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Pang H, Peng Y, Zhang R, Gao Z, Lai X, Li D, Zhao X, Wang Y, Pei H, Qiao B, Ji Y, Wu Q. A triggered DNA nanomachine with enzyme-free for the rapid detection of telomerase activity in a one-step method. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1299:342420. [PMID: 38499416 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Telomerase is considered a biomarker for the early diagnosis and clinical treatment of cancer. The rapid and sensitive detection of telomerase activity is crucial to biological research, clinical diagnosis, and drug development. However, the main obstacles facing the current telomerase activity assay are the cumbersome and time-consuming procedure, the easy degradation of the telomerase RNA template and the need for additional proteases. Therefore, it is necessary to construct a new method for the detection of telomerase activity with easy steps, efficient reaction and strong anti-interference ability. RESULTS Herein, an efficient, enzyme-free, economical, sensitive, fluorometric detection method for telomerase activity in one-step, named triggered-DNA (T-DNA) nanomachine, was created based on target-triggered DNAzyme-cleavage activity and catalytic molecular beacon (CMB). Telomerase served as a switch and extended few numbers of (TTAGGG)n repeat sequences to initiate the signal amplification in the T-DNA nanomachine, resulting in a strong fluorescent signal. The reaction was a one-step method with a shortened time of 1 h and a constant temperature of 37 °C, without the addition of any protease. It also sensitively distinguished telomerase activity in various cell lines. The T-DNA nanomachine offered a detection limit of 12 HeLa cells μL-1, 9 SK-Hep-1 cells μL-1 and 3 HuH-7 cells μL-1 with a linear correlation detection range of 0.39 × 102-6.25 × 102 HeLa cells μL-1 for telomerase activity. SIGNIFICANCE In conclusion, our study demonstrated that the triggered-DNA nanomachine fulfills the requirements for rapid detection of telomerase activity in one-step under isothermal and enzyme-free conditions with excellent specificity, and its simple and stable structure makes it ideal for complex systems. These findings indicated the application prospect of DNA nanomachines in clinical diagnostics and provided new insights into the field of DNA nanomachine-based bioanalysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Huajie Pang
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China; Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Research Unit of Island Emergency Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (No. 2019RU013), Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China; Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Research Unit of Island Emergency Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (No. 2019RU013), Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China.
| | - Yuxiang Ji
- The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China.
| | - Qiang Wu
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570311, China; Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Research Unit of Island Emergency Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (No. 2019RU013), Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China.
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