Detection of G-Quadruplex Formation via Light Scattering of Defined Gold Nanoassemblies Modulated by Molecular Hairpins

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• 作者：Nianjia Seow ; Yingjie Kirk ; Lin-Yue Lanry Yung
• 刊名：Bioconjugate Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 18, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：27
• 期：5
• 页码：1236-1243
• 全文大小：461K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-4812

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G-quadruplexes are of great scientific interest, as these unique DNA structures play key regulatory roles in cell replication, such as safeguarding against uncontrolled cellular divisions. The quadruplexes have also been applied for detecting DNA and protein biomarkers via methods like fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and gold nanoparticle (AuNP) aggregation. As an alternative and complementary platform to the established molecular techniques for the study of quadruplexes, we have developed a strategy coupling poly-G (PG)-mediated quadruplex formation with AuNP assembly detectable via dynamic light scattering (DLS). The presence of quadruplex-forming sequences also uniquely modifies the AuNP nanoassembly readout on DLS. In addition, molecular hairpins co-attached onto the AuNP together with PG successfully modulated the quadruplex-induced nanoassembly. Through molecular beacon-based fluorescence restoration and light scattering signal changes, the open/closed conformations of the hairpins are leveraged to tune the size of the quadruplex-mediated nanoassembly.