Selection of DNA aptamers against DC-SIGN protein.
Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells and have come to be appreciated as critical controllers of the immune response, especially T cell responses. Apart from presenting antigens to T cells, DCs carry out many other functions in regulating immunity. DC-specific intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-3 grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) is a novel receptor that plays an important role in DC migration and adhesion, the inflammatory response, T cell activation, initiating the immune response, and immune escape of pathogens and tumors. DC-SIGN mediates DC binding to ICAM-3 on the T cell surface and ICAM-2 on the endothelial cell (EC) surface, and takes part in the initial interaction between DC and T cells or vascular ECs. The procedure of systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) is a method in which single-stranded oligonucleotides are selected from a wide variety of sequences, based on their interaction with a target molecule. In this study, we selected DNA aptamers against DC-SIGN protein by SELEX, and measured their binding affinity for DC-SIGN. Finally, an appropriate aptamer with high affinity for DC-SIGN was obtained, and it blocked DC adhesion to ECs as effectively as anti-DC-SIGN monoclonal antibody.
Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 79, Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Yan
Y
Hui
Li
L
Shan
Zhou
Z
Lin-Fu
Zhu
Z
Jian-Hua
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000099215:DC-Specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin
D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000099215:DC-Specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin