Journal
BIOCHIMIE
Volume 145, Issue -, Pages 63-72Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2017.11.019
Keywords
Aptamer; Nucleic acid; SELEX; Cell surface protein
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- JSPS KAKENHI [17K20087]
- Translational Research Network Program [A57]
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED [16ak0101054h0001]
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High affinity binders targeting specific cell surface proteins are vital for development of basic and applied biosciences. However, despite sustained efforts to generate such binders by chemicals and antibodies, there are still many cell surface proteins that lack high affinity binders. Nucleic acid aptamers have potential as binding molecules for cell surface proteins, because they form distinct structures that have high affinity and specificity for a wide range of targets. Aptamers are isolated from large combinatorial libraries using a unique iterative selection-amplification process known as systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). Among advantages of this method, purified and complex heterogeneous targets, such as bacteria, viruses, and whole-living cells, can be used for selection of aptamers. Moreover, SELEX allows generation of cell-surface-specific aptamers without prior knowledge of expression profiles in target cells. Therefore, the technology has been widely used as a valid and feasible method to generate aptamers binding to cell surface proteins with intact structure. Herein, this review summarizes and updates iconic SELEX technologies that target membrane proteins. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. and Societe Francaise de Biochimie et Biologie Moleculaire (SFBBM). All rights reserved.
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