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DNA "nano-claw": logic-based autonomous cancer targeting and therapy.


ABSTRACT: Cell types, both healthy and diseased, can be classified by inventories of their cell-surface markers. Programmable analysis of multiple markers would enable clinicians to develop a comprehensive disease profile, leading to more accurate diagnosis and intervention. As a first step to accomplish this, we have designed a DNA-based device, called "Nano-Claw". Combining the special structure-switching properties of DNA aptamers with toehold-mediated strand displacement reactions, this claw is capable of performing autonomous logic-based analysis of multiple cancer cell-surface markers and, in response, producing a diagnostic signal and/or targeted photodynamic therapy. We anticipate that this design can be widely applied in facilitating basic biomedical research, accurate disease diagnosis, and effective therapy.

SUBMITTER: You M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3935767 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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DNA "nano-claw": logic-based autonomous cancer targeting and therapy.

You Mingxu M   Peng Lu L   Shao Na N   Zhang Liqin L   Qiu Liping L   Cui Cheng C   Tan Weihong W  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20140113 4


Cell types, both healthy and diseased, can be classified by inventories of their cell-surface markers. Programmable analysis of multiple markers would enable clinicians to develop a comprehensive disease profile, leading to more accurate diagnosis and intervention. As a first step to accomplish this, we have designed a DNA-based device, called "Nano-Claw". Combining the special structure-switching properties of DNA aptamers with toehold-mediated strand displacement reactions, this claw is capabl  ...[more]

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