2015年12月
K+-responsive off-to-on switching of hammerhead ribozyme through dual G-quadruplex formation requiring no heating and cooling treatment
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
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- 巻
- 468
- 号
- 1-2
- 開始ページ
- 27
- 終了ページ
- 31
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.10.173
- 出版者・発行元
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Functional RNAs that switch their activities in response to K+ may sense the intracellular (100 mM) and extracellular (5 mM) K+ concentrations and regulate their functions accordingly. Previously, we developed a quadruplex hammerhead ribozyme (QHR) whose conformational change, from a duplex to a G-quadruplex, triggered by K+ results in expression of the activity. However, this QHR required heating and cooling treatment (annealing) to induce the K+-responsive conformational change and activity. Here, we developed a new quadruplex hammerhead ribozyme (QHR) system that does not require annealing to induce the K+-responsive conformational change and activity. This system is composed of QHR and a G-quadruplex-forming complementary DNA strand (QCS). In the absence of K+, QCS formed a duplex with QHR, which suppressed the residual activity. Upon elevation of the K+ concentration, QCS dissociated from QHR was trapped in a G-quadruplex, and then QHR could form a G-quadruplex and exerted the activity. The 11.6-fold higher activity was induced by K+ with an EC50 value of 23 mM, but not by Na+, which is desirable when the activity switching between the intra-/extracellular environment is aimed at. This is the first report of the activation of functional RNA through a 'dual G-quadruplex formation system'. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.10.173
- ISSN : 0006-291X
- eISSN : 1090-2104
- J-Global ID : 201702212566603626
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000366240800005