RNA Condensate as a Versatile Platform for Improving Fluorogenic RNA Aptamer Properties and Cell Imaging

Fluorogenic RNA aptamers are valuable tools for cell imaging, but they still suffer from shortcomings such as easy degradation, limited photostability, and low fluorescence enhancement. Molecular crowding conditions enable the stabilization of the structure, promotion of folding, and improvement of activity of functional RNA. Based on artificial RNA condensates, here we present a versatile platform to improve fluorogenic RNA aptamer properties and develop sensors for target analyte imaging in living cells. Using the CUG repeat as a general tag to drive phase separation, various fluorogenic aptamer-based RNA condensates (FLARE) were prepared. We show that the molecular crowding of FLARE can improve the enzymatic resistance, thermostability, photostability, and binding affinity of fluorogenic RNA aptamers. Moreover, the FLARE systems can be modularly engineered into sensors (FLARES), which demonstrate enhanced brightness and sensitivity compared to free sensors dispersed in homogeneous solution. This scalable design principle provides new insights into RNA aptamer property regulation and cellular imaging.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 146(2024), 7 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 4402-4411

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ji, Ruoyang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Long [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Yuzhe [VerfasserIn]
Du, Songyuan [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ruru [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Kewei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

63231-63-0
Aptamers, Nucleotide
Fluorescent Dyes
Journal Article
RNA

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Date Completed 22.02.2024

Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.3c09162

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368194353