The locked nucleic acid (LNA) antagomirs (anti-miR-10b), 50-ThioMC6-D/GTGTAACACGTCTATACGCCCA-30, directed against miRNA-10b and a mismatch scrambled sequence (scr-miR), 50-ThioMC6-D/CACAAATTCGGTTCTACAGGGTA-30, were synthesized by Eurogentec (Belgium). The 5′-Thiol-Modifier C6 disulfide (5′-ThioMC6) was inserted into both sequences for conjugation to magnetic nanoparticles for in vitro studies. The thiol modified oligonucleotides were activated by treatment with 3% TCEP (Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride, Thermo Scientific Co., Rockford, IL), followed by purification with ammonium acetate/ethanol precipitation before conjugation to the nanoparticles, as described previously (Yigit et al., 2013 (link); Yoo et al., 2014a (link)).
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