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Yang K, Shi S, Wu J, Han S, Tai S, Zhang S, Zhang K. A dynamic Eu(III)-macrocycle served as the turn-on fluorescent probe for distinguishing H 2O from D 2O. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1286:342048. [PMID: 38049238 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.342048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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H2O and D2O are an important pair of analogues, and their high-efficient detections are closely related to fields of chemical industry, food processing, semiconductor, environmental monitoring, etc. Because of their extremely similar physical and chemical properties, H2O and D2O can be mutually soluble in any ratios, and it is generally thought that the discrimination of H2O and D2O is an enormous challenge. Herein, upon the fact that vibrational frequency of O-H is greater than O-D, we design a dynamic Eu(III)-macrocycle Eu-2a with two emitters which exhibits the imine bond breakage of macrocycle emitter H2L2a in H2O or D2O, resulting in the turn-on fluorescence of Eu(III) emitter. For their differential fluorescence sensing signals of Eu-2a on three emission bands (433, 500 and 615 nm), the statistical analysis method is employed to produce fully separated fingerprints and thus high-throughput discrimination of 13 common solvents, especially the H2O and D2O. Fluorescent titration experiments by instrumental or smartphone-based analysis method also prove the successful determination of proportional H2O/D2O mixtures together with the good sensitivity and wide linear response range. Moreover, this H2O-triggered fluorescent complex Eu-2a used as the fluorescence ink also shows its potential in information encryption application. This article must be a valuable reference for the areas of lanthanide-based luminescent material, multianalyte detection and information encryption.
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- Kang Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, PR China.
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Winer L, Motiei L, Margulies D. Fluorescent Investigation of Proteins Using DNA-Synthetic Ligand Conjugates. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:1509-1522. [PMID: 37556353 PMCID: PMC10515487 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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The unfathomable role that fluorescence detection plays in the life sciences has prompted the development of countless fluorescent labels, sensors, and analytical techniques that can be used to detect and image proteins or investigate their properties. Motivated by the demand for simple-to-produce, modular, and versatile fluorescent tools to study proteins, many research groups have harnessed the advantages of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) for scaffolding such probes. Tight control over the valency and position of protein binders and fluorescent dyes decorating the polynucleotide chain and the ability to predict molecular architectures through self-assembly, inherent solubility, and stability are, in a nutshell, the important properties of DNA probes. This paper reviews the progress in developing DNA-based, fluorescent sensors or labels that navigate toward their protein targets through small-molecule (SM) or peptide ligands. By describing the design, operating principles, and applications of such systems, we aim to highlight the versatility and modularity of this approach and the ability to use ODN-SM or ODN-peptide conjugates for various applications such as protein modification, labeling, and imaging, as well as for biomarker detection, protein surface characterization, and the investigation of multivalency.
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- Lulu Winer
- Department of Chemical and
Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and
Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and
Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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Motiei L, Margulies D. Molecules that Generate Fingerprints: A New Class of Fluorescent Sensors for Chemical Biology, Medical Diagnosis, and Cryptography. Acc Chem Res 2023. [PMID: 37335975 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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ConspectusFluorescent molecular sensors, often referred to as "turn-on" or "turn-off" fluorescent probes, are synthetic agents that change their fluorescence signal in response to analyte binding. Although these sensors have become powerful analytical tools in a wide range of research fields, they are generally limited to detecting only one or a few analytes. Pattern-generating fluorescent probes, which can generate unique identification (ID) fingerprints for different analytes, have recently emerged as a new class of luminescent sensors that can address this limitation. A unique characteristic of these probes, termed ID-probes, is that they integrate the qualities of conventional small-molecule-based fluorescent sensors and cross-reactive sensor arrays (often referred to as chemical, optical, or electronic noses/tongues). On the one hand, ID-probes can discriminate between various analytes and their combinations, akin to array-based analytical devices. On the other hand, their minute size enables them to analyze small-volume samples, track dynamic changes in a single solution, and operate in the microscopic world, which the macroscopic arrays cannot access.Here, we describe the principles underlying the ID-probe technology, as well as provide an overview of different ID-probes that have been developed to date and the ways they can be applied to a wide range of research fields. We describe, for example, ID-probes that can identify combinations of protein biomarkers in biofluids and in living cells, screen for several protein inhibitors simultaneously, analyze the content of Aβ aggregates, as well as ensure the quality of small-molecule and biological drugs. These examples highlight the relevance of this technology to medical diagnosis, bioassay development, cell and chemical biology, and pharmaceutical quality assurance, among others. ID-probes that can authorize users and protect secret data are also presented and the mechanisms that enable them to hide (steganography), encrypt (cryptography), and prevent access to (password protection) information are discussed.The versatility of this technology is further demonstrated by describing two types of probes: unimolecular ID-probes and self-assembled ID-probes. Probes from the first type can operate inside living cells, be recycled, and their initial patterns can be more easily obtained in a reproducible manner. The second type of probes can be readily modified and optimized, allowing one to prepare various different probes from a much wider range of fluorescent reporters and supramolecular recognition elements. Taken together, these developments indicate that the ID-probe sensing methodology is generally applicable, and that such probes can better characterize analyte mixtures or process chemically encoded information than can the conventional fluorescent molecular sensors. We therefore hope that this review will inspire the development of new types of pattern-generating probes, which would extend the fluorescence molecular toolbox currently used in the analytical sciences.
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- Leila Motiei
- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Prasad PK, Eizenshtadt N, Goliand I, Fellus-Alyagor L, Oren R, Golani O, Motiei L, Margulies D. Chemically programmable bacterial probes for the recognition of cell surface proteins. Mater Today Bio 2023; 20:100669. [PMID: 37334185 PMCID: PMC10275978 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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Common methods to label cell surface proteins (CSPs) involve the use of fluorescently modified antibodies (Abs) or small-molecule-based ligands. However, optimizing the labeling efficiency of such systems, for example, by modifying them with additional fluorophores or recognition elements, is challenging. Herein we show that effective labeling of CSPs overexpressed in cancer cells and tissues can be obtained with fluorescent probes based on chemically modified bacteria. The bacterial probes (B-probes) are generated by non-covalently linking a bacterial membrane protein to DNA duplexes appended with fluorophores and small-molecule binders of CSPs overexpressed in cancer cells. We show that B-probes are exceptionally simple to prepare and modify because they are generated from self-assembled and easily synthesized components, such as self-replicating bacterial scaffolds and DNA constructs that can be readily appended, at well-defined positions, with various types of dyes and CSP binders. This structural programmability enabled us to create B-probes that can label different types of cancer cells with distinct colors, as well as generate very bright B-probes in which the multiple dyes are spatially separated along the DNA scaffold to avoid self-quenching. This enhancement in the emission signal enabled us to label the cancer cells with greater sensitivity and follow the internalization of the B-probes into these cells. The potential to apply the design principles underlying B-probes in therapy or inhibitor screening is also discussed here.
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- Pragati K. Prasad
- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Veterinary Resources, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Veterinary Resources, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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Qin T, Zhao X, Lv T, Yao G, Xu Z, Wang L, Zhao C, Xu H, Liu B, Peng X. General Method for Pesticide Recognition Using Albumin-Based Host-Guest Ensembles. ACS Sens 2022; 7:2020-2027. [PMID: 35776632 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The massive use of pesticides nowadays has led to serious consequences for the environment and public health. Fluorescence analytical methods for pesticides are particularly advantageous with respect to simplicity and portability; however, currently available fluorescence methods (enzyme-based assays and indicator displacement assays) with poor universality are only able to detect few specific pesticides (e.g., organophosphorus). Making use of the multiple flexible and asymmetrical binding sites in albumin, we herein report a set of multicolor albumin-based host-guest ensembles. These ensembles exhibit a universal but distinctive fluorescent response to most of the common pesticides and allow array-based identification of pesticides with high accuracy. Furthermore, the simplicity, portability, and visualization of this method enable on-site determination of pesticides in a practical setting. This albumin host strategy largely expands the toolbox of traditional indicator displacement assays (synthetic macrocycles as hosts), and we expect it to inspire a series of sensor designs for pesticide detection.
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- Tianyi Qin
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518000 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, 510642 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518000 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, 510642 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518000 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518000 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, 510642 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, 510642 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518000 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518000 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, People's Republic of China
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Carbon Quantum Dots Based Chemosensor Array for Monitoring Multiple Metal Ions. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27123843. [PMID: 35744965 PMCID: PMC9227453 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The simultaneous identification of multiple metal ions in water has attracted enormous research interest in the past few decades. We herein describe a novel method for multiple metal ion detection using a carbon quantum dots (CQDs)-based chemosensor array and the CQDs are functionalized with different amino acids (glutamine, histidine, arginine, lysine and proline), which act as sensing elements in the sensor array. Eleven metal ions are successfully identified by the designed chemosensor array, with 100% classification accuracy. Importantly, the proposed method allowed the quantitative prediction of the concentration of individual metal ions in the mixture with the aid of a support vector machine (SVM). The sensor array also enables the qualitative detection of unknown metal ions under the interference of tap water and local river water. Thus, the strategy provides a novel high-throughput approach for the identification of various analytes in complex systems.
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Hatai J, Prasad PK, Lahav-Mankovski N, Oppenheimer-Low N, Unger T, Sirkis YF, Dadosh T, Motiei L, Margulies D. Assessing changes in the expression levels of cell surface proteins with a turn-on fluorescent molecular probe. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:1875-1878. [PMID: 33427257 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07095e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tri-nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)-based fluorescent probes were developed and used to image His-tagged-labelled outer membrane protein C (His-OmpC) in live Escherichia coli. One of these probes was designed to light up upon binding, which provided the means to assess changes in the His-OmpC expression levels by taking a simple fluorescence spectrum.
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- Joydev Hatai
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
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Liu L, Zhang L, Liang Y. Visual sensing of multiple proteins based on three kinds of metal nanoparticles as sensor receptors. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2021; 200:111574. [PMID: 33476955 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.111574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We propose a colorimetric sensing array consisting of 4-aminothiophenol (p-ATP)-modified gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), and core-shell Au@Ag nanocubes (Au@Ag NCs) as sensing elements to identify multiple proteins according to the diverse colorimetric response patterns. In the absence of proteins, the sensor element solution itself did not agglomerate. After interacting with six proteins (lysozyme (LZM), hemoglobin (HGB), peroxidase from horseradish (HRP), bovine liver from peroxidase (CAT), trypsin from bovin pancreas (TRY), and pepsin (PEP)), due to the different binding ability between the sensing elements and various proteins, the sensing array exhibits a unique pattern of colorimetric variations, linear discrimination analysis (LDA) was applied to analyze the pattern and produced a clustering map for a clearer differentiation of these proteins.
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- Lei Liu
- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Management and Treatment, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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A novel monocapped square-antiprismatic Ba(II) coordination polymer: a design for dual-responsive fluorescent chemosensor for Cr2O72− and Fe(III). J SOLID STATE CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Peri-Naor R, Pode Z, Lahav-Mankovski N, Rabinkov A, Motiei L, Margulies D. Glycoform Differentiation by a Targeted, Self-Assembled, Pattern-Generating Protein Surface Sensor. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:15790-15798. [PMID: 32786755 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A method for generating targeted, pattern-generating, protein surface sensors via the self-assembly of modified oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) is described. The simplicity by which these systems can be created enabled the development of a sensor that can straightforwardly discriminate between distinct glycoform populations. By using this sensor to identify glycosylation states of a therapeutic protein, we demonstrate the diagnostic potential of this approach as well as the feasibility of integrating a wealth of supramolecular receptors and sensors into higher-order molecular analytical devices with advanced properties. For example, the facile device integration was used to attach the well-known anthracene-boronic acid (An-BA) probe to a biomimetic DNA scaffold and consequently, to use the unique photophysical properties of An-BA to improve glycoform differentiation. In addition, the noncovalent assembly enabled us to modify the sensor with a trinitrilotriacetic acid (tri-NTA)-Ni2+ complex, which endows it with selectivity toward a hexa-histidine tag (His-tag). The selective responses of the system to diverse His-tag-labeled proteins further demonstrate the potential applicability of such sensors and validate the mechanism underlying their function.
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- Ronny Peri-Naor
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Martynko E, Kirsanov D. Application of Chemometrics in Biosensing: A Review. BIOSENSORS 2020; 10:E100. [PMID: 32824611 PMCID: PMC7460467 DOI: 10.3390/bios10080100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The field of biosensing is rapidly developing, and the number of novel sensor architectures and different sensing elements is growing fast. One of the most important features of all biosensors is their very high selectivity stemming from the use of bioreceptor recognition elements. The typical calibration of a biosensor requires simple univariate regression to relate a response value with an analyte concentration. Nevertheless, dealing with complex real-world sample matrices may sometimes lead to undesired interference effects from various components. This is where chemometric tools can do a good job in extracting relevant information, improving selectivity, circumventing a non-linearity in a response. This brief review aims to discuss the motivation for the application of chemometric tools in biosensing and provide some examples of such applications from the recent literature.
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- Applied Chemometrics Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 198504 Peterhoff, Russia;
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Geng Y, Hardie J, Landis RF, Mas-Rosario JA, Chattopadhyay AN, Keshri P, Sun J, Rizzo EM, Gopalakrishnan S, Farkas ME, Rotello VM. High-content and high-throughput identification of macrophage polarization phenotypes. Chem Sci 2020; 11:8231-8239. [PMID: 34123093 PMCID: PMC8163325 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02792h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Macrophages are plastic cells of the innate immune system that perform a wide range of immune- and homeostasis-related functions. Due to their plasticity, macrophages can polarize into a spectrum of activated phenotypes. Rapid identification of macrophage polarization states provides valuable information for drug discovery, toxicological screening, and immunotherapy evaluation. The complexity associated with macrophage activation limits the ability of current biomarker-based methods to rapidly identify unique activation states. In this study, we demonstrate the ability of a 2-element sensor array that provides an information-rich 5-channel output to successfully determine macrophage polarization phenotypes in a matter of minutes. The simple and robust sensor generates a high dimensional data array which enables accurate macrophage evaluations in standard cell lines and primary cells after cytokine treatment, as well as following exposure to a model disease environment.
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- Yingying Geng
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 710 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA 01003 USA
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Yang Z, Fan L, Fan X, Hou M, Cao Z, Ding Y, Zhang W. Porphyrin-GO Nanocomposites Based NIR Fluorescent Sensor Array for Heparin Sensing and Quality Control. Anal Chem 2020; 92:6727-6733. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Zhiyu Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People’s Republic of China
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Lahav-Mankovski N, Prasad PK, Oppenheimer-Low N, Raviv G, Dadosh T, Unger T, Salame TM, Motiei L, Margulies D. Decorating bacteria with self-assembled synthetic receptors. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1299. [PMID: 32157077 PMCID: PMC7064574 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14336-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The responses of cells to their surroundings are mediated by the binding of cell surface proteins (CSPs) to extracellular signals. Such processes are regulated via dynamic changes in the structure, composition, and expression levels of CSPs. In this study, we demonstrate the possibility of decorating bacteria with artificial, self-assembled receptors that imitate the dynamic features of CSPs. We show that the local concentration of these receptors on the bacterial membrane and their structure can be reversibly controlled using suitable chemical signals, in a way that resembles changes that occur with CSP expression levels or posttranslational modifications (PTMs), respectively. We also show that these modifications can endow the bacteria with programmable properties, akin to the way CSP responses can induce cellular functions. By programming the bacteria to glow, adhere to surfaces, or interact with proteins or mammalian cells, we demonstrate the potential to tailor such biomimetic systems for specific applications. Cell surface proteins mediate the interactions between cells and their extracellular environment. Here the authors design synthetic biomemetic receptor-like sensors that facilitate programmable interactions between bacteria and their target.
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- Naama Lahav-Mankovski
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel.
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Zamora-Olivares D, Kaoud TS, Zeng L, Pridgen JR, Zhuang DL, Ekpo YE, Nye JR, Telles M, Anslyn EV, Dalby KN. Quantification of ERK Kinase Activity in Biological Samples Using Differential Sensing. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:83-92. [PMID: 31775004 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The understanding of complex biological systems requires an ability to evaluate interacting networks of genes, proteins, and cellular reactions. Enabling technologies that support the rapid quantification of these networks will facilitate the development of biological models and help to identify treatment targets and to assess treatment plans. The biochemical process of protein phosphorylation, which underlies almost all aspects of cell signaling, is typically evaluated by immunoblotting procedures (Western blot) or more recently proteomics procedures, which provide qualitative estimates of the concentration of proteins and their modifications in cells. However, protein modifications are difficult to correlate with activity, and while immunoblotting and proteomics approaches have the potential to be quantitative, they require a complex series of steps that diminish reproducibility. Here, a complementary approach is presented that allows for the rapid quantification of a protein kinase activity in cell lysates and tumor samples. Using the activity of cellular ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) as a test case, an array sensing approach that utilizes a library of differential peptide-based biosensors and chemometric tools was used to rapidly quantify nanograms of active ERK in micrograms of unfractionated cell lysates and tumor extracts. This approach has the potential both for high-throughput and for quantifying the activities of multiple protein kinases in a single biological sample. The critical advantages of this differential sensing approach over others are that it removes the need for the addition of exogenous inhibitors to suppress the activities of major off-target kinases and allows us to quantitate the amount of active kinase in tested samples rather than measuring the changes in its activity upon induction or inhibition.
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- Diana Zamora-Olivares
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science and Freshman Research Initiative, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science and Freshman Research Initiative, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science and Freshman Research Initiative, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science and Freshman Research Initiative, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science and Freshman Research Initiative, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Department of Oncology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Colorimetric sensor array based on gold nanoparticles: Design principles and recent advances. Trends Analyt Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.115754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Zhao X, Gao Y, Wang J, Zhan Y, Lu X, Xu S, Luo X. Aggregation-induced emission based one-step “lighting up” sensor array for rapid protein identification. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:13828-13831. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05749e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Based on the distinct fingerprint-like fluorescence responses generated by different electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions, a “lighting up” aggregation-induced emission (AIE) sensor array was developed for rapid protein discrimination.
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- Xuan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- MOE
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- MOE
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- MOE
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- MOE
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Tianjin Institute for Drug Control
- Tianjin 300070
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- MOE
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- MOE
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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Li Y, Liu Q, Chen Z. A colorimetric sensor array for detection and discrimination of antioxidants based on Ag nanoshell deposition on gold nanoparticle surfaces. Analyst 2019; 144:6276-6282. [PMID: 31580334 DOI: 10.1039/c9an01637f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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There is growing interest in developing a high-performance sensor array for detection and discrimination of antioxidants owing to their widespread use and essential role in the human body. The present work unveils a novel colorimetric sensor array for colorimetric discrimination of antioxidants based on the red, green, and blue alteration (ΔRGB) pattern recognition. In this sensor array, three concentrations of AgNO3 were used as sensing elements, and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were employed as a colorimetric probe. In the presence of antioxidants, the sensor array produces unique colorimetric response patterns for the discrimination of these antioxidants due to different reactivities between three different concentrations of AgNO3 and each antioxidant, leading to deposition of different quantities of Ag nanoshells on the surface of AuNPs, enabling an excellent discrimination of six antioxidants (catechin, epigallocatechin 3-gallate, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin 3-gallate, and gallocatechin) at a 20 nM level, when linear discriminant analysis (LDA), hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), centroid diagram, spidergram, and color contour profiles were smartly combined. Furthermore, different concentrations of antioxidants and binary antioxidant mixtures, even ternary mixtures, could also be discriminated with this sensor array. Finally, the sensor array was successfully used for the discrimination of antioxidants in serum samples, demonstrating its potential applications in the diagnosis of antioxidant-related diseases.
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- Yanan Li
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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Xu S, Li W, Zhao X, Wu T, Cui Y, Fan X, Wang W, Luo X. Ultrahighly Efficient and Stable Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters Coated with Screened Peptides of Unique Sequences for Effective Protein and Serum Discrimination. Anal Chem 2019; 91:13947-13952. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Shenghao Xu
- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- School of Science, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, P. R. China
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- Purdue University, 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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Luo Y, Li C, Zhu W, Zheng X, Huang Y, Lu Z. A Facile Strategy for the Construction of Purely Organic Optical Sensors Capable of Distinguishing D
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O. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:6280-6284. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yanju Luo
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell BiologyChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200031 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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Luo Y, Li C, Zhu W, Zheng X, Huang Y, Lu Z. A Facile Strategy for the Construction of Purely Organic Optical Sensors Capable of Distinguishing D
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- Yanju Luo
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell BiologyChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200031 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education)College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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Zheng X, Zhu W, Ni F, Ai H, Gong S, Zhou X, Sessler JL, Yang C. Simultaneous dual-colour tracking lipid droplets and lysosomes dynamics using a fluorescent probe. Chem Sci 2019; 10:2342-2348. [PMID: 30881662 PMCID: PMC6385674 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04462g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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After entering a cell, most small molecule fluorescent probes are dispersed in the cytoplasm before they then accumulate in a specific organelle or subcellular zone. Molecules that can enter two or more organelles with high selectivity are all but unknown. In this work, we report a naphthalimide-based fluorescent probe, NIM-7, that allows lipid droplets and lysosomes to be labelled simultaneously and with high specificity. These subcellular entities can then be visualized readily through yellow and red fluorescence, using different excitation and detection channels. NIM-7 allows 3D imaging and quantitative visualizing of lipid droplets and lysosomes. It is also able to track simultaneously the movement of lipid droplets and lysosomes in real-time. We also report here that NIM-7 can be used to image both different cell lines and zebrafish embryos.
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- Xujun Zheng
- Department of Chemistry , Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , P. R. China .
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology , College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen , 518060 , P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , P. R. China .
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , P. R. China .
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- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis , Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , P. R. China .
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology , College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen , 518060 , P. R. China
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Wang X, Qin L, Zhou M, Lou Z, Wei H. Nanozyme Sensor Arrays for Detecting Versatile Analytes from Small Molecules to Proteins and Cells. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11696-11702. [PMID: 30175585 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nanozymes have emerged as promising alternatives to overcome the high cost and low stability of natural enzymes. Nanozymes with peroxidase-like activities have been studied to construct versatile biosensors by using specific biorecognition ligands (such as enzymes, antibodies, and aptamers) or molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). However, the use of bioligands compromises the high stability and low cost promise of nanozymes, while the MIPs may not be applicable to multiplex detection. To address these limitations, here we constructed the nanozyme sensor arrays based on peroxidase-like Pt, Ru, and Ir nanozymes. The cross-reactive nanozyme sensor arrays were successfully used for the detection of biothiols and proteins as well as the discrimination of cancer cells because of the differential nonspecific interactions between the components of the sensor arrays and the analytes. The usefulness of the nanozyme sensor arrays was further validated by the detection of blind unknown samples, where 28 of 30 biothiols and 42 of 45 proteins were correctly identified. Moreover, the practical application of the nanozyme sensor arrays was demonstrated by the successful discrimination of biothiols in serum and proteins in human urine.
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- Xiaoyu Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China.,State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210023 , China
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Kucherak OA, Shvadchak VV, Kyriukha YA, Yushchenko DA. Synthesis of a Fluorescent Probe for Sensing Multiple Protein States. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Oleksandr A. Kucherak
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology; Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology; Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology; Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology; Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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Gade M, Alex C, Leviatan Ben-Arye S, Monteiro JT, Yehuda S, Lepenies B, Padler-Karavani V, Kikkeri R. Microarray Analysis of Oligosaccharide-Mediated Multivalent Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions and Their Heterogeneity. Chembiochem 2018; 19:10.1002/cbic.201800037. [PMID: 29575424 PMCID: PMC6949124 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Carbohydrate-protein interactions (CPIs) are involved in a wide range of biological phenomena. Hence, the characterization and presentation of carbohydrate epitopes that closely mimic the natural environment is one of the long-term goals of glycosciences. Inspired by the multivalency, heterogeneity and nature of carbohydrate ligand-mediated interactions, we constructed a combinatorial library of mannose and galactose homo- and hetero-glycodendrons to study CPIs. Microarray analysis of these glycodendrons with a wide range of biologically important plant and animal lectins revealed that oligosaccharide structures and heterogeneity interact with each other to alter binding preferences.
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- Madhuri Gade
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008 (India)
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008 (India)
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- Tel-Aviv University, Department of Cell Research and Immunology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv 69978 (Israel)
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- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Immunology Unit & Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover (Germany)
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- Tel-Aviv University, Department of Cell Research and Immunology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv 69978 (Israel)
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- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Immunology Unit & Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover (Germany)
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- Tel-Aviv University, Department of Cell Research and Immunology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv 69978 (Israel)
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008 (India)
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Hewitt SH, Wilson AJ. Protein sensing and discrimination using highly functionalised ruthenium(ii) tris(bipyridyl) protein surface mimetics in an array format. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:12278-12281. [PMID: 29090688 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06175g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ruthenium(ii) tris(bipyridyl) protein surface mimetics are used in an array format to sense and discriminate proteins including therapeutically relevant targets, hDM2 and MCL-1, using linear discriminant analysis (LDA).
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- Sarah H Hewitt
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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Pode Z, Peri-Naor R, Georgeson JM, Ilani T, Kiss V, Unger T, Markus B, Barr HM, Motiei L, Margulies D. Protein recognition by a pattern-generating fluorescent molecular probe. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 12:1161-1168. [PMID: 29035400 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2017.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fluorescent molecular probes have become valuable tools in protein research; however, the current methods for using these probes are less suitable for analysing specific populations of proteins in their native environment. In this study, we address this gap by developing a unimolecular fluorescent probe that combines the properties of small-molecule-based probes and cross-reactive sensor arrays (the so-called chemical 'noses/tongues'). On the one hand, the probe can detect different proteins by generating unique identification (ID) patterns, akin to cross-reactive arrays. On the other hand, its unimolecular scaffold and selective binding enable this ID-generating probe to identify combinations of specific protein families within complex mixtures and to discriminate among isoforms in living cells, where macroscopic arrays cannot access. The ability to recycle the molecular device and use it to track several binding interactions simultaneously further demonstrates how this approach could expand the fluorescent toolbox currently used to detect and image proteins.
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- Zohar Pode
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Israel Structural Proteomics Center, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761001, Israel
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- The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Specific Targeting of Melanotic Cells with Peptide Ligated Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15750. [PMID: 29146972 PMCID: PMC5691209 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15142-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A strategy combining covalent conjugation of photosensitizers to a peptide ligand directed to the melanocortin 1 (MC1) receptor with the application of sequential LED light dosage at near-IR wavelengths was developed to achieve specific cytotoxicity to melanocytes and melanoma (MEL) with minimal collateral damage to surrounding cells such as keratinocytes (KER). The specific killing of melanotic cells by targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) described in this study holds promise as a potentially effective adjuvant therapeutic method to control benign skin hyperpigmentation or superficial melanotic malignancy such as Lentigo Maligna Melanoma (LMM).
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Liu T, Gao Y, Zhang X, Wan Y, Du L, Fang H, Li M. Discovery of a Turn-On Fluorescent Probe for Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1 Protein. Anal Chem 2017; 89:11173-11177. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Tingting Liu
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Functional Molecule
(MOE), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Tomita S, Ishihara S, Kurita R. A Multi-Fluorescent DNA/Graphene Oxide Conjugate Sensor for Signature-Based Protein Discrimination. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 17:E2194. [PMID: 28946622 PMCID: PMC5677448 DOI: 10.3390/s17102194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Signature-based protein sensing has recently emerged as a promising prospective alternative to conventional lock-and-key methods. However, most of the current examples require the measurement of optical signals from spatially-separated materials for the generation of signatures. Herein, we present a new approach for the construction of multi-fluorescent sensing systems with high accessibility and tunability, which allows generating protein fluorescent signatures from a single microplate well. This approach is based on conjugates between nano-graphene oxide (nGO) and three single-stranded DNAs (ssDNAs) that exhibit different sequences and fluorophores. Initially, the three fluorophore-modified ssDNAs were quenched simultaneously by binding to nGO. Subsequent addition of analyte proteins caused a partial recovery in fluorescent intensity of the individual ssDNAs. Based on this scheme, we have succeeded in acquiring fluorescence signatures unique to (i) ten proteins that differ with respect to pI and molecular weight and (ii) biochemical marker proteins in the presence of interferent human serum. Pattern-recognition methods demonstrated high levels of discrimination for this system. The high discriminatory power and simple format of this sensor system should enable an easy and fast evaluation of proteins and protein mixtures.
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- Shunsuke Tomita
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and DAILAB, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan.
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and DAILAB, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan.
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and DAILAB, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan.
- Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan.
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Xu S, Gao T, Feng X, Fan X, Liu G, Mao Y, Yu X, Lin J, Luo X. Near infrared fluorescent dual ligand functionalized Au NCs based multidimensional sensor array for pattern recognition of multiple proteins and serum discrimination. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 97:203-207. [PMID: 28599180 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Here, a multidimensional sensor array capable of analyzing various proteins and discriminating between serums from different stages of breast cancer patients were developed based on six kinds of near infrared fluorescent dual ligand functionalized Au NCs (functionalized with different amino acids) as sensing receptors. These six kinds of different amino acids functionalized Au NCs were synthesized for the first time within 2h due to the direct donation of delocalized electrons of electron-rich atoms or groups of the ligands to the Au core. Based on this, ten proteins could be simultaneously and effectively discriminated by this "chemical nose/tongue" sensor array. Linear discrimination analysis (LDA) of the response patterns showed successful differentiation of the analytes at concentrations as low as 10nM with high identification accuracy. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) experiment illustrates that Au NCs interacted with proteins mainly by hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces. Furthermore, the greatest highlight of this sensor array is demonstrated by successfully discriminating between serums from different stages of breast cancer patients (early, middle and late) and healthy people, suggesting great potential for auxiliary diagnosis.
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- Shenghao Xu
- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Eighth Peoples' Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
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Kumar G, Guda R, Husain A, Bodapati R, Das SK. A Functional Zn(II) Metallacycle Formed from an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursor: A Molecular Sensor for Selective Recognition of Fe3+ and IO4– Ions. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:5017-5025. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Girijesh Kumar
- Department of Chemistry
& Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal 506009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab 144012, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Central University
P.O., Hyderabad 500046, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Central University
P.O., Hyderabad 500046, India
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Hatai J, Motiei L, Margulies D. Analyzing Amyloid Beta Aggregates with a Combinatorial Fluorescent Molecular Sensor. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:2136-2139. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Joydev Hatai
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Xu S, Wu Y, Sun X, Wang Z, Luo X. A multicoloured Au NCs based cross-reactive sensor array for discrimination of multiple proteins. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:4207-4213. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb00367f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An easily accessible and potentially powerful effective cross-reactive sensor array based on six kinds of fluorescent Au NCs for discriminating multiple proteins according to the diverse fluorescence intensity response patterns was developed.
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- Shenghao Xu
- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
- Qingdao 266003
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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Yang J, He L, Lu Y, Gao X, Wang F, Jing W, Liu Y. Acquiring multiple signals along with the reaction time: improving recognition capability of a multidimensional colorimetric sensor array for sensitive protein detection. Analyst 2017; 142:2663-2669. [DOI: 10.1039/c7an00660h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Signal changes along with catalytic reaction time improve the protein discrimination ability of the sensor array based on AuNP–DNA conjugates.
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- Jiaoe Yang
- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology
- Beijing Key Lab of Radioactive Waste Treatment
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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TOMITA S, YOSHIMOTO K, NIWA O, KURITA R. Protein Sensing Based on Cross-reactive Optical Fingerprinting. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2017. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.66.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Shunsuke TOMITA
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Advanced Science Research Laboratory, Saitama Institute of Technology
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Xu S, Su Z, Zhang Z, Nie Y, Wang J, Ge G, Luo X. Rapid synthesis of nitrogen doped carbon dots and their application as a label free sensor array for simultaneous discrimination of multiple proteins. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:8748-8753. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb02129a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A label free sensor array for discriminating various proteins and distinguishing serums from rectal cancer patients, Alzheimer's disease patients and healthy people was developed by utilizing novel nitrogen doped carbon dots.
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- Shenghao Xu
- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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Cao Y, Zhang L, Huang X, Xin Y, Ding L. Discrimination of Metalloproteins by a Mini Sensor Array Based on Bispyrene Fluorophore/Surfactant Aggregate Ensembles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:35650-35659. [PMID: 27991770 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Fluorescent sensor arrays with pattern recognition ability have been widely used to detect and identify multiple chemically similar analytes. In the present work, two particular bispyrene fluorophores containing hydrophilic oligo(oxyethylene) spacer, 6 and 4, were synthesized, but one is with and the other is without cholesterol unit. Their ensembles with cationic surfactant (CTAB) assemblies realize multiple fluorescence responses to different metalloproteins, including hemoglobin, myoglobin, ferritin, cytochrome c, and alcohol dehydrogenase. The combination of fluorescence variation at monomer and excimer emission of the two binary sensor ensembles enables the mini sensor array to provide a specific fingerprint pattern to each metalloprotein. Linear discriminant analysis shows that the two-ensemble-sensor-based array could well discriminate the five tested metalloproteins. The present work realizes using a mini sensor array to accomplish discrimination of complex analytes like proteins. They also display a very high sensitivity to the tested metalloproteins with detection limits in the range of picomolar concentration.
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- Yuan Cao
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and ‡School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and ‡School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and ‡School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and ‡School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and ‡School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710062, P. R. China
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Peri-Naor R, Motiei L, Margulies D. Mimicking the Function of Signaling Proteins: Toward Artificial Signal Transduction Therapy. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27768030 DOI: 10.3791/54396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Signal transduction pathways, which control the response of cells to various environmental signals, are mediated by the function of signaling proteins that interact with each other and activate one other with high specificity. Synthetic agents that mimic the function of these proteins might therefore be used to generate unnatural signal transduction steps and consequently, alter the cell's function. We present guidelines for designing 'chemical transducers' that can induce artificial communication between native proteins. In addition, we present detailed protocols for synthesizing and testing a specific 'transducer', which can induce communication between two unrelated proteins: platelet-derived growth-factor (PDGF) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST). The way by which this unnatural PDGF-GST communication could be used to control the cleavage of an anticancer prodrug is also presented, indicating the potential for using such systems in 'artificial signal transduction therapy'. This work is intended to facilitate developing additional 'transducers' of this class, which may be used to mediate intracellular protein-protein communication and consequently, to induce artificial cell signaling pathways.
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- Ronny Peri-Naor
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science;
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Laschuk NO, Ebralidze II, Spasyuk D, Zenkina OV. Multi‐Readout Logic Gate for the Selective Detection of Metal Ions at the Parts Per Billion Level. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Nadia O. Laschuk
- Faculty of ScienceUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2000 Simcoe Street NorthL1H 7K4OshawaONCanada
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- Faculty of ScienceUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2000 Simcoe Street NorthL1H 7K4OshawaONCanada
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Calgary2500 University Drive NWT2N 1N4CalgaryABCanada
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- Faculty of ScienceUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2000 Simcoe Street NorthL1H 7K4OshawaONCanada
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Leng Y, Fu L, Ye L, Li B, Xu X, Xing X, He J, Song Y, Leng C, Guo Y, Ji X, Lu Z. Protein-directed synthesis of highly monodispersed, spherical gold nanoparticles and their applications in multidimensional sensing. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28900. [PMID: 27353703 PMCID: PMC4926111 DOI: 10.1038/srep28900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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An in-situ reduction method has been reported to prepare gold nanoparticles (GNPs) of 40–110 nm by using the green reducing agents of proteins, which are activated by H2O2 and the superoxide anion (). The protein of collagen turns HAuCl4 to the aqueous Au(I) ainions, which are further reduced by other proteins to be highly monodispersed and spherical GNPs of different sizes. The GNPs reduced by different proteins are found to be with the exposed {100} facets, the distinctive UV-vis absorption spectra and various colors (See Fig. 1). By means of extracting the color responses, such as red, green and blue (RGB) alterations, an in-situ reduction method-based multidimensional sensing platform is fabricated in the process of GNPs synthesis. Without further modification of GNPs, nine common proteins are found to be well detected and discriminated at different concentrations. Moreover, this sensing platform also demonstrates great potentials in qualitative and semiquantitative analysis on the individuals of these proteins with high sensitivity. Furthermore, the validation of this multidimensional sensing platform has been carried out by analysis on the spiked proteins in human urine and the target proteins in complex matrix (e.g. lysozyme in human tear).
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- Yumin Leng
- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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Rout B. A Miniaturized Therapeutic Chromophore for Multiple Metal Pollutant Sensing, Pathological Metal Diagnosis and Logical Computing. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27115. [PMID: 27271817 PMCID: PMC4895214 DOI: 10.1038/srep27115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The efficacy of a miniaturized unimolecular analytic system is illustrated. The easily accessible therapeutic chromophore "temoporfin", which responds differentially to bound metals at multiple wavelengths of Q-band absorption using chemometric analysis, expeditiously detects and discriminates a wide range of metals regarded as priority pollutants in water and hence may also be used for diagnosis of medically relevant metals in human urine. The molecule was further investigated as an electronic logic device, e.g. keypad lock device, to authorize multiple highly secure chemical passwords for information protection.
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- Bhimsen Rout
- Organic Chemistry Division, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, 138665-Singapore
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He H, Li C, Tian Y, Wu P, Hou X. Phosphorescent Differential Sensing of Physiological Phosphates with Lanthanide Ions-Modified Mn-Doped ZnCdS Quantum Dots. Anal Chem 2016; 88:5892-7. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Hengwei He
- College of Chemistry and ‡Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry and ‡Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry and ‡Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry and ‡Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry and ‡Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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Xu Q, Zhang Y, Tang B, Zhang CY. Multicolor Quantum Dot-Based Chemical Nose for Rapid and Array-Free Differentiation of Multiple Proteins. Anal Chem 2016; 88:2051-8. [PMID: 26759896 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Nanomaterial-based differential sensors (e.g., chemical nose) have shown great potential for identification of multiple proteins because of their modulatable recognition and transduction capability but with the limitation of array separation, single-channel read-out, and long incubation time. Here, we develop a multicolor quantum dot (QD)-based multichannel sensing platform for rapid identification of multiple proteins in an array-free format within 1 min. A protein-binding dye of bromophenol blue (BPB) is explored as an efficient reversible quencher of QDs, and the mixture of BPB with multicolor QDs may generate the quenched QD-BPB complexes. The addition of proteins will disrupt the QD-BPB complexes as a result of the competitive protein-BPB binding, inducing the separation of BPB from the QDs and the generation of distinct fluorescence patterns. The multicolor patterns may be collected at a single-wavelength excitation and differentiated by a linear discriminant analysis (LDA). This multichannel sensing platform allows for the discrimination of ten proteins and seven cell lines with the fastest response rate reported to date, holding great promise for rapid and high-throughput medical diagnostics.
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- Qinfeng Xu
- Single-Molecule Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Key Lab of Health Informatics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Single-Molecule Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Key Lab of Health Informatics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, China.,Nano Science and Technology Institute, University of Science and Technology of China , Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University , Jinan 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University , Jinan 250014, China.,Single-Molecule Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Key Lab of Health Informatics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, China
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Chang N, Lu Y, Mao J, Yang J, Li M, Zhang S, Liu Y. Ratiometric fluorescence sensor arrays based on quantum dots for detection of proteins. Analyst 2016; 141:2046-52. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an02545a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Optical cross-reactive sensor arrays have recently been demonstrated as a powerful tool for high-throughput protein analysis.
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- Ning Chang
- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Capital Normal University
- Beijing
- P.R. China
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Ueki R, Ueki A, Kanda N, Sando S. Oligonucleotide-Based Mimetics of Hepatocyte Growth Factor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:579-82. [PMID: 26592704 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Oligonucleotide-based hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) mimetics are described. A DNA aptamer to Met, a cognate receptor for HGF, was shown to induce Met activation when used in dimer form. The most potent aptamer dimer, ss-0, which was composed solely of 100-mer single-stranded DNA, exhibited nanomolar potency. Aptamer ss-0 reproduced HGF-induced cellular behaviors, including migration and proliferation. The present work sheds light on oligonucleotides as a novel chemical entity for the design of growth factor mimetics.
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- Ryosuke Ueki
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan).
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Ueki R, Ueki A, Kanda N, Sando S. Oligonucleotide‐Based Mimetics of Hepatocyte Growth Factor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Ryosuke Ueki
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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Tomita S, Sakao M, Kurita R, Niwa O, Yoshimoto K. A polyion complex sensor array for markerless and noninvasive identification of differentiated mesenchymal stem cells from human adipose tissue. Chem Sci 2015; 6:5831-5836. [PMID: 28970874 PMCID: PMC5618151 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01259g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Currently available methods for stem cell evaluation require both prior knowledge of specific markers and invasive cell lysis or staining, hampering the development of stem cell products with assured safety and quality. Here, we present a strategy using optical cross-reactive sensor arrays for markerless and noninvasive identification of differentiated stem cell lineages with common laboratory equipment. The sensor array consists of a library of polyion complexes (PICs) between anionic enzymes and synthetic poly(ethylene glycol)-modified polyamines, which can recognize "secretomic signatures" in cell culture supernatants. Due to the reversible nature of PIC formation, the incubation of diluted culture supernatants with PICs caused enzyme release through competitive interactions between the secreted molecules and the PICs, generating unique patterns of recovery in enzyme activity for individual cell types or lineages. Linear discriminant analysis of the patterns allowed not only normal/cancer cell discrimination but also lineage identification of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells, therefore providing an effective way to characterize cultured cells in the fields of regenerative medicine, tissue engineering and cell biology.
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- Shunsuke Tomita
- Biomedical Research Institute , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , 1-1-1 Higashi , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8566 , Japan .
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- College of Arts and Sciences , The University of Tokyo , 3-8-1 Komaba , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan .
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- Biomedical Research Institute , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , 1-1-1 Higashi , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8566 , Japan .
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- Biomedical Research Institute , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , 1-1-1 Higashi , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8566 , Japan .
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- College of Arts and Sciences , The University of Tokyo , 3-8-1 Komaba , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan .
- Department of Life Sciences , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences , The University of Tokyo , 3-8-1 Komaba , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan
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Nissinkorn Y, Lahav‐Mankovski N, Rabinkov A, Albeck S, Motiei L, Margulies D. Sensing Protein Surfaces with Targeted Fluorescent Receptors. Chemistry 2015; 21:15981-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Yael Nissinkorn
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Biological Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Israel Structural Proteomics Center, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot (Israel)
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Peri-Naor R, Ilani T, Motiei L, Margulies D. Protein-Protein Communication and Enzyme Activation Mediated by a Synthetic Chemical Transducer. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:9507-10. [PMID: 25955617 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The design and function of a synthetic "chemical transducer" that can generate an unnatural communication channel between two proteins is described. Specifically, we show how this transducer enables platelet-derived growth factor to trigger (in vitro) the catalytic activity of glutathione-s-transferase (GST), which is not its natural enzyme partner. GST activity can be further controlled by adding specific oligonucleotides that switch the enzymatic reaction on and off. We also demonstrate that a molecular machine, which can regulate the function of an enzyme, could be used to change the way a prodrug is activated in a "programmable" manner.
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- Ronny Peri-Naor
- †Departments of Organic Chemistry and ‡Structural Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- †Departments of Organic Chemistry and ‡Structural Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- †Departments of Organic Chemistry and ‡Structural Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- †Departments of Organic Chemistry and ‡Structural Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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