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APTAMERS“A Plethora Of Opportunities”
HARI PANKAJ VANAM
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
27th MARCH 2016
OBJECTIVES
What are Aptamers- definition, Properties.
History of Initial Aptamers & SELEX
mAbs Vs Aptamers (hype / humbug!)
Types of Aptamers.
SELEX Process and Its modifications.
Potential applications- Where are we ?
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Latin-aptus (to fit), Greek meros - part
Short ssDNA, RNA - oligonucleotides (15-75) or peptides
Unambiguous binding affinity they discriminate for their
specific targets with high precision!!high specificity .
(unsuitable for Ab).
Essentially as structural /Molecular recognition.
Kd of aptamer-protein binding: 1pico molar to 1 nanomolar.
Chemical Abs untouched areas of therapeutics.
Unlimited spectrum; unbound by limitations of immunogenicity.
What are Aptamers?
Ex: of targets: small
molecules, Ions, toxins,
peptides, proteins,
viruses, bacteria, and
even whole cells.3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
Aptamers doesn't bind to targets by canonical base-pairing like oligonucleotides used in PCR,
because it's target is NOT DNA.
They often base pair internally, making stems and loops that position bases in optimal locations.
Generated chemically-Controllable and modified. SELEX!!!
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APTAMERS ARE POLYANIONS
They like to stick to polycations (histones, DNA
BP, Heparin BPs etc.,)
By including -polyanion (dextran sulfate)in
SELEX can increase specificity by competing for
nonspecific binding.
Including non-natural bases in DNA helps
increase sensitivity. Modified bases!!!3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
A History of Aptamers
Concept of “joining NA with proteins”: 1980s-Studies from
HIV & Adeno ”RNAs are encoded by these viruses to
bind to cellular proteins ”with high affinity and specificity
–hence known as aptamer ( coined by Ellington).
1900 SELEX -Systematic Evolution of Ligands by
Exponential enrichment (SELEX) process, -streamline
aptamer-isolation process-improve efficiency/optimization.
past two decades over 25+ different SELEX processes -
All follows GOLD & TUERK’s (1993 patent) basic
Approach.
Currently, over 4,000 published articles PUBMED-
The New Beginning !!!
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Genesis of SELEX –
Prof .Gold L & Student Tuerk
Intitial aptamers -SELEX:
RNA ligands to BØ T4 DNA pol.
Science 1990; 249:505-10, Patent in 1993.
Awards-European Inventors of the Year 2006.
Experiment: A randomized pool of ~65,500 N
sequences underwent the process, and two of these
sequences were isolated.
Results led to the concept that “NAs could be used
to recognize proteins.”
Ellington Andy, Szostak JW. In vitro selection of RNA
molecules -that bind specific ligands, Nature 1990 .
Gerald Joyce –California independently- developed
SELEX.
Scostak
Gerald
Joyce
Ellington Andy
Univ. of Colorado
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Folded DNA becomes Trojan
horse to attack cancer
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Timeline of mAbs Vs Aptamers
R.Yallow
RIA-for
insulin
Kohler &
Milstein
mAb’s
Yalow
Nobel
Kohler &
Milstein
NobelIHC common surg
pathology tech
Aptamers
invented
Tuerk & Gold
Patent-SELEX
Several
aptamers
and
clinical
app’ns
tested
SELEX
Automation
towards
efficient
process
=Less time
Macugen
and other
products
Somagen
etc.,
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Property mAb’s Aptamers
1.Stability: -limited shelf life.
-easily denatured.
-require
refrigeration
-Indefinite shelf life.
Withstand denaturation/
renaturation
-temperature resistant
stable @ room temp !!
2.Nuclease
Degradation
A.A’s not affected are subjected to nuclease
degradation limits half-life.
(ways to modify)
3.In vitro
capability
use of a live animal
-limiting
adaptability.
IEC/CPCSEA etc.,
In Vitro SELEX.
Manipulated to adapt
to virtually any set of
conditions.
4. Immuno-
genicity
Foreign: evoking an
undesired immune
response.
Repeated doses?
DNA and NA are native: Do
not evoke an undesired
immune response.3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
Property mAb’s Aptamers
5. Production laborious and
expensive
Variation in batch!!,
Prod time: can-Wks to
months-subject to
contamination.
SELEX-Little to no
variation, cost effective
7 times less of mAbs
Automated,
Selected in Hrs.
no risk of contamination.
6.Target
Potential
Targets: must cause a
strong immune
response (epitops &
IR!!).
Targets: Do not cause much
IR
also bind to ions-molecular
recognistionUnlimited
applications-
7.Size: (~150kDa) large
molecules resist
filtration –kidneys-
longer half-lives. prevents access to
smaller areas!!
(8–25kDa )Small
molecules subject to
kidney filtration, shortened
half-lives. bind to smaller
targets that Abs cannot
reach.3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
Property mAb’s Aptamers
8.Ability to be
Modified
cannot accommodate
conjugates
chemically altering or
attachment, or
conjugation(PEG) to resist
renal filtration, drugs (i.e.
doxorubicin), toxins, &
siRNAs.
9.Patents and
Distribution
well-developed
infrastructure
no early patents
protected by patents until very
recently (IPT-18-20yrs )
Many labs are reluctant to
switch away from the
"tried,"
suppression of the
technology!?!
Aptamers are not the replacement of mAbs but an
attractive solution in scenarios where antibodies'
efficiency is limited 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
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Aptamer modifications
A major problem small size –
susceptibility to renal filtration
nuclease degradation –
short blood half-lives ~ two minutes - a barrier to
in vivo therapeutics.
"disdvantages" turned into "advantages,“
natural disposal of aptamers –not retained
hence no negative side effects.
Can be modified to overcome above
shortcomings.3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
increasing nuclease resistance.
boranophosphate /
phosphodiester backbone
Substitutions of the 2′-OH
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Spiegelmers(1996): Biostable aptamers –Type of
SELEX locked nucleic acid technology or
generate “mirror” RNA results in structural
changes in RNA sequences resist nucleases.
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RNA aptamer DNA Aptamer Peptide
Aptamer
15-60 nucleotide bases
SELEX
Form complex 2˚& 3˚
HAVE 2′-OH group and
non-Watson-Crick
basepairing allows
RNA aptamerdiverse
3D structures than
ssDNA.
15-60 nucleotide
bases SELEX
Less complex 2˚&
3˚
lack - 2′-OH groups
DNA naturally
resistant to 2′-R--
endonucleases/sta
ble
small, simple
peptides with a
single variable
loop region tied
to a protein on
both ends.
bind -targets with
variable loop
region
Reduces the
flexibility
Effectiveness
Upon recognition of their target, 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
RNA aptamer DNA Aptamer Peptide Aptamer
Combination 2˚ Structures 3˚ structures
entire aptamer folds into a stable complex
with the target ligand. (bind entire seq) via
vander Waals forces, H bonding and
electrostatic interaction – as Ab bind
Ags.
aptamer-target complex:
This 3D structure function like antibodies
not just information holding!!!
Structure
Constraint by
scaffold
Due to Post-
translational
modifications,
cannot fold into
the correct 3D
structure.
Require-reverse
transcription, in
which RNA DNA (
extra steps in
SELEX)
Inherently more
stable, cheaper,
and easier to
produce
All 3 aptamers have Biosensor,
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Process: SELEX An in vitro, or test tube-based combination of chemical reactions
that synthetically -isolate, rather then create(Mol recognition),
aptamers.
Systematic Evolution of Ligands : When mixed with
targetsNon-binding nucleotides are culled from the binding
nucleotides, in an essentially evolutionary process at a
molecular level.
Exponential Enrichment : exponential nature of the amplification
stage of aptamer selection.
3 Basic Steps:
1. Library Gen –random libray of 1013-1016 ssDNA or RNA
2. Binding Seperation– incubated with the target molecule.A few
NA bind to target -aptamers. Process of –Elution Unbound NAs
are filtered out of the solution.
3. Amplification– binding NA s copied PCR-Create new library.
used in a new round of SELEX to further optimize the quality of
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5′-sense primer -random sequence -
fluorochrome reporter for monitoring
aptamer selection &-antisense primer
sequence-3′-labeled with an affinity
molecule, ex: biotin
reporter biotin
1. Library Gen
2. Binding Seperation
Partition & Elution
3. Amplification
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Purified rProteins or peptides expressed in prokar/eukary.
Due to Post-translational modifications, ex: highly glycosylated proteins, purified proteins or peptides - cannot fold into the correct 3D structure.
This limits selectively recognize and interacting targets-hence choosing biomarkers in their native conformation MUST for aptamers selection.
We Shall discuss Cellbased SELEX (or Cell-SELEX)-
Widely used for Discovery of biomarkers:
Ex: protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) and Ig heavy mu chain -highly expressed in solid tumors and on lymphoma cells.
Well-characterized biomarkers –
ErbB superfamily, MUC1, EpCAM, and CD30.
Peptide Aptamers As BIOMARKERS
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Whole cells- Discovery of biomarkers: presence of many different cell
surface molecules in addition to the target biomarker(s) synthesis of many
unrelated/unwanted aptamers- also utilizes control cells that do not express
the target biomarker(s) during the counter-selection step.
Lets synthesize DNA-aptamer specific for CD30
+ ve Selection
- ve Selection
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DNA-aptamer specific for CD30, biomarker +++ Hodgkin and anaplastic
large cell lymphoma (ALCL)-exhibited high CD30 binding affinity as low as
2 nmol/l + stable in human serum for up to 8 hours.
Conversely, an RNA-based CD30 aptamer was digested within 10 minutes.
+ ve Selection- ve Selection
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Timeline of emerging modification-SELEX
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improve efficiency/optimization
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exciting potential to treat specific diseases
conditions for which current methods have reached dead
ends.
1. Acting as an antagonist, -
protein-protein and receptor-ligand interactions.
2. Acting as an agonistactivating cellular receptors.
3. Acting as a drug-delivery agent ; target diseased
cells with pinpoint accuracy to deliver a drug dose.
Aptamer Applications
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Aptamer Applications
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Aptamer applications –1. HIV/AIDS
Model of potential RT binding site of HIV
1
RT-sort of "hand" The green"thumb“
section of the enzyme closes over the
genetic material when transcription is
underway.
Blue –fingers, Red for palm.
One School of thought: "Competitive
Inhibition." Aptamers compete with viral
RNA/DNA for the area of the "palm"
region of the RT enzyme that reverse
transcription occurs at.
The aptamer binds into the enzyme,
preventing its use by the virus –
therefore inhibiting viral replication.
Can become a "foolproof way to stop RT“!
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Search for broad spectrum aptamers
For "foolproof way to stop RT“!
The ability to distinguish between the many HIV subtypes
within both type HIV-1 and HIV-2 & prevent RT from
structurally evading the aptamer.
Research is focused primarily on structural and functional
details of aptamer-RT interactions which pave wags to
develop and discover functional broad-spectrum RT inhibitor
aptamers. 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
2. Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Deterioration of the Macula/Retina
@ Risk of vision loss.
In Wet AMD -abnormal vessel growth is
caused by VEGF. Normally, VEGF is
released to increase oxygen flow to the
eye,the blood vessels leak and
disrupt visionblind spots, loss of
central vision, and making straight lines
appear "wavy." The blood vessels
eventually scar, making vision loss
permanent.
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Macugen –
First Ap-Based AMD Rx
Pegaptanib Sodium-MACUGEN targeting VEGF
resist nuclease degradation.
conjugated to PEG to increase size, slows tissue absorption and renal filtration - lengthening half-life.
Approved in Dec 2004 FDAmarketed by Pfizer & Eyetech.
Inhibits interactions between VEGF and its receptors, preventing VEGF from stimulating blood vessel growth.
Exisiting blood cells, without a continuing flow of VEGF, die off.
Administered in 0.3 mg doses every 6 weeks by intravitrealinjection - injection directly into the eye.
The aptamers travel through the eye, locate, and then bind to VEGF with the high specificity and affinity of aptamers.
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Other potential application of Aptamers
Aptamers selected against bacteria can act as antibiotics
by inhibiting bacterial proteins or disrupting cell membrane
formation.
Can also be linked antibiotic agent, deliver the antibiotic.
Trypanosoma cruzi, :RNA aptamers bind to the parasite
receptors on the trypomastigote cell surface, and blocked cell
invasion by 50-70%.
Plasmodium parasite- Aptamers against parasite proteins
to disrupt the disease, eventually by supplement therapy for
severe malaria.
Prions: Aptamers targeting prions can distinguish readily
between abnormal and normal proteins. By binding to prions,
they can prevent the accumulation of prions - spongiosis.
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Autoimmunity: Myasthenia gravis-antibody response to a receptor called the nicotinic acetycholine receptor (AChR). Animal models - RNA aptamer targeting these autoantibodies inhibits this autoimmune response.
Coagulation: used in surgery -prevent disastrous clotting.
Against thrombin- coagulation, to prolong clotting time in human blood plasma.
An aptamer targeting Factor IXa- coagulation, has entered Phase IIb clinical trials involving 800 patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome undergoing cardiac catheterization - or introduction of artificial tubes to clear blocked blood flow in clogged arteries. This aptamer is coupled with an "antidote" that reverses its effects.
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Examples of RNA aptamers in clinical trials
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Diagnoses of Infectious diseases
Aptamers directed against spores of Bacillus anthracis
vaccine strains Sterne- isolated and characterized.
Patents- aptamer chip, containing spore-binding
aptamers.
NSP 3 of HCV- HCV RNA replicase has been identified
in patient's blood using an RNA aptamer immobilized
on magnetic bead and analyzed by MALDI-TOF.
Tools for detection -Toxins: DNA aptamers directed
to the Cholera toxin and the Staphylococcal
Enterotoxin B (SEB) have been isolated-
Spiegelmers.
Dx brain diseases: Alzheimer's disease-High-affinity
RNA aptamers against the amyloid peptide
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Dx cardiac diseases -RNA aptamer binding SAH (S-
adenosylhomocysteine Biomarker) with an affinity
and selectivity comparable to that of a mAb and with a
high diagnostic potential has been isolated.
Imaging: DNA aptamer binding to the enzyme
neutrophil esterase- in vivo rat model
Neoangiogenesis -25 Aptamers studied on - serve as
molecular addresses differentiating the tumour
vasculature eg: brain glioblastoma but not the
vasculature of the normal brain.
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Aptamers in Analysis:
ALISA
Capillary electrophoresis &
affinity chromatography,
rapid determination of low
concentrations of IgE, thrombin
and HIV-1 RT.
Biosensing -Ap- Beacon
Diagnostics
aptamer-based fluorescent
reporters.
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Aptamers in Cancer!!
Contemporary cancer treatments include surgery, chemoTx,
RT, PDT, and Photo Tx serious side effects in patients
due to their associated nonspecific toxicity.
Personalized, targeted therapy- employs antibody-based
drugs- fewer side effects, potential immunogenicity and
high cost of production may limit its clinical applications.
Aptamers being developed against in considering these –
four criteria-
1).Overexpression of the target antigen in tumor cells,
2).the same* -integral part of disease progression,
3).stable form on tumor surface, and is
4).expressed by a large % of tumor cells / variety of
tumors.3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
APTAMER-MEDIATED TARGETED THERAPIES
Aptamer technology in
Personalized, targeted therapy-
offers numerous advantages
1.Aptamer-drug conjugates. (ApDC)
2.Ap-nanoparticle therapeutics
( ANPs) Theranostics!!!
3.Ap-mediated gene therapy
4.Ap-mediated immunotherapy
5.Ap-mediated target cell biotherapy/
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CENTRAL PATHWAY OF FUTURE APTAMER BASED Personalized, targeted therapy.
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1.Aptamer-drug conjugates (ApDC)
Noncovalently or covalently conjugating (most common)
aptamer sequences directly with therapeutic agents.
Ex: Aptamer-conjugated Doxorubicin vs Dox alone –
being used in treatment of various cancers-exploiting its
MOA intercalation into the nucleic acid structure inhibit
cancer cell proliferation with a incubation step.
Examples: ApDCRx of retinoblastoma
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ApDC
2′-fluoro modified RNA aptamer EpDT3+Dox ((specific
for EpCAM, a CSC marker).
HER2 ApDC targeting breast cancer.
MUC1 ApDC targeting lung cancer, (PDT with ApDC)
PSMA ApDC targeting prostate cancer.
Gemcitabine (Gem is an FDA-approved
deoxycytidine analog (dFdC) Gem polymer for EGFR
Necleolin aptamer (AS1411breast cancer.
EGFR aptamer- Lung cancer/Pancreatic cancer.
Mono/Bi-/Trispecific Aptamer PSMA-positive and -
negative cell types
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Towards Better ApDC
Better-ApDC drug delivery good half life-Releasing Dox
and effectively killing target cells.
Ex: DNA aptamer sgc8 strong affinity for PTK7 kinase
highly expressed - Acute lymbhoblastc leukemia.
Increase aptamer Mw with polymers - (PEG) PEGylated
aptamers. Ex: Macugen aptamers prolonged its
circulating half-life, but also enhanced its stability and
decreased its toxic accumulation in non target tissues.
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sgc8 aptamer- NTrs-Dox conjugates were
preferentially internalized by the target cells-
Increasing payload capacity, inhibiting tumor cell
growth in vitro and in vivo.
Other strategies-construction of polyvalent aptamers
First, dimeric aptamer complex (DAC) specific
delivery of Dox to PSMA-expressing cancer cells.
Polyvalent aptamers(Mono/Di/Tri) constructed through
the rolling circle amplification (RCA) technology-
killing leukemia cells and prostate cancers PSMA-
positive and -negative cell types are seen.
Aptamer-tethered DNA nano-trains (aptNTrs)
Theranostics
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2. Ap-Nanoparticle therapeutics (ANPs)
Functionalized copolymers or liposome NPs are an
effective, universal, and safe platform for targeted drug
delivery enhanced biodegradability and biocompatibility.
Aptamer-NPs bioconjugates Farokzad etal
Theranostics
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Copolymers and liposomes:
aptamer-NPs bioconjugates
ex: anti-PMSA (target)+PLA/PEG/PGLA (Control
DR)
Circulating half-life of the resultant bioconjugate-
Docetaxel (Dtxl) loadingreduced systemic toxicity
and a significant in vivo tumor burden reduction.
Many aptamer-NPs bioconjugates developed
Ex: MUC1 adenocarcinomas
PLGA-lecithin-PEG and PTX-containing AS1411
aptamer-breast cancer therapy
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Metal nanomaterials
Apt-HAuNS-Dox synthesis.
Aptamers and PEG were conjugated to the surface of HAuNSsequentially via covalent S-Au bonds, loading with doxorubicin.
selectively kill lymphoma cells, but exhibit no cytotoxicity in other cell types.(In vivo cell lines)
Other strategies include; gold nanomaterials in PTT/PDT
(SPION) Super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles imaging detection and treatment 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
VLP and other nanomaterials-ANPs
VLP’s- Naturally derived
nanomaterials with
multifunctional properties -
drug delivery.
Ex: sgc8 aptamer were
conjugated on the surface of
each MS2 bacteriophage
capsid.
Other Nanomaterials such as hydrogels, silica,
quantum dots (QD), and single-walled carbon
nanotubes are also promising vehicles for aptamer-
mediated delivery of targeted therapeutics -
successfully used to enhance biodistribution, stability, and
targeting affinity of aptamers 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
3.Aptamer-mediated gene therapy
Gene silencing tools -*cancergene-mediated
therapeutics.
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA (miRNA)
Alone -their lack of cell/tissue specificity during in vivo
delivery.
when covalently conjugated with aptamers to form aptamer-
siRNA or aptamer-miRNA chimeras.
Using siRNA/miRNA technology + aptamers-acheives
selective gene targeting with high efficiency.
HIV research: siRNA aptamer against gp120 was covalently conjugated with a
tat/rev siRNA.Anti-gp120 aptamer-siRNA chimera inhibited HIV replication
and host-to-host spread. 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
Nanocomplex for ALCL cells. Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma.
functional nanocomplex is added to cultures, the aptamer component will
selectively target CD30-positive ALCL cells will facilitate intracellular
delivery of the nanocomplex.
The siRNA component will subsequently silence the cellular ALK gene,
resulting in the growth arrest of ALCL cells.
RNA-based CD30 aptamers-Gene Silencing
ALK siRNAfunctional
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4. Aptamer-mediated immunotherapy
Adoptive immunity: low potential side effects and high specificity. Through the Fc functional region ADCC, complement-mediated cytotoxicity, and phagocytosis/opsonization.
Chimeras, Bi & Multi specific aptamers all have potential therapeutic applications especially as adoptive immunotherapy.
Stecker et al. Chimera :aptamer-C1q conjugate-
MUC1 aptamer +C1q molecule through a biotin-streptavidin connector- killing effect using the MCF7 breast cancer cell line therapeutic effectiveness.
Boltz et al bi-specific c-MET-CD16α Aptamerpromoted recruitment of the natural killer cells and induced killing of the target cells.
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5.Aptamer-mediated target cell biotherapy
Cell surface receptors-Involved -biological processes-
viz: signaling transduction
An abnormal expression related to tumorigenesis.
60% of cancer-targeting drugs- target cell surface
biomarkers.
advancement of both the protein- and/or cell-based
SELEX technologies attractive for disease
treatment.
extensively studied for diagnosis and/or treatment
of hematological malignancies, lung, liver, breast,
ovarian, brain, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers,
as well as for identification and characterization of
CSCs.(Car Stem cell) 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
Ap + phosphorothioates, selectively bind to E-selectin that is presented on
the surface of human endothelial cells. The aptamers serve as antagonist
for the interaction to sialyl Lewis X on HL-60 cells, a human promyelocytic
leukemia cell line, thereby inhibiting the adhesion of tumor cells by more
than 75%.
Aptamers as
blocking agents.
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-aptamers confer agonistic or
antagonistic effects on their
specific biologic functions-
cancer cell death.
Mono Vs Poly:
Monovalent aptamers, unable to
activate the downstream signaling
pathways.
Conversely-multivalent aptamer
induce receptor multimerization,
thus triggering downstream
signaling.
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Conclusion
Aptamar research is Expanding -viable clinical agents.
Unique class of molecules pKhence exploited.
Nonimmunogenic ,and amendable -modification and
conjugate with nanoparticles, imaging agents, siRNAs
and therapeutic drugs.
Ligands for treating /Dx cancer, HIV, and other diseases.
Able to form more stable 3D structures due to the strong
intrastrand RNA-RNA quicker selection but multiple steps.
Yet DNA aptamers have better chemical and
thermodynamic stability -B helix.
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RNA aptamers cost constraints ex: the cost of 2′-fluoro,
2′-ribo & 2′-methyl RNA phosphoramidites ~$20 per gram.
Increased demand or new synthesis- reduce these
costs.
Difficulty to synthesize longer modified aptamers.
Advances in nucleotide synthesis technology will
likely also overcome this .
Cutting edge technology for 21st century -therapuetic
and Diagnostic use!!Their rapid development -last two
decades!!-we anticipate that they will become a
standard tool for clinicians in the near future.
Beginning of new era of chemical abs- potential to
compete mAbs in all aspects. 3/27/2016Hari Pankaj Vanam #Micro@ BMC
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