Nucleoside triphosphate derivative, nucleic acid probe, multilabeled nucleic acid probe, method for production of multilabeled nucleic acid probe, and method for detection of target nucleic acid
View Patent ↗A novel nucleoside triphosphate derivative, a nucleic acid probe, and a multilabeled nucleic acid probe that can detect a target nucleic acid conveniently and with high sensitivity, as well as a method for producing the multilabeled nucleic acid probe, and a method for detecting a target nucleic acid using the multilabeled nucleic acid probe or the nucleic acid probe. A target nucleic acid can be detected conveniently and with high sensitivity by using a transglutaminase (TGase), and by using a multilabeled nucleic acid probe in which a plurality of labeling portions have been introduced in advance by covalent binding, or by introducing a plurality of labeling portions by covalent binding into a nucleic acid probe that has been hybridized with the target nucleic acid.
1. A nucleoside triphosphate derivative which is represented by formula (5) below:
wherein each of X and Y independently represents a bivalent linking group,
wherein Z represents a substituent, and
wherein B represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group.
2. The nucleoside triphosphate derivative according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of X and Y independently represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 1 to 48 or an alkenylene group having a carbon number of 2 to 48, and
wherein Z represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 48, an alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 48, an aryl group having a carbon number of 6 to 48, an aryloxy group having a carbon number of 6 to 48, an arylalkyl group having a carbon number of 7 to 48, or an arylalkyloxy group having a carbon number of 7 to 48.
3. The nucleoside triphosphate derivative according to claim 2 ,
wherein X represents an ethenylene group,
wherein Y represents a methylene group, and
wherein Z represents a benzyloxy group.
4. A nucleic acid probe, comprising:
a plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives,
wherein each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives is represented by formula (5) below:
wherein each of X and Y independently represents a bivalent linking group,
wherein Z represents a substituent, and
wherein B represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group.
5. A multilabeled nucleic acid probe, comprising:
(1) a nucleic acid probe comprising plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives, each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives having a glutamine residue, and a labeling compound comprising a lysine residue and a labeling portion, or
(2) a nucleic acid probe comprising plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives, each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives having a lysine residue, and a labeling compound comprising a glutamine residue and residue and a labeling portion,
wherein said labeling compound is bound the nucleic acid probe by covalent binding between the glutamine residue and the lysine residue.
6. The multilabeled nucleic acid probe according to claim 5 , wherein the labeling portion is at least one of an enzyme and a fluorescent dye.
7. The multilabeled nucleic acid probe according to claim 6 , wherein the labeling portion is an enzyme derived from a hyperthermophile.
8. A method for producing a multilabeled nucleic acid probe, the method comprising:
providing either
(1) a nucleic acid probe comprising plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives, each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives having a glutamine residue, and a labeling compound comprising a lysine residue and a labeling portion, or
(2) a nucleic acid probe comprising plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives, each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives having a lysine residue, and a labeling compound comprising a glutamine residue and a labeling portion, and
using a transglutaminase to bind the labeling compound to the nucleic acid probe,
wherein said labeling compound is bound to the nucleic acid probe by covalent binding between the glutamine residue and the lysine residue.
9. The method for producing a multilabeled nucleic acid probe according to claim 8 , the labeling portion is at least one of an enzyme and a fluorescent dye.
10. The method for producing a multilabeled nucleic acid probe according to claim 9 , wherein the labeling portion is an enzyme derived from a hyperthermophile.
11. A method for detecting a target nucleic acid, the method comprising
performing specific binding, via nucleic acid portions, of the multilabeled nucleic acid probe according to claim 5 , and a target nucleic acid, and
detecting the bound multilabeled nucleic acid probe via the labeling portion.
12. A method for detecting a target nucleic acid, the method comprising:
performing specific binding, via nucleic acid portions, of:
a nucleic acid probe comprising a plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives, where either (1) each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives have a glutamine residue, or (2) each of the plurality of nucleoside triphosphate derivatives have a lysine residue, and
a target nucleic acid,
subsequently introducing a plurality of labeling compounds which either (1) comprise a glutamine residue and a labeling portion, or (2) comprise a lysine residue and a labeling portion, then
using a transglutaminase to react the labeling compounds with the nucleic acid probes, and
detecting the bound nucleic acid probe via the labeling portions,
wherein said labeling compounds are bound to the nucleic acid probe by covalent binding between the glutamine residue and the lysine residue.