Abstract
In vitro-selected RNA aptamers are potential inhibitors of disease-relat ed macromolecules. Our laboratory previously isolated an RNA aptamer that specifically binds to the human transcription factor NF-κB. This RNA aptamer competitively inhibits DNA binding by NF-κB in vitro. In the study presented here, this aptamer was tested for binding to the p50 homodimer form of NF-κB (p502) in eukaryotic cells using a yeast three-hybrid system. We show that the α-p50 RNA aptamer selectively binds recombinant p502 expressed in yeast, demonstrating in vivo recognition of an in vitro-selected RNA aptamer by its protein target. This result suggests that RNA decoys might be used to inhibit the function of DNA-binding proteins in vivo.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2433-2438 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemistry |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 27 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry