TY - JOUR ID - 148215 TI - Self-folded Primers as an Alternative to Single-stranded Primers in an Oligonucleotide Library Designed for Aptamer Screening JO - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Research JA - ABCR LA - en SN - AU - Wang, Bin AU - Jafary, Hamza A. AU - Sadeghian, Niloufar Z. AD - Department of Chemistry, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, United States Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 309 EP - 317 KW - Self-folded primers KW - Intercalated motif (i-motif) KW - Single-stranded primers KW - Oligonucleotide library KW - Aptamer screening DO - 10.22036/abcr.2022.315172.1695 N2 - In recent years, oligonucleotide libraries have been used to screen for high-affinity and high-selectivity aptamers that target proteins, peptides, small molecules, or cells. The members of a traditional oligonucleotide library contain a randomized central region with a single-stranded primer region at each end for amplifying target-bound central sequences. However, the single-stranded primers may interact with complementary sequences in the central region of the oligonucleotide and interfere with target-binding. The authors proposed a new library design that uses self-folded motifs to replace the single-stranded primers. For proof of concept, highly structured intercalated motifs (i-motifs) were used to construct the primer regions, and DNA oligonucleotides containing a known streptavidin-binding aptamer in the central region were used to evaluate the performance of the i-motif primers. The applicability of i-motif primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was evaluated as well. The experimental results indicate that the self-folded i-motif primers do not interrupt streptavidin binding to the central region of the DNA oligonucleotide, and that they are PCR-friendly. Finally, when these self-folding primers were used to construct the members of an otherwise traditional DNA library, the target molecules were successfully collected, demonstrating that such primers are a viable alternative to the traditional single-stranded primers in the members of an oligonucleotide library used for aptamer screening. UR - https://www.analchemres.org/article_148215.html L1 - https://www.analchemres.org/article_148215_179f8e12b129d6824ff089b8bc431d08.pdf ER -