Journal
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 1116-1120Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2008.06.016
Keywords
Insulin-binding aptamer; G-quartet library; Aptameric enzyme subunit; Insulin detection
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We selected DNA aptamers against insulin and developed an aptameric enzyme subunit (AES) for insulin sensing. The insulin-binding aptamers were identified from a single-strand DNA library which was expected to form various kinds of G-quartet structures. in vitro selection was carried out by means of aptamer blotting, which visualizes the oligonucleotides binding to the target protein at each round. After the 6th round of selection, insulin-binding aptamers were identified. These identified insulin-binding aptamers had a higher binding ability than the insulin-linked polymorphic region (ILPR) oligonucleotide, which can be called a natural insulin-binding DNA aptamer. The circular-dichroism (CD) spectrum measurement of the identified insulin-binding DNA aptamers indicated that the aptamers would fold into a G-quartet structure. We also developed an AES by connecting the best identified insulin-binding aptamer with the thrombin-inhibiting aptamer. Using this AES, we were able to detect insulin by measuring the thrombin enzymatic activity without bound/free separation. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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