor. On the practical side, the most efficient RNA-cleaving nucleic acid enzyme described to date is a DNA enzyme.
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- D Sen
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada.
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