Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10824990 | Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is critically involved in the transcriptional regulation of many genes and multiple biological and pathobiological processes. To efficiently monitor and to rapidly screen NF-κB transcriptional activity, an ELISA-based assay has been increasingly and successfully employed as a new method in a variety of cell lines and experimental models since its first demonstration and recent development. In the ELISA-based assay, NF-κB is captured by a double-stranded DNA probe pre-linked on multi-well plates. Typically, the DNA probe contains the double-stranded consensus binding sequence for active NF-κB and another double-stranded sequence linking the consensus binding sequence with the plate (linker sequence). Since nuclear factor has no binding activity with single-stranded DNA, we modified the probe construction as containing the double-stranded consensus binding sequence and a single-stranded-linker sequence. Our results show that this kind of probe is highly sensitive and specific for NF-κB activity assay, whereas the preparation of this kind of probe is much more convenient. A single-stranded-linker sequence may largely decrease nonspecific protein binding and thus increase the sensitivity of this assay.
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Authors
Si Jin, Deqin Lu, Shiqiao Ye, Hong Ye, Liping Zhu, Zuohua Feng, Shengyuan Liu, Dixun Wang, Qinghua Hu,