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Yu H, Xu X, Liang P, Loh KY, Guntupalli B, Roncancio D, Xiao Y. A Broadly Applicable Assay for Rapidly and Accurately Quantifying DNA Surface Coverage on Diverse Particles. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:933-943. [PMID: 28156100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
DNA-modified particles are used extensively for applications in sensing, material science, and molecular biology. The performance of such DNA-modified particles is greatly dependent on the degree of surface coverage, but existing methods for quantitation can only be employed for certain particle compositions and/or conjugation chemistries. We have developed a simple and broadly applicable exonuclease III (Exo III) digestion assay based on the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds-a universal feature of DNA-modified particles-to accurately quantify DNA probe surface coverage on diverse, commonly used particles of different compositions, conjugation chemistries, and sizes. Our assay utilizes particle-conjugated, fluorophore-labeled probes that incorporate two abasic sites; these probes are hybridized to a complementary DNA (cDNA) strand, and quantitation is achieved via cleavage and digestion of surface-bound probe DNA via Exo III's apurinic endonucleolytic and exonucleolytic activities. The presence of the two abasic sites in the probe greatly speeds up the enzymatic reaction without altering the packing density of the probes on the particles. Probe digestion releases a signal-generating fluorophore and liberates the intact cDNA strand to start a new cycle of hybridization and digestion, until all fluorophore tags have been released. Since the molar ratio of fluorophore to immobilized DNA is 1:1, DNA surface coverage can be determined accurately based on the complete release of fluorophores. Our method delivers accurate, rapid, and reproducible quantitation of thiolated DNA on the surface of gold nanoparticles, and also performs equally well with other conjugation chemistries, substrates, and particle sizes, and thus offers a broadly useful assay for quantitation of DNA surface coverage.
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- Haixiang Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University , 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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Liu J. Adsorption of DNA onto gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide: surface science and applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:10485-96. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41186e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zhao W, Hsing IM. Facile and rapid manipulation of DNA surface density on gold nanoparticles using mononucleotide-mediated conjugation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2010; 46:1314-6. [PMID: 20449288 DOI: 10.1039/b920696e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report here a method to manipulate the amount of thiolated DNA attached per gold nanoparticle from a few to tens of strands in less than an hour, which involves the tuning of the respective amount of salt and time of addition of thiolated oligo(ethylene glycol) during mononucleotide-mediated conjugation process.
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- Wenting Zhao
- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Liu T, Zhao J, Zhang D, Li G. Novel Method to Detect DNA Methylation Using Gold Nanoparticles Coupled with Enzyme-Linkage Reactions. Anal Chem 2009; 82:229-33. [DOI: 10.1021/ac902198v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Tao Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and National Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China, and Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and National Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China, and Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and National Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China, and Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and National Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China, and Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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Jang KJ, Lee H, Jin HL, Park Y, Nam JM. Restriction-enzyme-coded gold-nanoparticle probes for multiplexed DNA detection. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2009; 5:2665-8. [PMID: 19722184 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- Kyung-Jin Jang
- Interdisciplinary Program in Nano-Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Nanoparticle carrying a single probe for target DNA detection and single nucleotide discrimination. Biosens Bioelectron 2009; 25:313-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tison CK, Milam VT. Manipulating DNA probe presentation via enzymatic cleavage of diluent strands. Biomacromolecules 2008; 9:2468-76. [PMID: 18715032 DOI: 10.1021/bm800497g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We previously reported a system for the controlled redispersion of DNA-linked aggregates using secondary, competitive hybridization events and found that complete redispersion is contingent upon dilution of the active 20 base-long probe strands with 20 base-long nonhybridizing strands. Here, to reduce the steric interference of nonhybridizing or diluent strands on probe activity, we investigate the effect of shorter diluent strands on the hybridization activity of immobilized probes using the following two approaches: (1) simultaneously coupling shorter diluent strands and longer probe strands to microspheres and (2) simultaneously coupling diluent and probe strands of the same base length to microspheres and then clipping diluent strands with the restriction endonuclease AluI. Results indicate that one can reduce the duplex density down by 50-70% of its initial value, depending on the location of the recognition motif along the hybridization segment. In addition, tighter control over the number of probe-target duplexes is achieved with the enzyme-based approach.
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- Christopher K Tison
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, USA
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Gel electrophoresis of gold-DNA nanoconjugates. J Biomed Biotechnol 2008; 2007:26796. [PMID: 18401452 PMCID: PMC2288681 DOI: 10.1155/2007/26796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gold-DNA conjugates were investigated in detail by a comprehensive gel electrophoresis study based on 1200 gels. A controlled number of single-stranded DNA of different length was attached specifically via thiol-Au bonds to phosphine-stabilized colloidal gold nanoparticles. Alternatively, the surface of the gold particles was saturated with single stranded DNA of different length either specifically via thiol-Au bonds or by nonspecific adsorption. From the experimentally determined electrophoretic mobilities, estimates for the effective diameters of the gold-DNA conjugates were derived by applying two different data treatment approaches. The first method is based on making a calibration curve for the relation between effective diameters and mobilities with gold nanoparticles of known diameter. The second method is based on Ferguson analysis which uses gold nanoparticles of known diameter as reference database. Our study shows that effective diameters derived from gel electrophoresis measurements are affected with a high error bar as the determined values strongly depend on the method of evaluation, though relative changes in size upon binding of molecules can be detected with high precision. Furthermore, in this study, the specific attachment of DNA via gold-thiol bonds to Au nanoparticles is compared to nonspecific adsorption of DNA. Also, the maximum number of DNA molecules that can be bound per particle was determined.
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Qin WJ, Yung LYL. Well-Defined Nanoassemblies Using Gold Nanoparticles Bearing Specific Number of DNA Strands. Bioconjug Chem 2007; 19:385-90. [DOI: 10.1021/bc700178f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Wei Jie Qin
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
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Qin WJ, Yung LYL. Nanoparticle-based detection and quantification of DNA with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discrimination selectivity. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:e111. [PMID: 17720714 PMCID: PMC2034455 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Revised: 07/24/2007] [Accepted: 07/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sequence-specific DNA detection is important in various biomedical applications such as gene expression profiling, disease diagnosis and treatment, drug discovery and forensic analysis. Here we report a gold nanoparticle-based method that allows DNA detection and quantification and is capable of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discrimination. The precise quantification of single-stranded DNA is due to the formation of defined nanoparticle-DNA conjugate groupings in the presence of target/linker DNA. Conjugate groupings were characterized and quantified by gel electrophoresis. A linear correlation between the amount of target DNA and conjugate groupings was found. For SNP detection, single base mismatch discrimination was achieved for both the end- and center-base mismatch. The method described here may be useful for the development of a simple and quantitative DNA detection assay.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
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