Issue 5, 2015

Selection of LNA-containing DNA aptamers against recombinant human CD73

Abstract

LNA-containing DNA aptamers against CD73 (human ecto-5′-nucleotidase), a protein frequently overexpressed in solid tumours, were isolated by SELEX. A pre-defined stem-loop library, containing LNA in the forward primer region, was enriched with CD73 binding sequences through six rounds of SELEX with recombinant his-tagged CD73 immobilised on anti-his plates. Enriched pools isolated from rounds one, three and six were subjected to next-generation sequencing and analysed for enrichment using custom bioinformatics software. The software identified aptamer sequences via the primers and then performed several steps including sequence unification, clustering and alignment to identify enriched sequences. Three enriched sequences were synthesised for further analysis, two of which showed sequence similarities. These sequences exhibited binding to the recombinant CD73 with KD values of 10 nM and 3.5 nM when tested by surface plasmon resonance. Truncated variants of these aptamers and variants where the LNA nucleotides were substituted for the DNA equivalent also exhibited affinity for the recombinant CD73 in the low nanomolar range. In enzyme inhibition assays with recombinant CD73 the aptamer sequences were able to decrease the activity of the protein. However, the aptamers exhibited no binding to cellular CD73 by flow cytometry analysis likely since the epitope recognised by the aptamer was not available for binding on the cellular protein.

Graphical abstract: Selection of LNA-containing DNA aptamers against recombinant human CD73

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Jan 2015
Accepted
17 Feb 2015
First published
17 Feb 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Mol. BioSyst., 2015,11, 1260-1270

Selection of LNA-containing DNA aptamers against recombinant human CD73

I. C. Elle, K. K. Karlsen, M. G. Terp, N. Larsen, R. Nielsen, N. Derbyshire, S. Mandrup, H. J. Ditzel and J. Wengel, Mol. BioSyst., 2015, 11, 1260 DOI: 10.1039/C5MB00045A

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