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Pirojsirikul T, Lee VS, Nimmanpipug P. Unraveling Bacterial Single-Stranded Sequence Specificities: Insights from Molecular Dynamics and MMPBSA Analysis of Oligonucleotide Probes. Mol Biotechnol 2024; 66:582-591. [PMID: 38374320 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01082-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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We utilized molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MMPBSA) free energy calculations to investigate the specificity of two oligonucleotide probes, namely probe B and probe D, in detecting single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) within three bacteria families: Enterobacteriaceae, Pasteurellaceae, and Vibrionaceae. Due to the limited understanding of molecular mechanisms in the previous research, we have extended the discussion to focus specifically on investigating the binding process of bacteria-probe DNA duplexes, with an emphasis on analyzing the binding free energy. The role of electrostatic contributions in the specificity between the oligonucleotide probes and the bacterial ssDNAs was investigated and found to be crucial. Our calculations yielded results that were highly consistent with the experimental data. Through our study, we have successfully exhibited the benefits of utilizing in-silico approaches as a powerful virtual-screening tool, particularly in research areas that demand a thorough comprehension of molecular interactions.
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- Teerapong Pirojsirikul
- Division of Physical Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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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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Kuba M, Pohl R, Kraus T, Hocek M. Nucleotides Bearing Red Viscosity-Sensitive Dimethoxy-Bodipy Fluorophore for Enzymatic Incorporation and DNA Labeling. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:133-139. [PMID: 36519639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Nucleosides and 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) bearing 3,3'-dimethoxy-2,2'-diphenyl-6-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-bodipy fluorophore attached through a propargyl or propargyl-triethylene glycol linker to position 5 of 2'-deoxycytidine were designed and synthesized. They exerted bright red fluorescence and good sensitivity to viscosity changing their lifetime from 1.6 to 4.5 ns. The modifed dNTPs were substrates for DNA polymerases and were used in enzymatic synthesis of labeled DNA through primer extension. The modified DNA probes served as viscosity sensors responding to protein binding by changes of lifetime. The nucleotide with longer linker (dCpegMOBTP) was transported to live cells and incorporated into the genomic DNA, which can be useful for staining of DNA and imaging of DNA synthesis.
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- Miroslav Kuba
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Dziuba D. Environmentally sensitive fluorescent nucleoside analogues as probes for nucleic acid - protein interactions: molecular design and biosensing applications. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2022; 10. [PMID: 35738250 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ac7bd8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Fluorescent nucleoside analogues (FNAs) are indispensable in studying the interactions of nucleic acids with nucleic acid-binding proteins. By replacing one of the poorly emissive natural nucleosides, FNAs enable real-time optical monitoring of the binding interactions in solutions, under physiologically relevant conditions, with high sensitivity. Besides that, FNAs are widely used to probe conformational dynamics of biomolecular complexes using time-resolved fluorescence methods. Because of that, FNAs are tools of high utility for fundamental biological research, with potential applications in molecular diagnostics and drug discovery. Here I review the structural and physical factors that can be used for the conversion of the molecular binding events into a detectable fluorescence output. Typical environmentally sensitive FNAs, their properties and applications, and future challenges in the field are discussed.
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- Dmytro Dziuba
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Grand Est, 67401, FRANCE
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Nielsen LDF, Hansen-Bruhn M, Nijenhuis MAD, Gothelf KV. Protein-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement and Quenching in a Homogeneous DNA-Based Assay for Rapid Detection of Small-Molecule Drugs in Human Plasma. ACS Sens 2022; 7:856-865. [PMID: 35239321 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c02642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Homogeneous assays for determining the concentration of small molecules in biological fluids are of importance for monitoring blood levels of critical drugs in patients. We have developed a strand displacement competition assay for the drugs dabigatran, methotrexate, and linezolid, which allows detection and determination of the concentration of the drugs in plasma; however, a surprising kinetic behavior of the assay was observed with an initial rapid change in apparent FRET values. We found that protein-induced fluorescent enhancement or quenching (PIFE/Q) caused the initial change in fluorescence within the first minute after addition of protein, which could be exploited to construct assays for concentration determination within minutes in the low nanomolar range in plasma. A kinetic model for the assay was established, and when taking the new finding into account, the in silico simulations were in good agreement with the experimentally observed results. Utilizing these findings, a simpler assay was constructed for detection of dabigatran, which allowed for detection within minutes without any time dependencies.
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- Line D. F. Nielsen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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A highly specific aptamer probe targeting PD-L1 in tumor tissue sections: Mutation favors specificity. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1185:339066. [PMID: 34711320 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although DNA aptamers can show comparable affinity to antibodies and have the advantage of having high batch-to-batch consistency, they often suffer from unsatisfied specificity for complex samples. The limited library size used for aptamer in vitro isolation (SELEX) has been recognized as one of the major reasons. Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is both a key protein in cancer diagnostics and also immunotherapy. We report here a DNA aptamer that highly specifically binds PD-L1 expressed on the surface of various cancer cells and multiple types of tissue sections. The aptamers were selected from a DNA library containing a type II restriction endonuclease Alu I recognition site in the middle of the 40-nt random sequences, against recombinant PD-L1 rather than the whole cell or tissue section. The library enrichment was achieved by Alu I mediated-SELEX, named as REase-SELEX, in which Alu I cut off the non-binders at the recognition site and, more importantly, induced library mutations to substantially increase the library diversity. 8-60, a representative aptamer with high affinity (KD = 1.4 nM determined by SPR) successfully detected four types of cancer cells with PD-L1 expression levels from low to high by flow cytometry, normal human tonsil (gold standard for PD-L1 antibody evaluation), clinical non-small cell lung cancer (high PD-L1 expression level), and malignant melanoma (low PD-L1 expression level) tissue sections by fluorescence microscopy imaging, showing unprecedented high specificity. The results demonstrate that 8-60 is an advanced probe for PD-L1 cancer diagnostics and mutations in SELEX greatly favor aptamer specificity.
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Dziuba D, Didier P, Ciaco S, Barth A, Seidel CAM, Mély Y. Fundamental photophysics of isomorphic and expanded fluorescent nucleoside analogues. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:7062-7107. [PMID: 33956014 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00194a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Fluorescent nucleoside analogues (FNAs) are structurally diverse mimics of the natural essentially non-fluorescent nucleosides which have found numerous applications in probing the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids as well as their interactions with various biomolecules. In order to minimize disturbance in the labelled nucleic acid sequences, the FNA chromophoric groups should resemble the natural nucleobases in size and hydrogen-bonding patterns. Isomorphic and expanded FNAs are the two groups that best meet the criteria of non-perturbing fluorescent labels for DNA and RNA. Significant progress has been made over the past decades in understanding the fundamental photophysics that governs the spectroscopic and environmentally sensitive properties of these FNAs. Herein, we review recent advances in the spectroscopic and computational studies of selected isomorphic and expanded FNAs. We also show how this information can be used as a rational basis to design new FNAs, select appropriate sequences for optimal spectroscopic response and interpret fluorescence data in FNA applications.
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- Dmytro Dziuba
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France. and Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
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Ma DL, Wu C, Liu H, Wu KJ, Leung CH. Luminescence approaches for the rapid detection of disease-related receptor proteins using transition metal-based probes. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:3249-3260. [PMID: 31647090 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb01889a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Protein biomarkers, particularly abnormally expressed receptor proteins, have been proved to be one of the crucial biomarkers for the rapid assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of specific human diseases. Transition metal based strategies in particular possess delightful strengths in the in-field and real-time visualization of receptor proteins owing to their unique photophysical properties. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the development of detection methods for receptor protein biomarkers using transition metal based approaches, particularly those employing transition metal complexes. We first discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various strategies used for protein biomarker monitoring in live cells. We then describe the principles of the various sensing platforms and their application for receptor protein detection. Finally, we discuss the challenges and future inspirations in this specific field.
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- Dik-Lung Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
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Feng Y, Shu J, Yao L, Lan Y, Ye L, Mei W, Ding Y. Recognizing and stabilizing miR-21 by chiral ruthenium(II) complexes. BMC Chem 2020; 14:26. [PMID: 32266333 PMCID: PMC7119291 DOI: 10.1186/s13065-020-00672-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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MiR-21, a non-coding miRNA with 22 nucleotides, plays an important part in the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of tumor cells. The present study demonstrates that isomers of chiral ruthenium(II) complexes with alkynes (Λ-1 and Δ-1) were synthesized by Songogashira coupling reaction by using microwave-assisted synthetic technology. The isomers can recognize and stabilize miR-21, with the Λ-isomer showing a stronger binding capacity than the Δ-isomer. Further studies showed that both isomers can be uptaken by MDA-MB-231 cells and enriched in the nucleus. Treatment with the Λ-/Δ-isomer downregulated the expression of miR-21. In a word, the development of chiral ruthenium(II) complexes act as potential inhibitors against tumor cells by recognizing, stabilizing, and regulating the expression of miR-21.
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- Yin Feng
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510062 China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006 China
- Guangdong Province Engineering Center for Molecular Probe & Biomedical Imaging, Guangzhou, 510006 China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510062 China
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- Guangdong Province Engineering Center for Molecular Probe & Biomedical Imaging, Guangzhou, 510006 China
- School of Nursing, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006 China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006 China
- Guangdong Province Engineering Center for Molecular Probe & Biomedical Imaging, Guangzhou, 510006 China
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Construction and Application of New Drug Screening Model System, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006 China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006 China
- Guangdong Province Engineering Center for Molecular Probe & Biomedical Imaging, Guangzhou, 510006 China
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Construction and Application of New Drug Screening Model System, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006 China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510062 China
- Guangdong Province Engineering Center for Molecular Probe & Biomedical Imaging, Guangzhou, 510006 China
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Li Z, Wang X, Xu D, Zhang D, Wang D, Dai X, Wang Q, Li Z, Gu Y, Ouyang W, Zhao S, Huang B, Gong J, Zhao J, Chen A, Shen Y, Dong Y, Zhang W, Xu X, Xu C, Jiang Y. DNB-based on-chip motif finding: A high-throughput method to profile different types of protein-DNA interactions. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eabb3350. [PMID: 32789179 PMCID: PMC7399529 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb3350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Here, we report a sensitive DocMF system that uses next-generation sequencing chips to profile protein-DNA interactions. Using DocMF, we successfully identified a variety of endonuclease recognition sites and the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequences of different CRISPR systems. DocMF can simultaneously screen both 5' and 3' PAMs with high coverage. For SpCas9, we found noncanonical 5'-NAG-3' (~5%) and 5'-NGA-3' (~1.6%), in addition to its common PAMs, 5'-NGG-3' (~89.9%). More relaxed PAM sequences of two uncharacterized Cas endonucleases, VeCas9 and BvCas12a, were extensively characterized using DocMF. Moreover, we observed that dCas9, a DNA binding protein lacking endonuclease activity, preferably bound to the previously reported 5'-NGG-3' sequence. In summary, our studies demonstrate that DocMF is the first tool with the capacity to exhaustively assay both the binding and the cutting properties of different DNA binding proteins.
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Complete Genomics Inc., 2904 Orchard Pkwy, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Innovative Molecular Diagnostics, BGI-ShenzhenShenzhen 518083, China
- Guangdong Provincial Academician Workstation of BGI Synthetic Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Complete Genomics Inc., 2904 Orchard Pkwy, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
- MGI, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
- Complete Genomics Inc., 2904 Orchard Pkwy, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
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Yasun E, Neff B, Trusty T, Boskic L, Mezić I. Electrokinetic mixing in electrode-embedded multiwell plates to improve the diffusion limited kinetics of biosensing platforms. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1106:79-87. [PMID: 32145858 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rapid and accurate biosensing with low concentrations of the analytes is usually challenged by the diffusion limited reaction kinetics. Thus, as a remedy, long incubation times or excess amounts of the reagents are employed to ensure the reactions to go to completion. Therefore, mixing becomes both a serious problem and necessity to overcome that diffusion limitation and homogenize the samples, especially for the biochemical reactions that take place in multiwell plates. Because the current mixing platforms such as shakers/vortexers, sonicators, magnetic stirrers and acoustic mixers have disadvantages including, but not limited to, being invasive/harfmul to the samples, causing the samples to splash out or stick to the walls of the wells and allowing foreign compartments to enter the solutions in the wells. Here we propose a noninvasive and safer (considering the risk of sample loss) technology that provides electrokinetic-mixing (EKM) of the reagents placed in electrode-embedded multiwell plates where the incubation times, or in other words, the time required for the desired molecules to meet in stationary solutions, can be reduced substantially. In order to demonstrate the power of this innovation, in this specific case, a simple Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) based quenching bioplatform was adopted, where a molecular beacon DNA (MB) modified with sulfhydryl (-SH) and fluorescein (FITC) dye at opposite terminals was incubated with 10 nm sized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in the wells of an electrode-embedded multiwell plate, in which a printed circuit board (PCB) was attached at the bottom to control the liquid flows by EKM. When the MB binds to AuNPs through thiolate chemistry in the solution, FITC dye comes in close proximity to the AuNP surface and the emission is quenched via FRET principle. Thus, this quenching percentage over time was our comparison parameter for the mixing and no mixing cases to demonstrate the impact of mixing on the quenching kinetics. This reaction was conducted with different concentrations of AuNPs to observe the impact of mixing on MB quenching kinetics when the concentrations of the AuNPs were increased. Total quenching efficiency could go up to 90% in the presence of the AuNPs and it took about 60 min to reach stability. When the EKM was involved, fluorescence quenching time for the MBs could be reduced by up to 4.1 times. Thus, it was demonstrated that this technology may improve the kinetics of the diffusion limited biological reactions take place in multiwell plates substantially so that it may be adopted in various different sensing platforms for rapid measurements.
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- Emir Yasun
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
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Güixens-Gallardo P, Humpolickova J, Miclea SP, Pohl R, Kraus T, Jurkiewicz P, Hof M, Hocek M. Thiophene-linked tetramethylbodipy-labeled nucleotide for viscosity-sensitive oligonucleotide probes of hybridization and protein-DNA interactions. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:912-919. [PMID: 31919486 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02634g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cytosine 2'-deoxyribonucleoside dCTBdp and its triphosphate (dCTBdpTP) bearing tetramethylated thiophene-bodipy fluorophore attached at position 5 were designed and synthesized. The green fluorescent nucleoside dCTBdp showed a perfect dependence of fluorescence lifetime on the viscosity. The modified triphosphate dCTBdpTP was substrate to several DNA polymerases and was used for in vitro enzymatic synthesis of labeled oligonucleotides (ONs) or DNA by primer extension. The labeled single-stranded ONs showed a significant decrease in mean fluorescence lifetime when hybridized to the complementary strand of DNA or RNA and were also sensitive to mismatches. The labeled dsDNA sensed protein binding (p53), which resulted in the increase of its fluorescence lifetime. The triphosphate dCTBdpTP was transported to live cells where its interactions could be detected by FLIM but it did not show incorporation to genomic DNA in cellulo.
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- Pedro Güixens-Gallardo
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic. and Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic. and Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Leung CH, Wu KJ, Li G, Wu C, Ko CN, Ma DL. Application of label-free techniques in microfluidic for biomolecules detection and circulating tumor cells analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kuba M, Pohl R, Hocek M. Synthesis of 2′-deoxycytidine and its triphosphate bearing tryptophan-based imidazolinone fluorophore for environment sensitive fluorescent labelling of DNA. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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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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Xue Q, Liu C, Li X, Dai L, Wang H. Label-Free Fluorescent DNA Dendrimers for microRNA Detection Based On Nonlinear Hybridization Chain Reaction-Mediated Multiple G-Quadruplex with Low Background Signal. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:1399-1405. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Qingwang Xue
- Department of Chemistry, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China
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- Dongchangfu county education bureau, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, Shandong, China
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Kjelstrup MV, Nielsen LDF, Hansen-Bruhn M, Gothelf KV. A DNA-Based Assay for Digoxin Detection. BIOSENSORS 2018; 8:bios8010019. [PMID: 29509662 PMCID: PMC5872067 DOI: 10.3390/bios8010019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The most common method for quantifying small-molecule drugs in blood samples is by liquid chromatography in combination with mass spectrometry. Few immuno-based assays are available for the detection of small-molecule drugs in blood. Here we report on a homogeneous assay that enables detection of the concentration of digoxin spiked into in a plasma sample. The assay is based on a shift in the equilibrium of a DNA strand displacement competition reaction, and can be performed in 30 min for concentrations above 10 nM. The equilibrium shift occurs upon binding of anti-digoxigenin antibody. As a model, the assay provides a potential alternative to current small-molecule detection methods used for therapeutic drug monitoring.
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- Michael V Kjelstrup
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Fluorescence Sensing Using DNA Aptamers in Cancer Research and Clinical Diagnostics. Cancers (Basel) 2017; 9:cancers9120174. [PMID: 29261171 PMCID: PMC5742822 DOI: 10.3390/cancers9120174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Among the various advantages of aptamers over antibodies, remarkable is their ability to tolerate a large number of chemical modifications within their backbone or at the termini without losing significant activity. Indeed, aptamers can be easily equipped with a wide variety of reporter groups or coupled to different carriers, nanoparticles, or other biomolecules, thus producing valuable molecular recognition tools effective for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. This review reports an updated overview on fluorescent DNA aptamers, designed to recognize significant cancer biomarkers both in soluble or membrane-bound form. In many examples, the aptamer secondary structure switches induced by target recognition are suitably translated in a detectable fluorescent signal using either fluorescently-labelled or label-free aptamers. The fluorescence emission changes, producing an enhancement (“signal-on”) or a quenching (“signal-off”) effect, directly reflect the extent of the binding, thereby allowing for quantitative determination of the target in bioanalytical assays. Furthermore, several aptamers conjugated to fluorescent probes proved to be effective for applications in tumour diagnosis and intraoperative surgery, producing tumour-type specific, non-invasive in vivo imaging tools for cancer pre- and post-treatment assessment.
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Liu LJ, He B, Miles JA, Wang W, Mao Z, Che WI, Lu JJ, Chen XP, Wilson AJ, Ma DL, Leung CH. Inhibition of the p53/hDM2 protein-protein interaction by cyclometallated iridium(III) compounds. Oncotarget 2017; 7:13965-75. [PMID: 26883110 PMCID: PMC4924691 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Inactivation of the p53 transcription factor by mutation or other mechanisms is a frequent event in tumorigenesis. One of the major endogenous negative regulators of p53 in humans is hDM2, a ubiquitin E3 ligase that binds to p53 causing proteasomal p53 degradation. In this work, a library of organometallic iridium(III) compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to disrupt the p53/hDM2 protein-protein interaction. The novel cyclometallated iridium(III) compound 1 [Ir(eppy)2(dcphen)](PF6) (where eppy = 2-(4-ethylphenyl)pyridine and dcphen = 4, 7-dichloro-1, 10-phenanthroline) blocked the interaction of p53/hDM2 in human amelanotic melanoma cells. Finally, 1 exhibited anti-proliferative activity and induced apoptosis in cancer cell lines consistent with inhibition of the p53/hDM2 interaction. Compound 1 represents the first reported organometallic p53/hDM2 protein-protein interaction inhibitor.
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- Li-Juan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.,Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.,Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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Ghosh S, Datta D, Cheema M, Dutta M, Stroscio MA. Aptasensor based optical detection of glycated albumin for diabetes mellitus diagnosis. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 28:435505. [PMID: 28853715 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa893a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Glycated albumin (GA) has been reported as an important biomarker for diabetes mellitus. This study investigates an optical sensor comprised of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) aptamer, semiconductor quantum dot and gold (Au) nanoparticle for the detection of GA. The system functions as a 'turn on' sensor because an increase in photoluminescence intensity is observed upon the addition of GA to the sensor. This is possibly because of the structure of the DNA aptamer, which folds to form a large hairpin loop before the addition of the analyte and is assumed to open up after the addition of target to the sensor in order to bind to GA. This pushes the quantum dot and the Au nanoparticle away causing an increase in photoluminescence. A linear increase in photoluminescence intensity and quenching efficiency of the sensor is observed as the GA concentration is varied between 0-14 500 nM. Time based photoluminescence studies with the sensor show the decrease in binding rate of the aptamer to the target within a specific time period. The sensor was found to have a higher selectivity towards GA than other control proteins. Further investigation of this simple sensor with greater number of clinical samples can open up avenues for an efficient diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus when used in conjunction with the traditional method of glucose level monitoring.
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- Shreya Ghosh
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan Street (SEO 218), Chicago, IL 60607, United States of America
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Sun H, Li W, Dong ZZ, Hu C, Leung CH, Ma DL, Ren K. A suspending-droplet mode paper-based microfluidic platform for low-cost, rapid, and convenient detection of lead(II) ions in liquid solution. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 99:361-367. [PMID: 28800508 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A paper-based microfluidic device based on unconventional principle was developed and used to detect lead ions through a two-step process including heated incubation and subsequent mixing. The device was made by generating a superhydrophobic pattern, which defines channel and reservoir barriers, on a water-impermeable paper substrate, followed by loading and drying the reagents in the defined reservoirs. Different from the conventional paper-based devices that are made of water-permeable paper, the as-prepared device holds water drops in discrete reservoirs, and the water drops will not move unless the device is titled along the direction of the predefined channels. In this way, the liquid samples applied onto the device are handled as individual drops and could be stored, transported, and mixed on demand. Different from the conventional paper-based devices that use capillary force to drive liquid, our new device uses wetting and gravity as driving force. We name this operation principle suspending-droplet mode paper-based device (SD-μPAD). The use of a Teflon contact-printing stamp makes the production of such devices rapid, cost efficient, and mass productive. Utilizing a G-quadruplex-based luminescence switch-on assay, we demonstrated rapid, convenient, highly sensitive, and low cost detection of lead(II) ions in water samples, using a custom made battery-powered portable device, and a smart phone as the detector.
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- Han Sun
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China; HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Shenzhen, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China; HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Shenzhen, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, The Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Yasmeen A, Du F, Zhao Y, Dong J, Chen H, Huang X, Cui X, Tang Z. Sequence-Specific Biosensing of DNA Target through Relay PCR with Small-Molecule Fluorophore. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:1945-51. [PMID: 27158915 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b01081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Polymerase chain reaction coupled with signal generation offers sensitive recognition of target DNA sequence; however, these procedures require fluorophore-labeled oligonucleotide probes and high-tech equipment to achieve high specificity. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted to develop reliable, convenient, and economical DNA detection methods. The relay PCR described here is the first sequence-specific detection method using a small-molecule fluorophore as a sensor and combines the classic 5'-3' exonuclease activity of Taq polymerase with an RNA mimic of GFP to build a label-free DNA detection platform. Primarily, Taq polymerase cleaves the 5' noncomplementary overhang of the target specific probe during extension of the leading primer to release a relay oligo to initiate tandem PCR of the reporting template, which encodes the sequence of RNA aptamer. Afterward, the PCR product is transcribed to mRNA, which could generate a fluorescent signal in the presence of corresponding fluorophore. In addition to high sensitivity and specificity, the flexibility of choosing different fluorescent reporting signals makes this method versatile in either single or multiple target detection.
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- Afshan Yasmeen
- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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- Natural
Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People’s Republic of China
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Ban F, Shi H, Feng C, Mao X, Yin Y, Zhu X. A one-pot strategy for the detection of proteins based on sterically and allosterically tunable hybridization chain reaction. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 86:219-224. [PMID: 27376192 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.06.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In this work, we report a facile one-pot strategy for protein detection based on sterically and allosterically tunable hybridization chain reaction (HCR). In our strategy, DNA hairpins H1 and H2 are dual-labeled with pyrene moieties through a six-carbon-atom spacer at each end; and a single-stranded DNA primer is designed to contain two small molecules near each end. In the absence of target protein, the primer can trigger HCR events between alternating H1 and H2 hairpins to form a nicked double-helix. As a result, the pyrene excimers are formed to emit at approximately 485nm. On the contrary, upon binding of the specific target protein onto the primer through the protein-small molecule interaction, the HCR will be inhibited due to the steric and allosteric effect. The changes of the fluorescent signals of pyrene excimers are in response to the concentration of target protein, so that the detection of protein can be realized. We have demonstrated the feasibility of this strategy by using streptavidin (SA) and folate receptor (FR) as model targets. Results show that both of them can be well detected with a detection limit of 1.07nM and 2.7nM, respectively. The developed method for protein assay is flexible, so we infer that the one-pot strategy holds great potential for the detection of other proteins.
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- Fangfang Ban
- Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Zhao A, Zhao C, Tateishi-Karimata H, Ren J, Sugimoto N, Qu X. Incorporation of O(6)-methylguanine restricts the conformational conversion of the human telomere G-quadruplex under molecular crowding conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:1903-6. [PMID: 26673900 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc09728b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Here we systematically studied the incorporation of O(6)-methylguanine (6mG) into different positions of the human telomere G-quadruplex. In contrast to the natural G-quadruplex, the 6mG incorporated G-quadruplexes impeded the conformational conversion of the G-quadruplex from a hybrid to a parallel structure under molecular crowding conditions in a K(+) containing buffer.
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- Andong Zhao
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan and Graduate School of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
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Imai Y, Kawai T, Yuasa J. OFF-ON-OFF Dual Emission at Visible and UV Wavelengths from Carbazole Functionalized β-Diketonate Europium(III) Complex. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:4131-8. [PMID: 27241957 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b04414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This work demonstrates dual emission "OFF-ON-OFF" switching at visible and UV wavelengths of a carbazole functionalized β-diketone (LH) by a simple change of a europium(III) ion (Eu(3+)) concentration in the submicromolar concentration range. In the presence of 0.25 equiv of Eu(3+) (5 μM), LH forms a luminescent 4:1 complex ([Eu(3+)(L(-))4](-)) exhibiting dual emission at 357 and 613 nm resulting from the local excitation of the carbazole ring and ligand-sensitized luminescence from the Eu(3+)-β-diketonate unit, respectively. The 4:1 complex begins to convert into a 2:1 complex ([Eu(3+)(L(-))2](+)) via a 3:1 complex [Eu(3+)(L(-))3] above a molar ratio ([Eu(3+)]/[LH]) of 0.25, which provides the opportunity for binding of solvent methanol molecules to the vacant site of the Eu(3+) ion in the complex ([Eu(3+)(L(-))2(MeOH)n](+)). The OH oscillators of coordinated methanol molecules facilitate the nonradiative pathway of the Eu(3+) emission; hence the emission at 613 nm almost disappears above the 0.50 equivalent of Eu(3+) (11 μM), while the UV emission at 357 nm remains mostly constant over the whole concentration range.
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- Yuki Imai
- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology , 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology , 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology , 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan.,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Fluorescence enhancement aided by metal ion displacement. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 80:237-242. [PMID: 26851581 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.01.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Immunosensors are one of the most common platform used in clinical laboratories, in particular the class based on Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assays (ELFA) takes advantage of the amplification step of the enzyme, usually the alkaline phosphatase, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fluorescent substrate leading it to fluoresce. Anyway, they suffer in sensitivity if compared to molecular diagnostic or more modern in vitro diagnostic devices. In our work, a simple and effective mechanism to enhance the fluorescent signal, and hence the sensitivity of the system, is presented. It is based on the metal ion displacement principle in which a second fluorophore, in our case Calcein Blue, quenched by a cobalt ion is add to the first one (4-MUP), and, in presence of inorganic phosphate, it will be progressively activated by the inorganic phosphate itself leading to the metal displacement. In this way Calcein Blue, newly free to fluoresce, contributes to global fluorescent signal generated by 4-MU. We have tested our proof of principle on a currently used immunoanalyzer, that is VIDAS® system (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) obtaining a fluorescence enhancement of about 50% for each concentration of hydrolyzed 4-MUP tested.
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Wang H, Wang J, Sun N, Cheng H, Chen H, Pei R. Selection and Characterization of Malachite Green Aptamers for the Development of Light-up Probes. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Hongyan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine; Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Suzhou 215123 China
- School of Life Science; Shanghai University; Shanghai 200444 China
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine; Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Suzhou 215123 China
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine; Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Suzhou 215123 China
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine; Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Suzhou 215123 China
- School of Life Science; Shanghai University; Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Life Science; Shanghai University; Shanghai 200444 China
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine; Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Suzhou 215123 China
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Miao X, Yang C, Leung CH, Ma DL. Application of iridium(III) complex in label-free and non-enzymatic electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide based on a novel "on-off-on" switch platform. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25774. [PMID: 27170211 PMCID: PMC4864421 DOI: 10.1038/srep25774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We herein report a label-free and non-enzymatic electrochemical sensor for the highly sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) based on a novel "on-off-on" switch system. In our design, MB was used as an electron mediator to accelerate the electron transfer while AuNPs was used to amplify the electrochemical signal due to its excellent biocompatibility and good conductivity. The "switch-off" state was achieved by introducing the guanine-rich capture probe (CP) and an iridium complex onto the electrode surface to form a hydrophobic layer, which then hinders electron transfer. Upon addition of H2O2, fenton reaction occurs and produces OH• in the presence of Fe(2+). The OH• cleaves the CP into DNA fragments, thus resulting in the release of CP and iridium complex from the sensing interface, recovering the electrochemical signal to generate a "switch-on" state. Based on this novel switch system, a detection limit as low as 3.2 pM can be achieved for H2O2 detection. Moreover, satisfactory results were obtained by using this method for the detection of H2O2 in sterilized milk. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first G-quadruplex-based electrochemical sensor using an iridium(III) complex.
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- Xiangmin Miao
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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Li H, Li W, Nie Z, Yao S. A label-free and time-resolved luminescence strategy for the detection of proteins based on DNA-Tb(3+) luminescence quenched by graphene oxide. Analyst 2016; 140:6386-91. [PMID: 26247065 DOI: 10.1039/c5an01343g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A sensitive, label-free and time-resolved luminescent aptasensor to detect proteins was developed based on the DNA-enhanced time-resolved luminescence of Tb(3+) and graphene oxide (GO). We found that the DNA no matter with a G-quadruplex structure or not could greatly enhance the long-lived emission of Tb(3+), and the luminescence of DNA-Tb(3+) could be effectively quenched by GO after the DNA-Tb(3+) was adsorbed onto GO. The target protein combined with an aptamer to form a protein/DNA complex restrained the quenching of DNA-Tb(3+) emission by GO. Thrombin and a 29-mer anti-thrombin aptamer were employed as a model analyte and a recognition element. There is a good linear relationship between the aptamer-Tb(3+) complex luminescence with the thrombin concentrations of 1 to 100 nM with a low detection limit of 0.8 nM. Since the time-resolved luminescence can eliminate the unspecific background fluorescence, the proposed aptasensor has been successfully applied in complicated biological samples for thrombin detection. This novel strategy presents a potential universal method for detection of other molecules.
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- Hao Li
- 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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Huang BH, Geng ZR, Ma XY, Zhang C, Zhang ZY, Wang ZL. Lysosomal ATP imaging in living cells by a water-soluble cationic polythiophene derivative. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 83:213-20. [PMID: 27131993 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.04.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Lysosomes in astrocytes and microglia can release ATP as the signaling molecule for the cells through ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis in response to various stimuli. At present, fluorescent probes that can detect ATP in lysosomes have not been reported. In this work, we have developed a new water-soluble cationic polythiophene derivative that can be specifically localized in lysosomes and can be utilized as a fluorescent probe to sense ATP in cells. PEMTEI exhibits high selectivity and sensitivity to ATP at physiological pH values and the detection limit of ATP is as low as 10(-11)M. The probe has low cytotoxicity, good permeability and high photostability in living cells and has been applied successfully to real-time monitoring of the change in concentrations of ATP in lysosomes though fluorescence microscopy. We also demonstrated that lysosomes in Hela cells can release ATP through Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis in response to drug stimuli.
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- Bing-Huan Huang
- State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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- State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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Mao Z, Liu J, Kang TS, Wang W, Han QB, Wang CM, Leung CH, Ma DL. An Ir(III) complex chemosensor for the detection of thiols. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2016; 17:109-114. [PMID: 27877862 PMCID: PMC5101911 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2016.1162081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this study, we report the use of a cyclometalated luminescent iridium(III) complex for the visualization of thiols. The detection of glutathione (GSH) by complex 1 is achieved through the reduction of its phendione N^N donor, which influences the metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) of the complex. Complex 1 produced a maximum threefold luminescence enhancement at 587 nm in response to GSH. The linear detection range of 1 for GSH is between 0.2 and 2 M equivalents of GSH, with a detection limit of 1.67 μM. Complex 1 also displays good selectivity for thiols over other amino acids.
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- Zhifeng Mao
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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Georgieva M, Cattoni DI, Fiche JB, Mutin T, Chamousset D, Nollmann M. Nanometer resolved single-molecule colocalization of nuclear factors by two-color super resolution microscopy imaging. Methods 2016; 105:44-55. [PMID: 27045944 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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In order to study the detailed assembly and regulation mechanisms of complex structures and machineries in the cell, simultaneous in situ observation of all the individual interacting components should be achieved. Multi-color Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) is ideally suited for these quantifications. Here, we build on previous developments and thoroughly discuss a protocol for two-color SMLM combining PALM and STORM, including sample preparation details, image acquisition and data postprocessing analysis. We implement and evaluate a recently proposed colocalization analysis method (aCBC) that allows single-molecule colocalization quantification with the potential of revealing fine, nanometer-scaled, structural details of multicomponent complexes. Finally, using a doubly-labeled nuclear factor (Beaf-32) in Drosophila S2 cells we experimentally validate the colocalization quantification algorithm, highlight its advantages and discuss how using high molecular weight fluorescently labeled tags compromises colocalization precision in two-color SMLM experiments.
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- Mariya Georgieva
- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Université de Montpellier, 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Université de Montpellier, 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Université de Montpellier, 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Université de Montpellier, 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Université de Montpellier, 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Université de Montpellier, 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France.
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Ma DL, Wang W, Mao Z, Kang TS, Han QB, Chan PWH, Leung CH. Utilization of G-Quadruplex-Forming Aptamers for the Construction of Luminescence Sensing Platforms. Chempluschem 2016; 82:8-17. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201600036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Dik-Lung Ma
- Department of Chemistry; Hong Kong Baptist University; 224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong Hong Kong 852 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Hong Kong Baptist University; 224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong Hong Kong 852 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Hong Kong Baptist University; 224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong Hong Kong 852 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine; Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences; University of Macau; Macao 999078 P. R. China
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- School of Chinese Medicine; Hong Kong Baptist University; Kowloon Hong Kong 852 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry; Monash University; Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
- Department of Chemistry; University of Warwick; Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine; Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences; University of Macau; Macao 999078 P. R. China
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An iridium(III) complex as a versatile platform for molecular logic gates: an integrated full subtractor and 1:2 demultiplexer. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:7077-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9443-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ma DL, Wang W, Mao Z, Yang C, Chen XP, Lu JJ, Han QB, Leung CH. A tutorial review for employing enzymes for the construction of G-quadruplex-based sensing platforms. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 913:41-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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iPPBS-Opt: A Sequence-Based Ensemble Classifier for Identifying Protein-Protein Binding Sites by Optimizing Imbalanced Training Datasets. Molecules 2016; 21:E95. [PMID: 26797600 PMCID: PMC6274413 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21010095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Knowledge of protein-protein interactions and their binding sites is indispensable for in-depth understanding of the networks in living cells. With the avalanche of protein sequences generated in the postgenomic age, it is critical to develop computational methods for identifying in a timely fashion the protein-protein binding sites (PPBSs) based on the sequence information alone because the information obtained by this way can be used for both biomedical research and drug development. To address such a challenge, we have proposed a new predictor, called iPPBS-Opt, in which we have used: (1) the K-Nearest Neighbors Cleaning (KNNC) and Inserting Hypothetical Training Samples (IHTS) treatments to optimize the training dataset; (2) the ensemble voting approach to select the most relevant features; and (3) the stationary wavelet transform to formulate the statistical samples. Cross-validation tests by targeting the experiment-confirmed results have demonstrated that the new predictor is very promising, implying that the aforementioned practices are indeed very effective. Particularly, the approach of using the wavelets to express protein/peptide sequences might be the key in grasping the problem's essence, fully consistent with the findings that many important biological functions of proteins can be elucidated with their low-frequency internal motions. To maximize the convenience of most experimental scientists, we have provided a step-by-step guide on how to use the predictor's web server (http://www.jci-bioinfo.cn/iPPBS-Opt) to get the desired results without the need to go through the complicated mathematical equations involved.
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Lu L, Wang W, Wang M, Kang TS, Lu JJ, Chen XP, Han QB, Leung CH, Ma DL. A luminescent G-quadruplex-selective iridium(iii) complex for the label-free detection of lysozyme. J Mater Chem B 2016; 4:2407-2411. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb00426a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel Ir(iii) complex 1 displays high selectivity for the G-quadruplex, and was used to establish a label-free G-quadruplex-based detection platform for lysozyme in buffer.
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- Lihua Lu
- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Kowloon Tong
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Kowloon Tong
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Kowloon Tong
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Macao
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Macao
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Macao
- China
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- School of Chinese Medicine
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Kowloon Tong
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Macao
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Kowloon Tong
- China
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Zhang W, Wang ML, Khalili S, Cranford SW. Materiomics for Oral Disease Diagnostics and Personal Health Monitoring: Designer Biomaterials for the Next Generation Biomarkers. OMICS : A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2016; 20:12-29. [PMID: 26760957 PMCID: PMC4739130 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We live in exciting times for a new generation of biomarkers being enabled by advances in the design and use of biomaterials for medical and clinical applications, from nano- to macro-materials, and protein to tissue. Key challenges arise, however, due to both scientific complexity and compatibility of the interface of biology and engineered materials. The linking of mechanisms across scales by using a materials science approach to provide structure-process-property relations characterizes the emerging field of 'materiomics,' which offers enormous promise to provide the hitherto missing tools for biomaterial development for clinical diagnostics and the next generation biomarker applications towards personal health monitoring. Put in other words, the emerging field of materiomics represents an essentially systematic approach to the investigation of biological material systems, integrating natural functions and processes with traditional materials science perspectives. Here we outline how materiomics provides a game-changing technology platform for disruptive innovation in biomaterial science to enable the design of tailored and functional biomaterials--particularly, the design and screening of DNA aptamers for targeting biomarkers related to oral diseases and oral health monitoring. Rigorous and complementary computational modeling and experimental techniques will provide an efficient means to develop new clinical technologies in silico, greatly accelerating the translation of materiomics-driven oral health diagnostics from concept to practice in the clinic.
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- Wenjun Zhang
- Laboratory for Nanotechnology In Civil Engineering (NICE), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Interdisciplinary Engineering Program, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Aurora Medical Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Laboratory for Nanotechnology In Civil Engineering (NICE), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Liu T, Qin Y, Wang Y, Wang C. Prediction of Protein Structural Class Based on Gapped-Dipeptides and a Recursive Feature Selection Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 17:ijms17010015. [PMID: 26712737 PMCID: PMC4730262 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The prior knowledge of protein structural class may offer useful clues on understanding its functionality as well as its tertiary structure. Though various significant efforts have been made to find a fast and effective computational approach to address this problem, it is still a challenging topic in the field of bioinformatics. The position-specific score matrix (PSSM) profile has been shown to provide a useful source of information for improving the prediction performance of protein structural class. However, this information has not been adequately explored. To this end, in this study, we present a feature extraction technique which is based on gapped-dipeptides composition computed directly from PSSM. Then, a careful feature selection technique is performed based on support vector machine-recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE). These optimal features are selected to construct a final predictor. The results of jackknife tests on four working datasets show that our method obtains satisfactory prediction accuracies by extracting features solely based on PSSM and could serve as a very promising tool to predict protein structural class.
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- Taigang Liu
- College of Information Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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- College of Information Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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- College of Food Science & Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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- College of Information Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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Wang M, Wang W, Kang TS, Leung CH, Ma DL. Development of an Iridium(III) Complex as a G-Quadruplex Probe and Its Application for the G-Quadruplex-Based Luminescent Detection of Picomolar Insulin. Anal Chem 2015; 88:981-7. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Modi Wang
- Department
of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute
of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute
of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
- Partner
State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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Wang W, Kang TS, Chan PWH, Lu JJ, Chen XP, Leung CH, Ma DL. A label-free G-quadruplex-based mercury detection assay employing the exonuclease III-mediated cleavage of T-Hg 2+-T mismatched DNA. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2015; 16:065004. [PMID: 27877846 PMCID: PMC5069990 DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/16/6/065004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report herein the use of an exonuclease III and G-quadruplex probe to construct a G-quadruplex-based luminescence detection platform for Hg2+. Unlike common DNA-based Hg2+ detection methods, when using the dsDNA probe to monitor the hairpin formation, the intercalation of the dsDNA probe may be influenced by the distortion of dsDNA. This 'mix-and-detect' methodology utilized the G-quadruplex probe as the signal transducer and is simple, rapid, convenient to use and can detect down to 20 nM of Hg2+.
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- Wanhe Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
- Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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Leung KH, He B, Yang C, Leung CH, Wang HMD, Ma DL. Development of an Aptamer-Based Sensing Platform for Metal Ions, Proteins, and Small Molecules through Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase Induced G-Quadruplex Formation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:24046-52. [PMID: 26449329 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We report a label-free, structure-independent luminescent-sensing platform for metal ions, proteins, and small molecules utilizing an Ir(III) complex, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), and a structure-folding aptamer. A novel G-quadruplex-selective Ir(III) complex was identified to detect the nascent G-quadruplex motifs with an enhanced luminescence response. Unlike most label-free DNA-based assays reported in the literature, this sensing platform does not require a specific secondary structure of aptamer, thus greatly simplifying DNA design. The detection platform was demonstrated by the detection of K(+) ions, thrombin, and cocaine as representative examples of metal ions, proteins, and small molecules.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao, China
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University , Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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Ma DL, Wang M, He B, Yang C, Wang W, Leung CH. A Luminescent Cocaine Detection Platform Using a Split G-Quadruplex-Selective Iridium(III) Complex and a Three-Way DNA Junction Architecture. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:19060-19067. [PMID: 26284502 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, a series of 10 in-house cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes bearing different auxiliary ligands were tested for their selectivity toward split G-quadruplex in order to construct a label-free switch-on cocaine detection platform employing a three-way junction architecture and a G-quadruplex motif as a signal output unit. Through two rounds of screening, we discovered that the iridium(III) complex 7 exhibited excellent selectivity toward the intermolecular G-quadruplex motif. A detection limit as low as 30 nM for cocaine can be achieved by this sensing approach with a linear relationship between luminescence intensity and cocaine concentration established from 30 to 300 nM. Furthermore, this sensing approach could detect cocaine in diluted oral fluid. We hope that our simple, signal-on, label-free oligonucleotide-based sensing method for cocaine using a three-way DNA junction architecture could act as a useful platform in bioanalytical research.
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- Dik-Lung Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong, China
- Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao, China
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Zhu M, Liu W, Liu H, Liao Y, Wei J, Zhou X, Xing D. Construction of Fe3O4/Vancomycin/PEG Magnetic Nanocarrier for Highly Efficient Pathogen Enrichment and Gene Sensing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:12873-12881. [PMID: 26005899 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Infectious diseases, especially pathogenic bacterial infections, pose a growing threat to public health worldwide. As pathogenic bacteria usually exist in complex experimental matrixes at very low concentrations, developing a technology for rapid and biocompatible sample enrichment is essential for sensitive diagnosis. In this study, an Fe3O4/Vancomycin/PEG magnetic nanocarrier was constructed for efficient sample enrichment and in situ nucleic acid preparation of pathogenic bacteria for subsequent gene sensing. We attached Vancomycin, a well-known broad-spectrum antibiotic, to the surface of Fe3O4 nanoparticles as a universal molecular probe to target bacterial cells. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was introduced to enhance the nanocarrier's water solubility and biocompatibility. Results show that the proposed nanocarrier achieved a 90% capture efficiency even if at a Listeria monocytogenes concentration of 1×10(2) cfu/mL. Contributing to the good water solubility achieved by the employment of modified PEG, highly efficient enrichment (enrichment factor 10 times higher than PEG-free nanocarrier) can be completed in 30 min. Moreover, PEG would also develop the nanoparticles' biocompatibility by passivating the positively charged unreacted amines on the magnetic nanoparticles, thus helping to release the negatively charged bacterial genome from the nanocarrier/bacteria complexes when an in situ nucleic acids extraction step was executed. The outstanding bacterial capture capability and biocompatibility of this nanocarrier enabled the implementation of a highly sensitive gene-sensing strategy of pathogens. By employing an electrochemiluminescence-based gene-sensing assay, L. monocytogenes can be rapidly detected with a limit of detection of 10 cfu/mL, which shows great potential for clinical applications.
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Yuan Y, Sun S, Liu S, Song X, Peng X. Highly sensitive and selective turn-on fluorescent probes for Cu2+ based on rhodamine B. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:5261-5265. [DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00423c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A new rhodamine B-based fluorescent probe RL for Cu2+ has been designed, synthesized, and characterized.
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- Ye Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- China
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Zhou L, Shen X, Sun N, Wang K, Zhang Y, Pei R. Label-free fluorescence light-up detection of T4 polynucleotide kinase activity using the split-to-intact G-quadruplex strategy by ligation-triggered and toehold-mediated strand displacement release. Analyst 2015; 140:5450-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an01032b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A label-free, fluorescence light-up detection method for T4 polynucleotide kinase activity has been developed using the split-to-intact G-quadruplex strategy.
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- Lu Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfacce
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Insitute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Suzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfacce
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Insitute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Suzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfacce
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Insitute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Suzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfacce
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Insitute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Suzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfacce
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Insitute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Suzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfacce
- Division of Nanobiomedicine
- Suzhou Insitute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Suzhou
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Dziuba D, Pohl R, Hocek M. Polymerase synthesis of DNA labelled with benzylidene cyanoacetamide-based fluorescent molecular rotors: fluorescent light-up probes for DNA-binding proteins. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:4880-2. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc00530b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fluorescent molecular rotors are for the first time used as light-up probes for sensing of DNA–protein interaction.
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- Dmytro Dziuba
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Gilead & IOCB Research Center
- CZ-16610 Prague 6
- Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Gilead & IOCB Research Center
- CZ-16610 Prague 6
- Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Gilead & IOCB Research Center
- CZ-16610 Prague 6
- Czech Republic
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Pallavicini P, Cabrini E, Borzenkov M. Gold Nanostar Synthesis and Functionalization with Organic Molecules. GOLD NANOSTARS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20768-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Wong CY, Chung LH, Lin S, Chan DSH, Leung CH, Ma DL. A ruthenium(II) complex supported by trithiacyclononane and aromatic diimine ligand as luminescent switch-on probe for biomolecule detection and protein staining. Sci Rep 2014; 4:7136. [PMID: 25409703 PMCID: PMC4238014 DOI: 10.1038/srep07136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A new ruthenium(II) complex has been developed for detection of biomolecules. This complex is highly selective for histidine over other amino acids and has been applied to protein staining in an SDS-PAGE gel.
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- Chun-Yuen Wong
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- 1] Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China [2] Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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Conway JW, Madwar C, Edwardson TG, McLaughlin CK, Fahkoury J, Lennox RB, Sleiman HF. Dynamic Behavior of DNA Cages Anchored on Spherically Supported Lipid Bilayers. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:12987-97. [PMID: 25140890 DOI: 10.1021/ja506095n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- J. W. Conway
- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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