Name: photo-induced cross-linking of unmodified proteins (picup) applied to amyloidogenic peptides
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Este trabajo fue apoyado por becas y AG027818 AG030709 de NIH / NIA, 2005/2E de Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, IIRG-07-58334 de la Asociación de Alzheimer, y 07-65798 de California Departamento de Salud Pública.

1. Péptido de preparación <ol><li> Pesar ~ 100-200 mg de péptido liofilizado usando una microbalanza y la transferencia en la etiqueta, revestido con silicio, tubos de microcentrífuga de baja adsorbente. Aquí, nosotros usamos las secuencias humanas de Aβ40, Aß42, calcitonina y GRF. </li><li> Aquí, nosotros usamos los péptidos pre-tratados con 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) para obtener homogénea, global sin preparativos. Este paso es necesario porque preformados agregados inducir la agregación de ...

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Picup fue desarrollado originalmente para estudiar complejos estables de proteínas 2. El método fue aplicado más tarde para el estudio cuantitativo de las asambleas metaestable proteína amiloide, incluyendo Aß 10, priones y las enfermedades asociadas a PrP Sc 11, y α-sinucleína 12. Los factores más importantes que deben considerarse al diseñar un experimento picup son la estequiometría reactivo, tiempo de irradiación, y el procedimiento de preparación de la muestra. Las dos primeras cu...

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<td>Other</td>
<td>Dolan-Jenner Industries</td>
<td>Model 170-D</td>
<td>The heat generated by the lamp does not affect samples for short incubation periods.</td>
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<td>35-mm SLR camera body</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Pentax</td>
<td>SP500 model</td>
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<td>Clear, thin walled PCR tubes</td>
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<td>Eppendorf</td>
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<td>Glass vials (1.8 mL)</td>
<td>Other</td>
<td>Kimble Chromatography</td>
<td>60940A 2, supplied by Fisher 03-340-60</td>
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<td>GRF</td>
<td>Reagent</td>
<td>Bachem</td>
<td>H-3695</td>
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<td>HFIP</td>
<td>Reagent</td>
<td>TCI America</td>
<td>H0424</td>
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<td>A&beta;40 and A&beta;42</td>
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<td>UCLA Biopolymers Laboratory</td>
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<td>Calcitonin</td>
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<td>Invitrogen</td>
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<td>Invitrogen</td>
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<td>Invitrogen</td>
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<td>Invitrogen</td>
<td>LC1675</td>
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photo-induced cross-linking of unmodified proteins (picup) applied to amyloidogenic peptides

El ensamblaje de las proteínas amiloidogénica en oligómeros tóxicos es un acontecimiento fundamental en la patogénesis de las enfermedades de mal plegamiento de proteínas, como el Alzheimer, el Parkinson y las enfermedades de Huntington, esclerosis lateral amiotrófica hereditaria, y la diabetes tipo 2. Debido a la naturaleza metaestable de estos conjuntos de proteínas, es difícil evaluar su distribución de tamaño de oligómero cuantitativamente mediante los métodos clásicos, como la electroforesis, cromatografía de dispersión de la luz, fluorescencia, o dinámica. Oligómeros de proteínas amiloidogénica existen como mezclas metaestable, en el que los oligómeros se disocian en monómeros y asociarse en grandes asambleas de forma simultánea. Picup estabiliza la población oligómero por covalentes entrecruzamiento y cuando se combina con los métodos de fraccionamiento, como la electroforesis en gel de dodecil sulfato de sodio poliacrilamida (SDS-PAGE) o el tamaño de cromatografía de exclusión (SEC), ofrece picup instantáneas de la distribución de oligómeros de tamaño que existía antes de cruzar -linking. Por lo tanto, picup permite la visualización y el análisis cuantitativo de las poblaciones de proteínas metaestable y puede ser usado para monitorear el montaje y descifrar las relaciones entre las modificaciones de la secuencia y oligomerización<sup&gt; 1</sup&gt;. Mecánica, picup implica la foto-oxidación de Ru<sup&gt; 2 +</sup&gt; En un tris (bipiridilo) Ru (II) (RuBpy) a Ru<sup&gt; 3 +</sup&gt; Por irradiación con luz visible con la presencia de un aceptor de electrones. Ru<sup&gt; 3 +</sup&gt; Es un fuerte oxidante de un electrón capaz de abstraer un electrón de una molécula de proteína vecinos, generando una proteína radical<sup&gt; 1,2</sup&gt;. Los radicales son inestables y altamente reactivas y por lo tanto las especies desaparecen rápidamente a través de una variedad de reacciones intra e intermoleculares. Un radical puede utilizar la energía de un electrón no apareado para reaccionar con otro monómero proteína que forma un dímero radical, que posteriormente se pierde un átomo de hidrógeno y forma un estable, covalentemente ligado al dímero. El dímero puede reaccionar más a través de un mecanismo similar con monómeros o dímeros para formar oligómeros de orden superior. Ventajas de la relación picup a otros foto-químicos o métodos de entrecruzamiento<sup&gt; 3,4</sup&gt; Son cortas (≤ 1 s) la exposición de controles no destructivos de luz visible, sin necesidad de<i&gt; Pre facto</i&gt; Modificación de la secuencia nativa, y de longitud cero covalentes de entrecruzamiento. Además, picup permite el entrecruzamiento de las proteínas dentro de pH y temperatura, incluyendo los parámetros fisiológicos. Este sentido, demuestran la aplicación de picup de entrecruzamiento de tres proteínas amiloidogénica los 40 - y 42-residuo de proteína amiloide β-variantes (Aβ40 y Aß42), y la calcitonina, y una proteína de control, la hormona del crecimiento factor liberador (GRF).

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Photo-Induced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins PICUP Applied to Amyloidogenic Peptides at JoVE.com

Photo-Induced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins PICUP Applied to Amyloidogenic Peptides

Foto-inducido de entrecruzamiento de las proteínas sin modificar (picup) permite la caracterización de la distribución del tamaño de oligómero de mezclas de proteínas metaestable. Se demuestra la aplicación de picup a tres péptidos representante amiloidogénica los 40 - y 42-residuo forma de amiloide β-proteína, y la calcitonina, y un péptido de control de la hormona del crecimiento factor de liberación.

Foto-inducido el entrecruzamiento de las proteínas sin modificar (picup) aplicada a los péptidos amiloidogénicas

The assembly of amyloidogenic proteins into toxic oligomers is a seminal event in the pathogenesis of protein misfolding diseases, including Alzheimer's, ...

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Photo-Induced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins (PICUP) Applied to Amyloidogenic Peptides

Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins

Electrophoresis is used to separate complex mixtures of proteins (e.g., from cells, subcellular fractions, column fractions, or immunoprecipitates), to investigate subunit compositions, and to verify homogeneity of protein samples. It can also serve to purify proteins for use in further applications. In polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, proteins migrate in response to an electrical field through pores in a polyacrylamide gel matrix; pore size decreases with increasing acrylamide concentration. The combination of pore size and protein charge, size, and shape determines the migration rate of the protein. In this unit, the standard Laemmli method is described for discontinuous gel electrophoresis under denaturing conditions, i.e., in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). 

In this video, we demonstrate a method for electrophoretic separation of proteins using poly-acrylimide gel electrophoresis (PAGE).

Separación electroforética de las proteínas

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Staining Proteins in Gels

Following separation by electrophoretic methods, proteins in a gel can be detected by several staining methods. This unit describes protocols for detecting proteins by four popular methods. Coomassie blue staining is an easy and rapid method. Silver staining, while more time consuming, is considerably more sensitive and can thus be used to detect smaller amounts of protein. Fluorescent staining is a popular alternative to traditional staining procedures, mainly because it is more sensitive than Coomassie staining, and is often as sensitive as silver staining. Staining of proteins with SYPRO Orange and SYPRO Ruby are also demonstrated here.

Following separation by electrophoretic methods, proteins in a gel can be detected by several staining methods. Staining of proteins with Coomassie Blue, Silver Staining, SYPRO Orange, SYPRO Ruby are demonstrated in this video.

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Following separation by electrophoretic methods, proteins in a gel can be detected by several staining methods. This unit describes protocols for ...

A Lectin HPLC Method to Enrich Selectively-glycosylated Peptides from Complex Biological Samples

Glycans are an important class of post-translational modifications. Typically found on secreted and extracellular molecules, glycan structures signal the internal status of the cell. Glycans on tumor cells tend to have abundant sialic acid and fucose moieties. We propose that these cancer-associated glycan variants be exploited for biomarker development aimed at diagnosing early-stage disease. Accordingly, we developed a mass spectrometry-based workflow that incorporates chromatography on affinity matrices formed from lectins, proteins that bind specific glycan structures. The lectins Sambucus nigra (SNA) and Aleuria aurantia (AAL), which bind sialic acid and fucose, respectively, were covalently coupled to POROS beads (Applied Biosystems) and packed into PEEK columns for high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Briefly, plasma was depleted of the fourteen most abundant proteins using a multiple affinity removal system (MARS-14; Agilent). Depleted plasma was trypsin-digested and separated into flow-through and bound fractions by SNA or AAL HPLC. The fractions were treated with PNGaseF to remove N-linked glycans, and analyzed by LC-MS/MS on a QStar Elite. Data were analyzed using Mascot software. The experimental design included positive controls&mdash;fucosylated and sialylated human lactoferrin glycopeptides&mdash;and negative controls&mdash;high mannose glycopeptides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae&mdash;that were used to monitor the specificity of lectin capture. Key features of this workflow include the reproducibility derived from the HPLC format, the positive identification of the captured and PNGaseF-treated glycopeptides from their deamidated Asn-Xxx-Ser/Thr motifs, and quality assessment using glycoprotein standards. Protocol optimization also included determining the appropriate ratio of starting material to column capacity, identifying the most efficient capture and elution buffers, and monitoring the PNGaseF-treatment to ensure full deglycosylation. Future directions include using this workflow to perform mass spectrometry-based discovery experiments on plasma from breast cancer patients and control individuals.

Lectin-conjugated POROS beads were employed for HPLC. Glycopeptide standards served as positive and negative controls. MARS-14 depleted, trypsin-digested human plasma was chromatographed and flow-through (FT) and bound fractions collected for ESI-LC-MS/MS analyses. Glycopeptides were enriched in the bound fraction as compared to FT.

Una lectina Método HPLC para enriquecer péptidos selectivamente glicosilada de muestras biológicas complejas

Glycans are an important class of post-translational modifications. Typically found on secreted and extracellular molecules, glycan structures signal the ...

Isolation of Labile Multi-protein Complexes by in vivo Controlled Cellular Cross-Linking and Immuno-magnetic Affinity Chromatography

The dynamic nature of cellular machineries is frequently built on transient and/or weak protein associations. These low affinity interactions preclude stringent methods for the isolation and identification of protein networks around a protein of interest. The use of chemical crosslinkers allows the selective stabilization of labile interactions, thus bypassing biochemical limitations for purification. Here we present a protocol amenable for cells in culture that uses a homobifunctional crosslinker with a spacer arm of 12 &Aring;, dithiobis-(succinimidyl proprionate) (DSP). DSP is cleaved by reduction of a disulphide bond present in the molecule. Cross-linking combined with immunoaffinity chromatography of proteins of interest with magnetic beads allows the isolation of protein complexes that otherwise would not withstand purification. This protocol is compatible with regular western blot techniques and it can be scaled up for protein identification by mass spectrometry1.
Stephanie A. Zlatic and Pearl V. Ryder contributed equally to this work.

Isolation of Labile Multi-protein Complexes by in vivo Controlled Cellular Cross-Linking and Immuno-magnetic Affinity Chromatography

The cell permeable crosslinker DSP [dithiobis-(succinimidyl propionate)] stabilizes transient and labile interactions in vivo, which allows their isolation using stringent protein complex purification techniques. Here we present a technique for crosslinking cells grown in culture followed by isolation of protein complexes by immunoprecipitation.

El aislamiento de lábil Multi-complejos de proteínas por In vivo Control Celular entrecruzamiento y Inmuno-cromatografía de afinidad magnética

The dynamic nature of cellular machineries is frequently built on transient and/or weak protein associations. These low affinity interactions preclude ...

Laser Microdissection Applied to Gene Expression Profiling of Subset of Cells from the Drosophila Wing Disc

Heterogeneous nature of tissues has proven to be a limiting factor in the amount of information that can be generated from biological samples, compromising downstream analyses. Considering the complex and dynamic cellular associations existing within many tissues, in order to recapitulate the in vivo interactions thorough molecular analysis one must be able to analyze specific cell populations within their native context. Laser-mediated microdissection can achieve this goal, allowing unambiguous identification and successful harvest of cells of interest under direct microscopic visualization while maintaining molecular integrity. We have applied this technology to analyse gene expression within defined areas of the developing Drosophila wing disc, which represents an advantageous model system to study growth control, cell differentiation and organogenesis. Larval imaginal discs are precociously subdivided into anterior and posterior, dorsal and ventral compartments by lineage restriction boundaries. Making use of the inducible GAL4-UAS binary expression system, each of these compartments can be specifically labelled in transgenic flies expressing an UAS-GFP transgene under the control of the appropriate GAL4-driver construct. In the transgenic discs, gene expression profiling of discrete subsets of cells can precisely be determined after laser-mediated microdissection, using the fluorescent GFP signal to guide laser cut. 
Among the variety of downstream applications, we focused on RNA transcript profiling after localised RNA interference (RNAi). With the advent of RNAi technology, GFP labelling can be coupled with localised knockdown of a given gene, allowing to determinate the transcriptional response of a discrete cell population to the specific gene silencing. To validate this approach, we dissected equivalent areas of the disc from the posterior (labelled by GFP expression), and the anterior (unlabelled) compartment upon regional silencing in the P compartment of an otherwise ubiquitously expressed gene. RNA was extracted from microdissected silenced and unsilenced areas and comparative gene expression profiling determined by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. We show that this method can effectively be applied for accurate transcriptomics of subsets of cells within the Drosophila imaginal discs. Indeed, while massive disc preparation as source of RNA generally assumes cell homogeneity, it is well known that transcriptional expression can vary greatly within these structures in consequence of positional information. Using localized fluorescent GFP signal to guide laser cut, more accurate transcriptional analyses can be performed and profitably applied to disparate applications, including transcript profiling of distinct cell lineages within their native context.

Laser Microdissection Applied to Gene Expression Profiling of Subset of Cells from the Drosophila Wing Disc

Laser microdissection was applied to analyse gene expression profiling in specific compartments of Drosophila wing disc subjected to localised RNAi in vivo. RNA extracted from equivalent areas of silenced and unsilenced compartments was analysed by quantitative RT-PCR to determine comparative gene expression profiling within the context of native tissue microecology.

Microdisección láser aplicada a perfiles de expresión génica de subconjunto de las células de la Drosophila Ala Disco

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Determining the Contribution of the Energy Systems During Exercise

One of the most important aspects of the metabolic demand is the relative contribution of the energy systems to the total energy required for a given physical activity. Although some sports are relatively easy to be reproduced in a laboratory (e.g., running and cycling), a number of sports are much more difficult to be reproduced and studied in controlled situations. This method presents how to assess the differential contribution of the energy systems in sports that are difficult to mimic in controlled laboratory conditions. The concepts shown here can be adapted to virtually any sport.
The following physiologic variables will be needed: rest oxygen consumption, exercise oxygen consumption, post-exercise oxygen consumption, rest plasma lactate concentration and post-exercise plasma peak lactate. To calculate the contribution of the aerobic metabolism, you will need the oxygen consumption at rest and during the exercise. By using the trapezoidal method, calculate the area under the curve of oxygen consumption during exercise, subtracting the area corresponding to the rest oxygen consumption. To calculate the contribution of the alactic anaerobic metabolism, the post-exercise oxygen consumption curve has to be adjusted to a mono or a bi-exponential model (chosen by the one that best fits). Then, use the terms of the fitted equation to calculate anaerobic alactic metabolism, as follows: ATP-CP metabolism = A1 (mL . s-1) x t1 (s). Finally, to calculate the contribution of the lactic anaerobic system, multiply peak plasma lactate by 3 and by the athlete&#x2019;s body mass (the result in mL is then converted to L and into kJ).
The method can be used for both continuous and intermittent exercise. This is a very interesting approach as it can be adapted to exercises and sports that are difficult to be mimicked in controlled environments. Also, this is the only available method capable of distinguishing the contribution of three different energy systems. Thus, the method allows the study of sports with great similarity to real situations, providing desirable ecological validity to the study.

This protocol allows researchers focused on exercise and sports sciences to determine the relative contribution of three different energy systems to the total energy expenditure during a large variety of exercises.

Determinación de la Contribución de los Sistemas de energía durante el ejercicio

One of the most important aspects of the metabolic demand is the relative contribution of the energy systems to the total energy required for a given ...

High Throughput Quantitative Expression Screening and Purification Applied to Recombinant Disulfide-rich Venom Proteins Produced in E. coli

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the most widely used expression system for the production of recombinant proteins for structural and functional studies. However, purifying proteins is sometimes challenging since many proteins are expressed in an insoluble form. When working with difficult or multiple targets it is therefore recommended to use high throughput (HTP) protein expression screening on a small scale (1-4&#160;ml cultures) to quickly identify conditions for soluble expression. To cope with the various structural genomics programs of the lab, a quantitative (within a range of 0.1-100 mg/L culture of recombinant protein) and HTP protein expression screening protocol was implemented and validated on thousands of proteins. The protocols were automated with the use of a liquid handling robot but can also be performed manually without specialized equipment.
Disulfide-rich venom proteins are gaining increasing recognition for their potential as therapeutic drug leads. They can be highly potent and selective, but their complex disulfide bond networks make them challenging to produce. As a member of the FP7 European Venomics project (<a href="http://www.venomics.eu">www.venomics.eu</a>), our challenge is to develop successful production strategies with the aim of producing thousands of novel venom proteins for functional characterization. Aided by the redox properties of disulfide bond isomerase DsbC, we adapted our HTP production pipeline for the expression of oxidized, functional venom peptides in the E. coli cytoplasm. The protocols are also applicable to the production of diverse disulfide-rich proteins. Here we demonstrate our pipeline applied to the production of animal venom proteins. With the protocols described herein it is likely that soluble disulfide-rich proteins will be obtained in as little as a week. Even from a small scale, there is the potential to use the purified proteins for validating the oxidation state by mass spectrometry, for characterization in pilot studies, or for sensitive micro-assays.

High Throughput Quantitative Expression Screening and Purification Applied to Recombinant Disulfide-rich Venom Proteins Produced in E. coli

A protocol for the quantitative, high throughput expression screening and analytical purification of fusion proteins from small-scale Escherichia coli cultures is described and applied to the expression of disulfide-rich animal venom protein targets.

High Throughput Screening Expresión cuantitativa y Purificación Aplicada a Recombinante Disulfide ricos en proteínas del veneno Producido en<em&gt; E. coli</em

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the most widely used expression system for the production of recombinant proteins for structural and functional studies. ...

Non-chromatographic Purification of Recombinant Elastin-like Polypeptides and their Fusions with Peptides and Proteins from Escherichia coli

Elastin-like polypeptides are repetitive biopolymers that exhibit a lower critical solution temperature phase transition behavior, existing as soluble unimers below a characteristic transition temperature and aggregating into micron-scale coacervates above their transition temperature. The design of elastin-like polypeptides at the genetic level permits precise control of their sequence and length, which dictates their thermal properties. Elastin-like polypeptides are used in a variety of applications including biosensing, tissue engineering, and drug delivery, where the transition temperature and biopolymer architecture of the ELP can be tuned for the specific application of interest. Furthermore, the lower critical solution temperature phase transition behavior of elastin-like polypeptides allows their purification by their thermal response, such that their selective coacervation and resolubilization allows the removal of both soluble and insoluble contaminants following expression in Escherichia coli. This approach can be used for the purification of elastin-like polypeptides alone or as a purification tool for peptide or protein fusions where recombinant peptides or proteins genetically appended to elastin-like polypeptide tags can be purified without chromatography. This protocol describes the purification of elastin-like polypeptides and their peptide or protein fusions and discusses basic characterization techniques to assess the thermal behavior of pure elastin-like polypeptide products.

Non-chromatographic Purification of Recombinant Elastin-like Polypeptides and their Fusions with Peptides and Proteins from Escherichia coli

Elastin-like polypeptides are stimulus-responsive biopolymers with applications ranging from recombinant protein purification to drug delivery. This protocol describes the purification and characterization of elastin-like polypeptides and their peptide or protein fusions from Escherichia coli using their lower critical solution temperature phase transition behavior as a simple alternative to chromatography.

La purificación no cromatográfico de polipéptidos recombinantes Elastina-como y sus fusiones con Péptidos y Proteínas de<em&gt; Escherichia coli</em

Elastin-like polypeptides are repetitive biopolymers that exhibit a lower critical solution temperature phase transition behavior, existing as soluble ...

Use of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and a Custom Database to Characterize Bacteria Indigenous to a Unique Cave Environment (Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA)

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry has been shown to be a rapid and reliable tool for identification of bacteria at the genus and species, and in some cases, strain levels. Commercially available and open source software tools have been developed to facilitate identification; however, no universal/standardized data analysis pipeline has been described in the literature. Here, we provide a comprehensive and detailed demonstration of bacterial identification procedures using a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. Mass spectra were collected from 15 diverse bacteria isolated from Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA, and identified by 16S rDNA sequencing. Databases were constructed in BioNumerics 7.1. Follow-up analyses of mass spectra were performed, including cluster analyses, peak matching, and statistical analyses. Identification was performed using blind-coded samples randomly selected from these 15 bacteria. Two identification methods are presented: similarity coefficient-based and biomarker-based methods. Results show that both identification methods can identify the bacteria to the species level.

Use of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and a Custom Database to Characterize Bacteria Indigenous to a Unique Cave Environment Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA

This work details procedures for rapid identification of bacteria using MALDI-TOF MS. The identification procedures include spectrum acquisition, database construction, and follow up analyses. Two identification methods, similarity coefficient-based and biomarker-based methods, are presented.

El uso de MALDI-TOF espectrometría de masas y una base de datos personalizada para caracterizar bacterias indígenas a una cueva entorno único (Kartchner Cavernas, AZ, EE.UU.)

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry has been shown to be a rapid and reliable tool for identification of bacteria at the genus and species, and in some cases, ...

A Method for Selecting Structure-switching Aptamers Applied to a Colorimetric Gold Nanoparticle Assay

Small molecules provide rich targets for biosensing applications due to their physiological implications as biomarkers of various aspects of human health and performance. Nucleic acid aptamers have been increasingly applied as recognition elements on biosensor platforms, but selecting aptamers toward small molecule targets requires special design considerations. This work describes modification and critical steps of a method designed to select structure-switching aptamers to small molecule targets. Binding sequences from a DNA library hybridized to complementary DNA capture probes on magnetic beads are separated from nonbinders via a target-induced change in conformation. This method is advantageous because sequences binding the support matrix (beads) will not be further amplified, and it does not require immobilization of the target molecule. However, the melting temperature of the capture probe and library is kept at or slightly above RT, such that sequences that dehybridize based on thermodynamics will also be present in the supernatant solution. This effectively limits the partitioning efficiency (ability to separate target binding sequences from nonbinders), and therefore many selection rounds will be required to remove background sequences. The reported method differs from previous structure-switching aptamer selections due to implementation of negative selection steps, simplified enrichment monitoring, and extension of the length of the capture probe following selection enrichment to provide enhanced stringency. The selected structure-switching aptamers are advantageous in a gold nanoparticle assay platform that reports the presence of a target molecule by the conformational change of the aptamer. The gold nanoparticle assay was applied because it provides a simple, rapid colorimetric readout that is beneficial in a clinical or deployed environment. Design and optimization considerations are presented for the assay as proof-of-principle work in buffer to provide a foundation for further extension of the work toward small molecule biosensing in physiological fluids.

A protocol is provided to select structure-switching aptamers for small molecule targets based on a tunable stringency magnetic bead selection method. Aptamers selected with structure-switching properties are beneficial for assays that require a conformational change to signal the presence of a target, such as the described gold nanoparticle assay.

Un método para la selección de aptámeros Estructura de conmutación Aplicado a una de nanopartículas de oro ensayo colorimétrico

Small molecules provide rich targets for biosensing applications due to their physiological implications as biomarkers of various aspects of human health ...