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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Aptamer-based drugs are promising therapeutic agents.
  • Thrombin binding aptamer (TBA) is a well-studied aptamer with a quadruplex structure.
  • Modifications to aptamers can enhance their biophysical properties for therapeutic use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the stability and thrombin affinity of a modified thrombin binding aptamer (mTBA).
  • To compare the properties of mTBA with the unmodified TBA.
  • To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of aptamer-thrombin recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for stability analysis.
  • Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) for binding energetics and stoichiometry.
  • Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for structural modeling and analysis.

Main Results:

  • The modified aptamer (mTBA) exhibits greater stability compared to the unmodified TBA.
  • mTBA demonstrates higher affinity for thrombin than TBA.
  • Binding stoichiometry for both TBA/thrombin and mTBA/thrombin complexes is 1:2.
  • Structural models and MD simulations provided insights into aptamer-thrombin interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Modified aptamers, such as mTBA, represent a new class of therapeutic aptamers with improved properties.
  • mTBA's enhanced stability and affinity advance its potential as a pharmacological agent.
  • Detailed molecular understanding of aptamer-thrombin recognition is achieved.