Abstract
A phosphorothioate single-stranded DNA aptamer (thioaptamer) targeting transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) was isolated by in-vitro combinatorial selection. The aptamer selection procedure was designed to modify the backbone of single-stranded DNA aptamers, where 5′ of both A and C are phosphorothioates, since this provides enhanced nuclease resistance as well as higher affinity than that of a phosphate counterpart. The thioaptamer selected from a combinatorial library (5 × 1014 sequences) binds to TGF-β1 protein with an affinity of 90 nM. In this report, sequence, predicted secondary structure, and binding affinity of the selected thioaptamer (T18_1_3) are presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1835-1839 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aptamer
- Chemiluminescence
- Entropy
- Phosphorothioate
- Selection
- Thioaptamer
- Transforming growth factor-β1
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry