NUCLEOTIDES AND APTAMERS CONTAINING BORONIC ACID GROUPS HAVING BIASED BINDING TO GLYCOSYLATED PROTEINS, AND USES THEREOF
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Abstract
The present disclosure encompasses oligonucleotide aptamers selectively binding a target glycosylated polypeptide or protein, and having biased affinity for the glycan through a boronic acid linked to a nucleosidic base of a nucleotide(s). The disclosure further encompasses methods for isolating an aptamer(s) selectively binding a target glycosylated polypeptide, where, from a population of randomized oligonucleotides that have at least one nucleotide having a boronic acid label linked to a base, is selected a first subpopulation of aptamers binding to the target glycosylated polypeptide or protein. This subpopulation is then amplified without using boronic acid-modified TTP, and amplification products not binding to a target glycosylated polypeptide or protein are selected. The second subpopulation of aptamers is then amplified using boronic acid-modified TTP to provide a population of boronic acid-modified aptamers capable of selectively binding to a glycosylation site of a target polypeptide or protein. Other aspects of the disclosure encompass methods for the use of the modified aptamers to detect glycosylated species of a polypeptide or protein.
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- 1. A nucleotide monomer having the formula:
- 8. An aptamer having selective affinity for a glycosylated polypeptide, the aptamers comprising at least one nucleotide monomer having the formula:
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18. A method of isolating an aptamer having selective affinity for a target polypeptide and a glycan thereon, comprising:
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(a) from a population of randomized oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide includes at least one nucleotide having a boronic acid label linked to a base thereon, selecting a first subpopulation of aptamers binding to a target glyocsylated polypeptide or protein; (b) amplifying the first subpopulation of aptamers without using boronic acid-modified TTP, and selecting from the amplification products thereof a second subpopulation of aptamers not binding to a glycosylated species of the target polypeptide or protein; and (c) amplifying the second subpopulation of aptamers using boronic acid-modified TTP, thereby providing a population of boronic acid-modified aptamers capable of selectively binding to a glycosylation site of a target polypeptide or protein. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of detecting a glycosylated species of a target polypeptide, comprising:
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(a) providing a target polypeptide; (b) contacting the target polypeptide with a first aptamer comprising at least one nucleotide having a boronic acid label linked to a base thereon, wherein the first aptamer has enhanced selective affinity for a glycosylated site of the target polypeptide compared to a second aptamer having an identical nucleotide sequence to that of the first aptamer but not having a boronic acid group thereon; (c) providing conditions suitable for selective binding of the first aptamer to the glycosylated site of the target polypeptide; and (c) detecting a population of bound first aptamers, thereby indicating the presence of the glycosylation site of the target polypeptide. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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