Poly(A)-targeting molecular beacons: Fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based in vitro quantitation and time-dependent imaging in live cells |
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Authors: | Min Young Kim Jisu Kim Sang Soo Hah |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry and Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea. |
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Abstract: | Quantitation of poly(A)-RNA, time-dependent visualization of intracellular poly(A)(+)-RNA localization in living mammalian cells, and time-resolved intracellular binding dynamics of molecular beacons at the single-molecule level using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular beacon are described. FRET-based molecular beacons were designed as poly(A)-targeting probes to be oligonucleotides that contained Cy5 and Cy3 fluorescent dyes at the strand ends and a poly(A)-targeting sequence inside the strand. Our ratiometric analysis using poly(A)-targeting probes allowed for highly specific and wide-ranging detection (from 1.25nM to 0.5μM) of poly(A)-RNA, as well as for determination of K(d) values, and revealed a distribution of the probe itself and localization of the target RNA sequence in cells. Furthermore, time-dependent FRET-mediated fluorescence changes at the single-molecule level caused by the folding-induced gradual conformation changes in live cells were observed. |
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