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Wang Q, Zhou T, Xue D, Yang H, Sui Z, Yuan X, Xu J. An allosteric palindromic hairpin probe based dual-mode interactive strand displacement amplification enables robust miRNA biosensing. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:2910-2913. [PMID: 38363200 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc06265a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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This study introduces an allosteric palindromic hairpin probe (APHP)-based dual-mode interactive strand displacement amplification (DMI-SDA) system for ultrasensitive detection of microRNA-155. The system achieves exceptional signal amplification and improved signal preservation using dimeric G-triplexes as signal reporters, enabling robust detection of miRNA-155, representing a promising avenue in molecular diagnosis.
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- Qi Wang
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Anhui, Fuyang, 236037, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Anhui, Fuyang, 236037, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Anhui, Fuyang, 236037, P. R. China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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Hao H, Cai H, Yang B, Lou S, Guo Z, Lu W, Tian Z. Versatile DNA Balances via Adjacent Base Stacking for Homogeneous Assay of Energy Parameters, Small Molecules, And Ribonuclease. Anal Chem 2023; 95:14643-14650. [PMID: 37733486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Homogeneous assays often obviate any separation and washing steps, thus minimizing the risks of contamination and false positive. DNA toehold exchange is a homogeneous, reversible process whose thermodynamic properties can be finely tuned for various assay applications. However, the developed probes often rely on direct interactions of analytes with DNA strands involved in toehold exchange, limiting the versatility of probe design. Here, the coaxial adjacent stacking between one auxiliary strand and another invading strand offers a favorable ΔG to shift one DNA balance, while the auxiliary strand is independent of the DNA balance itself. Therefore, such a DNA balance allowed fine tuning of the equilibrium via adjustment of the auxiliary strand alone. The energy contribution of base stacking can be quantified in a homogeneous solution based on the difference in the equilibrium constant. Besides, the proof of concept for DNA balance allows effective assay of a small molecule or ribonuclease in a homogeneous solution. This novel DNA balance via adjacent base stacking provides an interesting alternative to homogeneously assay various analytes.
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- Huimin Hao
- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 410005, P. R. China
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Dillen A, Lammertyn J. Paving the way towards continuous biosensing by implementing affinity-based nanoswitches on state-dependent readout platforms. Analyst 2022; 147:1006-1023. [DOI: 10.1039/d1an02308j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Combining affinity-based nanoswitches with state-dependent readout platforms allows for continuous biosensing and acquisition of real-time information about biochemical processes occurring in the environment of interest.
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- Annelies Dillen
- KU Leuven, Department of Biosystems – Biosensors Group, Willem de Croylaan 42, Box 2428, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Biosystems – Biosensors Group, Willem de Croylaan 42, Box 2428, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Song X, Ding Q, Pu Y, Zhang J, Sun R, Yin L, Wei W, Liu S. Application of the Dimeric G-Quadruplex and toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction for fluorescence biosensing of ochratoxin A. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 192:113537. [PMID: 34339903 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the most toxic mycotoxins that exists in various agro-products and foods. Here, a non-label and enzyme-free fluorescence biosensor for highly specific detection of OTA has been developed by the combination of toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction (TMSD) and G-quadruplex dimer/ThT (G-dimer/ThT). The DNA duplex (aptamer-IP) is composed of the anti-OTA aptamer and a single stranded initiation probe (IP). In the presence of OTA, the attachment of target to aptamer leads to the liberation of the IP, which activates the cycle TMSD amplifications of two hairpin probes (H1 and H2) accompanied by the production of numerous H1-H2 assemblies. This double-stranded H1-H2 structure results in the proximity between the 5'-end overhang tail of H1 and the 3'-end stem of H2 to liberate the pre-blocked G-dimer sequence for lighting up ThT. In addition, the method displayed a stable fluorescence emission in the high-salt media. It was successfully applied to analyze OTA in real food samples. Hence, the constructed fluorescence biosensing platform might provide a new way for OTA and other toxin analysis detection.
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- Xiaolei Song
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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Verma S, Ravichandiran V, Ranjan N. Beyond amyloid proteins: Thioflavin T in nucleic acid recognition. Biochimie 2021; 190:111-123. [PMID: 34118329 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Thioflavin T (ThT) is a commercially available fluorescent dye that is commonly used in biomedical research for over five decades. It was first reported as an extrinsic fluorescent probe for the detection of amyloid fibrils and related processes and it has also been used extensively for assessing protein binding in fluorescence-based assays. Although the nucleic acid binding of ThT was reported half of a century ago in the 1970s, it was not widely explored until the start of this decade. In recent years, Thioflavin T has become a major tool in the recognition of many types of non-canonical nucleic acid conformations including duplexes, triplexes, and G-quadruplexes. The propensity of ThT binding is more towards base aberrations, bulges, and mismatches highlighting its importance in serving as a diagnostic tool in a variety of ailments/disease conditions. In this review, we cover major advancements in nucleic acid detection/binding by ThT to a variety of nucleic acid structures.
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- Smita Verma
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Raebareli, New Transit Campus, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226002, India; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Kolkata, Maniktala Main Road, Kolkata, 700054, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Kolkata, Maniktala Main Road, Kolkata, 700054, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Raebareli, New Transit Campus, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226002, India.
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Hou M, Shi L, Zhou Y, Wang J, Jiang J, Jiang J, He J. Expanding the codes: The development of density-encoded hydrogel microcarriers for suspension arrays. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 181:113133. [PMID: 33744669 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Although suspension array technology (SAT), which uses encoded microspheres, provides high-quality results with versatile applicability for information-intensive bioanalytic applications, current encoding strategies limit the number of codes that can be distinguished. In this paper, we introduce density-encoded hydrogel microcarriers (DMs), which employ the intrinsic density property of biomaterials as a high-capacity coding dimension. Two hydrogel monomers were employed at different ratios to synthesize microgels with distinctive densities. DMs not only can be simultaneously decoded and separated using density gradient centrifugation, but also are compatible with flow cytometry detection. The size and color of DMs have been used as extra coding parameters, to construct an 8 × 2 × 4 (density × size × color) three-dimensionally encoded hydrogel microcarrier library. With aptamer-functionalized DMs (ADMs), we developed a 4-plex protein quantification method for the label-free detection of plasma biomarkers with sub-nanomolar detection limits and good linearities. Moreover, ADMs can be used for label-free naked-eye detection of tumor-derived exosomes. We believe that the simplicity and functionality of DMs will advance the field of suspension arrays and inspire the development of DM-based diagnostic applications.
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- Min Hou
- College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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Gao J, Liu Q, Liu W, Jin Y, Li B. Comparative evaluation and design of a G-triplex/thioflavin T-based molecular beacon. Analyst 2021; 146:2567-2573. [PMID: 33899063 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00252j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Both G-quadruplex (G4) and G-triplex (G3) can bind thioflavin T (ThT) to light up the fluorescence of ThT. G4/ThT and G3/ThT can be used as fluorescent indicators to construct a label-free molecular beacon (MB). In this work, we present a comparative perspective of G3/ThT-based MB and G4/ThT-based MB. The results showed that the G3/ThT-based MB had higher sensitivity and faster response speed than the G4/ThT-based MB. Furthermore, we systematically studied the effect of stem length and varying pairs on the response of the G3/ThT-based MB, and then proposed one rational design of the G3/ThT-based MB. This work demonstrates that the shorter G3 is more suitable for constructing the MB stem. This present work opens a promising way to develop a sensitive, simple and homogeneous biosensing method.
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- Jingru Gao
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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Bidar N, Amini M, Oroojalian F, Baradaran B, Hosseini SS, Shahbazi MA, Hashemzaei M, Mokhtarzadeh A, Hamblin MR, de la Guardia M. Molecular beacon strategies for sensing purpose. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cui W, Hu G, Song F, Wang R, Cao Z, Zhang J, Wang T, Meng F, Shen C, Xu S, Wang J. A cascade strand displacement amplification strategy for highly sensitive and label-free detection of DNA methyltransferase activity. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chen J, Yan J, Feng Q, Miao X, Dou B, Wang P. Label-free and enzyme-free fluorescence detection of microRNA based on sulfydryl-functionalized carbon dots via target-initiated hemin/G-quadruplex-catalyzed oxidation. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 176:112955. [PMID: 33412427 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Carbon dots (CDs)-based biosensors have attracted considerable interest in reliable and sensitive detection of microRNA (miRNA) because of their merits of ultra-small size, excellent biosafety and tunable emission, whereas complicated labeling procedure and expensive bioenzyme associated with current strategies significantly limit their practical application. Herein, we developed a label-free and enzyme-free fluorescence strategy based on strand displaced amplification (SDA) for highly sensitive detection of miRNA using sulfydryl-functionalized CDs (CDs-SH) as probe. CDs-SH displayed excellent response to G-quadruplex DNA against other DNAs based on based on the catalytic oxidation of -SH into -S-S- by hemin/G-quadruplex. Further, CDs-SH were employed to detect miRNA, using miRNA-21 as target model, which triggered the SDA reaction of P1 and P2 to generate hemin/G-quadruplex, subsequently making CDs-SH transform from dot to aggresome along with the quenched fluorescence. Therefore, label-free, enzyme-free, and highly sensitive analysis of miRNA-21 was readily acquired with a limit of detection at 0.03 pM. This proposed biosensor couples the advantages of CDs and label-free/enzyme-free strategy, and thus has a significant potential to be used in early and accurate diagnosis of cancer.
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- Jianling Chen
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China; School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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Jing S, Liu Q, Jin Y, Li B. Dimeric G-Quadruplex: An Effective Nucleic Acid Scaffold for Lighting Up Thioflavin T. Anal Chem 2020; 93:1333-1341. [PMID: 33347269 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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As a recently identified higher-order quadruplex (G4) structure, the G4 dimer possesses unique structure and biological functions. In this work, we found accidentally that two tandem PW17 (one known G4-forming DNA) sequences can fold into a stable G4 dimer, and the G4 dimer can enhance dramatically the fluorescence intensity of thioflavin T (ThT). The G4 dimer/ThT fluorescence intensity is about ninefold that of the corresponding G4 monomer/ThT. Meanwhile, compared with the common G4/ThT system, G4 dimer/ThT exhibited more stable fluorescence emission in the media with various concentrations of Na+ and K+. On the basis of these findings, G4 dimer/ThT was used as a fluorescence indicator to construct one arched DNA probe for label-free detection of DNA. By incorporating a G4 dimer sequence in amplified products, we further designed one rolling circle amplification-based biosensing strategy to show the utility of this G4 dimer/ThT fluorescence indicator. This study demonstrates that dimeric G4 is an effective nucleic acid scaffold for lighting up ThT, showing promising applications in a label-free bioassay.
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- Shaochun Jing
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.,Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.,Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.,Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.,Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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Bidar N, Oroojalian F, Baradaran B, Eyvazi S, Amini M, Jebelli A, Hosseini SS, Pashazadeh-Panahi P, Mokhtarzadeh A, de la Guardia M. Monitoring of microRNA using molecular beacons approaches: Recent advances. Trends Analyt Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Damase TR, Islam MM, Shipley M, Allen PB. Thioflavin T as a noncovalent reporter for a label-free, non-enzymatic, catalytic DNA amplifier. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2020; 8:045001. [DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/aba357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Label-free and self-assembled fluorescent DNA nanopompom for determination of miRNA-21. Mikrochim Acta 2020; 187:432. [PMID: 32638088 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04377-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Kong RM, Ma L, Han X, Ma C, Qu F, Xia L. Hg 2+-mediated stabilization of G-triplex based molecular beacon for label-free fluorescence detection of Hg 2+, reduced glutathione, and glutathione reductase activity. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 228:117855. [PMID: 31784222 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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G-triplexes have been reported recently with the similar function to G-quadruplex that can combine with thioflavin T (ThT) and emit strong fluorescence but easier to be controlled and excited. In this work, we report an Hg2+-mediated stabilization of G-triplex based functional molecular beacon (G3TMB) sensing system for the label-free detection of Hg2+, reduced glutathione (GSH), and glutathione reductase (GR) activity. In the presence of Hg2+, the extended G-triplex sequence containing the "T" bases can form a stable hairpin structure due to the strong interactions of "T-Hg2+-T", resulting in the locking of G-tracts in the stem of the G3TMB effectively. However, the hairpin structure of the G3TMB can be opened by the introduction of GSH through the stronger "GSH-Hg2+" interaction. Therefore, by employing the fact that GR can catalyze the reduction of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) into GSH, this concept can be applied to fluorescence "off-on" detection of GR activity, with a linear range of 0.02-30 mU/mL and detection limit of 0.01 mU/mL. This work may expand a new perspective of G-triplex based functional molecular beacon as the label-free fluorescent probes in the detection of small biomolecule and enzyme activity.
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- Rong-Mei Kong
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, PR China
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Evaluation of Rationally Designed Label-free Stem-loop DNA Probe Opening in the Presence of miR-21 by Circular Dichroism and Fluorescence Techniques. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4018. [PMID: 32132554 PMCID: PMC7055349 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60157-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The characteristic features of stem-loop structured probes make them robust tools to detect targets with high sensitivity and selectivity. The basis of the hairpin based sensors operation is a conformational change that occurs upon hybridization of target with stem-loop probe. The design of the stem-loop probe has an important role in target recognition. Therefore, we designed a label-free stem loop probe for targeting miR-21 as a cancer biomarker investigated by web-based tools; its thermodynamic parameters obtained by thermal UV spectroscopy. The efficiency of stem-loop structure opening in the presence of target and non-target sequences was evaluated by fluorescence spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectro-polarimetry. The results showed that the target sequence opens the structure of hairpin efficiently in comparison to non-target sequences. To optimize the stem-loop hybridization to its target, the buffer ionic strength was changed by adding different concentrations of NaCl, KCl and MgCl2. It was shown that buffering conditions have a significant role in loop structure opening and its optimization, led to an increase in sensitivity detection and have improved LOD from 60 pM to 45 pM.
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Ma L, Han X, Xia L, Qu F, Kong RM. A label-free G-quadruplex-based fluorescence assay for sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase with the assistance of Cu 2. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 227:117607. [PMID: 31654846 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The level of alkaline phosphate (ALP) is a significant biomarker index in organism. In this work, a label-free and sensitive G-quadruplex fluorescence assay for monitoring ALP activity has been developed with the assistance of Cu2+ based on the competitive binding effect between pyrophosphate (PPi) and G-quadruplex-N-methylmesoporphyrin (G4/NMM) complex to Cu2+. In the sensing assay, the G4/NMM complex is employed as a signal indicator, while the Cu2+ as a quencher and the PPi as recovery agent as well as the hydrolytic substance for ALP. In details, the fluorescence of the G4/NMM complex was efficiently quenched by introducing Cu2+ due to the proximal carboxylate groups of NMM coordinating with the Cu2+ as well as the unfolding of G-quadruplex by Cu2+, while the higher affinity between PPi and Cu2+ could lead to the fluorescence recovery. However, in the presence of ALP, the PPi was hydrolyzed to phosphate ions (Pi) which cannot integrate with Cu2+, resulting in the fluorescence quenching once again. Thus, a simple and facile way to inspect ALP has been exploited. The proposed assay shows a good linear relationship in the range from 0.5 to 100 U/L with the detection limit of 0.3 U/L. Moreover, the fabricated method is succeeded in detecting ALP in human serum samples, indicating the potential as a profitable candidate in biological and biomedical application.
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- Lin Ma
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Shandong, 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Shandong, 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Shandong, 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Shandong, 273165, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Shandong, 273165, PR China.
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Zaitseva SO, Baleeva NS, Zatsepin TS, Myasnyanko IN, Turaev AV, Pozmogova GE, Khrulev AA, Varizhuk AM, Baranov MS, Aralov AV. Short Duplex Module Coupled to G-Quadruplexes Increases Fluorescence of Synthetic GFP Chromophore Analogues. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20030915. [PMID: 32050425 PMCID: PMC7038953 DOI: 10.3390/s20030915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Aptasensors became popular instruments in bioanalytical chemistry and molecular biology. To increase specificity, perspective signaling elements in aptasensors can be separated into a G-quadruplex (G4) part and a free fluorescent dye that lights up upon binding to the G4 part. However, current systems are limited by relatively low enhancement of fluorescence upon dye binding. Here, we added duplex modules to G4 structures, which supposedly cause the formation of a dye-binding cavity between two modules. Screening of multiple synthetic GFP chromophore analogues and variation of the duplex module resulted in the selection of dyes that light up after complex formation with two-module structures and their RNA analogues by up to 20 times compared to parent G4s. We demonstrated that the short duplex part in TBA25 is preferable for fluorescence light up in comparison to parent TBA15 molecule as well as TBA31 and TBA63 stabilized by longer duplexes. Duplex part of TBA25 may be partially unfolded and has reduced rigidity, which might facilitate optimal dye positioning in the joint between G4 and the duplex. We demonstrated dye enhancement after binding to modified TBA, LTR-III, and Tel23a G4 structures and propose that such architecture of short duplex-G4 signaling elements will enforce the development of improved aptasensors.
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- Snizhana O. Zaitseva
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; (S.O.Z.); (N.S.B.); (I.N.M.); (A.A.K.)
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; (S.O.Z.); (N.S.B.); (I.N.M.); (A.A.K.)
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 121205, Russia;
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; (S.O.Z.); (N.S.B.); (I.N.M.); (A.A.K.)
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Moscow 119435, Russia; (A.V.T.); (G.E.P.); (A.M.V.)
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny 141700, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Moscow 119435, Russia; (A.V.T.); (G.E.P.); (A.M.V.)
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny 141700, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; (S.O.Z.); (N.S.B.); (I.N.M.); (A.A.K.)
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Moscow 119435, Russia; (A.V.T.); (G.E.P.); (A.M.V.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Moscow 119435, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; (S.O.Z.); (N.S.B.); (I.N.M.); (A.A.K.)
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia
- Correspondence: (M.S.B.); (A.V.A.)
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; (S.O.Z.); (N.S.B.); (I.N.M.); (A.A.K.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.B.); (A.V.A.)
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Xu S, Jiang L, Wang J, Gao Y, Luo X. Ratiometric Multicolor Analysis of Intracellular MicroRNA Using a Chain Hybrid Substitution-Triggered Self-Assembly of Silver Nanocluster-Based Label-Free Sensing Platform. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:373-379. [PMID: 31840494 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A simple and label-free sensing platform with low background based on the chain-displacement triggered self-assembly of Ag NCs was developed for ratiometric visual analysis of intracellular miRNA-21. Based on this sensitively ratiometric sensing approach, a picomole limit detection for miRNA-21 can be obtained. Most importantly, compared with the traditional single base mismatch detection method, our proposed method can realize single base mismatch detection according to the remarkable fluorescence color conversion, rather than simple fluorescence intensity change, which can obviously improve the accuracy and reliability. In addition, successful multicolor real-time monitoring of intracellular miRNA-21 makes the probe a potential candidate for miRNA-21 inhibiting drug screening. Furthermore, MCF-7, HeLa, and normal L02 cells can also be visually differentiated according to the fluorescence color by using the label-free sensing platform, showing its potential prospect in target visual analysis.
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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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- 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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Zhang F, Xiang L, Xiao X, Chen X, Chen C, Cai C. A rapid label- and enzyme-free G-quadruplex-based fluorescence strategy for highly-sensitive detection of HIV DNA. Analyst 2019; 145:206-212. [PMID: 31742262 DOI: 10.1039/c9an01847f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Because rapid, convenient, and selective methods for HIV detection are urgently needed, herein, a simple label-free and enzyme-free strategy is constructed for sensitive fluorescence detection of HIV DNA using the fluorescent intercalating dye thioflavin T (THT) as the detection signal source. This strategy utilizes a hairpin DNA sequence (H1) and two assistant strands. H1 is wisely designed with a G-quadruplex sequence in the stem. Target DNA, when present in solution, will hybridize with H1 to form H1/target duplexes and release the G-quadruplexes. Additionally, the assistant probes hybridize with the unfolded H1 to form a stable DNA double strand, resulting in the displacement of the target to participate in another similar reaction cycle. Consequently, many G-quadruplex structures are generated, leading to a significantly amplified fluorescence signal of THT. The linear range is from 0.1 nM to 50.0 nM with a limit of detection of 13 pM. Results can be achieved within 40 min, because the cyclic amplification involves only one DNA hairpin and two auxiliary chains. Furthermore, this platform exhibited good selectivity with one base mismatch or other DNA sequences. This strategy could be used as a simple, sensitive, and selective tool to detect other DNA biomarkers.
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- Feng Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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Chen Z, Peng Y, Xie X, Feng Y, Li T, Li S, Qin X, Yang H, Wu C, Zheng C, Zhu J, You F, Liu Y. Dendrimer-Functionalized Superparamagnetic Nanobeacons for Real-Time Detection and Depletion of HSP90α mRNA and MR Imaging. Am J Cancer Res 2019; 9:5784-5796. [PMID: 31534519 PMCID: PMC6735378 DOI: 10.7150/thno.36545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background & Aims: The use of antisense oligonucleotide-based nanosystems for the detection and regulation of tumor-related gene expression is thought to be a promising approach for cancer diagnostics and therapies. Herein, we report that a cubic-shaped iron oxide nanoparticle (IONC) core nanobeacon is capable of delivering an HSP90α mRNA-specific molecular beacon (HSP90-MB) into living cells and enhancing T2-weighted MR imaging in a tumor model. Methods: The nanobeacons were built with IONC, generation 4 poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (G4 PAMAM), Pluronic P123 (P123) and HSP90-MB labeled with a quencher (BHQ1) and a fluorophore (Alexa Fluor 488). Results: After internalization by malignant cells overexpressing HSP90α, the fluorescence of the nanobeacon was recovered, thus distinguishing cancer cells from normal cells. Meanwhile, MB-mRNA hybridization led to enzyme activity that degraded DNA/RNA hybrids and resulted in downregulation of HSP90α at both the mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, the T2-weighted MR imaging ability of the nanobeacons was increased after PAMAM and P123 modification, which exhibited good biocompatibility and hemocompatibility. Conclusions: The nanobeacons show promise for applicability to tumor-related mRNA detection, regulation and multiscale imaging in the fields of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
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Munzar JD, Ng A, Juncker D. Duplexed aptamers: history, design, theory, and application to biosensing. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:1390-1419. [PMID: 30707214 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00880a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nucleic acid aptamers are single stranded DNA or RNA sequences that specifically bind a cognate ligand. In addition to their widespread use as stand-alone affinity binding reagents in analytical chemistry, aptamers have been engineered into a variety of ligand-specific biosensors, termed aptasensors. One of the most common aptasensor formats is the duplexed aptamer (DA). As defined herein, DAs are aptasensors containing two nucleic acid elements coupled via Watson-Crick base pairing: (i) an aptamer sequence, which serves as a ligand-specific receptor, and (ii) an aptamer-complementary element (ACE), such as a short DNA oligonucleotide, which is designed to hybridize to the aptamer. The ACE competes with ligand binding, such that DAs generate a signal upon ligand-dependent ACE-aptamer dehybridization. DAs possess intrinsic advantages over other aptasensor designs. For example, DA biosensing designs generalize across DNA and RNA aptamers, DAs are compatible with many readout methods, and DAs are inherently tunable on the basis of nucleic acid hybridization. However, despite their utility and popularity, DAs have not been well defined in the literature, leading to confusion over the differences between DAs and other aptasensor formats. In this review, we introduce a framework for DAs based on ACEs, and use this framework to distinguish DAs from other aptasensor formats and to categorize cis- and trans-DA designs. We then explore the ligand binding dynamics and chemical properties that underpin DA systems, which fall under conformational selection and induced fit models, and which mirror classical SN1 and SN2 models of nucleophilic substitution reactions. We further review a variety of in vitro and in vivo applications of DAs in the chemical and biological sciences, including riboswitches and riboregulators. Finally, we present future directions of DAs as ligand-responsive nucleic acids. Owing to their tractability, versatility and ease of engineering, DA biosensors bear a great potential for the development of new applications and technologies in fields ranging from analytical chemistry and mechanistic modeling to medicine and synthetic biology.
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- Jeffrey D Munzar
- McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Li Y, Wang J, Zhang B, He Y, Wang J, Wang S. A rapid fluorometric method for determination of aflatoxin B 1 in plant-derived food by using a thioflavin T-based aptasensor. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:214. [PMID: 30830273 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3325-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A fluorometric aptamer-based method is described for the determination of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). The fluorescent dye thioflavin T (ThT) forms a complex with the aptamer against AFB1 (aptamer/ThT), and the fluorescence of the complex is strongly enhanced. On addition of AFB1, it will bind to the aptamer and release ThT. The fluorescence of free ThT is much weaker. The fluorescence of the system, best measured at excitation/emission wavelengths of 440/487 nm, drops gradually in the AFB1 concentration range from 0.2 to 200 ng·mL-1, exhibiting good linearity. The detection limits are 0.2 ng·mL-1 in buffer solution, and 1 ng·mL-1 when applied to plant-derived food. The recovery of AFB1 from spiked foodstuff ranges from 74.7% to 121%. The assay can be performed within 20 min. Graphical abstract Schematic presentation of label-free thioflavin T (ThT)-based fluorescence aptasensor using aflatoxin B1(AFB1) aptamer/ThT G-quadruplex complex and the AFB1 aptamer/AFB1 complex fluorescent signal system for the rapid and sensitive detection of AFB1 in soy sauce, spirits, rice, corn and peanuts.
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- Yanan Li
- State Key Laboratory for Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- The Biotechnology Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100010, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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Kikuchi N, Reed A, Gerasimova YV, Kolpashchikov DM. Split Dapoxyl Aptamer for Sequence-Selective Analysis of Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification Amplicons. Anal Chem 2019; 91:2667-2671. [PMID: 30680988 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hybridization probes have been used for the detection of single nucleotide variations (SNV) in DNA and RNA sequences in the mix-and-read formats. Among the most conventional are Taqman probes, which require expensive quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) instruments with melting capabilities. More affordable isothermal amplification format requires hybridization probes that can selectively detect SNVs isothermally. Here we designed a split DNA aptamer (SDA) hybridization probe based on a recently reported DNA sequence that binds a dapoxyl dye and increases its fluorescence ( Kato, T.; Shimada, I.; Kimura, R.; Hyuga, M., Light-up fluorophore-DNA aptamer pair for label-free turn-on aptamer sensors. Chem. Commun. 2016 , 52 , 4041 - 4044 ). SDA uses two DNA strands that have low affinity to the dapoxyl dye unless hybridized to abutting positions at a specific analyte and form a dye-binding site, which is accompanied by up to a 120-fold increase in fluorescence. SDA differentiates SNV in the inhA gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at ambient temperatures and detects a conserved region of the Zika virus after isothermal nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) reaction. The approach reported here can be used for detection of isothermal amplification products in the mix-and-read format as an alternative to qPCR.
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- Nanami Kikuchi
- Chemistry Department , University of Central Florida , 4111 Libra Drive , Orlando , 32816 , Florida United States
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- Chemistry Department , University of Central Florida , 4111 Libra Drive , Orlando , 32816 , Florida United States
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- Chemistry Department , University of Central Florida , 4111 Libra Drive , Orlando , 32816 , Florida United States
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- Chemistry Department , University of Central Florida , 4111 Libra Drive , Orlando , 32816 , Florida United States.,Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences , University of Central Florida , Orlando , 32816 , Florida United States
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Ma L, Han X, Xia L, Kong RM, Qu F. A G-triplex based molecular beacon for label-free fluorescence "turn-on" detection of bleomycin. Analyst 2019; 143:5474-5480. [PMID: 30288517 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01208c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Since bleomycins (BLMs) play a prominent role in the clinical treatment of various cancers, the development of convenient and sensitive detection assays for BLM is of great significance in cancer therapy and related biological mechanism research. Here, taking advantage of the easily controllable and excitation of the G-triplex DNA structure, we reported a facile, label-free G-triplex based functional molecular beacon (G3MB) sensing system for fluorescence "turn-on" detection of BLM based on BLM-Fe(ii) mediated DNA strand scission. In the presence of BLM, the stable hairpin structure of G3MB undergoes an irreversible cleavage in the loop region that contains a 5'-GT-3' recognition site for BLM. The released G-tract DNA fragment self-assembles into a G-triplex-ThT complex showing a strong fluorescence. Owing to the effective locking of G-tracts in the stem of the G3MB and the specific DNA strand scission by BLM which is like a key for the release of G-tracts, the assay shows high sensitivity and selectivity with a detection limit of 0.2 nM. In addition, satisfactory results were obtained for the detection of BLM in human serum samples. Critically, the convenient "mix-and-detect" protocol, fast response and no need for modifying DNA offered a potential application of the proposed strategy for BLM assay in biomedical and clinical studies.
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- Lin Ma
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Shandong 273165, P. R. China.
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Wu Z, Zhou H, He J, Li M, Ma X, Xue J, Li X, Fan X. G-triplex based molecular beacon with duplex-specific nuclease amplification for the specific detection of microRNA. Analyst 2019; 144:5201-5206. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an01075k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Based on the G-triplex molecular beacon (MBG3), we have developed a duplex-specific nuclease signal amplification (DSNSA) assay for highly selective miRNA detection.
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- Zhifang Wu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Gannan Normal University
- Ganzhou 341000
- P. R. China
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Zhou W, Yu Z, Ma G, Jin T, Li Y, Fan L, Li X. Thioflavin T specifically brightening “Guanine Island” in duplex-DNA: a novel fluorescent probe for single-nucleotide mutation. Analyst 2019; 144:2284-2290. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an02430h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Here, we found that Thioflavin T (ThT) could specifically bind with a G-GGG unit (named as “Guanine Island”) in double stranded DNA (ds-DNA).
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- Wei Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing
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Yeasmin Khusbu F, Zhou X, Chen H, Ma C, Wang K. Thioflavin T as a fluorescence probe for biosensing applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Lu S, Wang S, Zhao J, Sun J, Yang X. Classical Triplex Molecular Beacons for MicroRNA-21 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Detection. ACS Sens 2018; 3:2438-2445. [PMID: 30350592 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Triplex molecular beacons (tMBs) possess great potential in biological sensing because of the pH responsiveness and controllability of binding strength. Here, we systematically investigate and rationally design a classical tMB for convenient detection of microRNA-21, a well-known biomarker of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. In the tMB, we employ the complementary sequence of miR-21 as the loop and the sequences of protonated cytosine-guanine-cytosine (C-G•C+) and thymine-adenine-thymine (T-A•T) as the triplex stem, in which both the Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen base-pairing control the binding strength in cooperation. It is demonstrated for the first time that the presence of miR-21 would only break the Hoogsteen base-pairing in the stem and hybridize with the tMB to form the rigid heterozygous hybrid duplex structure. These would hinder the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the fluorophore (FAM) and quencher (BHQ1) labeled at the ends of the oligonucleotide, and the fluorescence recovery degree of FAM can be used as the standard to quantitate the miR-21. More significantly, the excellent adjustability and sensitivity of our tMBs have been confirmed by constructing the corresponding duplex molecular beacon (dMB) for comparison. The fluorophore FAM in the tMB could be replaced by the fluorescent DNA/silver nanoclusters, which exhibits the universal applicability of energy donor and receptor selection for tMB. Furthermore, our proposed tMB could also be developed as an aptasensor for the detection of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by only introducing the complementary sequence of its aptamer into the tMB. This work is of great significance for the systematic study of tMBs for the detection of biomarkers such as nucleic acids and proteins.
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- Shasha Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Label-free fluorescent and electrochemical biosensors based on defective G-quadruplexes. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 118:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Wang Z, Zhao J, Dai Z. A label-free fluorescent adenosine triphosphate biosensor via overhanging aptamer-triggered enzyme protection and target recycling amplification. Analyst 2018; 141:4006-9. [PMID: 27221644 DOI: 10.1039/c6an00816j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, a label-free fluorescent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) aptasensor is fabricated with a DNA hairpin and an overhanging aptamer. In the presence of ATP, the overhanging sequences of the aptamer may form preferred substrates of exo III, and thus trigger the enzyme-assisted amplification, which results in the release of G-rich sequences. Free G-rich sequences subsequently generate an enhanced flourescent signal by binding with thioflavin T. However, if ATP is absent, the overhanging sequence can induce steric hindrance and protect the DNA hairpin against the digestion of exo III, significantly reducing the noise of this biosensor. Accordingly, the signal-to-noise ratio of the sensing system is greatly improved, which ensures the desirable analytical performance of the proposed aptasensor both in pure samples and real samples.
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- Zhaoyin Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.
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Xing Y, Liu X, Pu Q, Wu M, Zhao JX. Biocompatible G-Quadruplex/Hemin for Enhancing Antibacterial Activity of H2O2. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2018; 1:1019-1027. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Yuqian Xing
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, United States
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Tan X, Bruchez MP, Armitage BA. Closing the Loop: Constraining TAT Peptide by γPNA Hairpin for Enhanced Cellular Delivery of Biomolecules. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:2892-2898. [PMID: 30130094 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Based on the exceptionally high stability of γPNA duplexes, we designed a peptide/γPNA chimera in which a cell-penetrating TAT peptide is flanked by two short complementary γPNA segments. Intramolecular hybridization of the γPNA segments results in a stable hairpin conformation in which the TAT peptide is constrained to form the loop. The TAT/γPNA hairpin (self-cyclized TAT peptide) enters cells at least 10-fold more efficiently than its nonhairpin analog in which the two γPNA segments are noncomplementary. Extending one of the γPNA segments in the hairpin results in an overhang that can be used for binding and delivering a variety of nucleic acid-conjugated molecules into cells via hybridization to the overhang. We demonstrated efficient cellular delivery of a protein (as low as 10 nM) and a DNA tetrahedron by a TAT/γPNA hairpin.
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- Xiaohong Tan
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States.,Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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Kikuchi N, Kolpashchikov DM. A universal split spinach aptamer (USSA) for nucleic acid analysis and DNA computation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:4977-4980. [PMID: 28425510 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01540b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We demonstrate how a single universal spinach aptamer (USSA) probe can be used to detect multiple (potentially any) nucleic acid sequences. USSA can be used for cost-efficient and highly selective analysis of even folded DNA and RNA analytes, as well as for the readout of outputs of DNA logic circuits.
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- Nanami Kikuchi
- Chemistry Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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Zhou H, Wu ZF, Han QJ, Zhong HM, Peng JB, Li X, Fan XL. Stable and Label-Free Fluorescent Probe Based on G-triplex DNA and Thioflavin T. Anal Chem 2018; 90:3220-3226. [PMID: 29378390 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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G-triplexes have recently been identified as a new kind of DNA structures. They perhaps possess specific biological and chemical functions similar as identified G-quadruplex but can be formed by shorter G-rich sequences with only three G-tracts. However, until now, limited G-triplexes sequences have been reported, which might be due to the fact that their stability is one of the biggest concerns during their functional studies and application research. Herein, we found a G-rich sequence (5'-TGGGTAGGGCGGG-3') which can form a stable G-triplex (Tm ∼ 60 °C) at room temperature. The stable G-triplex can combine with thioflavin T and function as an efficient fluorescence light-up probe. Comparing with the traditional G-quadruplex based probe, this triplex based probe was easy to be controlled and excited. Finally, the probe was successfully applied into constructing a label-free molecular beacon for miRNA detection. Taking advantage of these abilities of the G-triplex based fluorescent probe, the challenges faced during designing G-rich sequences based fluorescent biosensors can be efficiently solved. These findings provide important information for the future application of G-triplex.
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- Hui Zhou
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Gannan Normal University , Ganzhou , 341000 , China
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Zhang H, Liu X, Liu M, Gao T, Huang Y, Liu Y, Zeng W. Gene detection: An essential process to precision medicine. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 99:625-636. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Liu S, Peng P, Wang H, Shi L, Li T. Thioflavin T binds dimeric parallel-stranded GA-containing non-G-quadruplex DNAs: a general approach to lighting up double-stranded scaffolds. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:12080-12089. [PMID: 29059300 PMCID: PMC5716147 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A molecular rotor thioflavin T (ThT) is usually used as a fluorescent ligand specific for G-quadruplexes. Here, we demonstrate that ThT can tightly bind non-G-quadruplex DNAs with several GA motifs and dimerize them in a parallel double-stranded mode, accompanied by over 100-fold enhancement in the fluorescence emission of ThT. The introduction of reverse Watson–Crick T-A base pairs into these dimeric parallel-stranded DNA systems remarkably favors the binding of ThT into the pocket between G•G and A•A base pairs, where ThT is encapsulated thereby restricting its two rotary aromatic rings in the excited state. A similar mechanism is also demonstrated in antiparallel DNA duplexes where several motifs of two consecutive G•G wobble base pairs are incorporated and serve as the active pockets for ThT binding. The insight into the interactions of ThT with non-G-quadruplex DNAs allows us to introduce a new concept for constructing DNA-based sensors and devices. As proof-of-concept experiments, we design a DNA triplex containing GA motifs in its Hoogsteen hydrogen-bonded two parallel strands as a pH-driven nanoswitch and two GA-containing parallel duplexes as novel metal sensing platforms where C–C and T–T mismatches are included. This work may find further applications in biological systems (e.g. disease gene detection) where parallel duplex or triplex stretches are involved.
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- Shuangna Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Tian R, Zhong J, Lu C, Duan X. Hydroxyl-triggered fluorescence for location of inorganic materials in polymer-matrix composites. Chem Sci 2017; 9:218-222. [PMID: 29629090 PMCID: PMC5869289 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03897f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We present a locating technique for inorganic materials in polymer-matrix composites through a post-labeling approach based on specific covalent binding.
There is a long-standing challenge to realize in situ visualization of incorporated inorganic materials in organic–inorganic composites in a post-labeling manner, owing to the lack of specific fluorescent organic dye molecules for targeting inorganic materials. Herein, we observe that the specific covalent B–O binding between the hydroxyl groups of inorganic materials and commercially available aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active boronic acid could lead to the formation of highly emissive solid-state fluorescent composite materials. The hydroxyl-triggered luminescent probe may serve as a practical method for in situ location of incorporated inorganic materials in polymer-matrix composites by simply dipping the composite film in boronic acid-modified AIE solution. This present work offers a non-invasive avenue to locate inorganic materials which possess hydroxyl-groups in polymer-matrix composites, thereby developing a convenient screening strategy for assessing the advanced properties of composites. This strategy can also be extended to the targeted tracing of other inorganic materials with inherent and functionalized carboxyl, amino, sulfhydryl and other groups via tuning the binding affinity between the inorganic materials and luminescent molecules.
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- Rui Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China . ; ; Tel: +86 10 64411957
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China . ; ; Tel: +86 10 64411957
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China . ; ; Tel: +86 10 64411957
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China . ; ; Tel: +86 10 64411957
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Ma H, Li W, Zhou W, Liu J. Site-Selective Labeling of Chromium(III) as a Quencher on DNA for Molecular Beacons. Chempluschem 2017; 82:1224-1230. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201700361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Huan Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry; Water Institute and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; Water Institute and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Central South University; Changsha Hunan 410013 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Water Institute and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
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Dembska A, Kierzek E, Juskowiak B. Studying the influence of stem composition in pH-sensitive molecular beacons onto their sensing properties. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 990:157-167. [PMID: 29029739 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Intracellular sensing using fluorescent molecular beacons is a potentially useful strategy for real-time, in vivo monitoring of important cellular events. This work is focused on evaluation of pyrene excimer signaling molecular beacons (MBs) for the monitoring of pH changes in vitro as well as inside living cells. The recognition element in our MB called pHSO (pH-sensitive oligonucleotide) is the loop enclosing cytosine-rich fragment that is able to form i-motif structure in a specific pH range. However, alteration of a sequence of the 6 base pairs containing stem of MB allowed the design of pHSO probes that exhibited different dynamic pH range and possessed slightly different transition midpoint between i-motif and open loop configuration. Moreover, this conformational transition was accompanied by spectral changes showing developed probes different pyrene excimer-monomer emission ratio triggered by pH changes. The potential of these MBs for intracellular pH sensing is demonstrated on the example of HeLa cells line.
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- Anna Dembska
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznan, Poland.
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Science, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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Label-free fluorescent assay of T4 polynucleotide kinase phosphatase activity based on G-quadruplexe−thioflavin T complex. Talanta 2017; 165:653-658. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Zhou W, Dong S. A new AgNC fluorescence regulation mechanism caused by coiled DNA and its applications in constructing molecular beacons with low background and large signal enhancement. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:12290-12293. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06872g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A AgNC fluorescence interference strategy caused by a coiled DNA sequence (A) and its applications in target DNA detection (B).
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- Weijun Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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Wang H, Peng P, Liu S, Li T. Thioflavin T behaves as an efficient fluorescent ligand for label-free ATP aptasensor. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:7927-7934. [PMID: 27682839 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9926-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Here, we for the first time demonstrated thioflavin T (ThT) as an efficient fluorescent ligand for 27-mer ATP-binding aptamer (ABA27), providing a novel signal readout mode for label-free selective ATP detection. ABA27 can promote the fluorescence emission of ThT with an unprecedentedly high efficiency, attributed to the specific structure of ABA27 rather than the G-tracts. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, fluorescence spectroscopy, and fluorometric titration reveal that ThT interacts with ABA27 with a lower binding affinity (Kd ~89 μM) than ATP, which allows ATP to easily compete with ThT for the DNA binder. In the presence of ThT, adding ATP induces ABA27 to undergo a structural change, thereby not favoring the binding to ThT, verified by circular dichroism and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. As a result, the fluorescence intensity of ThT decreases dramatically, enabling the sensitive detection of ATP with high selectivity over other analogs. Such a sensing strategy may make ThT able to serve as a facile signal reporter for DNA nanomechanical devices fueled with ATP. Graphical Abstract The principle of the displacement of ThT by ATP.
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- Huihui Wang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
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Kato T, Shimada I, Kimura R, Hyuga M. Light-up fluorophore--DNA aptamer pair for label-free turn-on aptamer sensors. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:4041-4. [PMID: 26891088 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08816j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We developed a light-up fluorophore-DNA aptamer pair for label-free aptamer sensors that fluoresce upon binding to the analyte. A 42mer DNA aptamer binding to the environment-sensitive fluorophore, dapoxyl, which increased the fluorescence by more than 700-fold upon binding, was successfully used to construct aptamer sensors by fusion with analyte-binding DNA aptamers.
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- Teru Kato
- Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan.
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Kikuchi N, Kolpashchikov DM. Split Spinach Aptamer for Highly Selective Recognition of DNA and RNA at Ambient Temperatures. Chembiochem 2016; 17:1589-92. [PMID: 27305425 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Split spinach aptamer (SSA) probes for fluorescent analysis of nucleic acids were designed and tested. In SSA design, two RNA or RNA/DNA strands hybridized to a specific nucleic acid analyte and formed a binding site for low-fluorescent 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone (DFHBI) dye, which resulted in up to a 270-fold increase in fluorescence. The major advantage of the SSA over state-of-the art fluorescent probes is high selectivity: it produces only background fluorescence in the presence of a single-base-mismatched analyte, even at room temperature. SSA is therefore a promising tool for label-free analysis of nucleic acids at ambient temperatures.
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- Nanami Kikuchi
- Chemistry Department, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL, 32816-2366, USA
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- Chemistry Department, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL, 32816-2366, USA.
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Ma C, Liu H, Li W, Chen H, Jin S, Wang J, Wang J. Label-free monitoring of DNA methyltransferase activity based on terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase using a thioflavin T probe. Mol Cell Probes 2016; 30:118-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Label-free molecular beacon for real-time monitoring of DNA polymerase activity. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:3275-80. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9398-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cheng H, Qiu X, Zhao X, Meng W, Huo D, Wei H. Functional Nucleic Acid Probe for Parallel Monitoring K+ and Protoporphyrin IX in Living Organisms. Anal Chem 2016; 88:2937-43. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hanjun Cheng
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department
of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
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- Department
of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
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- School
of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures,
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,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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Ma C, Jin S, Liu H, Xia K, Tang J, Wang K, Wang J. Thioflavin T as a fluorescence probe for label-free detection of T4 polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase and its inhibitors. Mol Cell Probes 2015; 29:500-502. [PMID: 26577032 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have developed a new methodology for label-free fluorescence turn-on detection of T4 polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase activity (T4 PNKP) using a Thioflavin T probe. This method is very sensitive with a 0.01 unit/mL limit of detection, which is better than those with labeled fluorophores. Furthermore, T4 PNKP inhibition by the inhibitor heparin is shown, demonstrating the potential to screen suitable inhibitor drugs for T4 PNKP.
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- Changbei Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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