期刊
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
卷 761, 期 -, 页码 143-148出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.11.016
关键词
Aptamers; RNA; Surface plasmon resonance; Theophylline; Nanoparticles
资金
- Phillips Healthcare
This paper describes the measurement of the binding affinities of two bifunctional RNA aptamers to their respective ligands. The aptamers comprise either a theophylline or malachite green binding sequence fused to a streptavidin binding sequence. These bifunctional aptamers are shown to bind simultaneously to both the small ligand and to streptavidin whether in free solution or on gold surfaces. Binding isotherms for both interactions were measured by different physiochemical techniques: surface plasmon resonance, fluorescence spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering. Both qualitatively and quantitatively there is little difference in binding affinities between the bifunctional aptamers and their monofunctional components. The respective K-d values for streptavidin binding in the monofunctional aptamer and in the theophylline bifunctional aptamer were 12 nM and 65 nM, respectively whilst the K-d values for theophylline binding in the monofunctional aptamer and the streptavidin bifunctional aptamer were 300 nM and 120 nM. These results are consistent with treating each aptamer sequence as a module that can be combined with others without significant loss of function. This allows for the use of streptavidin based immobilization strategies without either the cost of biotinylated dNTPs or the variable yields associated with the chemical biotinylation of RNA. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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