Evolution of Interferon-Gamma Aptamer with Good Affinity and Analytical Utility by a Rational In Silico Base Mutagenesis Post-SELEX Strategy

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Abstract

The Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX) is conventionally an effective method to identify aptamers, which are oligonucleotide sequences with desired properties to recognize targets specifically and sensitively. However, there are some inherent limitations, e.g., the loss of potential high-affinity sequences during biased iterative PCR enrichment processes and the limited structural diversity of the initial library, which seriously restrict their real-world applications. To overcome these limitations, the in silico base mutagenesis post-SELEX strategy based on the low Gibbs free energy (ΔG) and genetic algorithm was developed for the optimization of the interferon-gamma aptamer (B1-4). In the process of evolution, new sequences were created and the aptamer candidates with low ΔG values and advanced structures were produced. After five rounds of selection, systematic studies revealed that the affinity of the newly developed evolutionary aptamer (M5-5) was roughly 10-fold higher than that of the parent aptamer (B1-4), and an aptasensor detection system with a limit-of-detection (LOD) value of 3.17 nM was established based on the evolutionary aptamer. The proposed approach provided an efficient strategy to improve the aptamer with low energy and a high binding ability, and the good analytical utility thereof.

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Zhao, L., Wang, Q., Yin, Y., Yang, Y., Cui, H., & Dong, Y. (2022). Evolution of Interferon-Gamma Aptamer with Good Affinity and Analytical Utility by a Rational In Silico Base Mutagenesis Post-SELEX Strategy. Molecules, 27(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27175725

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