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ArticleBiomedical reports2022

Synthesis of fluorescence labelled aptamers for use as low-cost reagents in HIV/AIDS research and diagnostics.

Kanyane Malatji, Pascaline N Fru, Hazel Mufhandu, Kabamba Alexandre

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Article in Biomedical reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kanyane MalatjiCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Emerging Research Area Platform, Next Generation Health Cluster, Pretoria, Gauteng 0001, South Africa.
Pascaline N FruDepartment of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Hazel MufhanduDepartment of Microbiology, North West University, School of Biological Sciences, Mmabatho, North West 2735, South Africa.
Kabamba AlexandreCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Emerging Research Area Platform, Next Generation Health Cluster, Pretoria, Gauteng 0001, South Africa.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research · ZANorth-West University · ZAUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aptamers are nucleic acids selected by systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment. They have potential as alternatives to antibodies in medical research and diagnostics, with the advantages of being non-immunogenic and relatively inexpensive to produce. In the present study, gp120 aptamers conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) were generated, which could interact with HIV-1 gp120. A previously isolated gp120 aptamer, CSIR 1.1, was conjugated with FITC by incubation with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide and imidazole. The conjugation and binding to the glycoprotein were confirmed by flow cytometry. FITC conjugated aptamers showed an increase in fluorescence emission 24-fold higher than baseline, and this difference was statistically significant (P=0.0016). Compared with a commercially available biotinylated anti-gp120 antibody, detected using FITC conjugated streptavidin, the emission of fluorescence obtained from the FITC-conjugated aptamer was 8-fold higher, suggesting a stronger interaction with gp120. In addition, the FITC conjugated aptamer neutralized HIV-1 pseudoviruses with an average IC

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anti- human immunodeficiency syndrome-1 gp120capture assayCSIR 1.1flow cytometryRNA aptamers

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