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Kaneko N, Horii K, Kato S, Akitomi J, Waga I. High-throughput quantitative screening of peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes on a microarray by using electrochemical detection. Anal Chem 2013; 85:5430-5. [PMID: 23621546 DOI: 10.1021/ac4002518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Some guanine-rich DNA sequences, which are called DNAzymes, can adopt G-quadruplex structures and exhibit peroxidase activity by binding with hemin. Although known DNAzymes show less activity than horseradish peroxidase, they have the potential to be widely used for the detection of target molecules in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays if sequences that exhibit higher activity can be identified. However, techniques for achieving this have not yet been described. Therefore, we compared the DNAzyme activities of more than 1000 novelistically designed sequences with that of the original DNAzyme by using an electrochemical detection system on a 12K DNA microarray platform. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of an array-based assessment of peroxidase activity of G-quadruplex-hemin complexes. By using this novel assay system, more than 200 different mutants were found that had significantly higher activities than the original DNAzyme sequence. This microarray-based DNAzyme evaluation system is useful for identifying highly active new DNAzymes that might have potential as tools for developing DNA-based biosensors with aptamers.
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- Naoto Kaneko
- VALWAY Technology Center, NEC Soft, Ltd., 1-18-7 Shinkiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-8627, Japan
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Huang Y, Chen J, Zhao S, Shi M, Chen ZF, Liang H. Label-free colorimetric aptasensor based on nicking enzyme assisted signal amplification and DNAzyme amplification for highly sensitive detection of protein. Anal Chem 2013; 85:4423-30. [PMID: 23534943 DOI: 10.1021/ac3037443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Highly sensitive detection of proteins is essential to biomedical research as well as clinical diagnosis. Here, we develped a novel label-free colorimetric aptasensor based on nicking enzyme assisted signal amplification and DNAzyme amplification for highly sensitive detection of protein. The system consists of a hairpin DNA probe carrying an aptamer sequence for target, a G-riched DNA probe containing two G-riched DNAzyme segments and the recognition sequence as well as cleavage site for nicking enzyme, a blocker DNA, and the nicking enzyme. The hybridization of the G-riched DNA with the blocker DNA prohibits the formation of the activated DNAzymes in the absence of target. Upon addition of target to the system, the hairpin probe is opened by the specific recognition of the target to its aptamer. The open hairpin probe hybridizes with a G-riched DNA and forms a DNA duplex, which triggers the selective cleavage of the G-riched DNA probe by nicking enzyme, leading to the release of the aptamer-target complex and the G-riched DNAzyme segments. The released open hairpin probe then hybridizes with another G-riched DNA probe, and the cycle starts anew, resulting in the continuous cleavage of the G-riched DNA probes, generating a much of G-riched DNAzyme segments. The G-riched DNAzyme segments interact with hemin and generates the activated DNAzyme that can catalyze the H2O2-mediated oxidation of 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS(2-)) to the colored ABTS(•-), thus providing the amplified colorimetric detection of target. With the use of thrombin (Tb) as a proof-of-principle analyte, this sensing platform can detect Tb specifically with a detection limit as low as 1.5 pM, which is at least 4 orders of magnitude lower over the unamplified colorimetric assay. Moreover, the assay does not involve any chemical modification of DNA, which is simple and low-cost. This sensing platform provides a promising approach for the amplified analysis of target molecules.
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- Yong Huang
- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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He P, Zhang Y, Liu L, Qiao W, Zhang S. Ultrasensitive SERS Detection of Lysozyme by a Target-Triggering Multiple Cycle Amplification Strategy Based on a Gold Substrate. Chemistry 2013; 19:7452-60. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Wang G, He X, Wang L, Zhang X. A folate receptor electrochemical sensor based on terminal protection and supersandwich DNAzyme amplification. Biosens Bioelectron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2012.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Guo Z, Wang J, Wang E. Signal-amplification detection of small molecules by use of Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:4051-7. [PMID: 23407810 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6788-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Because small molecules can be beneficial or toxic in biology and the environment, specific and sensitive detection of small molecules is one of the most important objectives of the scientific community. In this study, new signal amplification assays for detection of small molecules based on Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme were developed. A cleavable DNA substrate containing a ribonucleotide, the ends of which were labeled with black hole quencher (BHQ) and 6-carboxyfluorescein (FAM), was used for fluorescence detection. When the small molecule of interest is added to the assay solution, the Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme is activated, facilitating hybridization between the Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme and the DNA substrate. Binding of the substrate to the DNAzyme structure results in hydrolytic cleavage of the substrate in the presence of Mg(2+) ions. The fluorescence signal was amplified by continuous cleavage of the enzyme substrate. Ochratoxin A (OTA) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) were used as model analytes in these experiments. This method can detect OTA specifically with a detection limit as low as 140 pmol L(-1) and detect ATP specifically with a detection limit as low as 13 nmol L(-1). Moreover, this method is potentially extendable to detection of other small molecules which are able to dissociate the aptamer from the DNAzyme, leading to activation of the DNAzyme.
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- Zhijun Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Li T, Liang G, Li X. Chemiluminescence assay for the sensitive detection of iodide based on extracting Hg2+ from a T-Hg(2+)-T complex. Analyst 2013; 138:1898-902. [PMID: 23391999 DOI: 10.1039/c3an36673a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A simple and sensitive chemiluminescence assay for iodide (I(-)) detection was reported, which was based on iodide extracting Hg(2+) from DNA featuring a stem-loop structure containing T-Hg(2+)-T. Specifically, Hg(2+) induced random coiled G-rich single-strand DNA to form a stem-loop structure containing T-Hg(2+)-T. Because the binding of Hg(2+) and I(-) is much stronger than that of Hg(2+) and thymine (T), I(-) could extract Hg(2+) from the stem-loop structure, releasing the DNA, which then bound with K(+) and transformed into a K(+)-stabilized G-quadruplex (with hemin as a cofactor), which catalyzed the H(2)O(2)-mediated oxidation of luminol. The produced chemiluminescence as a sensing signal was applied to sensitively and selectively detect iodide with a detection limit of 12 nM. This system exhibited the first DNAzyme-based iodide sensor. Finally, the sensor was successfully applied for iodide detection in real lake water samples.
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- Tao Li
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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Wang X, Ding Z, Ren Q, Qin W. Polymeric Membrane Neutral Phenol-Sensitive Electrodes for Potentiometric G-Quadruplex/Hemin DNAzyme-Based Biosensing. Anal Chem 2013; 85:1945-50. [DOI: 10.1021/ac3035629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Xuewei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone
Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
(YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS);
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes,
YICCAS, Yantai 264003, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai
264003, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai
264003, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone
Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
(YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS);
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes,
YICCAS, Yantai 264003, P. R. China
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Wang F, Liu X, Willner I. Integration of photoswitchable proteins, photosynthetic reaction centers and semiconductor/biomolecule hybrids with electrode supports for optobioelectronic applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2013; 25:349-377. [PMID: 22933337 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Light-triggered biological processes provide the principles for the development of man-made optobioelectronic systems. This Review addresses three recently developed topics in the area of optobioelectronics, while addressing the potential applications of these systems. The topics discussed include: (i) the reversible photoswitching of the bioelectrocatalytic functions of redox proteins by the modification of proteins with photoisomerizable units or by the integration of proteins with photoisomerizable environments; (ii) the integration of natural photosynthetic reaction centers with electrodes and the construction of photobioelectrochemical cells and photobiofuel cells; and (iii) the synthesis of biomolecule/semiconductor quantum dots hybrid systems and their immobilization on electrodes to yield photobioelectrochemical and photobiofuel cell elements. The fundamental challenge in the tailoring of optobioelectronic systems is the development of means to electrically contact photoactive biomolecular assemblies with the electrode supports. Different methods to establish electrical communication between the photoactive biomolecular assemblies and electrodes are discussed. These include the nanoscale engineering of the biomolecular nanostructures on surfaces, the development of photoactive molecular wires and the coupling of photoinduced electron transfer reactions with the redox functions of proteins. The different possible applications of optobioelectronic systems are discussed, including their use as photosensors, the design of biosensors, and the construction of solar energy conversion and storage systems.
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- Fuan Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Minerva Center for Biohybrid Complex Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Sun H, Li X, Li Y, Fan L, Kraatz HB. A novel colorimetric potassium sensor based on the substitution of lead from G-quadruplex. Analyst 2013; 138:856-62. [DOI: 10.1039/c2an36564b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Electrocatalytic assay of mercury(II) ions using a bifunctional oligonucleotide signal probe. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 762:47-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2012] [Revised: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sintim HO, Nakayama S. Detection of single-stranded nucleic acids via colorimetric means, using G-quadruplex probes. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1039:153-159. [PMID: 24026694 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-535-4_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Many molecular biology experiments and clinical diagnostics rely on the detection or confirmation of specific nucleic acid sequences. Most DNA or RNA detection assays utilize radioactive or fluorescence labeling but although these tags are sensitive, safety issues (in the case of radiolabeling) or the need for expensive instrumentation (such as a fluorimeter or radiometric detector and the associated image analyzer softwares) can sometimes become impediments for some laboratories to use these detection tags. G-quadruplexes have emerged as efficient DNA-based peroxidases that can convert colorless compounds, such as 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), into colored products and therefore are excellent platforms to use to detect nucleic acids via colorimetric means. Here, we describe the detection of a single-stranded DNA template using a split G-quadruplex probe that is catalytically non-proficient but becomes active after being reconstituted upon binding to the target template.
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- Herman O Sintim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Xu M, Zhuang J, Chen X, Chen G, Tang D. A difunctional DNA–AuNP dendrimer coupling DNAzyme with intercalators for femtomolar detection of nucleic acids. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:7304-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43205j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Polo E, del Pino P, Pelaz B, Grazu V, de la Fuente JM. Plasmonic-driven thermal sensing: ultralow detection of cancer markers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:3676-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc39112d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pelossof G, Tel-Vered R, Shimron S, Willner I. Controlling interfacial electron transfer and electrocatalysis by pH- or ion-switchable DNA monolayer-modified electrodes. Chem Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c2sc22193d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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YAN C, JIANG C, JIANG J, YU R. Simple, Colorimetric Detection of MicroRNA Based on Target Amplification and DNAzyme. ANAL SCI 2013; 29:605-10. [DOI: 10.2116/analsci.29.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Chunyan YAN
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
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Porchetta A, Vallée-Bélisle A, Plaxco KW, Ricci F. Using distal-site mutations and allosteric inhibition to tune, extend, and narrow the useful dynamic range of aptamer-based sensors. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:20601-4. [PMID: 23215257 PMCID: PMC3866043 DOI: 10.1021/ja310585e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Here we demonstrate multiple, complementary approaches by which to tune, extend, or narrow the dynamic range of aptamer-based sensors. Specifically, we employ both distal-site mutations and allosteric control to tune the affinity and dynamic range of a fluorescent aptamer beacon. We show that allosteric control, achieved by using a set of easily designed oligonucleotide inhibitors that competes against the folding of the aptamer, allows rational fine-tuning of the affinity of our model aptamer across 3 orders of magnitude of target concentration with greater precision than that achieved using mutational approaches. Using these methods, we generate sets of aptamers varying significantly in target affinity and then combine them to recreate several of the mechanisms employed by nature to narrow or broaden the dynamic range of biological receptors. Such ability to finely control the affinity and dynamic range of aptamers may find many applications in synthetic biology, drug delivery, and targeted therapies, fields in which aptamers are of rapidly growing importance.
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- Alessandro Porchetta
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Biostrutture e Biosistemi “INBB”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
- Center for Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
- Laboratory of Biosensors & Nanomachines, Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
- Center for Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
- Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Biostrutture e Biosistemi “INBB”, Rome, Italy
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Zhang H, Li F, Dever B, Li XF, Le XC. DNA-mediated homogeneous binding assays for nucleic acids and proteins. Chem Rev 2012; 113:2812-41. [PMID: 23231477 DOI: 10.1021/cr300340p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hongquan Zhang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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Muscat RA, Bath J, Turberfield AJ. Small molecule signals that direct the route of a molecular cargo. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2012; 8:3593-3597. [PMID: 22893622 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201201055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The route taken by a DNA cargo on a branched track can be controlled by the small molecule adenosine using a pair of aptamers that reciprocally block and unblock branches of the track in response to adenosine binding.
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- Richard A Muscat
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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Yoshida Y, Waga I, Horii K. Quantitative and sensitive protein detection strategies based on aptamers. Proteomics Clin Appl 2012; 6:574-80. [PMID: 22996907 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201200037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Aptamers are functional oligonucleotides of single-stranded RNA or DNA that can selectively recognize their targets with high affinity. Hence, they have been widely developed for analytical, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications. In this review, we have summarized recent advances in the development of aptamer-based detection systems. Aptamers can be amplified exponentially by PCR, which is one of the advantages of aptamers over antibodies. Recently, we have developed immuno-aptamers that bind to mouse or rabbit IgG and constructed a novel sensitive detection system based on a conventional ELISA, called the immuno-aptamer PCR assay. In this article, the aptamer-based ready-to-use sensors and another PCR-based aptamer assays are also described; moreover, we have discussed highly sensitive aptamer-based detection systems.
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A novel exonuclease III-aided amplification assay for lysozyme based on graphene oxide platform. Talanta 2012; 101:357-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2012.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Xie S, Chai Y, Yuan R, Bai L, Yuan Y, Wang Y. A dual-amplification aptasensor for highly sensitive detection of thrombin based on the functionalized graphene-Pd nanoparticles composites and the hemin/G-quadruplex. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 755:46-53. [PMID: 23146393 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Revised: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this work, an advanced sandwich-type electrochemical aptasensor for thrombin was proposed by integrating hemin/G-quadruplex with functionalized graphene-Pd nanoparticles composites (PdNPs-RGs). The hemin/G-quadruplex formed by intercalating hemin into thrombin binding aptamer (TBA), firstly acted as a NADH oxidase, assisting the oxidation of NADH to NAD(+) accompanying with the generation of H(2)O(2) in the presence of dissolved O(2). Subsequently, the hemin/G-quadruplex acted as HRP-mimicking DNAzyme that rapidly bioelectrocatalyze the reduction of the produced H(2)O(2). At the same time, the Pd nanoparticles supported on p-iodoaniline functionalized graphene were also adopted to catalyze the reduction of H(2)O(2). Thus, with the dual catalysis, a dramatically amplified electrochemical signal could be obtained. Besides, the avidin-biotin system for binding aptamer sequences on electrodes not only improved the sensitivity of thrombin analysis but also obtained an acceptable repeatability of the aptasensor. With several factors mentioned above, a wide linear ranged from 0.1 pM to 50 nM was acquired with a relatively low detection limit of 0.03 pM (defined as S/N=3). These excellent performances provided our approach a promising way for ultrasensitive assay in electrochemical aptasensors.
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- Shunbi Xie
- Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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Wang F, Orbach R, Willner I. Detection of metal ions (Cu2+, Hg2+) and cocaine by using ligation DNAzyme machinery. Chemistry 2012; 18:16030-6. [PMID: 23081856 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The Cu(2+)-dependent ligation DNAzyme is implemented as a biocatalyst for the colorimetric or chemiluminescence detection of Cu(2+) ions, Hg(2+) ions, or cocaine. These sensing platforms are based on the structural tailoring of the sequence of the Cu(2+)-dependent ligation DNAzyme for specific analytes. The tethering of a subunit of the hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme to the ligation DNAzyme sequence, and the incorporation of an imidazole-functionalized nucleic-acid sequence, which acts as a co-substrate for the ligation DNAzyme that is tethered to the complementary hemin/G-quadruplex subunit. In the presence of different analytes, Cu(2+) ions, Hg(2+) ions, or cocaine, the pretailored Cu(2+)-dependent ligation DNAzyme sequence stimulates the respective ligation process by combining the imidazole-functionalized co-substrate with the ligation DNAzyme sequence. These reactions lead to the self-assembly of stable hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme nanostructures that enable the colorimetric analysis of the substrate through the DNAzyme-catalyzed oxidation of 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), ABTS(2-), by H(2)O(2) into the colored product ABTS(·-), or the chemiluminescence detection of the substrate through the DNAzyme-catalyzed oxidation of luminol by H(2)O(2). The detection limits for the sensing of Cu(2+) ions, Hg(2+) ions, and cocaine correspond to 1 nM, 10 nM and 2.5 μM, respectively. These different sensing platforms also reveal impressive selectivities.
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- Fuan Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, The Minerva Center for Complex Biohybrid Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Ren R, Yu Z, Zou Y, Zhang S. Enhancing the sensitivity of aptameric detection of lysozyme with a "feed-forward" network of DNA-related reaction cycles. Chemistry 2012; 18:14201-9. [PMID: 22996378 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this study, a network of DNA-related reaction cycles was established to enhance the sensitivity of lysozyme detection with dual signal amplification, and aptamer-based reactions were integrated into this system to provide high specificity. The network was organized in a feed-forward manner: the "upstream cycles" recognized the lysozyme (the target) and released the "messenger strands" from probe A (a DNA construct); the "downstream cycles" received them and then released the "signal strands" from another DNA construct, probe B, in multiplied quantities to that of the original inputted lysozyme. The upstream cycles centered on "target-displacement polymerization", which circulates the lysozyme to provide primary amplification; the downstream cycles centered on "strand-displacement polymerization", which circulates the messenger strand to provide further amplification. There were also several "nicking-polymerization" cycles in both reaction groups that provide extra signal amplification. In total, the network enclosed eight interconnected and autonomic reaction cycles, with only two probes, two primers, and two enzymes needed as raw feeds, and the network can be operated simply in one-pot mode. With this network, lysozyme could be quantified at lysozyme concentrations as low as 2.0×10(-14) M, with a detection limit of 3.6×10(-15) M (3σ rule), which was seven orders of magnitude lower than that obtained without any amplification(1.8×10(-8) M). Detection of lysozyme in real serum samples confirmed the reliability and practicality of the assay based on this reported reaction network.
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- Rui Ren
- Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Shandong, PR China
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Wang Y, Xu D, Chen HY. Aptamer-based silver nanosensor for multiple protein detection. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:3184-3189. [PMID: 22766639 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40322f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In the present work we design a novel aptamer-based silver nanosensor for one-spot simultaneously detection of multiple proteins. SS-DNA modified AgNPs were immobilized on the aldehyde coated glass slide to form an AgNP array. Then dye-labeled aptamer sequences were allowed to hybridize with their complementary strands assembled on the surface of AgNPs. The target proteins were introduced to associate with the corresponding aptamers to form the aptamer-target complexes. The removal of the aptamer-target complexes resulted in a remarkable decrease in fluorescent signals. This nanosensor is found to be highly sensitive for the detection of proteins. When thrombin was employed as a sample model, the limit of detection of the optimized nanosenor was 0.4 fmol with a linear response of 0.8 fmol to 0.5 pmol. We further demonstrated the multiple protein detection of IgE and thrombin using multicolor silver nanoprobes, which shows effective recognition of the relative protein individually or simultaneously. This silver nanosensor offers a unique heterogeneous approach for protein detection with several advantages, such as high sensitivity, rapidity, high throughput, and miniaturization.
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- Ying Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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Freeman R, Girsh J, Jou AFJ, Ho JAA, Hug T, Dernedde J, Willner I. Optical aptasensors for the analysis of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Anal Chem 2012; 84:6192-8. [PMID: 22746189 DOI: 10.1021/ac3011473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF, is an important biomarker for different diseases and clinical disorders. We present a series of optical aptasensor-based sensing platforms for VEGF that include the following: (i) A FRET-based sensor that involves the VEGF-induced separation of aptamer-functionalized quantum dots blocked by a quencher nucleic acid (detection limit 1 nM). (ii) A FRET-based sensor based on the VEGF-induced assembly of the aptamer subunits functionalized with QDs and a dye acceptor (Cy5), respectively (detection limit 12 nM). (iii) A chemiluminescence aptasensor based on VEGF-induced assembly of a hemin/G-quadruplex catalyst (detection limit 18 nM). (iv) A chemiluminescence aptasensor based on the VEGF-stimulated assembly of two aptamer subunits into the hemin/G-quadruplex catalyst (detection limit 2.6 nM). (v) A chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) aptasensor based on the VEGF-induced assembly of a semiconductor QDs-hemin/G-quadruplex supramolecular structure (detection limit 875 pM). Furthermore, an amplified optical aptasensor system based on the Exonuclease III (Exo III) recycling of the VEGF analyte was developed. In this system, one aptamer subunit is modified at its 5' and 3' ends with QDs and a black hole quencher, respectively. The VEGF-induced self-assembly of the aptamer subunits result in the digestion of the quencher units and the autonomous recycling of the analyte, while triggering-on the luminescence of the QDs (detection limit 5 pM). The system was implemented to analyze VEGF in human sera samples.
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- Ronit Freeman
- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Cui L, Zou Y, Lin N, Zhu Z, Jenkins G, Yang CJ. Mass amplifying probe for sensitive fluorescence anisotropy detection of small molecules in complex biological samples. Anal Chem 2012; 84:5535-41. [PMID: 22686244 DOI: 10.1021/ac300182w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fluorescence anisotropy (FA) is a reliable and excellent choice for fluorescence sensing. One of the key factors influencing the FA value for any molecule is the molar mass of the molecule being measured. As a result, the FA method with functional nucleic acid aptamers has been limited to macromolecules such as proteins and is generally not applicable for the analysis of small molecules because their molecular masses are relatively too small to produce observable FA value changes. We report here a molecular mass amplifying strategy to construct anisotropy aptamer probes for small molecules. The probe is designed in such a way that only when a target molecule binds to the probe does it activate its binding ability to an anisotropy amplifier (a high molecular mass molecule such as protein), thus significantly increasing the molecular mass and FA value of the probe/target complex. Specifically, a mass amplifying probe (MAP) consists of a targeting aptamer domain against a target molecule and molecular mass amplifying aptamer domain for the amplifier protein. The probe is initially rendered inactive by a small blocking strand partially complementary to both target aptamer and amplifier protein aptamer so that the mass amplifying aptamer domain would not bind to the amplifier protein unless the probe has been activated by the target. In this way, we prepared two probes that constitute a target (ATP and cocaine respectively) aptamer, a thrombin (as the mass amplifier) aptamer, and a fluorophore. Both probes worked well against their corresponding small molecule targets, and the detection limits for ATP and cocaine were 0.5 μM and 0.8 μM, respectively. More importantly, because FA is less affected by environmental interferences, ATP in cell media and cocaine in urine were directly detected without any tedious sample pretreatment. Our results established that our molecular mass amplifying strategy can be used to design aptamer probes for rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of small molecules by means of FA in complex biological samples.
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- Liang Cui
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Lu CH, Wang F, Willner I. Zn2+-Ligation DNAzyme-Driven Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Cascades for the Amplified Detection of DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:10651-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ja3037838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Chun-Hua Lu
- Institute of Chemistry
and The Minerva Center for Complex
Biohybrid Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry
and The Minerva Center for Complex
Biohybrid Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry
and The Minerva Center for Complex
Biohybrid Systems, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Li J, Fu HE, Wu LJ, Zheng AX, Chen GN, Yang HH. General colorimetric detection of proteins and small molecules based on cyclic enzymatic signal amplification and hairpin aptamer probe. Anal Chem 2012; 84:5309-15. [PMID: 22642720 DOI: 10.1021/ac3006186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In this work, we developed a simple and general method for highly sensitive detection of proteins and small molecules based on cyclic enzymatic signal amplification (CESA) and hairpin aptamer probe. Our detection system consists of a hairpin aptamer probe, a linker DNA, two sets of DNA-modified AuNPs, and nicking endonuclease (NEase). In the absence of a target, the hairpin aptamer probe and linker DNA can stably coexist in solution. Then, the linker DNA can assemble two sets of DNA-modified AuNPs, inducing the aggregation of AuNPs. However, in the presence of a target, the hairpin structure of aptamer probe is opened upon interaction with the target to form an aptamer probe-target complex. Then, the probe-target complex can hybridize to the linker DNA. Upon formation of the duplex, the NEase recognizes specific nucleotide sequence and cleaves the linker DNA into two fragments. After nicking, the released probe-target complex can hybridize with another intact linker DNA and the cycle starts anew. The cleaved fragments of linker DNA are not able to assemble two sets of DNA-modified AuNPs, thus a red color of separated AuNPs can be observed. Taking advantage of the AuNPs-based sensing technique, we are able to assay the target simply by UV-vis spectroscopy and even by the naked eye. Herein, we can detect the human thrombin with a detection limit of 50 pM and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) with a detection limit of 100 nM by the naked eye. This sensitivity is about 3 orders of magnitude higher than that of traditional AuNPs-based methods without amplification. In addition, this method is general since there is no requirement of the NEase recognition site in the aptamer sequence. Furthermore, we proved that the proposed method is capable of detecting the target in complicated biological samples.
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- Juan Li
- The Key Lab of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety of the MOE, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, P.R. China
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Rong W, Xu L, Liu Y, Yu J, Zhou Y, Liu K, He J. 8-17 DNAzyme modified with purine analogs in its catalytic core: the conservation of the five-membered moieties of purine residues. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:4238-41. [PMID: 22672797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Revised: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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8-17 DNAzyme is characterized by its recurrence in different in vitro selections and versatile cleavage sites, leading to extensive studies on its structural properties and applications. We evaluated the purine residues (A6, G7, G11, A12, G14, and A15) in the catalytic core of 8-17 DNAzyme of their five-membered ring moiety with purine analogs 1-5 to have an insight into the conservation of the residues at the level of functional groups. The 7-nitrogen atom in the AGC loop was demonstrated to be strictly conserved for the cleavage reaction. But such modifications exerted favorable effect at G11 of the base-pair stem and A12 in the single-strand loop, directing toward more efficient DNAzymes. Even the most conserved G14 could tolerate such modifications. These results demonstrated that chemical modification on the functional groups is a feasible approach to gain an insight into the structural requirement in the catalytic reaction of DNAzymes. It also provided modification sites for introduction of signaling molecules used for mechanistic and folding studies of 8-17 DNAzyme.
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- Wei Rong
- College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Pelossof G, Tel-Vered R, Willner I. Amplified Surface Plasmon Resonance and Electrochemical Detection of Pb2+ Ions Using the Pb2+-Dependent DNAzyme and Hemin/G-Quadruplex as a Label. Anal Chem 2012; 84:3703-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac3002269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Gilad Pelossof
- Institute of Chemistry, The Center
for Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Center
for Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Center
for Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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The combined use of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and modified or mimic oligonucleotides have expanded diagnostic capabilities of SPR-based biosensors and have allowed detailed studies of molecular recognition processes. This review summarizes the most significant advances made in this area over the past 15 years. Functional and conformationally restricted DNA analogs (e.g., aptamers and PNAs) when used as components of SPR biosensors contribute to enhance the biosensor sensitivity and selectivity. At the same time, the SPR technology brings advantages that allows forbetter exploration of underlying properties of non-natural nucleic acid structures such us DNAzymes, LNA and HNA.
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- Roberta D'Agata
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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Wang F, Elbaz J, Willner I. Enzyme-free amplified detection of DNA by an autonomous ligation DNAzyme machinery. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:5504-7. [PMID: 22404383 DOI: 10.1021/ja300616w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The Zn(2+)-dependent ligation DNAzyme is implemented as a biocatalyst for the amplified detection of a target DNA by the autonomous replication of a nucleic acid reporter unit that is generated by the catalyzed ligation process. The reporter units enhance the formation of active DNAzyme units, thus leading to the isothermal autocatalytic formation of the reporter elements. The system was further developed and applied for the amplified detection of Tay-Sachs genetic disorder mutant, with a detection limit of 1.0 × 10(-11) M. Besides providing a versatile paradigm for the amplified detection of DNA, the system reveals a new, enzyme-free, isothermal, autocatalytic mechanism that introduces means for effective programmed synthesis.
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- Fuan Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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DNAzyme-based turn-on chemiluminescence assays in homogenous media. Biosens Bioelectron 2012; 35:489-492. [PMID: 22465444 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2012.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 03/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In this work, novel biosensing systems were developed for DNAzyme-based assays in homogenous aqueous media. The two halves of a horseradish peroxidase mimicking DNAzyme were assembled onto different gold nanoparticle surfaces through hybridization with corresponding linking DNA sequences. In the analyses, the target molecules were recognized by the linking DNA. This recognition broke the hybridization and released the DNAzyme halves from the nanoparticle surface into the solution. Together, both the DNAzyme halves combined with a cofactor hemin and turned into a catalytic hemin/G-quadruplex structure, which amplified the luminol oxidation for a turn-on chemiluminescence signaling. Based on this nanoparticle-based DNAzyme-halves design, only low background noise showed up within the homogenous solution and no separation was required in the detection steps. Aptasensor and DNA sensor were developed and analyses of the target molecules adenosine and target DNA were achieved down to 0.7 μM and 0.3 nM respectively with satisfactory selectivity.
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Golub E, Freeman R, Willner I. A hemin/G-quadruplex acts as an NADH oxidase and NADH peroxidase mimicking DNAzyme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 50:11710-4. [PMID: 22229160 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Eyal Golub
- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Xu S, Yuan H, Chen S, Xu A, Wang J, Wu L. Selection of DNA aptamers against polychlorinated biphenyls as potential biorecognition elements for environmental analysis. Anal Biochem 2012; 423:195-201. [PMID: 22369896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been of major concerns for decades due to their potential toxicity to human health. To trace the PCBs efficiently and sensitively, many detection methods have been developed. Aptamers, a new class of diagnostic tools, are considered to be such additional candidates for detection of pollutants. In the current study, we report the DNA aptamers, isolated by FluMag-SELEX (a modified SELEX [systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment] technology), that recognize PCBs with the dissociation constants (Kd values) down to the micromolar range. Using the selected aptamers, a highly sensitive aptamer-based fluorescent assay for detection of PCBs was established using gold nanoparticles, with a widely linear range from 0.1 to 100 ng/ml. Moreover, our aptamer-based gold nanoprobe displays specificity toward 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB77) compared with a few common PCB77 structural analogs. These results open the possibility of using aptamers as biorecognition elements for easy and fast environmental monitoring.
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- Shengmin Xu
- Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Ofer I. Wilner
- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Lu CH, Wang F, Willner I. Amplified optical aptasensors through the endonuclease-stimulated regeneration of the analyte. Chem Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2sc20426f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Shimron S, Wang F, Orbach R, Willner I. Amplified detection of DNA through the enzyme-free autonomous assembly of hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme nanowires. Anal Chem 2011; 84:1042-8. [PMID: 22242838 DOI: 10.1021/ac202643y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An enzyme-free amplified detection platform is described using the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimicking DNAzyme as an amplifying label. Two hairpin structures that include three-fourths and one-fourth of the HRP-mimicking DNAzyme in caged, inactive configurations are used as functional elements for the amplified detection of the target DNA. In the presence of the analyte DNA, one of the hairpins is opened, and this triggers the autonomous cross-opening of the two hairpins using the strand displacement principle. This leads to the formation of nanowires consisting of the HRP-mimicking DNAzyme. The resulting DNA nanowires act as catalytic labels for the colorimetric or chemiluminescent readout of the sensing processes (the term "enzyme-free" refers to a protein-free catalyst). The analytical platform allows the sensing of the analyte DNA with a detection limit corresponding to 1 × 10(-13) M. The optimized system acts as a versatile sensing platform, and by coaddition of a "helper" hairpin structure any DNA sequence may be analyzed by the system. This is exemplified with the detection of the BRCA1 oncogene with a detection limit of 1 × 10(-13) M.
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- Simcha Shimron
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Yang C, Lates V, Prieto-Simón B, Marty JL, Yang X. Aptamer-DNAzyme hairpins for biosensing of Ochratoxin A. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 32:208-12. [PMID: 22221796 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We report an aptasensor for biosensing of Ochratoxin A (OTA) using aptamer-DNAzyme hairpin as biorecognition element. The structure of this engineered nucleic acid includes the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimicking DNAzyme and the OTA specific aptamer sequences. A blocking tail captures a part of these sequences in the stem region of the hairpin. In the presence of OTA, the hairpin is opened due to the formation of the aptamer-analyte complex. As a result, self-assembly of the active HRP-mimicking DNAzyme occurs. The activity of this DNAzyme is linearly correlated with OTA concentration up to 10 nM, showing a limit of detection of 2.5 nM.
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- Cheng Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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Fan X, Li H, Zhao J, Lin F, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Yao S. A novel label-free fluorescent sensor for the detection of potassium ion based on DNAzyme. Talanta 2011; 89:57-62. [PMID: 22284459 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A novel label-free and sensitive fluorescent aptasensor for the detection of potassium ion (K(+)) was developed based on the horseradish peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme (HRP-DNAzyme). In this work, we selected a K(+)-stabilized single stranded DNA (ssDNA) with G-rich sequence as the recognition element. In the presence of K(+), the G-rich DNA folded into the G-quadruplex structure, and then hemin can bind to the G-quadruplex structure as a co-factor and form HRP-DNAzyme. 3-(p-Hydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid (HPPA) can be oxidized by H(2)O(2) into a fluorescent product in the presence of DNAzyme. The fluorescence intensity of the HPPA oxidative product increased with the K(+) concentration. Under the optimal conditions, the fluorescence intensity was linearly related to the logarithm of K(+) concentration in the range of 2.5 μM to 5mM. Other metal ions, such as Na(+), Li(+), NH(4)(+), Mg(2+) and Ca(2+) caused no notable interference on the detection of K(+).
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- Xiaoyu Fan
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China
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Zhu D, Luo J, Rao X, Zhang J, Cheng G, He P, Fang Y. A novel optical thrombin aptasensor based on magnetic nanoparticles and split DNAzyme. Anal Chim Acta 2011; 711:91-6. [PMID: 22152801 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.10.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2011] [Revised: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In this paper, we report a novel and sensitive optical sensing protocol for thrombin detection based on magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and thrombin aptamer, employing split HRP-mimicking DNAzyme halves as its sensing element, which can catalyze the H(2)O(2)-mediated oxidation of the colorless ABTS into a blue-green product. A single nucleotide containing the recognition element and sensing element is utilized in our protocol. The specific recognition of thrombin and its aptamer leads to the structure deformation of the DNA strands and causes the split of the DNAzyme halves. Therefore, the decrease of absorption spectra can be recorded by the UV-visible Spectrophotometer. DNA-coated MNPs are utilized to separate the interferential materials from the analyst, thus making this assay can be applied in the detection of thrombin in complex samples, such as human plasma. This original, sensitive and cost-effective assay showed favorable recognition for thrombin. The absorbance signals with the concentration of thrombin over a range from 0.5 to 20 nM and the detection limit of thrombin was 0.5 nM. The controlled experiments showed that thrombin signal was not interfered in the presence of other co-existence proteins.
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- Dan Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai, PR China
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Wang F, Elbaz J, Orbach R, Magen N, Willner I. Amplified analysis of DNA by the autonomous assembly of polymers consisting of DNAzyme wires. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:17149-51. [PMID: 21954996 DOI: 10.1021/ja2076789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A systematic study of the amplified optical detection of DNA by Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme subunits is described. The use of two DNAzyme subunits and the respective fluorophore/quencher-modified substrate allows the detection of the target DNA with a sensitivity corresponding to 1 × 10(-9) M. The use of two functional hairpin structures that include the DNAzyme subunits in a caged, inactive configuration leads, in the presence of the target DNA, to the opening of one of the hairpins and to the activation of an autonomous cross-opening process of the two hairpins, which affords polymer DNA wires consisting of the Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme subunits. This amplification paradigm leads to the analysis of the target DNA with a sensitivity corresponding to 1 × 10(-14) M. The amplification mixture composed of the two hairpins can be implemented as a versatile sensing platform for analyzing any gene in the presence of the appropriate hairpin probe. This is exemplified with the detection of the BRCA1 oncogene.
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- Fuan Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Golub E, Freeman R, Willner I. A Hemin/G-Quadruplex Acts as an NADH Oxidase and NADH Peroxidase Mimicking DNAzyme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201103853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Liu X, Freeman R, Golub E, Willner I. Chemiluminescence and chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) aptamer sensors using catalytic hemin/G-quadruplexes. ACS NANO 2011; 5:7648-7655. [PMID: 21866963 DOI: 10.1021/nn202799d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The incorporation of hemin into the thrombin/G-quadruplex aptamer assembly or into the ATP/G-quadruplex nanostructure yields active DNAzymes that catalyze the generation of chemiluminescence. These catalytic processes enable the detection of thrombin and ATP with detection limits corresponding to 200 pM and 10 μM, respectively. The conjugation of the antithrombin or anti-ATP aptamers to CdSe/ZnS semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) allowed the detection of thrombin or ATP through the luminescence of the QDs that is powered by a chemiluminescence resonance energy-transfer (CRET) process stimulated by the hemin/G-quadruplex/thrombin complex or the hemin/G-quadruplex/ATP nanostructure, in the presence of luminol/H(2)O(2). The advantages of applying the CRET process for the detection of thrombin or ATP, by the resulting hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme structures, are reflected by low background signals and the possibility to develop multiplexed aptasensor assays using different sized QDs.
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- Xiaoqing Liu
- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Kosman J, Juskowiak B. Peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes for biosensing applications: a review. Anal Chim Acta 2011; 707:7-17. [PMID: 22027115 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2011] [Revised: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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DNAzymes are single stranded DNA molecules that exhibit catalytic activity and are exploited in medicine, biology and material sciences. Development in this area is related to the many advantages of DNAzymes over conventional protein enzymes, such as thermal stability and simpler preparation. DNAzymes with peroxidase-like activity have recently attracted great interest. To assure such catalytic activity, oligonucleotides have to adopt a G-quadruplex structure, which can bind the hemin molecule. This system facilitates a redox reaction between the target molecule and hydrogen peroxide, which results in the appearance of an oxidized target molecule (product). DNAzymes with peroxidase-mimicking activity have great potential in bioanalytical chemistry. This review presents fundamentals concerning the design and engineering of DNAzymes with peroxidase-like activity, describes their properties and spectral characteristics and shows how DNAzymes can contribute to bioanalytical research. Examples of bioanalytical applications of DNAzymes with peroxidase-like activity include nucleic acid probes with DNAzyme labels for the detection of specific DNA sequences in colorimetric or chemiluminescent assays. Assays for telomerase or methyltransferase activity, which are potential targets in anticancer therapy, are also described in this review. Other applications include the determination of metal cations such as Ag(+), K(+), Hg(2+), Pb(2+) or Cu(2+) and amplified detection of small molecules such as adenosine, cocaine or AMP and proteins such as lysozyme or thrombin. In the last decade, DNAzymes have become part of numerous applications in many areas of science from chemistry to biology to medicine.
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- Joanna Kosman
- Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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Golub E, Freeman R, Niazov A, Willner I. Hemin/G-quadruplexes as DNAzymes for the fluorescent detection of DNA, aptamer-thrombin complexes, and probing the activity of glucose oxidase. Analyst 2011; 136:4397-401. [PMID: 21881641 DOI: 10.1039/c1an15596b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hemin/G-quadruplex catalyzes the H(2)O(2)-mediated oxidation of Amplex Red to the fluorescent product resorufin. This process is implemented to develop hairpin nucleic acid structures for the detection of DNA, to probe the catalytic activity of glucose oxidase, to use the thrombin-aptamer complex as a catalytic readout structure, and to quantitatively analyze telomere chain composition.
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- Eyal Golub
- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Fu R, Jeon K, Jung C, Park HG. An ultrasensitive peroxidase DNAzyme-associated aptasensor that utilizes a target-triggered enzymatic signal amplification strategy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:9876-8. [PMID: 21826311 DOI: 10.1039/c1cc13122b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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By rationally employing enzymes for signal amplification, an ultrasensitive aptasensor was developed and successfully tested in a system designed to detect lysozyme with a detection limit of 0.1 fM. This detection limit is nearly three orders of magnitude lower than those of any previously reported DNAzyme-based aptasensors.
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- Rongzhan Fu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Program), KAIST, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Köster DM, Haselbach D, Lehrach H, Seitz H. A DNAzyme based label-free detection system for miniaturized assays. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2011; 7:2882-9. [PMID: 21792453 DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05132f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sensitive detection assays are a prerequisite for the analysis of small amounts of samples derived from biological material. There is a great demand for highly sensitive and robust detection techniques to analyze biomolecules. The combination of catalytic active DNA (DNAzyme) with a peroxidase activity with rolling circle amplification (RCA) is a promising alternative to common detection systems. The rolling circle amplification leads to a product with tandemly linked copies of DNAzymes. The continuous signal generation of the amplified DNAzymes results in an increased sensitivity. The combination of two amplification reactions, namely RCA and DNAzymes, results in increased signal intensity by a factor of 10(6). With this approach the labeling of samples can be avoided. The advantage of the introduced assay is the usage of nucleic acids as biosensors for the detection of biomolecules. Coupling of the analyte molecule to the detection molecules allows the direct detection of the analyte molecule. The described label-free hotpot assay has a broad potential field of applications. The hotpot assay can be adapted to detect and analyze RNA, DNA and proteins down to femtomolar concentrations in a miniaturized platform with a total reaction solution of 50 nl. The applicability of the assay for diagnostics and research will be shown with a focus on high throughput systems using a nano-well platform.
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- Daniela M Köster
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Vertebrate Genomics, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Collie GW, Parkinson GN. The application of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes to therapeutic medicines. Chem Soc Rev 2011; 40:5867-92. [PMID: 21789296 DOI: 10.1039/c1cs15067g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 461] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The intriguing structural diversity in folded topologies available to guanine-rich nucleic acid repeat sequences have made four-stranded G-quadruplex structures the focus of both basic and applied research, from cancer biology and novel therapeutics through to nanoelectronics. Distributed widely in the human genome as targets for regulating gene expression and chromosomal maintenance, they offer unique avenues for future cancer drug development. In particular, the recent advances in chemical and structural biology have enabled the construction of bespoke selective DNA based aptamers to be used as novel therapeutic agents and access to detailed structural models for structure based drug discovery. In this critical review, we will explore the important underlying characteristics of G-quadruplexes that make them functional, stable, and predictable nanoscaffolds. We will review the current structural database of folding topologies, molecular interfaces and novel interaction surfaces, with a consideration to their future exploitation in drug discovery, molecular biology, supermolecular assembly and aptamer design. In recent years the number of potential applications for G-quadruplex motifs has rapidly grown, so in this review we aim to explore the many future challenges and highlight where possible successes may lie. We will highlight the similarities and differences between DNA and RNA folded G-quadruplexes in terms of stability, distribution, and exploitability as small molecule targets. Finally, we will provide a detailed review of basic G-quadruplex geometry, experimental tools used, and a critical evaluation of the application of high-resolution structural biology and its ability to provide meaningful and valid models for future applications (255 references).
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- Gavin W Collie
- CRUK Biomolecular Structure Group, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK WC1N 1AX
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Aptamers are useful for allosteric regulation because they are nucleic acid-based structures in which ligand binding induces conformational changes that may alter the function of a connected oligonucleotide at a distant site. Through this approach, a specific input is efficiently converted into an altered output. This property makes these biomolecules ideally suited to function as sensors or switches in biochemical assays or inside living cells. The ability to select oligonucleotide-based recognition elements in vitro in combination with the availability of nucleic acids with enzymatic activity has led to the development of a wide range of engineered allosteric aptasensors and aptazymes. Here, we discuss recent progress in the screening, design and diversity of these conformational switching oligonucleotides. We cover their application in vitro and for regulating gene expression in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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- Jan L Vinkenborg
- Life & Medical Sciences Institute, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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