hijiri hasegawa

Dr. hijiri hasegawa

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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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HHhijiri hasegawa
hijiri hasegawa
ISIkkei Sasaki
Ikkei Sasaki
KTKaori Tsukakoshi
Kaori Tsukakoshi
YMYue Ma
Yue Ma
KNKazuo Nagasawa
Kazuo Nagasawa
KIKazunori Ikebukuro
Kazunori Ikebukuro
Genomic DNA methylation is involved in many diseases and is expected to be a specific biomarker for even the pre-symptomatic diagnosis of many diseases. Thus, a rapid and inexpensive detection method is required for disease diagnosis. We have previously reported that cytosine methylation in G-quadruplex (G4)-forming oligonucleotides develops different G4 topologies. In this study, we developed a method for detecting CpG methylation in G4-forming oligonucleotides based on the structural differences between methylated and unmethylated G4 DNAs. The differences in G4 topologies due to CpG methylation can be discriminated by G4 ligands. We performed a binding assay between methylated or unmethylated G4 DNAs and G4 ligands. The binding abilities of fluorescent G4 ligands to BCL-2, HRAS1, HRAS2, VEGF G4-forming sequences were examined by fluorescence-based microtiter plate assay. The differences in fluorescence intensities between methylated and unmethylated G4 DNAs were statistically significant. In addition to fluorescence detection, the binding of G4 ligand to DNA was detected by chemiluminescence. A significant difference was also detected in chemiluminescence intensity between methylated and unmethylated DNA. This is the first study on the detection of CpG methylation in G4 structures, focusing on structural changes using G4 ligands.

3 March 2022 in Sensors and Materials
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TSTakuma Sakaki
Takuma Sakaki
KMKaori Masuda
Kaori Masuda
ZZZixin Zhang
Zixin Zhang
TYTatsuhiko Yajima
Tatsuhiko Yajima
HHhijiri hasegawa
hijiri hasegawa
ONOsamu Niwa
Osamu Niwa