Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 173-189.doi: 10.1007/s40242-024-4008-6

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Aptamer-based Membrane Protein Analysis and Molecular Diagnostics

ZHAO Long1, HU Haolan1, MA Xiaoqian1, LYU Yifan1,4, YUAN Quan1, TAN Weihong1,2,3   

  1. 1. Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China;
    2. The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310022, P. R. China;
    3. Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China;
    4. Furong Laboratory, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
  • Received:2024-01-10 Revised:2024-02-22 Online:2024-04-01 Published:2024-03-27
  • Contact: LYU Yifan lvyifan1990@hnu.edu.cn;YUAN Quan yuanquan@whu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Project, China (No. 2020YFA0909000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22107027), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (No. 2023JJ20003), and the Scientific Research Program of Furong Laboratory, China (No. 2023SK2088).

Abstract: Membrane proteins are vital components of the cell membrane and play crucial roles in various cellular activities. Analysis of membrane proteins is of paramount importance for studying molecular events inside cells and organisms and holds promising prospects for early disease diagnosis and treatment assessment. Benefiting from obvious merits including high affinity, high specificity and ease of modification, aptamers have been regarded as ideal molecular recognition elements in membrane protein analysis and molecular diagnostics strategies. This review summarised recent advances in membrane protein-specific aptamer screening, aptamer-based static and dynamic membrane protein analysis, and aptamer-based molecular diagnostic techniques. Prospects and challenges were also discussed.

Key words: Membrane protein, Aptamer, DNA nanotechnology, Bioanalysis, Molecular diagnostics