Chiral stationary phase based on a biostable L-RNA aptamer

Anal Chem. 2005 Apr 1;77(7):1993-8. doi: 10.1021/ac048344l.

Abstract

An immobilized anti-L-arginine d-RNA aptamer, used as a target-specific chiral stationary phase (CSP), was found to be very quickly degraded by RNases under usual chromatographic utilization and storage. To overcome this severe limitation for a practical use, a CSP based on the L-RNA aptamer, that is, the mirror image of the D-RNA aptamer, was created. It was shown that this mirror-image approach was a very simple and powerful strategy to develop a highly stable stationary phase due to the intrinsic insensitivity of l-RNA to the RNase degradation. In addition, such an approach allowed one to reverse the enantiomer elution order relative to that obtained with the corresponding d-RNA CSP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / chemistry*
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / metabolism*
  • Arginine / isolation & purification*
  • Arginine / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Biotin / analogs & derivatives
  • Biotin / chemistry
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / instrumentation
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / methods*
  • RNA Stability
  • Ribonucleases / metabolism
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • biotin-streptavidin complex
  • Biotin
  • Arginine
  • Ribonucleases