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2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of functional nucleic acid whose activity is altered between inside and outside the cell by utilizing in-cell NMR

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 17K14515
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Bio-related chemistry
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

YAMAOKI Yudai  京都大学, エネルギー理工学研究所, 研究員 (00778095)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywordsin-cell NMR / 四重鎖核酸 / リボザイム / アプタマー / カリウムイオン
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The potassium ion concentration inside cells (100-150 mM) is much higher than that outside the cells (3.5-5.5 mM), therefore functional RNAs that sense the potassium ion concentration can switch their activities ON/OFF between the intra- and extracellular environments. Here we developed an RNA aptamer whose binding activity is altered in response to potassium ion via quadruplex structure formation. Furthermore, in order to monitoring the functional RNA inside the living cells, we tried to measure in-cell NMR spectra of RNAs in living human cells. Here NMR signals of DNA and RNA were successfully observed in living human cells. The observed signals indicated the formation of DNA and RNA hairpin structures in living human cells.

Free Research Field

構造生物学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

カリウムイオン濃度を感知して細胞内に取り込まれた時のみ活性がオンになる新規機能性RNA分子は細胞内分子を標的とする核酸医薬品および同分野で課題となっているドラッグデリバリーシステム開発の一助と成り得る。また、細胞内は試験管内環境とは異なり、様々な生体分子が密に詰まった分子混雑環境である。このような混雑環境中では核酸の挙動が試験管内環境とは異なる。本研究で確立したヒト細胞を用いた核酸のin-cell NMR法はこのような分子混雑環境下で核酸の挙動を詳細に調べる手法と成り得る。これは核酸の制御する様々な生命現象を調べるツールと成ることが期待される。

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Published: 2021-02-19  

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