Covalent and Oriented Immobilization of Antibodies through Systematic Modification of Photoactivatable RNA Hybrid Aptamers

Bioconjug Chem. 2022 Aug 17;33(8):1527-1535. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00274. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

Abstract

We report a covalent and well-oriented strategy of immobilization of antibodies using photoactivatable Fc-binding RNA aptamers (FcBAs). We prepared several types of FcBAs that were further modified with photoaffinity probes (i.e., benzophenone or diazirine), and evaluated the binding capabilities and the photo-crosslinking efficiency of them via pull-down assays and fluorescence analyses, respectively. Initial moderate photo-crosslinking efficiency (Kd ∼ 110 nM) was substantially improved by multivalent association of FcBAs and structural modification of FcBAs. For a conceptual proof, covalent crosslinking of human IgG on FcBA-tethered solid chips was fabricated and investigated by scanometry, which eventually proved real applicability of the present scheme toward immunoassays.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide*
  • Diazomethane
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay
  • Immunoglobulin G / chemistry
  • RNA

Substances

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Diazomethane
  • RNA