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Preparation and Application of Tetrodotoxin DNA Aptamer

SHAO Bi-ying, CHEN Bin, CHEN Wen-bing, YANG Fang, MIAO Ting-yu, PENG Juan   

  1. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Inspection and Quarantine Technology Research, Center of Inspection and Quarantine Technology,
    Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Fuzhou 350001, China
  • Online:2014-12-25 Published:2014-12-29

Abstract:

A 78-mer ssDNA library was synthesized in vitro. The tetrodotoxin (TTX) specific monoclonal DNA aptamer A3
was prepared using systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) combined with mutagenic PCR by
screening, enrichment, cloning and sequencing. The secondary structure of the DNA aptamer A3 mainly contained stem ring
structure, and the affinity for tetrodotoxin was 1.254. The PBS buffer pH and fluorochrome-binding time were optimized.
The results showed that the optimum pH was 7.5 and the best binding time was 10 min. As a result, a DNA aptamerfluorochrome
method for rapidly screening and detecting tetrodotoxin was developed with a detection limit of 10-6 mo1/L.

Key words: tetrodotoxin, aptamer, fluorochrome, detection

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