title: In vitro selection and characterization of cellulose-binding RNA aptamers using isothermal amplification.
abstract: We sought to create new cellulose-binding RNA aptamers for use as modular components in the engineering of complex functional nucleic acids. We designed our in vitro selection strategy to incorporate self-sustained sequence replication (3SR), which is an isothermal nucleic acid amplification protocol that allows for the rapid amplification of RNAs with little manipulation. The best performing aptamer representative was chosen for reselection and further optimization. The aptamer exhibits robust binding of cellulose in both the powdered and paper form, but did not show any significant binding of closely related polysaccharides. The minimal cellulose-binding RNA aptamer also can be grafted onto other RNAs to permit the isolation of RNAs from complex biochemical mixtures via cellulose affinity chromatography. This was demonstrated by fusing the aptamer to a glmS ribozyme sequence, and selectively eluting ribozyme cleavage products from cellulose using glucosamine 6-phosphate to activate glmS ribozyme function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8103, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Boese
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Corbino
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Breaker
mesh_terms: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D002616:Chemical Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000235:genetics; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D002482:Cellulose