Aptamer−DNAzyme Hairpins for Amplified Biosensing
- 25 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 81 (21), 9114-9119
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac901773b
Abstract
Engineered nucleic acid hairpin structures are used for the amplified analysis of low-molecular-weight substrates (adenosine monophosphate, AMP) or proteins (lysozyme). The hairpin structures consist of the anti-AMP or antilysozyme aptamer units linked to the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimicking DNAzyme sequence. The HRP-mimicking DNAzyme sequence is protected in a “caged”, inactive structure in the stem regions of the respective hairpins, whereas the loop regions include a part of the respective aptamer sequence. The opening of the hairpins by the analytes, AMP or lysozyme, through the formation of the respective analyte−aptamer complexes, results in the self-assembly of the active HRP-mimicking DNAzyme. The DNAzyme catalyzes the H2O2-mediated oxidation of 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS2−) to the colored ABTS•−, thus providing the amplified optical detection of the respective analytes. The engineered aptamer−DNAzyme hairpin structures reveal significantly improved analytical performance, as compared to analogous fluorophore−quencher-labeled hairpins.Keywords
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