Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been the subject of intense research for more than three decades as it causes
an uncurable disease: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS. In the pursuit of a medical treatment, RNAtargeted
small molecules are emerging as promising targets. In order to understand the binding kinetics of small
molecules and HIV RNA, association (ka) and dissociation (kd) kinetic constants must be obtained, ideally for a large
number of sequences to assess selectivity. We have developed Aqueous Array Imaged Reflectometry (Aq-AIR) to
address this challenge. Using a simple light interference phenomenon, Aq-AIR provides real-time high-throughput
multiplex capabilities to detect binding of targets to surface-immobilized probes in a label-free microarray format. The
second generation of Aq-AIR consisting of high-sensitivity CCD camera and 12-μL flow cell was fabricated. The system
performance was assessed by real-time detection of MBNL1-(CUG)10 and neomycin B - HIV RNA bindings. The results
establish this second-generation Aq-AIR to be able to examine small molecules binding to RNA sequences specific to
HIV.
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