Zhao Jingjin, Ma Yefei, Kong Rongmei, Zhang Liangliang, Yang Wen, Zhao Shulin
Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources of Education Ministry, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, China.
The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, China.
Anal Chim Acta. 2015 Aug 5;887:216-223. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.07.006. Epub 2015 Aug 8.
Herein, we introduced a tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanosheet and exonuclease III (Exo III) co-assisted signal amplification strategy for highly sensitive fluorescent polarization (FP) assay of DNA glycosylase activity. Two DNA glycosylases, uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) and human 8-oxoG DNA glycosylase 1 (hOGG1), were tested. A hairpin-structured probe (HP) which contained damaged bases in the stem was used as the substrate. The removal of damaged bases from substrate by DNA glycosylase would lower the melting temperature of HP. The HP was then opened and hybridized with a FAM dye-labeled single strand DNA (DP), generating a duplex with a recessed 3'-terminal of DP. This design facilitated the Exo III-assisted amplification by repeating the hybridization and digestion of DP, liberating numerous FAM fluorophores which could not be adsorbed on WS2 nanosheet. Thus, the final system exhibited a small FP signal. However, in the absence of DNA glycosylases, no hybridization between DP and HP was occurred, hampering the hydrolysis of DP by Exo III. The intact DP was then adsorbed on the surface of WS2 nanosheet that greatly amplified the mass of the labeled-FAM fluorophore, resulting in a large FP value. With the co-assisted amplification strategy, the sensitivity was substantially improved. In addition, this method was applied to detect UDG activity in cell extracts. The study of the inhibition of UDG was also performed. Furthermore, this method is simple in design, easy in implementation, and selective, which holds potential applications in the DNA glycosylase related mechanism research and molecular diagnostics.
在此,我们介绍了一种二硫化钨(WS2)纳米片和核酸外切酶III(Exo III)共同辅助的信号放大策略,用于DNA糖基化酶活性的高灵敏度荧光偏振(FP)检测。测试了两种DNA糖基化酶,尿嘧啶-DNA糖基化酶(UDG)和人8-氧代鸟嘌呤DNA糖基化酶1(hOGG1)。使用一种在茎部含有损伤碱基的发夹结构探针(HP)作为底物。DNA糖基化酶从底物上去除损伤碱基会降低HP的解链温度。然后HP打开并与FAM染料标记的单链DNA(DP)杂交,产生一个DP的3'末端凹陷的双链体。这种设计通过重复DP的杂交和消化促进了Exo III辅助的扩增,释放出大量不能吸附在WS2纳米片上的FAM荧光团。因此,最终系统呈现出小的FP信号。然而,在没有DNA糖基化酶的情况下,DP和HP之间不会发生杂交,从而阻碍了Exo III对DP的水解。完整的DP随后吸附在WS2纳米片表面,极大地放大了标记的FAM荧光团的质量,导致FP值较大。通过共同辅助的放大策略,灵敏度得到了显著提高。此外,该方法还应用于检测细胞提取物中的UDG活性。还进行了UDG抑制研究。此外,该方法设计简单、易于实施且具有选择性,在DNA糖基化酶相关机制研究和分子诊断中具有潜在应用。