ArticleThe international journal of biochemistry & cell biology2014
Blocking interaction of viral gp120 and CD4-expressing T cells by single-stranded DNA aptamers.
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- Lipid nanoparticles with aptamers enable targeted mRNA delivery to CD4⁺ T cells.Drug delivery · 2026Article
- From Selection to Use: Aptamers as Targeting Reagents in Hematology.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Aptamers in Virology-A Consolidated Review of the Most Recent Advancements in Diagnosis and Therapy.Pharmaceutics · 2021Review
- Virtual Screening, Biological Evaluation, and 3D-QSAR Studies of New HIV-1 Entry Inhibitors That Function via the CD4 Primary Receptor.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Aptamers in HIV research diagnosis and therapy.RNA biology · 2018Review
- Aptamers for CD Antigens: From Cell Profiling to Activity Modulation.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2017Review
- Oligonucleotide aptamer-drug conjugates for targeted therapy of acute myeloid leukemia.Biomaterials · 2015Article
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Abstract
To investigate the potential clinical application of aptamers to prevention of HIV infection, single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) aptamers specific for CD4 were developed using the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment approach and next generation sequencing. In contrast to RNA-based aptamers, the developed ssDNA aptamers were stable in human serum up to 12h. Cell binding assays revealed that the aptamers specifically targeted CD4-expressing cells with high binding affinity (Kd=1.59nM), a concentration within the range required for therapeutic application. Importantly, the aptamers selectively bound CD4 on human cells and disrupted the interaction of viral gp120 to CD4 receptors, which is a prerequisite step of HIV-1 infection. Functional studies showed that the aptamer polymers significantly blocked binding of viral gp120 to CD4-expressing cells by up to 70% inhibition. These findings provide a new approach to prevent HIV-1 transmission using oligonucleotide aptamers.
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