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Zhao Y, Li AZ, Liu J. Capture-SELEX for Chloramphenicol Binding Aptamers for Labeled and Label-Free Fluorescence Sensing. ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2023; 1:102-109. [PMID: 37614296 PMCID: PMC10442912 DOI: 10.1021/envhealth.3c00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Chloramphenicol (CAP) is a potent antibiotic. Due to its side effects, CAP is currently banned in most countries, but it is still found in many food products and in the environment. Developing aptamer-based biosensors for the detection of CAP has interested many researchers. While both RNA and DNA aptamers were previously reported for CAP, they were all obtained by immobilization of the CAP base, which omitted the two chlorine atoms. In this work, DNA aptamers were selected using the library-immobilized method and free unmodified CAP. Three families of aptamers were obtained, and the best one named CAP1 showed a dissociation constant (Kd) of 9.8 μM using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). A fluorescent strand-displacement sensor showed a limit of detection (LOD) of 14 μM CAP. Thioflavin T (ThT) staining allowed label-free detection of CAP with a LOD of 1 μM in buffer, 1.8 μM in Lake Ontario water, and 3.6 μM in a wastewater sample. Comparisons were made with previously reported aptamers, and ITC failed to show binding of a previously reported 80-mer aptamer. Due to the small size and well-defined secondary structures of CAP1, this aptamer will find analytical applications for environmental and food monitoring.
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- Yichen Zhao
- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Liang G, Song L, Gao Y, Wu K, Guo R, Chen R, Zhen J, Pan L. Aptamer Sensors for the Detection of Antibiotic Residues- A Mini-Review. TOXICS 2023; 11:513. [PMID: 37368613 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11060513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Food security is a global issue, since it is closely related to human health. Antibiotics play a significant role in animal husbandry owing to their desirable broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. However, irrational use of antibiotics has caused serious environmental pollution and food safety problems; thus, the on-site detection of antibiotics is in high demand in environmental analysis and food safety assessment. Aptamer-based sensors are simple to use, accurate, inexpensive, selective, and are suitable for detecting antibiotics for environmental and food safety analysis. This review summarizes the recent advances in aptamer-based electrochemical, fluorescent, and colorimetric sensors for antibiotics detection. The review focuses on the detection principles of different aptamer sensors and recent achievements in developing electrochemical, fluorescent, and colorimetric aptamer sensors. The advantages and disadvantages of different sensors, current challenges, and future trends of aptamer-based sensors are also discussed.
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- Gang Liang
- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology, BAAFS (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences), Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology, BAAFS (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences), Beijing 100097, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
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- Ulanqab Agricultural and Livestock Product Quality Safety Center, Ulanqab 012406, China
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- Datong Comprehensive Inspection and Testing Center, Datong 037000, China
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- Shijiazhuang Customs Technology Center, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
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- Shijiazhuang Customs Technology Center, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology, BAAFS (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences), Beijing 100097, China
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Liu Y, Deng Y, Li S, Wang-Ngai Chow F, Liu M, He N. Monitoring and detection of antibiotic residues in animal derived foods: Solutions using aptamers. Trends Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Selection, Characterization, and Optimization of DNA Aptamers against Challenging Marine Biotoxin Gymnodimine-A for Biosensing Application. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 14:toxins14030195. [PMID: 35324692 PMCID: PMC8949142 DOI: 10.3390/toxins14030195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gymnodimines (GYMs), belonging to cyclic imines (CIs), are characterized as fast-acting toxins, and may pose potential risks to human health and the aquaculture industry through the contamination of sea food. The existing detection methods of GYMs have certain defects in practice, such as ethical problems or the requirement of complicated equipment. As novel molecular recognition elements, aptamers have been applied in many areas, including the detection of marine biotoxins. However, GYMs are liposoluble molecules with low molecular weight and limited numbers of chemical groups, which are considered as “challenging” targets for aptamers selection. In this study, Capture-SELEX was used as the main strategy in screening aptamers targeting gymnodimine-A (GYM-A), and an aptamer named G48nop, with the highest KD value of 95.30 nM, was successfully obtained by screening and optimization. G48nop showed high specificity towards GYM-A. Based on this, a novel aptasensor based on biolayer interferometry (BLI) technology was established in detecting GYM-A. This aptasensor showed a detection range from 55 to 1400 nM (linear range from 55 to 875 nM) and a limit of detection (LOD) of 6.21 nM. Spiking experiments in real samples indicated the recovery rate of this aptasensor, ranging from 96.65% to 109.67%. This is the first study to report an aptamer with high affinity and specificity for the challenging marine biotoxin GYM-A, and the new established aptasensor may be used as a reliable and efficient tool for the detection and monitoring of GYMs in the future.
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Yu H, Alkhamis O, Canoura J, Liu Y, Xiao Y. Advances and Challenges in Small‐Molecule DNA Aptamer Isolation, Characterization, and Sensor Development. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Haixiang Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USA
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Yu H, Alkhamis O, Canoura J, Liu Y, Xiao Y. Advances and Challenges in Small-Molecule DNA Aptamer Isolation, Characterization, and Sensor Development. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16800-16823. [PMID: 33559947 PMCID: PMC8292151 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Aptamers are short oligonucleotides isolated in vitro from randomized libraries that can bind to specific molecules with high affinity, and offer a number of advantages relative to antibodies as biorecognition elements in biosensors. However, it remains difficult and labor-intensive to develop aptamer-based sensors for small-molecule detection. Here, we review the challenges and advances in the isolation and characterization of small-molecule-binding DNA aptamers and their use in sensors. First, we discuss in vitro methodologies for the isolation of aptamers, and provide guidance on selecting the appropriate strategy for generating aptamers with optimal binding properties for a given application. We next examine techniques for characterizing aptamer-target binding and structure. Afterwards, we discuss various small-molecule sensing platforms based on original or engineered aptamers, and their detection applications. Finally, we conclude with a general workflow to develop aptamer-based small-molecule sensors for real-world applications.
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- Haixiang Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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Schmidt CM, Smolke CD. A convolutional neural network for the prediction and forward design of ribozyme-based gene-control elements. eLife 2021; 10:59697. [PMID: 33860764 PMCID: PMC8128436 DOI: 10.7554/elife.59697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ribozyme switches are a class of RNA-encoded genetic switch that support conditional regulation of gene expression across diverse organisms. An improved elucidation of the relationships between sequence, structure, and activity can improve our capacity for de novo rational design of ribozyme switches. Here, we generated data on the activity of hundreds of thousands of ribozyme sequences. Using automated structural analysis and machine learning, we leveraged these large data sets to develop predictive models that estimate the in vivo gene-regulatory activity of a ribozyme sequence. These models supported the de novo design of ribozyme libraries with low mean basal gene-regulatory activities and new ribozyme switches that exhibit changes in gene-regulatory activity in the presence of a target ligand, producing functional switches for four out of five aptamers. Our work examines how biases in the model and the data set that affect prediction accuracy can arise and demonstrates that machine learning can be applied to RNA sequences to predict gene-regulatory activity, providing the basis for design tools for functional RNAs.
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- Calvin M Schmidt
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, United States
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Contribution of Nanomaterials to the Development of Electrochemical Aptasensors for the Detection of Antimicrobial Residues in Food Products. CHEMOSENSORS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9040069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The detection of antimicrobial residues in food products of animal origin is of utmost importance. Indeed antimicrobial residues could be present in animal derived food products because of animal treatments for curative purposes or from illegal use. The usual screening methods to detect antimicrobial residues in food are microbiological, immunological or physico-chemical methods. The development of biosensors to propose sensitive, cheap and quick alternatives to classical methods is constantly increasing. Aptasensors are one of the major trends proposed in the literature, in parallel with the development of immunosensors based on antibodies. The characteristics of electrochemical sensors (i.e., low cost, miniaturization, and portable instrumentation) make them very good candidates to develop screening methods for antimicrobial residues in food products. This review will focus on the recent advances in the development of electrochemical aptasensors for the detection of antimicrobial residues in food products. The contribution of nanomaterials to improve the performance characteristics of electrochemical aptasensors (e.g., Sensitivity, easiness, stability) in the last ten years, as well as signal amplification techniques will be highlighted.
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The Growing Interest in Development of Innovative Optical Aptasensors for the Detection of Antimicrobial Residues in Food Products. BIOSENSORS-BASEL 2020; 10:bios10030021. [PMID: 32138274 PMCID: PMC7146278 DOI: 10.3390/bios10030021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The presence of antimicrobial residues in food-producing animals can lead to harmful effects on the consumer (e.g., allergies, antimicrobial resistance, toxicological effects) and cause issues in food transformation (i.e., cheese, yogurts production). Therefore, to control antimicrobial residues in food products of animal origin, screening methods are of utmost importance. Microbiological and immunological methods (e.g., ELISA, dipsticks) are conventional screening methods. Biosensors are an innovative solution for the development of more performant screening methods. Among the different kinds of biosensing elements (e.g., antibodies, aptamers, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP), enzymes), aptamers for targeting antimicrobial residues are in continuous development since 2000. Therefore, this review has highlighted recent advances in the development of aptasensors, which present multiple advantages over immunosensors. Most of the aptasensors described in the literature for the detection of antimicrobial residues in animal-derived food products are either optical or electrochemical sensors. In this review, I have focused on optical aptasensors and showed how nanotechnologies (nanomaterials, micro/nanofluidics, and signal amplification techniques) largely contribute to the improvement of their performance (sensitivity, specificity, miniaturization, portability). Finally, I have explored different techniques to develop multiplex screening methods. Multiplex screening methods are necessary for the wide spectrum detection of antimicrobials authorized for animal treatment (i.e., having maximum residue limits).
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Lotz TS, Halbritter T, Kaiser C, Rudolph MM, Kraus L, Groher F, Steinwand S, Wachtveitl J, Heckel A, Suess B. A light-responsive RNA aptamer for an azobenzene derivative. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:2029-2040. [PMID: 30517682 PMCID: PMC6393235 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky1225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Regulation of complex biological networks has proven to be a key bottleneck in synthetic biology. Interactions between the structurally flexible RNA and various other molecules in the form of riboswitches have shown a high-regulation specificity and efficiency and synthetic riboswitches have filled the toolbox of devices in many synthetic biology applications. Here we report the development of a novel, small molecule binding RNA aptamer, whose binding is dependent on light-induced change of conformation of its small molecule ligand. As ligand we chose an azobenzene because of its reliable photoswitchability and modified it with chloramphenicol for a better interaction with RNA. The synthesis of the ligand 'azoCm' was followed by extensive biophysical analysis regarding its stability and photoswitchability. RNA aptamers were identified after several cycles of in vitro selection and then studied regarding their binding specificity and affinity toward the ligand. We show the successful development of an RNA aptamer that selectively binds to only the trans photoisomer of azoCm with a KD of 545 nM. As the aptamer cannot bind to the irradiated ligand (λ = 365 nm), a light-selective RNA binding system is provided. Further studies may now result in the engineering of a reliable, light-responsible riboswitch.
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- Thea S Lotz
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Schnittspahnstrasse 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, 60438 Frankfurt (M), Germany
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- Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt (M), Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Schnittspahnstrasse 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Schnittspahnstrasse 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Schnittspahnstrasse 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt (M), Germany
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- Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt (M), Germany
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- Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, 60438 Frankfurt (M), Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Schnittspahnstrasse 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Zhang Y, Lai BS, Juhas M. Recent Advances in Aptamer Discovery and Applications. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24050941. [PMID: 30866536 PMCID: PMC6429292 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24050941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Aptamers are short, single-stranded DNA, RNA, or synthetic XNA molecules that can be developed with high affinity and specificity to interact with any desired targets. They have been widely used in facilitating discoveries in basic research, ensuring food safety and monitoring the environment. Furthermore, aptamers play promising roles as clinical diagnostics and therapeutic agents. This review provides update on the recent advances in this rapidly progressing field of research with particular emphasis on generation of aptamers and their applications in biosensing, biotechnology and medicine. The limitations and future directions of aptamers in target specific delivery and real-time detection are also discussed.
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- Yang Zhang
- College of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28/30, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Duan Y, Gao Z, Wang L, Wang H, Zhang H, Li H. Selection and Identification of Chloramphenicol-Specific DNA Aptamers by Mag-SELEX. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2016; 180:1644-1656. [PMID: 27613616 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-016-2193-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Chloramphenicol (CAP) has been widely used to treat bacterial infections in livestock and aquatic animals. To reduce the risk of CAP residues, an efficient technology to rapidly detect CAP residues in animal-sourced food is expressly needed. In this study, magnetic bead-based systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (Mag-SELEX) strategy was performed to select and identify CAP-specific single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) aptamers from a random oligonucleotide library. After nine rounds of selection, five potential ssDNA aptamers were selected. Low homology indicated that they might belong to different families. To identify an aptamer with the highest affinity for CAP, the dissociation constant (K d) values of these selected aptamers were determined. The lowest K d values of two potential aptamers (i.e., No. 4 and No. 5) were, respectively, 0.10162 ± 0.0111 and 0.03224 ± 0.00819 μM, which were much lower than previously reported lowest K d value (i.e., 0.766 μM) of CAP aptamer. Moreover, compared with No. 4, aptamer No. 5 had higher binding rate, which is quite different among those with CAP and with CAP's structural analogs (i.e., thiamphenicol (TAP) and florfenicol (FF)). These results indicated that the potential aptamer No. 5 with highest specificity and affinity for CAP would be an ideal aptamer for future detection of residual CAP in animal-sourced food.
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- Ye Duan
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Beijing, 100026, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Senkang Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd, Beijing, 101400, China
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- Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Beijing, 100026, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Souard F, Perrier S, Noël V, Fave C, Fiore E, Peyrin E, Garcia J, Vanhaverbeke C. Optimization of Experimental Parameters to Explore Small-Ligand/Aptamer Interactions through Use of (1) H NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling. Chemistry 2015; 21:15740-8. [PMID: 26356596 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Aptamers constitute an emerging class of molecules designed and selected to recognize any given target that ranges from small compounds to large biomolecules, and even cells. However, the underlying physicochemical principles that govern the ligand-binding process still have to be clarified. A major issue when dealing with short oligonucleotides is their intrinsic flexibility that renders their active conformation highly sensitive to experimental conditions. To overcome this problem and determine the best experimental parameters, an approach based on the design-of-experiments methodology has been developed. Here, the focus is on DNA aptamers that possess high specificity and affinity for small molecules, L-tyrosinamide, and adenosine monophosphate. Factors such as buffer, pH value, ionic strength, Mg(2+) -ion concentration, and ligand/aptamer ratio have been considered to find the optimal experimental conditions. It was then possible to gain new insight into the conformational features of the two ligands by using ligand-observed NMR spectroscopic techniques and molecular mechanics.
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- Florence Souard
- DPM, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000 (France). .,DPM, CNRS, Grenoble, 38000 (France).
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- DPM, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000 (France).,DPM, CNRS, Grenoble, 38000 (France)
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- ITODYS, UMR 7086 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, 75205 (France)
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- Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire, UMR 7591 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, 75205 (France)
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- DPM, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000 (France).,DPM, CNRS, Grenoble, 38000 (France)
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- DPM, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000 (France).,DPM, CNRS, Grenoble, 38000 (France)
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- DCM, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000 (France).,DCM, CNRS, Grenoble, 38000 (France)
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- DPM, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000 (France). .,DPM, CNRS, Grenoble, 38000 (France).
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Rosy R, Goyal RN, Shim YB. Glutaraldehyde sandwiched amino functionalized polymer based aptasensor for the determination and quantification of chloramphenicol. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra11131e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Highly sensitive determination of chloramphenicol has been carried out using glutaraldehyde sandwiched polymer based aptasensor.
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- Rosy Rosy
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Roorkee – 247 667
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Roorkee – 247 667
- India
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Bio-Physico Sensor Technology
- Pusan National University
- Busan 609-735
- South Korea
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Dong Y, Xu Y, Yong W, Chu X, Wang D. Aptamer and its potential applications for food safety. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2014; 54:1548-61. [PMID: 24580557 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.642905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Accompanied by industrial globalization, rapid urbanization, and population increment, mass production and staple trading for food consumption are upsoaring continuously, foodborne disease resulted from various food safety issues is currently a crucial public health concern worldwide, which has not only created a great burden on both economy and society, but also greatly threatened the sustainability of mankind's livelihood and human reproduction. In order to better ensure food safety and thus effectively curb the occurrence of foodborne diseases, the development and evolving of inspection strategies are indispensable measures for quality assurance and conformity assessment. Nowadays, as complementary measures to and with advantageous merits over classic analytical methods, highly specific and selective aptamer-based assays have found their increasingly important roles in various domains of food analysis. This critical review summarizes the advantages of aptamer as compared with antibody, introduces important evolving variants of systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), and presents an overview of potential aptamer applications for food safety.
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- Yiyang Dong
- a Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing , P.R. China
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Hayat A, Marty JL. Aptamer based electrochemical sensors for emerging environmental pollutants. Front Chem 2014; 2:41. [PMID: 25019067 PMCID: PMC4071757 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Environmental contaminants monitoring is one of the key issues in understanding and managing hazards to human health and ecosystems. In this context, aptamer based electrochemical sensors have achieved intense significance because of their capability to resolve a potentially large number of problems and challenges in environmental contamination. An aptasensor is a compact analytical device incorporating an aptamer (oligonulceotide) as the sensing element either integrated within or intimately associated with a physiochemical transducer surface. Nucleic acid is well known for the function of carrying and passing genetic information, however, it has found a key role in analytical monitoring during recent years. Aptamer based sensors represent a novelty in environmental analytical science and there are great expectations for their promising performance as alternative to conventional analytical tools. This review paper focuses on the recent advances in the development of aptamer based electrochemical sensors for environmental applications with special emphasis on emerging pollutants.
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- Akhtar Hayat
- BIOMEM, Université de Perpignan Perpignan, France ; Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore, Pakistan
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- BIOMEM, Université de Perpignan Perpignan, France
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Romero-López C, Díaz-González R, Berzal-Herranz A. RNA Selection and EvolutionIn Vitro:Powerful Techniques for the Analysis and Identification of new Molecular Tools. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2007.10817461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Ozer A, White BS, Lis JT, Shalloway D. Density-dependent cooperative non-specific binding in solid-phase SELEX affinity selection. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:7167-75. [PMID: 23737446 PMCID: PMC3737557 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The non-specific binding of undesired ligands to a target is the primary factor limiting the enrichment of tight-binding ligands in affinity selection. Solution-phase non-specific affinity is determined by the free-energy of ligand binding to a single target. However, the solid-phase affinity might be higher if a ligand bound concurrently to multiple adjacent immobilized targets in a cooperative manner. Cooperativity could emerge in this case as a simple consequence of the relationship between the free energy of binding, localization entropy and the spatial distribution of the immobilized targets. We tested this hypothesis using a SELEX experimental design and found that non-specific RNA aptamer ligands can concurrently bind up to four bead-immobilized peptide targets, and that this can increase their effective binding affinity by two orders-of-magnitude. Binding curves were quantitatively explained by a new statistical mechanical model of density-dependent cooperative binding, which relates cooperative binding to both the target concentration and the target surface density on the immobilizing substrate. Target immobilization plays a key role in SELEX and other ligand enrichment methods, particularly in new multiplexed microfluidic purification devices, and these results have strong implications for optimizing their performance.
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- Abdullah Ozer
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY 14853,USA
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Schill M, Koslowski T. Sensing organic molecules by charge transfer through aptamer-target complexes: theory and simulation. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:475-83. [PMID: 23227783 DOI: 10.1021/jp308042n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Aptamers, i.e., short sequences of RNA and single-stranded DNA, are capable of specificilly binding objects ranging from small molecules over proteins to entire cells. Here, we focus on the structure, stability, dynamics, and electronic properties of oligonucleotides that interact with aromatic or heterocyclic targets. Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations indicate that aromatic rings such as dyes, metabolites, or alkaloides form stable adducts with their oligonucleotide host molecules at least on the simulation time scale. From molecular dynamics snapshots, the energy parameters relevant to Marcus' theory of charge transfer are computed using a modified Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Hamiltonian, permitting an estimate of the charge transfer rates. In many cases, aptamer binding seriously influences the charge transfer kinetics and the charge carrier mobility within the complex, with conductivities up to the nanoampere range for a single complex. We discuss the conductivity properties with reference to potential applications as biosensors.
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- Maria Schill
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23a, D-79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Challenges and opportunities for small molecule aptamer development. J Nucleic Acids 2012; 2012:748913. [PMID: 23150810 PMCID: PMC3488411 DOI: 10.1155/2012/748913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides that bind to targets with high affinity and selectivity. Their use as molecular recognition elements has emerged as a viable approach for biosensing, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Despite this potential, relatively few aptamers exist that bind to small molecules. Small molecules are important targets for investigation due to their diverse biological functions as well as their clinical and commercial uses. Novel, effective molecular recognition probes for these compounds are therefore of great interest. This paper will highlight the technical challenges of aptamer development for small molecule targets, as well as the opportunities that exist for their application in biosensing and chemical biology.
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Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides that bind to targets with high affinity and selectivity. Their use as molecular recognition elements has emerged as a viable approach for biosensing, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Despite this potential, relatively few aptamers exist that bind to small molecules. Small molecules are important targets for investigation due to their diverse biological functions as well as their clinical and commercial uses. Novel, effective molecular recognition probes for these compounds are therefore of great interest. This paper will highlight the technical challenges of aptamer development for small molecule targets, as well as the opportunities that exist for their application in biosensing and chemical biology.
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Song KM, Jeong E, Jeon W, Cho M, Ban C. Aptasensor for ampicillin using gold nanoparticle based dual fluorescence-colorimetric methods. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 402:2153-61. [PMID: 22222912 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5662-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2011] [Revised: 10/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A gold nanoparticle based dual fluorescence-colorimetric method was developed as an aptasensor to detect ampicillin using its single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) aptamer, which was discovered by a magnetic bead-based SELEX technique. The selected aptamers, AMP4 (5'-CACGGCATGGTGGGCGTCGTG-3'), AMP17 (5'-GCGGGCGGTTGTATAGCGG-3'), and AMP18 (5'-TTAGTTGGGGTTCAGTTGG-3'), were confirmed to have high sensitivity and specificity to ampicillin (K(d), AMP7 = 9.4 nM, AMP17 = 13.4 nM, and AMP18 = 9.8 nM, respectively). The 5'-fluorescein amidite (FAM)-modified aptamer was used as a dual probe for observing fluorescence differences and color changes simultaneously. The lower limits of detection for this dual method were a 2 ng/mL by fluorescence and a 10 ng/mL by colorimetry for ampicillin in the milk as well as in distilled water. Because these detection limits were below the maximum residue limit of ampicillin, this aptasensor was sensitive enough to detect antibiotics in food products, such as milk and animal tissues. In addition, this dual aptasensor will be a more accurate method for antibiotics in food products as it concurrently uses two detection methods: fluorescence and colorimetry.
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- Kyung-Mi Song
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyungbuk, South Korea
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Sett A, Das S, Sharma P, Bora U. Aptasensors in Health, Environment and Food Safety Monitoring. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4236/ojab.2012.12002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Strehlitz B, Reinemann C, Linkorn S, Stoltenburg R. Aptamers for pharmaceuticals and their application in environmental analytics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 4:1-30. [PMID: 22389661 PMCID: PMC3281204 DOI: 10.1007/s12566-011-0026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides, which are able to bind with high affinity and specificity to their target. This property is used for a multitude of applications, for instance as molecular recognition elements in biosensors and other assays. Biosensor application of aptamers offers the possibility for fast and easy detection of environmental relevant substances. Pharmaceutical residues, deriving from human or animal medical treatment, are found in surface, ground, and drinking water. At least the whole range of frequently administered drugs can be detected in noticeable concentrations. Biosensors and assays based on aptamers as specific recognition elements are very convenient for this application because aptamer development is possible for toxic targets. Commonly used biological receptors for biosensors like enzymes or antibodies are mostly unavailable for the detection of pharmaceuticals. This review describes the research activities of aptamer and sensor developments for pharmaceutical detection, with focus on environmental applications.
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- Beate Strehlitz
- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Kang K, Sachan A, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Shrotriya P. Aptamer functionalized microcantilever sensors for cocaine detection. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:14696-14702. [PMID: 21875108 DOI: 10.1021/la202067y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A cocaine-specific aptamer was used as a receptor molecule in a microcantilever-based surface stress sensor for detection of cocaine molecules. An interferometric technique that relies on measuring differential displacement between two microcantilevers (a sensing/reference pair) was utilized to measure the cocaine/aptamer binding induced surface stress changes. Sensing experiments were performed for different concentrations of cocaine from 25 to 500 μM in order to determine the sensor response as a function of cocaine concentration. In the lower concentration range from 25 to 100 μM, surface stress values increased proportionally to coverage of aptamer/cocaine complexes from 11 to 26 mN/m. However, as the cocaine concentration was increased beyond 100 μM, the surface stress values demonstrated a weaker dependence on the affinity complex surface coverage. On the basis of a sensitivity of 3 mN/m for the surface stress measurement, the lowest detectable threshold for the cocaine concentration is estimated to be 5 μM. Sensing cantilevers could be regenerated and reused because of reversible thermal denaturation of aptamer.
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- Kyungho Kang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Aptamers are single-stranded structured oligonucleotides (DNA or RNA) that can bind to a wide range of targets ("apatopes") with high affinity and specificity. These nucleic acid ligands, generated from pools of random-sequence by an in vitro selection process referred to as systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), have now been identified as excellent tools for chemical biology, therapeutic delivery, diagnosis, research, and monitoring therapy in real-time imaging. Today, aptamers represent an interesting class of modern Pharmaceuticals which with their low immunogenic potential mimic extend many of the properties of monoclonal antibodies in diagnostics, research, and therapeutics. More recently, chimeric aptamer approach employing many different possible types of chimerization strategies has generated more stable and efficient chimeric aptamers with aptamer-aptamer, aptamer-nonaptamer biomacromolecules (siRNAs, proteins) and aptamer-nanoparticle chimeras. These chimeric aptamers when conjugated with various biomacromolecules like locked nucleic acid (LNA) to potentiate their stability, biodistribution, and targeting efficiency, have facilitated the accurate targeting in preclinical trials. We developed LNA-aptamer (anti-nucleolin and EpCAM) complexes which were loaded in iron-saturated bovine lactofeerin (Fe-blf)-coated dopamine modified surface of superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (SPIONs). This complex was used to deliver the specific aptamers in tumor cells in a co-culture model of normal and cancer cells. This review focuses on the chimeric aptamers, currently in development that are likely to find future practical applications in concert with other therapeutic molecules and modalities.
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- Jagat R Kanwar
- Nanomedicine Laboratory of Immunology and Molecular Biomedical Research (LIMBR), Centre for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Biosciences (BioDeakin), Institute for Technology and Research Innovation (ITRI), Geelong Technology Precinct (GTP), Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
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In vitro selection and characterization of DNA aptamers recognizing chloramphenicol. J Biotechnol 2011; 155:361-9. [PMID: 21839787 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2010] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Chloramphenicol (Cam), although an effective antibiotic, has lost favour due to some fatal side effects. Thus there is an urgent need for rapid and sensitive methods to detect residues in food, feed and environment. We engineered DNA aptamers that recognize Cam as their target, by conducting in vitro selections. Aptamers are nucleic acid recognition elements that are highly specific and sensitive towards their targets and can be synthetically produced in an animal-friendly manner, making them ethical innovative alternatives to antibodies. None of the isolated aptamers in this study shared sequence homology or structural similarities with each other, indicating that specific Cam recognition could be achieved by various DNA sequences under the selection conditions used. Analyzing the binding affinities of the sequences, demonstrated that dissociation constants (K(d)) in the extremely low micromolar range, which were lower than those previously reported for Cam-specific RNA aptamers, were achieved. The two best aptamers had G rich (>35%) nucleotide regions, an attribute distinguishing them from the rest and apparently responsible for their high selectivity and affinity (K(d)∼0.8 and 1μM respectively). These aptamers open up possibilities to allow easy detection of Cam via aptamer-based biosensors.
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Song KM, Cho M, Jo H, Min K, Jeon SH, Kim T, Han MS, Ku JK, Ban C. Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric detection of kanamycin using a DNA aptamer. Anal Biochem 2011; 415:175-81. [PMID: 21530479 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A selective kanamycin-binding single-strand DNA (ssDNA) aptamer (TGGGGGTTGAGGCTAAGCCGA) was discovered through in vitro selection using affinity chromatography with kanamycin-immobilized sepharose beads. The selected aptamer has a high affinity for kanamycin and also for kanamycin derivatives such as kanamycin B and tobramycin. The dissociation constants (K(d) [kanamycin]=78.8 nM, K(d) [kanamycin B]=84.5 nM, and K(d) [tobramycin]=103 nM) of the new aptamer were determined by fluorescence intensity analysis using 5'-fluorescein amidite (FAM) modification. Using this aptamer, kanamycin was detected down to 25 nM by the gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric method. Because the designed colorimetric method is simple, easy, and visible to the naked eye, it has advantages that make it useful for the detection of kanamycin. Furthermore, the selected new aptamer has many potential applications as a bioprobe for the detection of kanamycin, kanamycin B, and tobramycin in pharmaceutical preparations and food products.
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- Kyung-Mi Song
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyungbuk 790-784, South Korea
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Kim N, Izzo JA, Elmetwaly S, Gan HH, Schlick T. Computational generation and screening of RNA motifs in large nucleotide sequence pools. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:e139. [PMID: 20448026 PMCID: PMC2910066 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Although identification of active motifs in large random sequence pools is central to RNA in vitro selection, no systematic computational equivalent of this process has yet been developed. We develop a computational approach that combines target pool generation, motif scanning and motif screening using secondary structure analysis for applications to 10(12)-10(14)-sequence pools; large pool sizes are made possible using program redesign and supercomputing resources. We use the new protocol to search for aptamer and ribozyme motifs in pools up to experimental pool size (10(14) sequences). We show that motif scanning, structure matching and flanking sequence analysis, respectively, reduce the initial sequence pool by 6-8, 1-2 and 1 orders of magnitude, consistent with the rare occurrence of active motifs in random pools. The final yields match the theoretical yields from probability theory for simple motifs and overestimate experimental yields, which constitute lower bounds, for aptamers because screening analyses beyond secondary structure information are not considered systematically. We also show that designed pools using our nucleotide transition probability matrices can produce higher yields for RNA ligase motifs than random pools. Our methods for generating, analyzing and designing large pools can help improve RNA design via simulation of aspects of in vitro selection.
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- Namhee Kim
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Wochner A, Menger M, Rimmele M. Characterisation of aptamers for therapeutic studies. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2007; 2:1205-24. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.9.1205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Stoltenburg R, Reinemann C, Strehlitz B. SELEX--a (r)evolutionary method to generate high-affinity nucleic acid ligands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 24:381-403. [PMID: 17627883 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioeng.2007.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 910] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2007] [Revised: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 06/01/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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SELEX stands for systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment. This method, described primarily in 1990 [Ellington, A.D., Szostak, J.W., 1990. In vitro selection of RNA molecules that bind specific ligands. Nature 346, 818-822; Tuerk, C., Gold, L., 1990. Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment: RNA ligands to bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase. Science 249, 505-510] aims at the development of aptamers, which are oligonucleotides (RNA or ssDNA) binding to their target with high selectivity and sensitivity because of their three-dimensional shape. Aptamers are all new ligands with a high affinity for considerably differing molecules ranging from large targets as proteins over peptides, complex molecules to drugs and organic small molecules or even metal ions. Aptamers are widely used, including medical and pharmaceutical basic research, drug development, diagnosis, and therapy. Analytical and separation tools bearing aptamers as molecular recognition and binding elements are another big field of application. Moreover, aptamers are used for the investigation of binding phenomena in proteomics. The SELEX method was modified over the years in different ways to become more efficient and less time consuming, to reach higher affinities of the aptamers selected and for automation of the process. This review is focused on the development of aptamers by use of SELEX and gives an overview about technologies, advantages, limitations, and applications of aptamers.
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- Regina Stoltenburg
- UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Rentmeister A, Bill A, Wahle T, Walter J, Famulok M. RNA aptamers selectively modulate protein recruitment to the cytoplasmic domain of beta-secretase BACE1 in vitro. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:1650-60. [PMID: 16888322 PMCID: PMC1557694 DOI: 10.1261/rna.126306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2006] [Accepted: 06/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) is a major component of the Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated senile plaques and is generated by sequential cleavage of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta-secretase and gamma-secretase. Since BACE1 initiates Abeta generation it represents a valuable target to interfere with Abeta production and treatment of AD. While the enzymatic activity of BACE1 resides in the extracellular domain, the protein also contains a short cytoplasmic tail (B1-CT). This domain serves as a binding site for at least two proteins, the copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase-1 (CCS), and the Golgi-localized, gamma-ear-containing, ADP ribosylation factor-binding (GGA1) protein, and contains a single phosphorylation site. However, the precise role of the B1-CT for the overall biological function of this protein is largely unknown. Functional studies focusing on the activity of this domain would strongly benefit from the availability of domain-specific inhibitors. Here we describe the isolation and characterization of RNA aptamers that selectively target the B1-CT. We show that these RNAs bind to authentic BACE1 and provide evidence that the binding site is restricted to the membrane-proximal half of the C terminus. Aptamer-binding specifically interferes with the recruitment of CCS, but still permits GGA1 association and casein kinase-dependent phosphorylation, consistent with selective binding site targeting within this short peptide. Because phosphorylation and GGA1 binding to B1-CT regulate BACE1 transport, these RNA inhibitors could be applied to investigate B1-CT activity without affecting the subcellular localization of BACE1.
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- Andrea Rentmeister
- LIMES Program Unit Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, Universität Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Liu D, Gugliotti LA, Wu T, Dolska M, Tkachenko AG, Shipton MK, Eaton BE, Feldheim DL. RNA-mediated synthesis of palladium nanoparticles on Au surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:5862-6. [PMID: 16768520 DOI: 10.1021/la060426c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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RNA catalysts for the shape-controlled synthesis of Pd particles from the precursor complex trisdibenzylideneacetone dipalladium ([Pd2(DBA)3] were recently discovered in our laboratory (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 17814-17818). In the work described here, RNA codes for hexagonal Pd platelets and Pd cubes were covalently immobilized on gold surfaces and evaluated for their activity toward particle synthesis. When coupled to gold via oligoethylene glycol linkers, both RNA sequences were able to catalyze the formation of Pd particles with the same shape control previously observed in solution. For low surface coverages, the average distance between RNA molecules on the surface was estimated at ca. 300 nm, yet large (e.g., dimensions of hundreds of nanometers) Pd hexagons and cubes still formed. This surprising result suggests that a single RNA molecule may be sufficient for nucleating and controlling the shapes of these particles. Finally, the use of surface-bound RNA as a tool for directing the orthogonal synthesis of materials on surfaces was demonstrated. Patterning the RNA code for Pd hexagons next to the code for Pd cubes, followed by incubation in a solution containing [Pd2(DBA)3], resulted in the spontaneous formation of spatially distinct spots of hexagonal and cubic particles.
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- Dage Liu
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Curtis EA, Bartel DP. New catalytic structures from an existing ribozyme. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 12:994-1000. [PMID: 16228005 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Although protein enzymes with new catalytic activities can arise from existing scaffolds, less is known about the origin of ribozymes with new activities. Furthermore, mechanisms by which new macromolecular folds arise are not well characterized for either protein or RNA. Here we investigate how readily ribozymes with new catalytic activities and folds can arise from an existing ribozyme scaffold. Using in vitro selection, we isolated 23 distinct kinase ribozymes from a pool of sequence variants of an aminoacylase parent ribozyme. Analysis of these new kinases showed that ribozymes with new folds and biochemical activities can be found within a short mutational distance of a given ribozyme. However, the probability of finding such ribozymes increases considerably as the mutational distance from the parental ribozyme increases, indicating a need to escape the fold of the parent.
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- Edward A Curtis
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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Polacek N, Mankin AS. The ribosomal peptidyl transferase center: structure, function, evolution, inhibition. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 40:285-311. [PMID: 16257828 DOI: 10.1080/10409230500326334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The ribosomal peptidyl transferase center (PTC) resides in the large ribosomal subunit and catalyzes the two principal chemical reactions of protein synthesis: peptide bond formation and peptide release. The catalytic mechanisms employed and their inhibition by antibiotics have been in the focus of molecular and structural biologists for decades. With the elucidation of atomic structures of the large ribosomal subunit at the dawn of the new millennium, these questions gained a new level of molecular significance. The crystallographic structures compellingly confirmed that peptidyl transferase is an RNA enzyme. This places the ribosome on the list of naturally occurring ribozymes that outlived the transition from the pre-biotic RNA World to contemporary biology. Biochemical, genetic and structural evidence highlight the role of the ribosome as an entropic catalyst that accelerates peptide bond formation primarily by substrate positioning. At the same time, peptide release should more strongly depend on chemical catalysis likely involving an rRNA group of the PTC. The PTC is characterized by the most pronounced accumulation of universally conserved rRNA nucleotides in the entire ribosome. Thus, it came as a surprise that recent findings revealed an unexpected high level of variation in the mode of antibiotic binding to the PTC of ribosomes from different organisms.
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- Norbert Polacek
- Innsbruck Biocenter, Division of Genomics and RNomics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Laserson U, Gan HH, Schlick T. Predicting candidate genomic sequences that correspond to synthetic functional RNA motifs. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:6057-69. [PMID: 16254081 PMCID: PMC1270951 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Riboswitches and RNA interference are important emerging mechanisms found in many organisms to control gene expression. To enhance our understanding of such RNA roles, finding small regulatory motifs in genomes presents a challenge on a wide scale. Many simple functional RNA motifs have been found by in vitro selection experiments, which produce synthetic target-binding aptamers as well as catalytic RNAs, including the hammerhead ribozyme. Motivated by the prediction of Piganeau and Schroeder [(2003) Chem. Biol., 10, 103–104] that synthetic RNAs may have natural counterparts, we develop and apply an efficient computational protocol for identifying aptamer-like motifs in genomes. We define motifs from the sequence and structural information of synthetic aptamers, search for sequences in genomes that will produce motif matches, and then evaluate the structural stability and statistical significance of the potential hits. Our application to aptamers for streptomycin, chloramphenicol, neomycin B and ATP identifies 37 candidate sequences (in coding and non-coding regions) that fold to the target aptamer structures in bacterial and archaeal genomes. Further energetic screening reveals that several candidates exhibit energetic properties and sequence conservation patterns that are characteristic of functional motifs. Besides providing candidates for experimental testing, our computational protocol offers an avenue for expanding natural RNA's functional repertoire.
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- Uri Laserson
- Department of Chemistry, New York University251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 212 998 3116; Fax: +1 212 998 4152; E-mail:
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Kandimalla VB, Ju H. New Horizons with A Multi Dimensional Tool for Applications in Analytical Chemistry—Aptamer. ANAL LETT 2004. [DOI: 10.1081/al-200028005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Lee J, Kwon M, Lee KH, Jeong S, Hyun S, Shin KJ, Yu J. An approach to enhance specificity against RNA targets using heteroconjugates of aminoglycosides and chloramphenicol (or linezolid). J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:1956-7. [PMID: 14971927 DOI: 10.1021/ja038937y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe the design and synthesis of new heterodimeric conjugates, which are comprised of a neomycin B (Neo) stem-binding component and a chloramphenicol (Cam) or linezolid (Lnz) loop-binding component. Some of the heterodimeric conjugates display enhanced affinities to RNA targets and that binding occurs in both stem and loop regions of the RNA. In addition, the results of foot-printing and mutation studies suggest that the enhanced binding affinity of the conjugates is RNA sequence-specific.
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- Jongkook Lee
- Life Science Division, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, P.O. Box 131 Cheongryang, Seoul 130-650, Korea
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Masud MM, Kuwahara M, Ozaki H, Sawai H. Sialyllactose-binding modified DNA aptamer bearing additional functionality by SELEX. Bioorg Med Chem 2004; 12:1111-20. [PMID: 14980623 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2003.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2003] [Accepted: 12/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We produced a novel cationic-charged modified DNA aptamer for sialyllactose that is a ubiquitous component of the cell surface responsible for the infection of several viruses by using the magnetic-particle-based SELEX method. After 13 rounds of selection we selected 22 clones as sialyllactose-binding DNA aptamers composed of several modified thymidines. The DNA aptamers could form a three-way junction structure that likely forms a binding site for siallyllactose. The three-way junction structure contains several modified thymidines bearing a positively-charged amino group at the C5 position, which could enhance the binding ability for silalyllactose which has a negatively-charged carboxyl group. The dissociation constant of the aptamer that showed the strongest sialyllactose-binding ability among the clones of the aptamers was 4.9 microM.
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BACKGROUND The systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) technique is a combinatorial library approach in which DNA or RNA molecules (aptamers) are selected by their ability to bind their protein targets with high affinity and specificity, comparable to that of monoclonal antibodies. In contrast to antibodies conventionally selected in animals, aptamers are generated by an in vitro selection process, and can be directed against almost every target, including antigens like toxins or nonimmunogenic targets, against which conventional antibodies cannot be raised. METHODS Aptamers are ideal candidates for cytomics, as they can be attached to fluorescent reporters or nanoparticles in order to study biological function by fluorescence microscopy, by flow cytometry, or to quantify the concentration of their target in biological fluids or cells using ELISA, RIA, and Western blot assays. RESULTS We demonstrate the in vitro selection of anti-kinin B1 receptor aptamers that could be used to determine B1 receptor expression during inflammation processes. These aptamers specifically recognize their target in a Northern-Western blot assay, and bind to their target protein whenever they are exposed in the membrane. CONCLUSIONS Currently, aptamers are linked to fluorescent reporters. We discuss here the present status and future directions concerning the use of the SELEX technique in cytomics.
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- Henning Ulrich
- Department of Biochemistry, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Saran D, Frank J, Burke DH. The tyranny of adenosine recognition among RNA aptamers to coenzyme A. BMC Evol Biol 2003; 3:26. [PMID: 14687414 PMCID: PMC317284 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-3-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2002] [Accepted: 12/19/2003] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Understanding the diversity of interactions between RNA aptamers and nucleotide cofactors promises both to facilitate the design of new RNA enzymes that utilize these cofactors and to constrain models of RNA World evolution. In previous work, we isolated six pools of high affinity RNA aptamers to coenzyme A (CoA), the principle cofactor in biological acyltransfer reactions. Interpretation of the evolutionary significance of those results was made difficult by the fact that the affinity resin attachment strongly influenced the outcome of those selections. Here we describe the selection of four new pools isolated on a disulfide-linked CoA affinity matrix to minimize context-dependent recognition imposed by the attachment to the solid support. RESULTS The four new aptamer libraries show no sequence or structural relation to a previously dominant CoA-binding species, even though they were isolated from the same initial random libraries. Recognition appears to be limited to the adenosine portion of the CoA--in particular the Höogsteen edge--for most isolates surveyed, even when a counter selection was employed to remove such RNAs. Two of the recovered isolates are eluted with intact CoA more efficiently than with AMP alone suggesting a possible pantotheine interaction. However, a detailed examination of recognition specificity revealed that the 3' phosphate of CoA, and not the pantotheine arm, determined recognition by these two isolates. CONCLUSION Most aptamers that have been targeted towards cofactors containing adenosine recognize only the adenosine portion of the cofactor. They do not distinguish substituents on the 5' carbon, even when those substituents have offered hydrogen bonding opportunities and the selection conditions discouraged adenosine recognition. Beyond hydrogen bonding, additional factors that guide the selection towards adenosine recognition include aromatic stacking interactions and relatively few rotational degrees of freedom. In the present work, a sterically accessible, disulfide-linked CoA affinity resin afforded the selection of a more diverse aptamer collection then previous work with a N6 linked CoA resin.
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- Dayal Saran
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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Maurel MC, Biard B, Moulinier C, Braz D, Nugier J, Chaumas I, Reboud-Ravaux M, Décout JL. RNA-acting antibiotics: in-vitro selection of RNA aptamers for the design of new bioactive molecules less susceptible to bacterial resistance. J Pharm Pharmacol 2002; 54:1019-31. [PMID: 12195815 DOI: 10.1211/002235702320266163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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During the last few years, antibiotic multiresistance has been increasing, not only in hospitals, but also, more worryingly, in general medicine. Different ways are being explored to bypass this problem. RNA-acting antibiotics such as aminosides (aminoglycosides) bind to bacterial RNA causing premature termination of proteins and mistranslation in bacteria. It is now possible to study the interactions of such antibiotics with their target by in-vitro selection of RNA molecules that recognize these antibiotics (RNA aptamers, SELEX method). The knowledge of the antibiotic-RNA interactions represents a promising way for the rational design of new bioactive compounds less susceptible to bacterial resistance.
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- M C Maurel
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UFR Sciences de la Vie, 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris, France.
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Miranda-Ríos J, Navarro M, Soberón M. A conserved RNA structure (thi box) is involved in regulation of thiamin biosynthetic gene expression in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:9736-41. [PMID: 11470904 PMCID: PMC55522 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.161168098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The thiCOGE genes of Rhizobium etli code for enzymes involved in thiamin biosynthesis. These genes are transcribed with a 211-base untranslated leader that contains the thi box, a 38-base sequence highly conserved in the 5' regions of thiamin biosynthetic and transport genes of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. A deletion analysis of thiC-lacZ fusions revealed an unexpected relationship between the degree of repression shown by the deleted derivatives and the length of the thiC sequences present in the transcript. Three regions were found to be important for regulation: (i) the thi box sequence, which is absolutely necessary for high-level expression of thiC; (ii) the region immediately upstream to the translation start codon of thiC, which can be folded into a stem-loop structure that would mask the Shine-Dalgarno sequence; and (iii) the proximal part of the coding region of thiC, which was shown to contain a putative Rho-independent terminator. A comparative phylogenetic analysis revealed a possible folding of the thi box sequence into a hairpin structure composed of a hairpin loop, two helices, and an interior loop. Our results show that thiamin regulation of gene expression involves a complex posttranscriptional mechanism and that the thi box RNA structure is indispensable for thiCOGE expression.
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MESH Headings
- 5' Untranslated Regions/chemistry
- 5' Untranslated Regions/genetics
- 5' Untranslated Regions/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/genetics
- Genome, Bacterial
- Lac Operon
- Models, Genetic
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Operon
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Rhizobium/genetics
- Sequence Deletion
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Thiamine/biosynthesis
- Thiamine/pharmacology
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- J Miranda-Ríos
- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos.
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Wallace ST, Schroeder R. In vitro selection and characterization of RNAs with high affinity to antibiotics. Methods Enzymol 2001; 318:214-29. [PMID: 10889990 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)18054-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Jeong S, Eom T, Kim S, Lee S, Yu J. In vitro selection of the RNA aptamer against the Sialyl Lewis X and its inhibition of the cell adhesion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:237-43. [PMID: 11178986 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sialyl Lewis X (sLeX) is a tetra-saccharide glycoconjugate of membrane proteins. It acts as a ligand for the selectin proteins during cell adhesion of inflammatory process. Aberrant overexpression of sLeX is also a characteristic of various cancer cells, especially for highly malignant ones. In this paper, the sLeX-specific RNA aptamer was selected using a random RNA library and its affinity and specificity were measured by Surface Plasmon Resonance technique. Affinity of the selected RNA was increased about 1000-fold as compared with the original RNA pool. RNA aptamer bound more specifically to its cognate sugar than to any other similar sugars. Inhibition of the cell adhesion was also shown by in vitro static assay of sLeX-expressing HL60 cells to the E- and P-selectins. It suggests that the high affinity carbohydrate specific RNA aptamer could be used as an alternative to the antibody.
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- S Jeong
- Department of Molecular Biology, Dankook University, Seoul, 140-714, Korea.
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In vitro selection allows rare functional RNA or DNA molecules to be isolated from pools of over 10(15) different sequences. This approach has been used to identify RNA and DNA ligands for numerous small molecules, and recent three-dimensional structure solutions have revealed the basis for ligand recognition in several cases. By selecting high-affinity and -specificity nucleic acid ligands for proteins, promising new therapeutic and diagnostic reagents have been identified. Selection experiments have also been carried out to identify ribozymes that catalyze a variety of chemical transformations, including RNA cleavage, ligation, and synthesis, as well as alkylation and acyl-transfer reactions and N-glycosidic and peptide bond formation. The existence of such RNA enzymes supports the notion that ribozymes could have directed a primitive metabolism before the evolution of protein synthesis. New in vitro protein selection techniques should allow for a direct comparison of the frequency of ligand binding and catalytic structures in pools of random sequence polynucleotides versus polypeptides.
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- D S Wilson
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114-2696, USA.
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Robertson MP, Ellington AD. Design and optimization of effector-activated ribozyme ligases. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:1751-9. [PMID: 10734194 PMCID: PMC102822 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.8.1751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/1999] [Revised: 03/01/2000] [Accepted: 03/01/2000] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A selected ribozyme ligase, L1, has been engineered to respond to small organic effectors. Residues important for ribozyme catalysis were mapped to a compact core structure. Aptamers that bound adenosine and theophylline were appended to the core structure, and the resultant aptazymes proved to be responsive to their cognate effectors. Rational sequence substitutions in the joining region between the aptamer and the ribozyme yielded aptazymes whose activities were enhanced from 800-1600-fold in the presence of 1 mM ATP or theophylline, respectively. However, when an anti-flavin aptamer was appended to the core ribozyme structure flavin-responsivity was minimal. The joining region between the aptamer and the ribozyme core was randomized and a series of negative and positive selection steps yielded aptazymes that were activated by up to 260-fold in the presence of 100 microM FMN. The selected joining regions proved to be 'communication modules' that could be used to join other aptamers to the ribozyme core to form aptazymes. These results show that ribozyme ligases can be readily engineered to function as allosteric enzymes, and reveal that many of the techniques and principles previously demonstrated during the development of hammerhead aptazymes may be generalizable.
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- M P Robertson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, A4800, 2500 Speedway, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Nucleic acid receptors ('aptamers'), which recognize a large variety of organic molecules of low molecular weight, have been isolated from combinatorial nucleic acid libraries by in vitro selection methods. Structural studies of nucleic acid-small molecule complexes provide insight into both the principles of molecular recognition by this class of biopolymers and the architecture of tertiary motifs in nucleic acid folding. Aptamers that recognize small molecules are increasingly applied as tools in molecular biology, from the detection of oxidative damage in DNA to conditional gene expression and from their use as modules for the engineering of allosteric ribozymes to biosensors.
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- M Famulok
- Institut für Biochemie der LMU München, Germany.
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Kinetics of a self-capping RNA, Iso6, have been investigated to constrain the catalytic mechanism. The role of phosphates has been examined by varying the number of phosphates on the nucleophilic attacking group or on the RNA. While the number of phosphates in the nucleophile affects capping kinetics, only KM but not kcat is altered. The KM values for GMP, GDP, GTP and ppppG are 200, 11, 13 and 31 microM, respectively. A reaction product, pyrophosphate, is also found to strongly inhibit RNA activities through a competitive exchange mechanism with an apparent Ki of 200 nM. Uniquely strong binding of pyrophosphate supports the idea that capping originated by utilization of the initial pyrophosphate leaving group site for capping nucleophiles. In contrast to the nucleophile phosphate, change of 5' RNA terminus from triphosphate to tetraphosphate enhances the overall rate and kcat by 40%, with little effect on KM. Thus, only the leaving group appears to affect the rate of the chemical transformation. We propose two possible mechanisms that explain this apparent rate-limiting chemical step, either dissociation of pyrophosphate to form a metaphosphate monoester intermediate or formation of a circular phosphoramidate intermediate, using an internal RNA nitrogenous group. A single essential Ca ion is required for all activities.
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- F Huang
- Department of Molecular Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0347, USA
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