Click and photo-release dual-functional nucleic acid nanostructures

  • Vibhav A Valsangkar
  • , Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
  • , Lifeng Zhuo
  • , Song Mao
  • , Goh Woon Lee
  • , Megan Kizer
  • , Xing Wang
  • , Ken Halvorsen
  • , Jia Sheng

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Abstract

We functionalize nucleic acid nanostructures with click chemistry (for attachment of cargos) and a photocleavable linker (for release). We demonstrate cargo attachment using a fluorescein dye and release using UV trigger from an RNA three-way junction, a DNA star motif and a DNA tetrahedron. Such multifunctional nucleic acid nanostructures have potential in targeted drug delivery.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9709-9712
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume55
Issue number65
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 21 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Bacillus Phages/genetics
  • Base Sequence
  • Cattle
  • Click Chemistry
  • DNA/blood
  • Drug Carriers/chemical synthesis
  • Fluoresceins/chemistry
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry
  • Nanostructures/chemistry
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • RNA/blood
  • Ultraviolet Rays

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • General Chemistry
  • Catalysis

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