期刊
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
卷 707, 期 1, 页码 191-196出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.09.022
关键词
Aptamer; Fluorescence polarization; Structure switching; Complementary strand
资金
- SEST-Micraptox ANR [2007-013-01]
In this paper, a structure-switching aptamer assay based on a fluorescence polarization (FP) signal transduction approach and dedicated to the L-tyrosinamide sensing was described and optimized. A fluorescently labelled complementary strand (CS) of the aptamer central region was used as a probe. The effects of critical parameters such as buffer composition and pH, temperature, aptamer:CS stoichiometry, nature of the dye (Fluorescein (F) or Texas Red (TR)) and length of the CS (15-, 12-, 9- and 6-mer) on the assay analytical performances were evaluated. Under optimized experimental conditions (10 mM Tris-HCl, 5 mM MgCl2 and 25 mM NaCl, pH 7.5 temperature of 22 degrees C and stoichiometry 1:1), the results showed that, for a 12-mer CS, the F dye moderately increased the method sensitivity in comparison to the TR label. The F labelled 9-mer CS, however, did not allow the hybrid formation with the functional nucleic acid, thus emphasizing the importance of the nature of the fluorophore. In contrast, the same 9-mer CS labelled with the TR dye was able to effectively associate with the aptamer and was easily displaced upon target binding as demonstrated by a significant improvement of the sensitivity and a detection limit of 250 nM, comparable to those reported with direct aptasensing methods. The present study demonstrates that not only the CS length but also the nature of the dye played a preponderant role in the performance of the structure-switching aptamer assay, highlighting the importance of interdependently controlling these two factors for an optimal FP-based sensing platform. (C) 2011 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.
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