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Olave B. DNA nanotechnology in ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2024; 44:941-961. [PMID: 37518062 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2023.2229950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Nucleic acids have the ability to generate advanced nanostructures in a controlled manner and can interact with target sequences or molecules with high affinity and selectivity. For this reason, they have applications in a variety of nanotechnology applications, from highly specific sensors to smart nanomachines and even in other applications such as enantioselective catalysis or drug delivery systems. However, a common disadvantage is the use of water as the ubiquitous solvent. The use of nucleic acids in non-aqueous solvents offers the opportunity to create a completely new toolbox with unprecedented degrees of freedom. Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are the most promising alternative solvents due to their unique electrolyte and solvent roles, as well as their ability to maintain the stability and functionality of nucleic acids. This review aims to be a comprehensive, critical, and accessible evaluation of how much this goal has been achieved and what are the most critical parameters for accomplishing a breakthrough.
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- Beñat Olave
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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Malekjahani A, Lekuti AA, Valiente PA, Osborne M, Li VYC, Kim PM, Chan WCW. Engineering a Rigid Nucleic Acid Structure to Improve the Limit of Detection for Genetic Assays. Anal Chem 2024; 96:9729-9736. [PMID: 38801277 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c02124] [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: 05/29/2024]
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Detecting nucleic acids at ultralow concentrations is critical for research and clinical applications. Particle-based assays are commonly used to detect nucleic acids. However, DNA hybridization on particle surfaces is inefficient due to the instability of tethered sequences, which negatively influences the assay's detection sensitivity. Here, we report a method to stabilize sequences on particle surfaces using a double-stranded linker at the 5' end of the tethered sequence. We termed this method Rigid Double Stranded Genomic Linkers for Improved DNA Analysis (RIGID-DNA). Our method led to a 3- and 100-fold improvement of the assays' clinical and analytical sensitivity, respectively. Our approach can enhance the hybridization efficiency of particle-based assays without altering existing assay workflows. This approach can be adapted to other platforms and surfaces to enhance the detection sensitivity.
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- Ayden Malekjahani
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Dixit S, Middelkoop TC, Choubey S. Governing principles of transcriptional logic out of equilibrium. Biophys J 2024; 123:1015-1029. [PMID: 38486450 PMCID: PMC11052701 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024] Open
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To survive, adapt, and develop, cells respond to external and internal stimuli by tightly regulating transcription. Transcriptional regulation involves the combinatorial binding of a repertoire of transcription factors to DNA, which often results in switch-like binary outputs akin to Boolean logic gates. Recent experimental studies have demonstrated that in eukaryotes, transcription factor binding to DNA often involves energy expenditure, thereby driving the system out of equilibrium. The governing principles of transcriptional logic operations out of equilibrium remain unexplored. Here, we employ a simple two-input, single-locus model of transcription that can accommodate both equilibrium and nonequilibrium mechanisms. Using this model, we find that nonequilibrium regimes can give rise to all the logic operations accessible in equilibrium. Strikingly, energy expenditure alters the regulatory function of the two transcription factors in a mutually exclusive manner. This allows for the emergence of new logic operations that are inaccessible in equilibrium. Overall, our results show that energy expenditure can expand the range of cellular decision-making without the need for more complex promoter architectures.
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- Smruti Dixit
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Chennai, India.
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- Laboratory of Developmental Mechanobiology, Division BIOCEV, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Chennai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Mumbai, India.
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Dey S, Rivas-Barbosa R, Sciortino F, Zaccarelli E, Zijlstra P. Biomolecular interactions on densely coated nanoparticles: a single-molecule perspective. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:4872-4879. [PMID: 38318671 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr06140j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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DNA-modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) play a pivotal role in bio-nanotechnology, driving advancements in bio-sensing, bio-imaging, and drug delivery. Synthetic protocols have focused on maximizing the receptor density on particles by fine-tuning chemical conditions, particularly for DNA. Despite their significance, the understanding of hybridization kinetics on functionalized AuNPs is lacking, particularly how this kinetics depends on DNA density and to what extent it varies from particle-to-particle. This study explores the molecular mechanisms of DNA hybridization on densely coated AuNPs by employing a combination of single-molecule microscopy and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations providing a quantification of the molecular rate constants for single particles. Our findings demonstrate that DNA receptor density and the presence of spacer strands profoundly impact association kinetics, with short spacers enhancing association rates by up to ∼15-fold. In contrast, dissociation kinetics are largely unaffected by receptor density within the studied range. Single-particle analysis directly reveals variability in hybridization kinetics, which is analyzed in terms of intra- and inter-particle heterogeneity. A coarse-grained DNA model that quantifies hybridization kinetics on densely coated surfaces further corroborates our experimental results, additionally shedding light on how transient base pairing within the DNA coating influences kinetics. This integrated approach underscores the value of single-molecule studies and simulations for understanding DNA dynamics on densely coated nanoparticle surfaces, offering guidance for designing DNA-functionalized nanoparticles in sensor applications.
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- Swayandipta Dey
- Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Applied Physics and Science Education, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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- Dipartmento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale Moro 5, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Dipartmento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale Moro 5, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Dipartmento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale Moro 5, Roma I-00185, Italy
- CNR Institute of Complex Systems, Uos Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Applied Physics and Science Education, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Qiao YP, Ren CL. Correlated Hybrid DNA Structures Explored by the oxDNA Model. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:109-117. [PMID: 38154122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Thermodynamically, perfect DNA hybridization can be formed between probes and their corresponding targets due to the favorable energy. However, this is not the case dynamically. Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations based on the oxDNA model to investigate the process of DNA microarray hybridization. In general, correlated hybrid DNA structures are formed, including one probe associated with several targets as well as one target hybrid with multiple probes leading to the target-mediated hybridization. The formation of these two types of correlated structures largely depends on the surface coverage of the DNA microarray. Moreover, DNA sequence, DNA length, and spacer length have an impact on the structural formation. Our findings shed light on the dynamics of DNA hybridization, which is important for the application of DNA microarray.
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- Ye-Peng Qiao
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Skóra T, Janssen M, Carlson A, Kondrat S. Crowding-Regulated Binding of Divalent Biomolecules. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:258401. [PMID: 37418731 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.258401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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Macromolecular crowding affects biophysical processes as diverse as diffusion, gene expression, cell growth, and senescence. Yet, there is no comprehensive understanding of how crowding affects reactions, particularly multivalent binding. Herein, we use scaled particle theory and develop a molecular simulation method to investigate the binding of monovalent to divalent biomolecules. We find that crowding can increase or reduce cooperativity-the extent to which the binding of a second molecule is enhanced after binding a first molecule-by orders of magnitude, depending on the sizes of the involved molecular complexes. Cooperativity generally increases when a divalent molecule swells and then shrinks upon binding two ligands. Our calculations also reveal that, in some cases, crowding enables binding that does not occur otherwise. As an immunological example, we consider immunoglobulin G-antigen binding and show that crowding enhances its cooperativity in bulk but reduces it when an immunoglobulin G binds antigens on a surface.
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- Tomasz Skóra
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
- Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Mechanics Division, University of Oslo, N-0851 Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, N-0379 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pb 5003, 1433 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Mathematics, Mechanics Division, University of Oslo, N-0851 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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Noncanonical DNA Cleavage by BamHI Endonuclease in Laterally Confined DNA Monolayers Is a Step Function of DNA Density and Sequence. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27165262. [PMID: 36014501 PMCID: PMC9416302 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27165262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cleavage of DNA at noncanonical recognition sequences by restriction endonucleases (star activity) in bulk solution can be promoted by global experimental parameters, including enzyme or substrate concentration, temperature, pH, or buffer composition. To study the effect of nanoscale confinement on the noncanonical behaviour of BamHI, which cleaves a single unique sequence of 6 bp, we used AFM nanografting to generate laterally confined DNA monolayers (LCDM) at different densities, either in the form of small patches, several microns in width, or complete monolayers of thiol-modified DNA on a gold surface. We focused on two 44-bp DNAs, each containing a noncanonical BamHI site differing by 2 bp from the cognate recognition sequence. Topographic AFM imaging was used to monitor end-point reactions by measuring the decrease in the LCDM height with respect to the surrounding reference surface. At low DNA densities, BamHI efficiently cleaves only its cognate sequence while at intermediate DNA densities, noncanonical sequence cleavage occurs, and can be controlled in a stepwise (on/off) fashion by varying the DNA density and restriction site sequence. This study shows that endonuclease action on noncanonical sites in confined nanoarchitectures can be modulated by varying local physical parameters, independent of global chemical parameters.
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Myres GJ, Peterson EM, Harris JM. Confocal Raman Microscopy Enables Label-Free, Quantitative, and Structurally Informative Detection of DNA Hybridization at Porous Silica Surfaces. Anal Chem 2021; 93:7978-7986. [PMID: 34037395 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Characterization of DNA at solid/liquid interfaces remains a challenge because most surface-sensitive techniques are unable to provide quantitative insight into the base content, length, or structure. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurements of DNA hybridization on plasmonic-metal substrates have been used to overcome small Raman-scattering cross-sections; however, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy measurements are not generally quantitative due to the fall-off in the scattering signal with the decay of the electric field enhancement from the surface, which also limits the length of oligonucleotides that can be investigated. In this work, we introduce an experimental methodology in which confocal Raman microscopy is used to characterize hybridization reactions of ssDNA immobilized at the solid/liquid interface of porous silica particles. By focusing the femtoliter confocal probe volume within a single porous particle, signal enhancement arises from the ∼1500-times greater surface area detected compared to a planar substrate. Because the porous support is a purely dielectric material, the scattering signal is independent of the proximity of the oligonucleotide to the silica surface. With this technique, we characterize a 19-mer capture strand and determine its hybridization efficiency with 9-mer and 16-mer target sequences from the scattering of a structurally insensitive phosphate-stretching mode. Changes in polarizability and frequency of scattering from DNA bases were observed, which are consistent with Watson-Crick base pairing. Quantification of base content from their duplex scattering intensities allows us to discriminate between hybridization of two target strands of equivalent length but with different recognition sequences. A duplex having a single-nucleotide polymorphism could be distinguished from hybridization of a fully complementary strand based on differences in base content and duplex conformation.
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- Grant J Myres
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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Fujimoto K, Watanabe N. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization of 16S rRNA in
Escherichia coli
Using Multiple Photo‐Cross‐Linkable Probes. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202003343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Kenzo Fujimoto
- School of Advanced Science and Technology Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Asahidai 1–1, Nomi Ishikawa 923-1292 Japan
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- School of Advanced Science and Technology Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Asahidai 1–1, Nomi Ishikawa 923-1292 Japan
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Su S, Ma J, Xu Y, Pan H, Zhu D, Chao J, Weng L, Wang L. Electrochemical Analysis of Target-Induced Hairpin-Mediated Aptamer Sensors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:48133-48139. [PMID: 32955243 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The state of probe DNA at the biosensing interface greatly affects the detection performance of electrochemical DNA biosensors. Herein, we constructed a target-induced hairpin-mediated biosensing interface to study the effect of probe DNA on the analytical performance of adenosine triphosphate aptamer (ATPA) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) detection. Moreover, we also explored the electrochemical contribution of the coexisting hairpin and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) to this sensing interface. Experimental results suggested that the molecular recognition ability and detection performance of the biosensing interface were majorly dependent on the surface density of methylene blue (MB)-labeled probe hairpin DNA and partly affected by the spatial state of the formed dsDNA. When the surface density of hairpin DNA was moderate (5.72 pmol cm-2), this sensing interface determined as low as 0.74 fM ATPA and 5.04 pM ATP with high selectivity and excellent regeneration, respectively. Furthermore, we calculated that the formed dsDNA had a 31.87% contribution in the total electrochemical signal for 10 pM ATPA detection. Based on the above results, we designed an XOR logic gate based on the biosensing interface for ATPA and ATP detection.
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- Shao Su
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- College of Geography and Biological Information, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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Leung KK, Martens I, Yu HZ, Bizzotto D. Measuring and Controlling the Local Environment of Surface-Bound DNA in Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold When Prepared Using Potential-Assisted Deposition. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:6837-6847. [PMID: 32484684 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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DNA self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were prepared using potential-assisted deposition on clean gold single-crystal bead electrodes under a number of conditions (constant or square-wave potential perturbations in TRIS or phosphate immobilization buffers with and without Cl-). The local environment around the fluorophore-labeled DNA tethered to the electrode surface was characterized using in situ fluorescence microscopy during electrochemical measurements as a function of the underlying surface crystallography. Potential-assisted deposition from a TRIS buffer containing Cl- created DNA SAMs that were uniformly distributed on the surface with little preference to the underlying crystallography. A constant (+0.4 V/SCE) or a square-wave potential perturbation (+0.4 to -0.3 V/SCE, 50 Hz) resulted in similar DNA-modified surfaces in TRIS immobilization buffer. Deposition using a square-wave potential without Cl- resulted in lower DNA surface coverage. Despite this, the local environment around the DNA in the SAM appears to be densely packed. This implies the formation of clusters of densely packed DNA in the SAM. This effect was also demonstrated when depositing from a phosphate buffer. DNA clusters were significantly reduced when Cl- was present in the buffer. Clusters were most prevalent on the low-index plane surfaces (e.g., {111} and {100}) and less on the higher-index planes (e.g., {210} or {311}). A mechanism is proposed to rationalize the formation of DNA-clustered regions for deposition using a square-wave potential perturbation. The conditions for creating clusters of DNA in a SAM or for preventing these clusters from forming provide an approach for tailoring the surfaces used for biosensing.
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- Kaylyn K Leung
- AMPEL, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- AMPEL, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- AMPEL, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Lansakara TI, Morris HS, Singh P, Kohen A, Tivanski AV. Rigid Double-Stranded DNA Linkers for Single Molecule Enzyme-Drug Interaction Measurements Using Molecular Recognition Force Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:4174-4183. [PMID: 32233509 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Single-molecule studies can reveal the distribution of states and interactions between ligand-enzyme complexes not accessible for most studies that measure a large ensemble average response of many molecules. Furthermore, in some biological applications, the information regarding the outliers, not the average of measured properties, can be more important. The high spatial and force resolution provided by atomic force microscopy (AFM) under physiological conditions has been utilized in this study to quantify the force-distance relations of enzyme-drug interactions. Different immobilization techniques of the protein to a surface and the drug to AFM tip were quantitatively compared to improve the accuracy and precision of the measurement. Protein that is directly bound to the surface, forming a monolayer, was compared to enzyme molecules bound to the surface with rigid double-stranded (ds) DNA spacers. These surfaces immobilization techniques were studied with the drug bound directly to the AFM tip and drug bound via flexible poly(ethylene glycol) and rigid dsDNA linkers. The activity of the enzyme was found to be not significantly altered by immobilization methods relative to its activity in solution. The findings indicate that the approach for studying drug-enzyme interaction based on rigid dsDNA linker on the surface and either flexible or rigid linker on the tip affords straightforward, highly specific, reproducible, and accurate force measurements with a potential for single-molecule level studies. The method could facilitate in-depth examination of a broad spectrum of biological targets and potential drugs.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Traeger JC, Schwartz DK. Interplay of electrostatic repulsion and surface grafting density on surface-mediated DNA hybridization. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 566:369-374. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.01.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Peterson EM, Reece EJ, Li W, Harris JM. Super-Resolution Imaging of Competitive Unlabeled DNA Hybridization Reveals the Influence of Fluorescent Labels on Duplex Formation and Dissociation Kinetics. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:10746-10756. [PMID: 31731835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b09736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Single-molecule fluorescence imaging is a powerful method to measure reversible reaction kinetics, allowing one to monitor the bound state of individual probe molecules with fluorescently labeled targets. In the case of DNA hybridization, previous studies have shown that the presence of a fluorescent label on a target strand can exhibit significant influence on the stability of a DNA duplex that is formed. In this work, we have developed a super-resolution imaging method to measure the hybridization kinetics of unlabeled target DNA that compete with a fluorescently labeled tracer DNA strand to hybridize with an unlabeled probe DNA immobilized at a surface. The hybridization of an unlabeled DNA target cannot be detected directly, but its presence blocks the immobilized probe DNA, influencing the measured time intervals between labeled DNA hybridization events. We derive a model for competitive hybridization kinetics to extract the association and dissociation rate constants of the unlabeled species from the distribution of time intervals between hybridization events of the labeled tracer DNA at individual localized DNA probe sites. We use this methodology to determine the hybridization kinetics of a model 11-mer unlabeled target DNA strand and then determine how five different fluorescent labels attached to the same target DNA strand impact the hybridization kinetics. Compared to the unlabeled target, these labels can slow the association and dissociation rates by as much as a factor of 5. The super-resolution time-interval methodology provides a unique approach to determining fundamental (label-free) rates of DNA hybridization, revealing the significant influence of fluorescent labels on these kinetics. This measurement concept can be extended to studies of other reversible reaction systems, where kinetics of unlabeled species can be determined from their influence on the reaction of a labeled species with localized probe molecules on a surface.
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- Eric M Peterson
- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112-0850 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112-0850 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112-0850 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112-0850 , United States
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Traeger JC, Lamberty Z, Schwartz DK. Influence of Oligonucleotide Grafting Density on Surface-Mediated DNA Transport and Hybridization. ACS NANO 2019; 13:7850-7859. [PMID: 31244029 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b02157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Adsorption of soluble DNA to surfaces decorated with complementary DNA plays an important role in many bionanotechnology applications, and previous studies have reported complex dependencies of the surface density of immobilized DNA on hybridization. While these effects have been speculatively ascribed to steric or electrostatic effects, the influence of surface-mediated molecular transport (i.e., intermittent "hopping diffusion") has not been fully appreciated. Here, single-molecule tracking and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) were employed to characterize the mobility and the hybridization efficiency of adsorbed ssDNA oligonucleotides ("target") at solid-liquid interfaces exhibiting surface-immobilized ssDNA ("probe") over a wide range of surface grafting densities. Two distinct regimes were observed, with qualitatively different transport and hybridization behaviors. At dilute grafting density, only 1-3% of target molecules were observed to associate with probes (i.e., to hybridize). Adsorbing target molecules often searched unsuccessfully and "flew", via desorption-mediated diffusion, to secondary locations before hybridizing. In contrast, at high probe grafting density, approximately 20% of target DNA hybridized to immobilized probes, and almost always in the vicinity of initial adsorption. Moreover, following a dehybridization event, target molecules rehybridized at high probe density, but rehybridization was infrequent in the dilute density regime. Interestingly, the intermittent interfacial transport of mobile target molecules was suppressed by the presence of immobilized probe DNA, presumably due to an increased probability of readsorption following each "hop". Together, these findings suggested that many salient effects of grafting density on surface-mediated DNA hybridization can be directly related to the mechanisms of surface-mediated intermittent diffusion.
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- Jeremiah C Traeger
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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Ma Y, Teng F, Libera M. Solid-Phase Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification and Length-Scale Effects during RNA Amplification. Anal Chem 2018; 90:6532-6539. [PMID: 29653055 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Solid-phase oligonucleotide amplification is of interest because of possible applications to next-generation sequencing, multiplexed microarray-based detection, and cell-free synthetic biology. Its efficiency is, however, less than that of traditional liquid-phase amplification involving unconstrained primers and enzymes, and understanding how to optimize the solid-phase amplification process remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate the concept of solid-phase nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (SP-NASBA) and use it to study the effect of tethering density on amplification efficiency. SP-NASBA involves two enzymes, avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase (AMV-RT) and RNase H, to convert tethered forward and reverse primers into tethered double-stranded DNA (ds-DNA) bridges from which RNA- amplicons can be generated by a third enzyme, T7 RNA polymerase. We create microgels on silicon surfaces using electron-beam patterning of thin-film blends of hydroxyl-terminated and biotin-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-OH, PEG-B). The tethering density is linearly related to the PEG-B concentration, and biotinylated primers and molecular beacon detection probes are tethered to streptavidin-activated microgels. While SP-NASBA is very efficient at low tethering densities, the efficiency decreases dramatically with increasing tethering density due to three effects: (a) a reduced hybridization efficiency of tethered molecular beacon detection probes; (b) a decrease in T7 RNA polymerase efficiency;
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- Youlong Ma
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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Vargas-Lara F, Starr FW, Douglas JF. Molecular rigidity and enthalpy-entropy compensation in DNA melting. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:8309-8330. [PMID: 29057399 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01220a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Enthalpy-entropy compensation (EEC) is observed in diverse molecular binding processes of importance to living systems and manufacturing applications, but this widely occurring phenomenon is not sufficiently understood from a molecular physics standpoint. To gain insight into this fundamental problem, we focus on the melting of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) since measurements exhibiting EEC are extensive for nucleic acid complexes and existing coarse-grained models of DNA allow us to explore the influence of changes in molecular parameters on the energetic parameters by using molecular dynamics simulations. Previous experimental and computational studies have indicated a correlation between EEC and changes in molecular rigidity in certain binding-unbinding processes, and, correspondingly, we estimate measures of DNA molecular rigidity under a wide range of conditions, along with resultant changes in the enthalpy and entropy of binding. In particular, we consider variations in dsDNA rigidity that arise from changes of intrinsic molecular rigidity such as varying the associative interaction strength between the DNA bases, the length of the DNA chains, and the bending stiffness of the individual DNA chains. We also consider extrinsic changes of molecular rigidity arising from the addition of polymer additives and geometrical confinement of DNA between parallel plates. All our computations confirm EEC and indicate that this phenomenon is indeed highly correlated with changes in molecular rigidity. However, two distinct patterns relating to how DNA rigidity influences the entropy of association emerge from our analysis. Increasing the intrinsic DNA rigidity increases the entropy of binding, but increases in molecular rigidity from external constraints decreases the entropy of binding. EEC arises in numerous synthetic and biological binding processes and we suggest that changes in molecular rigidity might provide a common origin of this ubiquitous phenomenon in the mutual binding and unbinding of complex molecules.
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- Fernando Vargas-Lara
- Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
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Seo SE, Li T, Senesi AJ, Mirkin CA, Lee B. The Role of Repulsion in Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:16528-16535. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Soyoung E. Seo
- Department
of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- X-ray
Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- X-ray
Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- X-ray
Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Marczak S, Smith E, Senapati S, Chang HC. Selectivity enhancements in gel-based DNA-nanoparticle assays by membrane-induced isotachophoresis: thermodynamics versus kinetics. Electrophoresis 2017; 38:2592-2602. [PMID: 28726313 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Selectivity against mutant nontargets with a few mismatches remains challenging in nucleic acid sensing. Sensitivity enhancement by analyte concentration does not improve selectivity because it affects targets and nontargets equally. Hydrodynamic or electrical shear enhanced selectivity is often accompanied by substantial losses in target signals, thereby leading to poor limits of detection. We introduce a platform based on depletion isotachophoresis in agarose gel generated by an ion-selective membrane that allows both selectivity and sensitivity enhancement with a two-step assay involving concentration polarization at an ion-selective membrane. By concentrating both the targets and probe-functionalized nanoparticles by ion enrichment at the membrane, the effective thermodynamic dissociation constant is lowered from 40 nM to below 500 pM, and the detection limit is 10 pM as reported previously. A dynamically optimized ion depletion front is then generated from the membrane with a high electrical shear force to selectively and irreversibly dehybridize nontargets. The optimized selectivity against a two-mismatch nontarget (in a 35-base pairing sequence) is shown to be better than the thermodynamic equilibrium selectivity by more than a hundred-fold, such that there is no detectable signal from the two-mismatch nontarget. We offer empirical evidence that irreversible cooperative dehybridization plays an important role in this kinetic selectivity enhancement and that mismatch location controls the optimum selectivity even when there is little change in the corresponding thermodynamic dissociation constant.
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- Steven Marczak
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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Rotella C, Doni G, Bosco A, Castronovo M, De Vita A, Casalis L, Pavan GM, Parisse P. Site accessibility tailors DNA cleavage by restriction enzymes in DNA confined monolayers. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:6399-6405. [PMID: 28453019 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00966f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density-tunable nanografted monolayers (NAMs) of short oligonucleotide sequences on gold surfaces show novel properties that make them suitable for advanced biosensing applications, and in particular to study the effects of crowding and confinement on biomolecular interactions. Here, combining atomic force microscopy nanolithography, topography measurements and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated restriction enzyme reaction mechanisms within confined DNA brushes highlighting the role played by the DNA sequence conformation and restriction site position along the chain, respectively, in determining the accessibility of the enzyme, and its consequent cleavage efficiency.
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- Chiara Rotella
- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, s.s. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
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Kanayama N, Sekine T, Ozasa K, Kishi S, Nyu T, Hayashi T, Maeda M. Terminal-Specific Interaction between Double-Stranded DNA Layers: Colloidal Dispersion Behavior and Surface Force. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:13296-13304. [PMID: 27951695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Double-stranded DNA-grafted nanoparticles (dsDNA-NPs) exhibit a unique dispersion behavior under high-salt conditions depending on the pairing status of their outermost base pairs (pairing or unpairing). The dsDNA-NPs having complementary (i.e., pairing) outermost base pairs spontaneously aggregate under high-salt conditions, but not when their outermost base pairs are mismatched (unpairing). In this study, we used colloidal probe atomic force microscopy to examine how the outermost base pairs affect the interaction between the dsDNA-grafted layers (dsDNA layers). To precisely assess the subtle structural differences in the dsDNA layers, we developed a method for the formation of a homogenous dsDNA layer on gold surfaces using hairpin-shaped DNAs. Homogenous dsDNA layers having complementary (G-C) or mismatched (C-C) outermost base pairs were grafted onto the surfaces of colloidal probes and gold substrates. Force-distance curves measured in an aqueous medium under high-salt conditions revealed that the surface forces between the dsDNA layers were bilateral in nature and were governed by the outermost base pairs. Between complementary outermost dsDNA layers, the surface force changed from repulsive to attractive with an increase in the NaCl concentration (10-1000 mM). The attraction observed under high-salt conditions was attributed to the site-specific interaction proceeded only between complementary dsDNA terminals, the so-called blunt-end stacking. In fact, between mismatched outermost dsDNA layers, the repulsive force was mostly dominant within the same NaCl concentration range. Our results clearly revealed that the pairing status of the outermost base pairs has significant implications for the surface forces between dsDNA layers, leading to the unique dispersion behavior of dsDNA-NPs.
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- Naoki Kanayama
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University , 4-7-1 Wakasato, Nagano, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8502, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8502, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8502, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Choi S, Lee G, Park IS, Son M, Kim W, Lee H, Lee SY, Na S, Yoon DS, Bashir R, Park J, Lee SW. Detection of Silver Ions Using Dielectrophoretic Tweezers-Based Force Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2016; 88:10867-10875. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Seungyeop Choi
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
- School
of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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Ma Y, Libera M. Molecular Crowding Effects on Microgel-Tethered Oligonucleotide Probes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:6551-6558. [PMID: 27253904 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Microgel tethering is a nontraditional method with which to bind oligonucleotide hybridization probes to a solid surface. Microgel-tethering physically positions the probes away from the underlying hard substrate and maintains them in a highly waterlike environment. This paper addresses the question of whether molecular crowding affects the performance of microgel-tethered molecular beacon probes. The density of probe-tethering sites is controlled experimentally using thin-film blends of biotin-terminated [PEG-B] and hydroxyl-terminated [PEG-OH] poly(ethylene glycol) from which microgels are synthesized and patterned by electron beam lithography. Fluorescence measurements indicate that the number of streptavidins, linear DNA probes, hairpin probes, and molecular beacon probes bound to the microgels increases linearly with increasing PEG-B/PEG-OH ratio. For a given tethering-site concentration, more linear probes can bind than structured probes. Crowding effects emerge during the hybridization of microgel-tethered molecular beacons but not during the hybridization of linear probes, as the tethering density increases. Crowding during hybridization is associated with conformational constraints imposed by the close proximity of closed and hybridized structured probes. The signal-to-background ratio (SBR) of hybridized beacons is highest and roughly constant for low tethering densities and decreases at the highest tethering densities. Despite differences between microgel tethering and traditional oligonucleotide surface-immobilization approaches, these results show that crowding defines an optimum tethering density for molecular beacon probes that is less than the maximum possible, which is consistent with previous studies involving various linear and structured oligonucleotide probes.
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- Youlong Ma
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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Lei QL, Feng JW, Ding HM, Ren CL, Ma YQ. Modeling Stretching-Induced Immiscibility in Nonmonodisperse Polymer Systems. ACS Macro Lett 2015; 4:1033-1038. [PMID: 35596442 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The behavior of polymer chains under stretching is a classical problem in polymer science. However, a fundamental question still in mist is how the stretching affects the interactions between polymer chains, especially when the tensions on the chains are unequal. In this work, we combine statistical theory and molecular simulations to study the influence of this tension disparity on the miscibility of athermal polymer systems. Through a minimal model, we demonstrate that when polymer chains of different lengths are under the same stretching disparate tension states among polymer chains can lead to either macroscopic or microscopic phase separation, depending on whether their ending points are mobile or not. Generally, the immiscibility found here is an entropic effect arising from conformational asymmetry between unequally stretched polymer chains. Our findings provide a new mechanism to explain the flow-induced demixing in polymer blends and indicate that heterogeneous structure can occur during stretching, simply as a result of nonmonodispersity in elastic polymer materials.
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- Qun-li Lei
- National
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Center
for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- National
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National
Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Center
for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Elder RM, Pfaendtner J, Jayaraman A. Effect of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces on the Stability of Double-Stranded DNA. Biomacromolecules 2015; 16:1862-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Robert M. Elder
- U.S. Army Research
Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD 21005, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Departments
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science and
Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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