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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2024

Melanopsin DNA aptamers can regulate input signals of mammalian circadian rhythms by altering the phase of the molecular clock.

Kazuo Nakazawa, Minako Matsuo, Yo Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Nakajima, Rika Numano

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kazuo NakazawaDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
Minako MatsuoInstitute for Research on Next-Generation Semiconductor and Sensing Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
Yo KikuchiDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
Yoshihiro NakajimaHealth and Medical Research, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan.
Rika NumanoDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
Toyohashi University of Technology · JPNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA aptamers can bind specifically to biomolecules to modify their function, potentially making them ideal oligonucleotide therapeutics. Herein, we screened for DNA aptamer of melanopsin (OPN4), a blue-light photopigment in the retina, which plays a key role using light signals to reset the phase of circadian rhythms in the central clock. Firstly, 15 DNA aptamers of melanopsin (Melapts) were identified following eight rounds of Cell-SELEX using cells expressing melanopsin on the cell membrane. Subsequent functional analysis of each Melapt was performed in a fibroblast cell line stably expressing both

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circadian rhythmDNA aptamermelanopsin (OPN4)Melaptmolecular clockperiod genephase shift

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PMID38694901
PMCPMC11062245
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