DeRosa M C, Lin A, Mallikaratchy P, McConnell E M, McKeague M, Patel R, Shigdar S
Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1T2S2.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0B8.
Nat Rev Methods Primers. 2023;3. doi: 10.1038/s43586-023-00247-6. Epub 2023 Jul 20.
The introduction of the in-vitro evolution method known as SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential enrichment) more than 30 years ago led to the conception of versatile synthetic receptors known as aptamers. Offering many benefits such as low cost, high stability and flexibility, aptamers have sparked innovation in molecular diagnostics, enabled advances in synthetic biology and have facilitated new therapeutic approaches. The SELEX method itself is inherently adaptable and offers near limitless possibilities in yielding functional nucleic acid ligands. This Primer serves to provide guidance on experimental design and highlight new growth areas for this impactful technology.
30多年前,体外进化方法SELEX(指数富集配体系统进化)的引入催生了被称为适配体的多功能合成受体的概念。适配体具有低成本、高稳定性和灵活性等诸多优点,激发了分子诊断领域的创新,推动了合成生物学的发展,并促进了新的治疗方法的出现。SELEX方法本身具有内在的适应性,在产生功能性核酸配体方面提供了几乎无限的可能性。本入门指南旨在为实验设计提供指导,并突出这一有影响力的技术的新增长领域。