Insulin Capture by an Insulin-Linked Polymorphic Region G-Quadruplex DNA Oligonucleotide
- 25 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 128 (15), 4986-4991
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja056097c
Abstract
Insulin capture by a G-quadruplex DNA oligonucleotide containing a two-repeat sequence of the insulin-linked polymorphic region (ILPR) of the human insulin gene promoter region is reported. The immobilized oligonucleotide was demonstrated to capture human insulin from standard solutions and from nuclear extracts of pancreatic cells with high selectivity, using affinity MALDI mass spectrometry and affinity capillary chromatography. Insulin was preferentially captured by the two-repeat ILPR oligonucleotide over another G-quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide, the thrombin-binding aptamer, as well as over a single repeat of the ILPR sequence that is not capable of forming the G-quadruplex architecture. Binding was shown to involve the β chain of insulin. The discovery raises the possibility that insulin may bind to G-quadruplex DNA formed in the ILPR in vivo and thereby play a role in modulation of insulin gene expression, and it provides a basis for design of insulin analogues to probe this hypothesis. The availability of a DNA ligand to human insulin has analytical importance as well, offering an alternative to antibodies for in vitro or in vivo detection and sensing of insulin as well as its isolation and purification from biological samples.Keywords
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