title: Rationally designed aptamer-based fluorescence polarization sensor dedicated to the small target analysis.
abstract: A direct fluorescence polarization (FP) assay strategy, dedicated to the small molecule sensing and based on the unique induced-fit binding mechanism of end-labelled nucleic acid aptamers, has been recently developed by our group. Small target binding has been successfully converted into a significant increase of the fluorescence anisotropy signal presumably produced by the reduction of the local motional freedom of the dye. In order to generalize the approach, a rational FP sensor methodology was established herein, by engineering instability in the secondary structure of an aptameric recognition element. The anti-adenosine DNA aptamer, labelled by a single fluorescein dye at its 3' extremity, was employed as a model functional nucleic acid probe. The terminal stem of the stem-loop structure was shortened to induce a destabilized/denatured conformation which promoted the local segmental mobility of the dye and then a significant depolarization process. Upon target binding, the structural change of the aptamer induced the formation of a stable stem-loop structure, leading to the reduction of the dye mobility and the increase in the fluorescence anisotropy signal. This reasoned approach was applied to the sensing of adenosine and adenosine monophosphate and their chiral analysis.
authors.affiliation: Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire UMR 5063 CNRS, ICMG FR 2607, Université Grenoble I, Campus universitaire, 70, rue de la Chimie, 38240 Saint-Martin d'Hères, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ravelet
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guieu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fize
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perigaud
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peyrin
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D015342:DNA Probes; D000241:Adenosine