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Primer-Free Aptamer Selection Using A Random DNA Library
Published on: July 26, 2010
In vitro selection of DNA-based aptamers that exhibit RNA-like conformations using a chimeric oligonucleotide library
Kenta Hagiwara1, Hiroto Fujita, Yuuya Kasahara
1Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan. mkuwa@gunma-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
We successfully generated chimeric DNA aptamers that contained six nucleoside analogs of 2'-O,4'-C-methylene bridged/locked nucleic acid (2',4'-BNA/LNA) in the primer region and multiple guanosine analogs of 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-ribonucleic acid (FNA) in the non-primer region using capillary electrophoresis-systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (CE-SELEX). Active species enrichment became saturated only after five selection rounds, and we obtained DNA-based xeno-nucleic acid (XNA) aptamers that had high binding affinities for the target human thrombin, with dissociation constant (Kd) values of ≥10 nanomolar. Based on sequence and circular dichroism (CD) analyses, these XNA aptamers exhibited RNA-like conformations, which could cause DNA-based strands to adopt structurally diverse conformations.
