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Composition for measuring the binding affinity between nucleic acid and test substance, and use thereof

a technology of which is applied in the field of composition for measuring can solve the problems of inability to achieve high accuracy and easy measurement of the binding affinity between nucleic acid and test substance, and the range of examinable substances as test substances is limited, and the method is likely to be affected by fluorescence. achieve the effect of high accuracy and easy measurement of the binding affinity

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-10-27
OSAKA UNIV
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[0028]The present invention was made in view of the foregoing problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide (i) a composition for measuring a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance and (ii) a technique using the composition, the composition and the technique enabling a highly accurate and easy measurement of the binding affinity between a test substance and a nucleic acid, and the composition and the technique making a variety of substances examinable as a test substance for the measurement.

Problems solved by technology

The above conventional techniques, however, have the problems of (i) not capable of highly accurate and easy measurement of a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance and (ii) being limited in terms of the variety of examinable substances as a test substance.
Thus, this method is likely to be affected by fluorescence from background.
While fluorescence is emitted from the background in this way, it is difficult to measure a minute reduction in a fluorescence intensity.
Thus, this method cannot be easily performed.
For this reason also, this method cannot be easily performed.
The techniques disclosed in Patent Literatures 1 to 3 can only detect annealing between DNAs, and cannot measure a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a non-DNA substance, for example, a low-molecular compound, which is often used as a drug.
Thus, these techniques require troublesome procedures.

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Synthesis of X2S

[0177]X2S was synthesized through the following synthetic pathway:

[0178]Specifically, 2,7-dihydroxyxanthone was first synthesized from xanthone as described in (i) Sergio H. Szajnman, Wen Yan, Brian N. Bailey, Roberto Docampo, Eleonora Elhalem, Juan B. Rodriguez., J. Med. Chem. 2000, 43, 1826-1840. and (ii) Tamara C. S. Pace, Sarah L. Monahan, Andrew I. MacRae, Monica Kaila, Cornelia Bohne., Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2006, 82:78-87.

[0179]Next, 2,7-dihydroxyxanthone (0.13 mmol, 30.0 mg) was dissolved in 7 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran (THF). Then, triphenylphosphine (86.3 mg, 0.33 mmol, 2.5 eq.) and diethyl azodicarboxylate (40% toluene solution, 143 mg, 150 μl, 0.33 mmol, 2.5 eq.) were added to the mixture. The resultant solution was stirred at room temperature for 15 minutes. After that, 2-amino-1-ethanol protected by an N-Boc group (53 mg, 50 μl, 0.33 mmol) was further added to the solution, which was then stirred at room temperature for 24 hours.

[0180]Subsequen...

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Evaluation of Binding Between X2S and RNA

[0183]Next, binding between X2S and RNAs was evaluated. The RNAs used in the present example had the structure illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating the structure of the RNAs used in the present example. The RNAs used in the present example had sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 through 3.

[0184]The symbol N in FIG. 2 represents either a base out of A, U, C, and G, or no base. Thus, in a case where a particular RNA as in FIG. 2 has N representing a base out of A, U, C, and G, the RNA is an RNA formed by hybridization of an RNA having the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a single strand RNA having the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. On the other hand, in a case where a particular RNA as in FIG. 2 has N representing no base, the RNA is an RNA formed by hybridization of an RNA having the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with an RNA having the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.

[0185]According to the ...

example 3

Evaluation of Binding between X1S and RNA

[0189]Binding between X1S and RNAs was evaluated by a method identical to the method described in Example 2, except that X1S was used instead of X2S. A result is shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a graph illustrating the result of the evaluation of binding between X1S and RNAs. The horizontal axis represents the fluorescence wavelength, whereas the vertical axis represents the fluorescence intensity.

[0190]FIG. 5 verifies that X1S as well as X2S binds to RNAs regardless of whether the bulge structure is present. A detected decrease in the fluorescence intensity was small as compared to the case of X2S.

[0191]The following describes how X1S used in the present example was synthesized. The synthesis of X1S was performed through the following synthetic pathway:

[0192]In this synthetic pathway for X1S, a compound 3 was synthesized (reaction i) from compounds 1 and 2 by a method described in Org. Lett. 2005, Vol 7, No. 19, 4273-4275.

[0193]In a subsequent re...

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Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a composition is disclosed for measuring a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance, which contains an organic fluorescent substance capable of binding to an RNA and which emits fluorescence having an intensity greater while the organic fluorescent substance is liberated from an RNA than while the organic fluorescent substance is bound to an RNA. This enables a highly accurate and easy measurement of a binding affinity between a test substance and a nucleic acid, and allows various substances to be examined as a test substance.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to: a composition for measuring a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance; and the use thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a composition for measuring, by means of a displacement assay, a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance (i.e., a substance to be examined); a kit for measuring a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance; and a method for measuring a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance with use of said composition.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In recent years, in-vivo functions of nucleic acids are much interested. Particularly, there are many cases where an RNA controls expression of a gene. In view of this, there is a prospect that development of drugs targeting RNAs will be sped up.[0003]Generally, development of a drug starts from first screening. In the first screening, a library of candidate substances, which are candidat...

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IPC IPC(8): G01N21/75C07C211/31C07D311/86
CPCC12Q1/6816G01N33/5308G01N33/582Y10T436/143333
Inventor NAKATANI, KAZUHIKOZHANG, JINHUAUMEMOTO, SHIORISASAOKA, SHINICHIWAZAKI, TAKAHIRO
Owner OSAKA UNIV