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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Genetically Encoded Fluorogenic DNA Aptamers for Imaging Metabolite in Living Cells.

Yuting Wu, Wentao Kong, Jacqueline Van Stappen, Linggen Kong, Zhimei Huang, Zhenglin Yang, Yu-An Kuo, Yuan-I Chen, Yujie He, Hsin-Chih Yeh and 2 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Structural basis and affinity improvement for an ATP-binding DNA aptamer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Yuting WuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3196-5916
Wentao KongDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Jacqueline Van StappenDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Linggen KongDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Zhimei HuangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Zhenglin YangDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Yu-An KuoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Yuan-I ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9559-2779
Yujie HeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6984-3052
Hsin-Chih YehDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6654-5626
Ting LuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9043-3253
Yi LuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1221-6709

Funding

Design and Selection of Novel Metalloenzymes for Biocatalysis, Bioimaging, and Genetic EngineeringR35GM141931 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Yi Lu · 2021 to 2026
$3.5M
Studying synaptic transmission under opioid exposure using hiPSC-derived midbrain model and hyperspectral fluorescence lifetime imagingR21DA060543 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI SEIDLITS, STEPHANIE KRISTIN, YEH, HSIN-CHIH · 2024 to 2025
$404k
NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA060543NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetically encoded fluorescent protein and fluorogenic RNA sensors are indispensable tools for imaging biomolecules in cells. To expand the toolboxes and improve the generalizability and stability of this type of sensor, we report herein a genetically encoded fluorogenic DNA aptamer (GEFDA) sensor by linking a fluorogenic DNA aptamer for dimethylindole red with an ATP aptamer. The design enhances red fluorescence by 4-fold at 650 nm in the presence of ATP. Additionally, upon dimerization, it improves the signal-to-noise ratio by 2-3 folds. We further integrated the design into a plasmid to create a GEFDA sensor for sensing ATP in live bacterial and mammalian cells. This work expanded genetically encoded sensors by employing fluorogenic DNA aptamers, which offer enhanced stability over fluorogenic proteins and RNAs, providing a novel tool for real-time monitoring of an even broader range of small molecular metabolites in biological systems.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAptamers, NucleotideFluorescent DyesAnimalsBiosensing TechniquesHumansIndolesOptical ImagingAdenosine TriphosphateAptamers, NucleotideFluorescent DyesIndoles

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PMID39739942
PMCPMC12103247

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