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  • Title: Hybridization-based aptamer labeling using complementary oligonucleotide platform for PET and optical imaging.
    Author: Park JY, Lee TS, Song IH, Cho YL, Chae JR, Yun M, Kang H, Lee JH, Lim JH, Cho WG, Kang WJ.
    Journal: Biomaterials; 2016 Sep; 100():143-51. PubMed ID: 27258484.
    Abstract:
    Aptamers are promising next-generation ligands used in molecular imaging and theragnosis. Aptamers are synthetic nucleic acids that can be held together with complementary sequences by base-pair hybridization. In this study, the complementary oligonucleotide (cODN) hybridization-based aptamer conjugation platform was developed to use aptamers as the molecular imaging agent. The cODN was pre-labeled with fluorescent dye or radioisotope and hybridized with a matched sequence containing aptamers in aqueous conditions. The cODN platform-hybridized aptamers exhibited good serum stability and specific binding affinity towards target cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. These results suggest that the newly designed aptamer conjugation platform offers great potential for the versatile application of aptamers as molecular imaging agents.
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