Protein-Templated Click Ligation Reaction Triggered by Protein-Split Aptamer Interactions.

Anal Chem

Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.

Published: September 2024

DNA-templated reactions have found wide applications in sensing and drug discovery. However, this strategy has been limited to the use of nucleic acids as templating elements to direct the proximity effect. Herein, we describe a versatile rotein-emplated lit ptamer lick igation eaction (PT-SpA-CLR) in which the protein template-induced covalent proximity ligation of split aptamer elements enables translating protein/aptamer binding events into the output of ligated DNA products. A ligation yield of >80% is observed for three model protein templates, including VEGF, PDGF-BB, and SARS-CoV-2 S1. The ligation reaction compensates for the weakness of reduced binding affinity resulting from splitting the aptamer, as evidenced by an approximately 2-fold lower dissociation constant than the non-ligated system. This newly developed PT-SpA-CLR strategy is further integrated with colorimetric or fluorescent reporting mechanisms to achieve easy-to-use and low-cost biosensors utilizing ligation to produce a fully active G-quadruplex or an RNA-cleaving DNAzyme to report protein binding. Both assays can achieve specific detection of an intended protein target with a limit of detection at the picomolar level even when challenged in biological samples. The combined PT-SpA-CLR and versatile sensing strategies offer attractive universal platforms for efficient detection of protein biomarkers.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c03316DOI Listing

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