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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Label-free profiling of DNA aptamer-small molecule binding using T5 exonuclease.

Obtin Alkhamis, Weijuan Yang, Rifat Farhana, Haixiang Yu, Yi Xiao

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Obtin AlkhamisDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Weijuan YangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Rifat FarhanaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Haixiang YuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Yi XiaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Florida International University · US

Funding

Aptamer-Based, Exonuclease-Amplified, Colorimetric, Onsite Screening of Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and Mephedrone in Oral FluidR15DA036821 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI XIAO, YI · 2015 to 2015
$337k
Homogeneous Nuclease-Assisted SELEX for Rapid Isolation of Cross-Reactive, Functionalized Aptamers for Synthetic CannabinoidsR21DA045334 · NIDA · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI XIAO, YI · 2019 to 2020
$334k
NIDA NIH HHS R15 DA036821NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA045334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vitro aptamer isolation methods can yield hundreds of potential candidates, but selecting the optimal aptamer for a given application is challenging and laborious. Existing aptamer characterization methods either entail low-throughput analysis with sophisticated instrumentation, or offer the potential for higher throughput at the cost of providing a relatively increased risk of false-positive or -negative results. Here, we describe a novel method for accurately and sensitively evaluating the binding between DNA aptamers and small-molecule ligands in a high-throughput format without any aptamer engineering or labeling requirements. This approach is based on our new finding that ligand binding inhibits aptamer digestion by T5 exonuclease, where the extent of this inhibition correlates closely with the strength of aptamer-ligand binding. Our assay enables accurate and efficient screening of the ligand-binding profiles of individual aptamers, as well as the identification of the best target binders from a batch of aptamer candidates, independent of the ligands in question or the aptamer sequence and structure. We demonstrate the general applicability of this assay with a total of 106 aptamer-ligand pairs and validate these results with a gold-standard method. We expect that our assay can be readily expanded to characterize small-molecule-binding aptamers in an automated, high-throughput fashion.

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Aptamers, NucleotideDNAExodeoxyribonucleasesInverted Repeat SequencesLigandsMethamphetamineProtein BindingSELEX Aptamer TechniqueAptamers, NucleotideDNAExodeoxyribonucleasesLigandsmephedroneMethamphetamine

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PMID33053182
PMCPMC7672472
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