Application strategies of peptide nucleic acids toward electrochemical nucleic acid sensors

The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingteng Lai ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Yanke Zhang ◽  
Zheng-Chun Liu

Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) have attracted tremendous interest in the fabrication of highly sensitive electrochemical nucleic acid biosensor due to their higher stability and increased sensitivity than common DNA probes....

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-228
Author(s):  
Nabanita Saikia ◽  
Mohamed Taha ◽  
Ravindra Pandey

The rational design of self-assembled nanobio-molecular hybrids of peptide nucleic acids with single-wall nanotubes rely on understanding how biomolecules recognize and mediate intermolecular interactions with the nanomaterial's surface.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 3317
Author(s):  
Eylon Yavin

The DNA mimic, PNA (peptide nucleic acid), has been with us now for almost 3 decades [...]


2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 929-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Efimov ◽  
Oksana G. Chakhmakhcheva

With the aim to improve physicochemical and biological properties of natural oligonucleotides, many types of DNA analogues and mimics are designed on the basis of hydroxyproline and its derivatives, and their properties are evaluated. Among them, two types of DNA mimics representing hetero-oligomers constructed from alternating monomers of phosphono peptide nucleic acids and monomers on the base of trans-1-acetyl-4-hydroxy-L-proline (HypNA-pPNAs) and oligomers constructed from monomers containing (2S,4R)-1-acetyl-4-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-phosphonic acid backbone (pHypNAs) are of particular interest. In a set of in vitro and in vivo assays, it was shown that HypNA-pPNAs and pHypNAs demonstrated a high potential for the use in nucleic acid based diagnostics, isolation of nucleic acids and antisense experiments. A review with 53 references.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2001
Author(s):  
Silvia Mercurio ◽  
Silvia Cauteruccio ◽  
Raoul Manenti ◽  
Simona Candiani ◽  
Giorgio Scarì ◽  
...  

The microRNAs are small RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level and can be involved in the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. They are emerging as possible targets for antisense-based therapy, even though the in vivo stability of miRNA analogues is still questioned. We tested the ability of peptide nucleic acids, a novel class of nucleic acid mimics, to downregulate miR-9 in vivo in an invertebrate model organism, the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, by microinjection of antisense molecules in the eggs. It is known that miR-9 is a well-conserved microRNA in bilaterians and we found that it is expressed in epidermal sensory neurons of the tail in the larva of C. intestinalis. Larvae developed from injected eggs showed a reduced differentiation of tail neurons, confirming the possibility to use peptide nucleic acid PNA to downregulate miRNA in a whole organism. By identifying putative targets of miR-9, we discuss the role of this miRNA in the development of the peripheral nervous system of ascidians.


1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Garner ◽  
Subhakar Dey ◽  
Yumei Huang ◽  
Xiao Zhang

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