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Hachigian T, Lysne D, Graugnard E, Lee J. Targeted Selection of Aptamer Complementary Elements toward Rapid Development of Aptamer Transducers. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:4470-4479. [PMID: 37191170 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Biosensing using aptamers has been a recent interest for their versatility in detecting many different analytes across a wide range of applications, including medical and environmental applications. In our last work, we introduced a customizable aptamer transducer (AT) that could successfully feed-forward many different output domains to target a variety of reporters and amplification reaction networks. In this paper, we explore the kinetic behavior and performance of novel ATs by modifying the aptamer complementary element (ACE) chosen based on a technique for exploring the ligand-binding landscape of duplexed aptamers. Using published data, we selected and constructed several modified ATs that contain ACEs with varying length, position of the start sites, and position of single mismatches, whose kinetic responses were tracked with a simple fluorescence reporter. A kinetic model for ATs was derived and used to extract the strand-displacement reaction constant k1 and the effective aptamer dissociation constant Kd,eff, allowing us to calculate a relative performance metric, k1/Kd,eff. Comparing our results with the predictions based on the literature data, we provide useful insight into the dynamics of the adenosine AT's duplexed aptamer domain and suggest a high-throughput approach for future ATs to be developed with improved sensitivity. The performance of our ATs showed a moderate correlation to those predicted by the ACE scan method. Here, we find that predicted performance based on our ACE selection method was moderately correlated to our AT's performance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tim Hachigian
- Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United States
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- Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United States
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- Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United States
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- Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United States
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Toehold-mediated biosensors: Types, mechanisms and biosensing strategies. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 220:114922. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mirzayi S, Ravan H, Soltanian S. Borderline Boolean states improve the biosensing applications of DNA circuits. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 207:1005-1010. [PMID: 35378164 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular circuits have been used in a wide range of diagnosis applications, from the detection of chemical molecules in solution to the complex processing of cell surface receptors. One of the most important challenges of these systems is the lack of distinguishability between different circuit states when each circuit state represents a specific disease. In this work, we designed a molecular amplification circuit with borderline Boolean states that each state can be distinguished with different color intensity. For this purpose, two DNA complexes and four DNA hairpin structures were designed to detect miR-218 and miR-215 biomarkers. One of the designed DNA complexes has two G-quadruplex structures and the other has only one G-quadruplex structure. In the absence of the inputs, all three G-quadruplex structures are active and produce a high-intensity signal, while in the other three states, including the presence of miR-218, the presence of miR-215, and the presence of both inputs, respectively, one, two, and zero G-quadruplex structures are active. Therefore, the designed system can identify two different biomarkers simultaneously with different signal ratios, which can easily distinguish the different states of the circuit. This strategy is very promising to identify diseases in which any combination of biomarkers leads to a particular disease.
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- Sedighe Mirzayi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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Su F, Zou M, Wu H, Xiao F, Sun Y, Zhang C, Gao W, Zhao F, Fan X, Yan X, Wu G. Sensitive detection of hepatitis C virus using a catalytic hairpin assembly coupled with a lateral flow immunoassay test strip. Talanta 2021; 239:123122. [PMID: 34890941 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.123122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Currently, PCR is the gold standard for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, the PCR technique is complicated and time-consuming, which prevents its application and, clinical point-of-care testing (POCT). Herein, we report a POCT method with simplicity, high sensitivity and specificity, which consists of a catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) signal amplification system coupled with a lateral flow immunochromatographic (LFIA) test strip for the detection of HCV. Two ingeniously designed hairpin probes were hybridized to form the H1-H2 duplex in the presence of the target DNA. The catalytic hairpin assembly which was characterized of isothermal and enzyme-free, was accomplished within 40 min and the reaction was then applied to a LFIA test strip. Only the H1-H2 duplex labeled with both digoxin and biotin could be captured by the test strip, and the fluorescence value was determined. In addition, we evaluated the application potential for the detection of clinical samples. The reported method demonstrated high sensitivity with a detectable minimum concentration at 1 fM and showed a good linear range from 10 nM to 10pM, and high specificity for various mismatched sequences. The results demonstrated that clinically positive samples could be successfully detected. In conclusion, the reported method is simple, rapid, and free of large-scale equipment. POCT is expected to be useful for HCV detection in clinic.
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- Feiya Su
- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China; Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Diagnostics Department, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213000, People's Republic of China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China; Diagnostics Department, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China; Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
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Hachigian T, Lysne D, Graugnard E, Lee J. Customizable Aptamer Transducer Network Designed for Feed-Forward Coupling. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:26888-26896. [PMID: 34693110 PMCID: PMC8529589 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Solution-based biosensors that utilize aptamers have been engineered in a variety of formats to detect a range of analytes for both medical and environmental applications. However, since aptamers have fixed base sequences, incorporation of aptamers into DNA strand displacement networks for feed-forward signal amplification and processing requires significant redesign of downstream DNA reaction networks. We designed a novel aptamer transduction network that releases customizable output domains, which can then be used to initiate downstream strand displacement reaction networks without any sequence redesign of the downstream reaction networks. In our aptamer transducer (AT), aptamer input domains are independent of output domains within the same DNA complex and are reacted with a fuel strand after aptamer-ligand binding. ATs were designed to react with two fluorescent dye-labeled reporter complexes to show the customizability of the output domains, as well as being used as feed-forward inputs to two previously studied catalytic reaction networks, which can be used as amplifiers. Through our study, we show both successful customizability and feed-forward capability of our ATs.
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- Tim Hachigian
- Micron
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United
States
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- Micron
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United
States
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- Micron
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United
States
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- Micron
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United
States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State
University, 1910 University
Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725, United States
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Liu X, Bu S, Wei H, Wang Z, Yu S, Li Z, Hao Z, He X, Wan J. Visual assay of Escherichia coli O157:H7 based on an isothermal strand displacement and hybrid chain reaction amplification strategy. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:3379-3385. [PMID: 34235517 DOI: 10.1039/d1ay00644d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Here, we describe a simple, sensitive, and enzyme-free method for visual point-of-care detection of 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli O157:H7 based on an isothermal strand displacement-hybrid chain reaction (ISD-HCR) and lateral flow strip (LFS). In this study, the secondary structure of 16S rRNA of E. coli O157:H7 was unwound by two helper oligonucleotides to expose the single-strand-specific nucleic acid sequence. The free specific sequence promoted the toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction to output a large number of FITC-labeled single-stranded DNA probes (capture probe [CP]). The 3'-end sequence of the reporter probe propagated a chain reaction of hybridization events between the two hairpin probes modified with biotin to form long nicked DNA polymers with multiple biotins (RP-HCR complexes); the free CP and RP-HCR complexes then form CP/RP-HCR complexes. The biotin-labeled double-stranded DNA CP/RP-HCR polymers then introduced numerous streptavidin (SA)-labeled gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the LFS. The accumulation of AuNPs produced a characteristic red band, which enabled visual detection of changes in the signal of 16S rRNA of E. coli O157:H7. The current approach could detect E. coli O157:H7 at concentrations as low as 102 CFU mL-1 without instrumentation. This approach thus provides a simple, sensitive, and low-cost tool for point-of-care detection of pathogenic bacteria, especially in resource-limited countries.
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- Xiu Liu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
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Ebrahimi A, Ravan H, Mehrabani M. Multiplex monitoring of Alzheimer associated miRNAs based on the modular logic circuit operation and doping of catalytic hairpin assembly. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 170:112710. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Khajouei S, Ravan H, Ebrahimi A. Developing a colorimetric nucleic acid-responsive DNA hydrogel using DNA proximity circuit and catalytic hairpin assembly. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1137:1-10. [PMID: 33153592 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The development of powerful techniques for sensitive detection of nucleic acids has attracted much attention for fabricating accurate biosensors in various fields, such as genomics, clinical diagnostics, and forensic sciences. Up to now, different systems have been introduced, the majority of which are expensive, time-consuming, and relatively low selectivity/limit of detection. These limitations caught our attention to fabricate a nucleic acid responsive system by combining three layers of signal amplification strategy, namely a split proximity circuit (SPC), a catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), and a DNA hydrogel. Herein, by SPC operation, two initiators and a target strand were assembled and activated the CHA reaction in the presence of three 5'-cytosine (C)-rich hairpins. Then, produced C-rich embedded three-way junction structures could form i-motif structures under acidic environment followed by a transition from sol to gel state. To acquire a quantitative and colorimetric measurement, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were used that encapsulated and sediment by the gel formation. The resulting platform detected the target with a limit of detection of 1 pM and considerable selectivity.
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- Sima Khajouei
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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Colorimetric detection of miRNA-21 by DNAzyme-coupled branched DNA constructs. Talanta 2020; 216:120913. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Colorimetric nanoplatform for visual determination of cancer cells via target-catalyzed hairpin assembly actuated aggregation of gold nanoparticles. Mikrochim Acta 2020; 187:392. [PMID: 32556573 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04368-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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According to aptamer-mediated hairpin DNA cascade amplifier and gold nanoparticles aggregation, an optical platform for cancer cells determination has been proposed. High-affinity chimeric aptamers were used for cancer cell detection and also as an initiator for beginning hairpin assembly to construct three-way junction (3WJ) nanostructures. These three hairpins were modified at 3' ends with biotin. In the presence of target cell, chimeric aptamer binds to its ligand on cell surface and initiates 3WJ nanostructures formation. These 3WJ nanostructures interact with streptavidin-modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) via non-covalent biotin-streptavidin interactions and create a crossover lattice of nanoparticles. This event leads to AuNPs aggregation and red-shifting. The results were confirmed by gel electrophoresis and UV-visible spectrophotometry. The dynamic range of this assay is 25 to 107 cells with a detection limit of 10 cells which is respectively 9 and 4 times more significant than the sensitivity of AuNP-based approaches without amplification and enzyme-mediated signal amplification. Graphical abstract.
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Ravan H, Amandadi M, Hassanshahian M, Pourseyedi S. Dual catalytic DNA circuit-induced gold nanoparticle aggregation: An enzyme-free and colorimetric strategy for amplified detection of nucleic acids. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 154:896-903. [PMID: 32169450 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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An enzyme-free dual catalytic DNA circuit for amplified detection of nucleic acids has been developed. The system functions based on a cyclic self-assembly of two auxiliary hairpins (H1 and H2) and three biotinylated hairpin oligonucleotides (H3, H4 and H5), in the format of two molecular circuits. In the upstream circuit, a target initiator (I) besides H1 and H2 hairpins constructs H1-H2 duplexes that trigger the operation of a subsequent circuit. In the downstream circuit, the H1-H2 duplex initiates cascaded self-assembly reactions, produces triplex H3-H4-H5, as sensing system, and releases the H1-H2 duplex as the catalyst for the self-assembly of additional hairpins. The H3-H4-H5 triplex acts as the scaffolds for assembling and orienting the streptavidin-functionalized gold nanoparticles (SA-AuNPs) into a lattice-like arrangement that generates a DNA-SA-AuNP cross-linked network, resulting in a dramatic pale red-to-blue color change. By ingeniously engaging two catalytic circuits with feedback amplification capabilities, the system can detect the target nucleic acid with an LOD value of 5 femtomolar and unambiguously discriminate spurious targets (i.e. targets containing substitution, insertion, and deletion nucleotides) without instrumentation. Simple and convenient operation of the assay makes the DNA circuit appropriate for point-of-care monitoring in resource-constrained settings.
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- Hadi Ravan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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Liang Z, Ou D, Sun D, Tong Y, Luo H, Chen Z. Ultrasensitive biosensor for microRNA-155 using synergistically catalytic nanoprobe coupled with improved cascade strand displacement reaction. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 146:111744. [PMID: 31605986 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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MicroRNAs, essential for gene expression and physiological regulation, are considered to be reliable biomarkers for the early diagnosis and treatment of cancers. Herein, a sensitive biosensor that uses a synergistically catalytic nanoprobe and improved toehold strand displacement reaction (TSDR) has been fabricated, and successfully applied to microRNA-155 (miR-155) detection. A nanoscale copper-based metal organic framework assembled by Pt nanoparticles and horseradish peroxidase (Cu-NMOF@PtNPs/HRP) served as a co-catalytic nanoprobe and was coupled with improved TSDR to achieve multiple amplifications. In the absence of miR-155, the tetrahedral DNA nanostructures (TDNs) immobilized on the gold electrode were independent of the TSDR system because of the binding of the shielding region of the locked probe (LP) with the template probe (TP). Instead, the target would initiate the TSDR system, leading to the conformational change of TDNs and hybridization of the nanoprobe. Cu-NMOF@PtNPs/HRP exhibited extraordinary catalytic property towards the hydroquinone-hydrogen peroxide system, demonstrating that the nanoprobe exerted a concerted effect on the electrochemical performance of the biosensor. Under optimal conditions, the cathodic current exhibited a logarithmic relation over 0.50-1.0 × 105fM miR-155, with a detection limit of 0.13 fM, indicating that the constructed biosensor has considerable potential in the field of clinical disease diagnostics for miR-155.
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- Zhixian Liang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Center for Drug Research and Development, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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Hong F, Lin X, Wu Y, Dong Y, Cao Y, Hu F, Gan N. Enzyme-free fluorometric assay for chloramphenicol based on double stirring bar-assisted dual signal amplification. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:150. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-3148-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Yao J, Zhang Z, Deng Z, Wang Y, Guo Y. An enzyme free electrochemical biosensor for sensitive detection of miRNA with a high discrimination factor by coupling the strand displacement reaction and catalytic hairpin assembly recycling. Analyst 2018; 142:4116-4123. [PMID: 28991307 DOI: 10.1039/c7an01224a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An isothermal, enzyme free, ultra-specific and ultra-sensitive protocol for electrochemical detection of miRNAs is proposed based on the toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction (SDR) and non-enzymatic catalytic hairpin reaction (CHA) recycling. The SDR was first triggered only in the presence of target miRNA and this process also affects other miRNA interferences having similar target sequences, thus guaranteeing a high discrimination factor and could be used in rare content miRNA detection with various amounts of interferences having similar target sequences. The output protector strand then triggered enzyme free CHA amplification and generates plenty of hairpin self-assembly products. This process in turn influences SDR equilibrium to move to the right and generates large amounts of protector output to ensure analysis sensitivity. Compared with traditional CHA, our proposed method greatly improved the signal to noise ratio and shows excellent performance in rare miRNA detection with miRNA analogue interference. Under the optimal experimental conditions and using square wave voltammetry, the established biosensor could detect target miRNA-21 down to 30 fM (S/N = 3) with a dynamic range from 100 fM to 2 nM, and discriminate rare target miRNA-21 from mismatched miRNA with high selectivity. This method holds great promise in miRNA detection from human cancer cell lines and would be a versatile and powerful tool for clinical molecular diagnostics.
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- Juan Yao
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, P. R. China.
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Shen Z, He L, Cao Y, Hong F, Zhang K, Hu F, Lin J, Wu D, Gan N. Multiplexed electrochemical aptasensor for antibiotics detection using metallic-encoded apoferritin probes and double stirring bars-assisted target recycling for signal amplification. Talanta 2018; 197:491-499. [PMID: 30771967 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Simultaneous and sensitive detection of various antibiotic residues in one sample is essential to evaluation of food safety status. Herein, a multiplexed electrochemical aptasensor for multiplex antibiotics detection, with kanamycin (KANA) and ampicillin (AMP) as representative analytes, was designed by using metal ions encoded apoferrtin probes and double stirring bars-assisted target recycling for signal amplification. The encoded probes were prepared by apoferritin loading Cd2+ and Pb2+ ions and labeling with duplex DNAs (aptamers corresponding to KANA and AMP hybrid with its complementary DNA sequence), respectively. In the presence of KANA and AMP, the targets can recurrently react with the probes on the bars, and then replace a lot of Apo-Mencoded signal tags into supernatant. The peak currents of Cd2+and Pb2+from the tags corresponding with the concentrations of KANA and AMP were detected by square wave voltammetry in one run. As a result, KANA and AMP can be detected simultaneously within the range from 0.05 pM to 50 nM. And the detection limits were 18 fM KANA and 15 fM AMP (S/N = 3). The assay was testified to detect KANA and AMP residues with consistent results of ELISA in samples, e.g. milks and fishes. The assay was highly-sensitive, selective, cost-effective and easy-to-operate due to Apo-M encoded probes with high loading capacity of signal source substances. Moreover, double stirring bar-assisted target recycling, which was enzyme-free and could overcome matrix interference, was fabricated for signal amplification. Thus, the assay showed potential advantages for sensitively screening of antibiotic residues in foods.
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- Zhipeng Shen
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China.
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Faculty of Marine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Zhejiang wanly University, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China.
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Target-triggered three-way junction in conjugation with catalytic concatemers-functionalized nanocomposites provides a highly sensitive colorimetric method for miR-21 detection. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 117:567-574. [PMID: 30005375 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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With the great advances in DNA nanotechnology, scientists have shown interest in developing dynamic nanostructures for theranostic applications, analyte sensing and cargo delivery. Here, we present a specific enzyme-free ultrasensitive platform based on a multilayer coupled signal amplification strategy to quantify miR-21 molecule. The biosensor was integrated based on three signal amplification gadgets, namely a translator-mediated catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), a multilayer DNA concatemer on the surface of gold decorated magnetic nanoparticle (GMNP), and a DNAzyme-mediated catalytic signal amplification. MiR-21 mediates the release of a DNA translator from an immobilized duplex to engage in a CHA reaction using three hairpins, including a GMNP-conjugated hairpin 1 (H1), biotin-labeled hairpin 2 (H2) and a GMNP-conjugated hairpin 3 (H3) to form a three-way junction (3WJ). Meanwhile, a plenty of initiator strand 0 (S0) on GMNPs - each of which has been bifunctionalized with S0/H1 or S0/H3 - drive several multilayer peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme concatemers in the presence of two accessory oligonucleotides; strand 1 (S1) and strand 2 (S2). Since a G-rich sequence was attached at the 5'-end of S1 strand, in the presence of hemin cofactor, an active G-quadruplex DNAzyme with peroxidase activity was formed. The concatemers on the surface of GMNPs can convert a colorless substrate to a green product. The biosensor can detect as low as 1 aM of miR-21 and provide an excellent capability to discriminate single-base mismatches. The required time for the formulation of the assay reagents is about three days and the reaction time for the detection of miR-21 takes place in less than four hours.
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Hong F, Chen X, Cao Y, Dong Y, Wu D, Hu F, Gan N. Enzyme- and label-free electrochemical aptasensor for kanamycin detection based on double stir bar-assisted toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction for dual-signal amplification. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 112:202-208. [PMID: 29709830 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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It is critically important to detect antibiotic residues for monitoring food safety. In this study, an enzyme- and label-free electrochemical aptasensor for antibiotics, with kanamycin (Kana) as a typical analyte, was developed based on a double stir bar-assisted toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction (dSB-TMSDR) for dual-signal amplification. First, we modified two gold electrodes (E-1 and E-2) with different DNA probes (S1/S2 hybrid probe in E-1 and DNA fuel strand S3 in E-2). In the presence of Kana, an S1/S2 probe can be disassembled from E-1 to form an S2/Kana complex in supernatant. The S2/Kana could react with S3 on E-2 to form S2/S3 hybrid and release Kana through TMSDR. After then, the target recycling was triggered. Subsequently, the formed S2/S3 hybrid can also trigger a hybridization chain reaction (HCR). Consequently, the dual-signal amplification strategy was established, which resulted in many long dsDNA chains on E-2. The chains can associate with methylene blue (MB) as redox probes to produce a current response for the quantification of Kana. The assay exhibited high sensitivity and specificity with a detection limit at 16 fM Kana due to the dual-signal amplification. The double stir bars system can both increase phase separation and prevent leakage of DNA fuel to reduce background interference. Moreover, it allows flexible sequence design of the TMSDR probes. The assay was successfully employed to detect Kana residues in food and showed potential application value in food safety detection.
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- Feng Hong
- Faculty of material science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Faculty of material science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Faculty of material science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
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- Faculty of material science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Faculty of material science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Faculty of marine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Faculty of material science and chemical engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
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Norouzi A, Ravan H, Mohammadi A, Hosseinzadeh E, Norouzi M, Fozooni T. Aptamer-integrated DNA nanoassembly: A simple and sensitive DNA framework to detect cancer cells. Anal Chim Acta 2018. [PMID: 29534792 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The development of powerful techniques to detect cancer cells at early stages plays a notable role in diagnosing and prognosing cancer patients and reducing mortality. This paper reports on a novel functional DNA nanoassembly capable of detecting cancer cells based on structural DNA nanotechnology. DNA nanoassemblies were constructed by the self-assembly of a DNA concatemer to a plenty of sticky-ended three-way junctions. While an aptamer moiety guided the nanoassembly to the target cancer cell, the peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes embedded in the nanoassemblies were used as the sensing element to produce colorimetric signals. As proof-of-concept, as low as 175 cancer cells were detected by the assay, and color change was clearly distinguished by the naked eyes. The proposed system enjoys potential applications for point-of-care cancer diagnosis, with its excellent sensitivity and selectivity.
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- Akram Norouzi
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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Liu S, Xu N, Tan C, Fang W, Tan Y, Jiang Y. A sensitive colorimetric aptasensor based on trivalent peroxidase-mimic DNAzyme and magnetic nanoparticles. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1018:86-93. [PMID: 29605139 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In this study, a novel colorimetric aptasensor was prepared by coupling trivalent peroxidase-mimic DNAzyme and magnetic nanoparticles for highly sensitive and selective detection of target proteins. A three G-quadruplex (G4) DNA-hemin complex was employed as the trivalent peroxidase-mimic DNAzyme, in which hemin assisted the G4-DNA to fold into a catalytic conformation and act as an enzyme. The design of the aptasensor includes magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), complementary DNA (cDNA) modified with biotin, and a label-free single strand DNA (ssDNA) including the aptamer and trivalent peroxidase-mimic DNAzyme. The trivalent DNAzyme, which has the highest catalytic activity among multivalent DNAzymes, catalyzed the H2O2-mediated oxidation of ABTS. The colorless ABTS was oxidized to produce a blue-green product that can be clearly distinguished by the naked eye. The aptamer and trivalent peroxidase-mimic DNAzyme promote the specificity and sensitivity of this detection method, which can be generalized for other targets by simply replacing the corresponding aptamers. To demonstrate the feasible use of the aptasensor for target detection, a well-known tumor biomarker MUC1 was evaluated as the model target. The limits of detection were determined to be 5.08 and 5.60 nM in a linear range of 50-1000 nM in a buffer solution and 10% serum system, respectively. This colorimetric and label-free aptasensor with excellent sensitivity and strong anti-interference ability has potential application in disease diagnoses, prognosis tracking, and therapeutic evaluation.
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- Shuwen Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Fozooni T, Ravan H, Sasan H. Signal Amplification Technologies for the Detection of Nucleic Acids: from Cell-Free Analysis to Live-Cell Imaging. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2017; 183:1224-1253. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2494-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ravan H, Amandadi M, Esmaeili-Mahani S. DNA Domino-Based Nanoscale Logic Circuit: A Versatile Strategy for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Analysis of Nucleic Acids. Anal Chem 2017; 89:6021-6028. [PMID: 28459545 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In recent years, the analytical application of logical nanodevices has attracted much attention for making accurate decisions on molecular diagnosis. Herein, a DNA domino-based nanoscale logic circuit has been constructed by integrating three logic gates (AND-AND-YES) for simultaneous analysis of multiple nucleic acid biomarkers. In the first AND gate, a chimeric target DNA comprising of four biomarkers was hybridized to three biomarker-specific oligonucleotides (TRs) via their 5'-end regions and to a capture probe-magnetic microparticle. After harvesting the complex, 3' overhang regions of the TRs were labeled with three distinct monolayer double-stranded (ds) DNA-gold nanoparticles (DNA-AuNPs). Upon gleaning the complex and addition of initiator oligonucleotide, a series of toehold-mediated strand displacement reactions, which are reminiscent of a domino chain, spontaneously occurred between the confined dsDNAs on the nanoparticles' surface in the second AND gate. The output of the second gate entered into the last gate and triggered an exponential hairpin assembly to form four-way junction nanostructures. The resulting nanostructures bear split parts of DNAzyme at each end of the four arms which, in the presence of hemin, form catalytic hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzymes with peroxidase activity. The smart biosensor has exhibited a turn-on signal when all biomarkers are present in the sample. In fact, should any of the biomarkers be nonexistent, the signal remains turned-off. The biosensor can detect the biomarkers with a LOD value of 100 aM and a noticeable capability to discriminate single-nucleotide substitutions.
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- Hadi Ravan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman , Kerman, Iran 7616914111
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman , Kerman, Iran 7616914111
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman , Kerman, Iran 7616914111
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Lu X, Shi X, Wu G, Wu T, Qin R, Wang Y. Visual detection and differentiation of Classic Swine Fever Virus strains using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) and G-quadruplex DNAzyme assay. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44211. [PMID: 28287135 PMCID: PMC5347003 DOI: 10.1038/srep44211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The split G-quadruplex DNAzyme has emerged as a valuable tool for visual DNA detection. Here, we successfully integrated colorimetric split G-quadruplex DNAzyme assay with nucleic acid sequence-based amplification to generate a novel detection approach, allowing visual and rapid detection for the RNA of Shimen and HCLV strains of Classic Swine Fever Virus (CSFV). CSFV is a RNA virus that causes a highly contagious disease in domestic pigs and wild boar. With this method, we were able to detect as little as 10 copies/ml of CSF viral RNA within 3 h in serum samples taken from the field. No interference was encountered in the amplification and detection of Classic Swine Fever Virus in the presence of non-target RNA or DNA. Moreover, Shimen and HCLV strains of Classic Swine Fever Virus could be easily differentiated using the NASBA-DNAzyme system. These findings indicate the NASBA-DNAzyme system is a rapid and practical technique for detecting and discriminating CSFV strains and may be applied to the detection of other RNA viruses.
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- Xiaolu Lu
- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, South-central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, South-central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, South-central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, South-central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, South-central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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