程序自组装DNA纳米花封装酶分子用于光热法检测循环肿瘤细胞

DNA纳米技术在生物传感领域引起人们广泛的研究兴趣,现已构建多种二维和三维DNA功能纳米结构.滚环扩增(RCA)作为一种等温扩增技术,为DNA纳米材料的设计和自组装提供了新途径.该文通过RCA一锅法合成封装有辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)的DNA纳米花(HRP@DNFs),进一步基于双核酸适体识别构建光热生物传感器,用于肝细...     

纳米孔测序技术在核酸修饰检测中的应用

DNA和RNA上广泛存在着多种化学修饰.这些核酸修饰参与基因表达的调控,影响生长发育等生理过程,并可能会引发癌症等疾病.对核酸修饰的精准识别与定位有助于理解其功能机制,帮助相关疾病的诊断与治疗.纳米孔测序是一种新兴的单分子测序技术,可以根据修饰碱基与天然碱基之间阻孔信号的差异实现核酸序列中多种修饰的同时检测,是目前检测核酸修饰最直接的方法.本文简要介绍了纳米孔测序技术的发展和原理以及识别核酸修饰的算法工具,总结了纳米孔测序技术在核酸修饰检测中的应用,并对其发展前景进行了展望.     

生物纳米孔分析技术研究进展

生物纳米孔传感技术因其快速、低成本、无需荧光标记等优点,在化学和生物等诸多研究领域得到广泛应用,已发展成为一种新颖的、独具特色的单分子分析手段。该技术目前主要应用于DNA测序研究,同时在单分子分析领域也取得了令人瞩目的成就。该文简要介绍了生物纳米孔分析技术的原理和生物孔的种类,主要总结了近20年来生物纳米孔在DNA测序和单分子分析中的研究进展并予以了展望。     

生物纳米孔道技术在非基因测序方面的研究与应用

纳米孔道分析技术是一种低成本、快速、无需标记的单分子检测技术,仅有20多年的发展历史,在DNA单分子测序领域展示出较好的应用前景,现已有商业化的产品面世且趋于成熟.越来越多的研究表明,纳米孔可作为一个通用的单分子传感器.本文综述了生物纳米孔道分析技术对蛋白质、多肽和核酸等单个分子与孔道间相互作用、动力学和热力学过程的实时监测以及多种生物大分子和金属离子的定量检测等方面的研究进展.在纳米孔技术中,电化学检测系统也十分重要,本文还特别介绍了高带宽及超低电流分辨仪器和相关软件的相关进展.     

核酸适体靶向的膜蛋白识别与功能调控研究进展

膜蛋白在细胞生命活动中发挥着重要作用, 研究并调控细胞膜蛋白的结构和功能有助于阐明生命活动的基本规律, 为新型药物研发和高效疾病诊治提供研究基础. 核酸适体是一类特殊的寡核苷酸序列, 因具有特异性识别靶标的能力而被广泛用于生物传感领域. 将核酸适体与DNA纳米技术相结合, 利用DNA分子可程序化设计、 可功能化修饰等优势, 发展核酸适体靶向的膜蛋白识别与功能调控方法可为研究膜蛋白相互作用提供有力工具. 本文介绍了基于核酸适体靶向识别的DNA纳米技术在膜蛋白识别及细胞功能调控中的研究进展, 并对核酸适体靶向的膜蛋白识别及功能调控领域面临的挑战进行了分析, 对其应用前景进行了展望.     

DNA步行器调控的纳米粒子超晶格

作为一种精巧的DNA纳米机器, DNA步行器因其优异的可设计性及可编程性在众多研究领域中展示出强大的应用价值. 本工作通过将基于催化发夹组装的双足DNA步行器与DNA功能化的金纳米粒子(即球形核酸)组装相结合, 开发了一种具有时间依赖性的DNA步行器驱动球形核酸恒温有序组装的策略. 以单组分球形核酸组装体系为例, DNA步行器通过发夹催化组装反应驱动在球形核酸表面上随机行走并逐渐产生带有活性粘性末端的DNA杂交结构, 促使球形核酸表面粘性末端间的“键合”速率与其组装速率在时间尺度上保持同步, 从而得到面心立方(FCC)晶型的超晶格结构. 基于类似原理, 作者还构建了一种DNA步行器驱动的双组分球形核酸组装体系并以此得到氯化铯(CsCl)晶型的超晶格结构.     

基于G-四链体结构多态性的核酸纳米技术

G-四链体是由富G核酸形成的独特四链螺旋结构,区别于遵循A-T、G-C碱基互补配对原则形成的传统Watson-Crick双链结构.基于G-四链体的特异分子识别特性,能够引导纳米粒子的有序组装、赋予纳米器件以刺激一响应功能,使得核酸纳米技术领域的内容更丰富多样.本文介绍了G-四链体的结构多态性,从纳米材料组装和纳米器件设...     

基于大环合成受体的超分子纳米阀门

在特定外界刺激下, 修饰于介孔纳米材料表面的超分子纳米阀门可以有效地控制所包封物质如药物模型分子、 抗癌药物分子和寡核酸等生物分子的靶向释放, 在药物释放、 基因转染及传感等领域有广泛的应用前景. 本文结合本课题组的工作, 综述了国内外在基于大环合成受体的超分子纳米阀门体系的化学构筑及功能等方面的研究进展.     

DNA纳米机器

本文介绍了以DNA为基础的纳米机器的发展现状,强调了核酸作为一种材料在纳米科技领域的重要作用.着重阐述了利用链交换反应或环境因素变化可以驱动DNA二级结构的变化,从而可以构建出形式多样的纳米级核酸分子机器;评价了各类分子机器在效率、寿命和副产物方面的优缺点.在总结前人工作的基础上预测了核酸纳米技术在生命科学、材料科学以及计算科学等诸多方面可能的应用.     

结构DNA纳米技术应用新进展

DNA具有非凡的分子识别性能和显著的结构特征,这使得它在材料的纳米级调控方面具有独特的优越性,在许多领域也展现出广阔的应用前景。本文从模块化DNA自组装和DNA折纸术两个方面综述了近些年DNA纳米技术,包括近年来DNA纳米技术中比较新型的组装方法;并从DNA纳米结构作为模板定位纳米粒子和蛋白以及用于生物医药等方面介绍了DNA纳米技术的应用;同时,对DNA纳米技术发展及应用进行了展望。     

Synthesis and noncovalent DNA-binding properties of thiazole derivatives related to leinamycin

A series of compounds related to the macrocyclic portion of the DNA-damaging antitumor agent leinamycin were prepared as tools to characterize noncovalent DNA binding by this natural product. Acyclic (Z,E)-dienes were assembled via a Sonogashira coupling followed by partial hydrogenation. A Stille coupling was used in the cyclization step leading to a macrocyclic thiazole-diene analogue. Results obtained using the synthetic analogues reported here indicate that the extended π-system on the `left-hand side' of leinamycin is required for noncovalent association of the natural product with duplex DNA.     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of fluorinated acyclothionucleosides

The discovery of thio- and fluoro-nucleosides as antiviral or anticancer agents prompts us to explore the synthesis of acyclic analogues. In this paper is reported the preparation of acyclothionucleosides by the alkylation of nucleic bases with difluorothio-esters and -alcohols. Compounds structurally close to known antiviral agents were tested towards a large variety of viruses.     

Chemical synthesis of polynucleotides

Current methodology for the chemical synthesis of short chains (up to about twenty nucleotide units) of deoxyribopolynucleotides is reviewed.     

Transfer ribonucleic acids

Transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs)

1 Abbreviations used according to IUPAC-IUB convention: tRNA = transfer ribonucleic acid; tRNA_yeast = mixture of tRNAs from yeast; tRNA^Phe = phenylalanine specific tRNA; Phe-tRNA = tRNA esterified (“charged”) with Phe; mRNA = messenger RNA; DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid; U = uridine; A = adenosine; C = cytidine; G = guanosine; pA = 5′-adenylic acid; Ap or A- = 3′-adenylic acid; m²′G = 2′-O-methyl guanosine; m⁷G = 7-methyl guanosine; mG = N(2)-dimethyl guanosine; other methylated nucleosides are abbreviated analogously; abbreviations of other odd nucleosides are given with Fig. 2; p or – signifies phosphate; RNase = ribonuclease; DEAE = diethylaminoethyl; fMet = N-formayl methionine.

occur in all living organisms. In biological protein synthesis they accept activated amino acids which are then transferred to growing peptide chains. With molecular weights lying between 25000 and 30000, tRNAs are easily within the reach of today's physical, chemical, and biochemical methods. The primary structures of several tRNAs as well as some relationships between structure and function have been elucidated. Three-dimensional structure, specificity, and mechanism of action are the subjects of present research efforts.     

核酸对邻菲啰啉的荧光猝灭及其分析应用

邻菲啰啉受到 ２３０ｎｍ及２６７ ｎｍ紫外光激发，在３６７ ｎｍ处产生一荧光峰。而天然和热变性鱼精子脱氧核糖核酸以及酵母核糖核酸的加入会猝灭邻菲啰琳的这一荧光发射。实验表明，该体系可在较宽的范围内灵敏地测定核酸。     

Electrochemistry of Nucleic Acids at Solid Electrodes and Its Applications

The knowledge of the redox chemistry of nucleic acids (NA) is of paramount importance in cancer and aging research. Charge migration through DNA is also involved in biologically relevant functions such as DNA damage and repair. In the first part of this article the main aspects of the electrochemistry of nucleic acids at solid electrodes are revised, including redox processes, photoelectroactivity and electrical conductivity. In the second part, an overview of its applications is presented. Methods for electrochemical detection of NA, NA‐based biosensors for detection of nonnucleic acid molecules, studies on the nature and dynamics of interactions and structural conformations of NA, are some applications that take advantage of NA electrochemistry at solid electrodes.     

Adsorption of nucleic acid bases on clays: an investigation using Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms and FT-IR spectroscopy

In the present paper, the adsorption of nucleic acid bases (A, adenine; C, cytosine; U, uracil; and T, thymine) on clays (bentonite, kaolinite, and montmorillonite) was studied at different pH (2.00 and 7.20). It should be pointed out there is no reported study of adsorption of nucleic acid bases on clays using seawater (with the major elements), and a wide range of pH. The main finding of this study was that the ratio of A and T adsorbed on clays ranged from 4.68 to 25.1, much higher than the ratio of their occurrence in organisms ranging from 0.95 to 1.05. The weaker adsorption of U and T on clays raises the question of the possibility of a genetic code based on purines only. The FT-IR spectra at pH 2.00 showed that the interaction of A, C, T, and U with the clays occurs through positively charged, protonated groups. Correspondence: Dr. Dimas A. M. Zaia, Departamento de Química-CCE, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990 Londrina-PR, Brazil.     

The HPLC Resolution of Nucleic‐Acid Bases and An a Log Hypoxanthine on R,S‐2‐Hydroxypropyl Derivatized β‐Cyclodextrin Bonded Chiral Stationary Phase Using a Water‐Based Mobile Phase

A HPLC approach using R,S‐2‐hydroxypropyl derivatized β‐cyclodextrin packed column as the stationary phase was developed to resolve five nucleic‐acid bases and an a log hypoxanthine in the reversed‐phase mode. These bases are not only similar in structure but also very close in basicity. However, the resolution can be completed in less than ten minutes and is considered to be better carried out on the R,S‐2‐hydroxypropyl derivatized β‐cyclodextrin phase than that obtained on the native β‐cyclodextrin phase under the same chromatographic conditions. The mechanism involved in the resolution is believed to be inclusion complexation between the analyte and the cavity of cyclodextrin in the reversed‐phase mode. The retention time was found relevant to the size of the analyte. The number of groups on analyte that is available to form hydrogen bonding with hydroxyl groups on CDs also affects the retention scale. Factors of introducing organic acid and base or organic modifier such as methanol to the water‐based mobile phase or increasing their percent ages in the mobile phase decreases the retention time without de grading the resolution significantly.     

Highly chemo- and regioselective phosphitylation of unprotected 2′-deoxyribonucleosides

We have developed the chemo- and regioselective phosphitylation of unprotected 2′-deoxyribonucleosides by the use of di-tert-butyl N,N-diethylphosphoramidite, a sterically hindered phosphoramidite. Both N/O- and primary hydroxy group-selectivities were simultaneously achieved, and the selectivity for the 5′-hydroxy groups was up to 97% regardless of the base moiety of the 2′-deoxyribonucleosides. The 3′-O-isomers and the 5′-O-isomers were easily separated by silica gel column chromatography or crystallization to give the pure 2′-deoxyribonucleoside 5′-phosphites in moderate to good yields.     

Enzyme-amplified electrochemical hybridization assay based on PNA, LNA and DNA probe-modified micro-magnetic beads

In the present study, we investigated the properties of PNA and LNA capture probes in the development of an electrochemical hybridization assay. Streptavidin-coated paramagnetic micro-beads were used as a solid phase to immobilize biotinylated DNA, PNA and LNA capture probes, respectively. The target sequence was then recognized via hybridization with the capture probe. After labeling the biotinylated hybrid with a streptavidin–enzyme conjugate, the electrochemical detection of the enzymatic product was performed onto the surface of a disposable electrode. The assay was applied to the analytical detection of biotinylated DNA as well as RNA sequences. Detection limits, calculated considering the slope of the linear portion of the calibration curve in the range 0–2 nM were found to be 152, 118 and 91 pM, coupled with a reproducibility of the analysis equal to 5, 9 and 6%, calculated as RSD%, for DNA, PNA and LNA probes respectively, using the DNA target. In the case of the RNA target, the detection limits were found to be 51, 60 and 78 pM for DNA, PNA and LNA probes respectively.