Aptamers with Tunable Affinity Enable Single‐Molecule Tracking and Localization of Membrane Receptors on Living Cancer Cells

Abstract: Tumor cell‐surface markers are usually overexpressed or mutated protein receptors for which spatiotemporal regulation differs between and within cancers. Single‐molecule fluorescence imaging can profile individual markers in different cellular contexts with molecular precision. However, standard single‐molecule imaging methods based on overexpressed genetically encoded tags or cumbersome probes can significantly alter the native state of receptors. We introduce a live‐cell points accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography (PAINT) method that exploits aptamers as minimally invasive affinity probes. Localization and tracking of individual receptors are based on stochastic and transient binding between aptamers and their targets. We demonstrated single‐molecule imaging of a model tumor marker (EGFR) on a panel of living cancer cells. Affinity to EGFR was finely tuned by rational engineering of aptamer sequences to define receptor motion and/or native receptor density.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Aptamers with Tunable Affinity Enable Single‐Molecule Tracking and Localization of Membrane Receptors on Living Cancer Cells ; volume:59 ; number:42 ; year:2020 ; pages:18546-18555 ; extent:10
Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition ; 59, Heft 42 (2020), 18546-18555 (gesamt 10)

Creator
Delcanale, Pietro
Porciani, David
Pujals, Silvia
Jurkevich, Alexander
Chetrusca, Andrian
Tawiah, Kwaku D.
Burke, Donald H.
Albertazzi, Lorenzo

DOI
10.1002/anie.202004764
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022062213032796382569
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Delcanale, Pietro
  • Porciani, David
  • Pujals, Silvia
  • Jurkevich, Alexander
  • Chetrusca, Andrian
  • Tawiah, Kwaku D.
  • Burke, Donald H.
  • Albertazzi, Lorenzo

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