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RSC ADVANCES
卷 12, 期 12, 页码 7179-7188出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09016j
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- Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer
This study proposes a rapid and efficient protocol for the generation of magnetic nanoprobes to capture miR-155, aiming to increase its concentration. The nanoprobes were formulated by functionalizing the surface of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with a miR sequence complementary to the target miR-155. The affinity of the nanoprobes to the target miR was demonstrated, and their stability after incubation in serum was confirmed.
MicroRNAs (miRs) belong to a family of short non-coding endogenous RNAs. Their over-expression correlates with various pathologies: for instance, miRNA-155 (miR-155) is over-expressed upon the development of breast cancers. However, the detection of miRs as disease biomarkers suffers from insufficient sensitivity. In the present study, we propose a protocol for a rapid and efficient generation of magnetic nanoprobes able to capture miR-155, with the aim of increasing its concentration. As a nanoprobe precursor, we first synthesized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) coated with covalently attached polyethylene glycol carrying a free biotin terminus (PEG-bi). Using streptavidin-biotin interactions, the nanoprobes were formulated by functionalizing the surface of the nanoparticles with the miR sequence (CmiR) complementary to the target miR-155 (TmiR). The two-step formulation was optimized and validated using several analytical techniques, in particular with Size-Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography (SE-HPLC). Finally, the proof of the nanoprobe affinity to TmiR was made by demonstrating the TmiR capture on model solutions, with the estimated ratio of 18 : 22 TmiR : CmiR per nanoprobe. The nanoprobes were confirmed to be stable after incubation in serum.
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