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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 59, Issue 5, Pages 1891-1896Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201912514
Keywords
DNAzymes; fluorescent proteins; genetically encoded sensors; metal ions
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- U.S. National Institutes of Health [GM124316]
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Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins (FPs) have been used for metal ion detection. However, their applications are restricted to a limited number of metal ions owing to the lack of available metal-binding proteins or peptides that can be fused to FPs and the difficulty in transforming the binding of metal ions into a change of fluorescent signal. We report herein the use of Mg2+-specific 10-23 or Zn2+-specific 8-17 RNA-cleaving DNAzymes to regulate the expression of FPs as a new class of ratiometric fluorescent sensors for metal ions. Specifically, we demonstrate the use of DNAzymes to suppress the expression of Clover2, a variant of the green FP (GFP), by cleaving the mRNA of Clover2, while the expression of Ruby2, a mutant of the red FP (RFP), is not affected. The Mg2+ or Zn2+ in HeLa cells can be detected using both confocal imaging and flow cytometry. Since a wide variety of metal-specific DNAzymes can be obtained, this method can likely be applied to imaging many other metal ions, expanding the range of the current genetically encoded fluorescent protein-based sensors.
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