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Bi X, Li S, Yang F, Yuan R, Xiang Y. Cascaded autocatalytic hairpin assembly molecular circuit for amplified fluorescent aptamer luteinising hormone assay. Talanta 2024; 275:126150. [PMID: 38692046 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
The quantitative detection of luteinising hormone (LH) is critical for the study of the physiological mechanism of reproductive function and the assessment of infertility and the clinical treatment of reproductive disorders. However, conventional approaches for LH detection are mostly based on an antibody recognition module with the limitations of sensitivity, simplicity and cost. The development of robust LH sensing methods is therefore highly demanded for facilitating the diagnosis of LH-related diseases. We establish a convenient, amplified and sensitive fluorescent aptamer LH assay based on new target-triggered and cascaded autocatalytic hairpin assembly (C-aCHA) circuit amplification means via initiator sequence replication. Target LH molecules bind the aptamers in the aptamer/initiator duplexes to release the initiator sequences, which trigger CHA formation of DNA three-way junctions (TWJs) and the unfolding of fluorescently quenched signal hairpins to show amplified fluorescence. The TWJs further activate another CHA cycle for the yield of more initiator sequences to form the C-aCHA circuit amplification cycles, which lead to the unfolding of many signal hairpins to exhibit substantially magnified fluorescence recovery for detecting LH down to 8.56 pM in the range from 10 pM to 50 nM. In addition, the monitoring of trace LH in diluted serums by this sensing approach has been also verified. Our LH assay clearly outperforms current existing antibody-based methods and the C-aCHA signal amplification strategy can be easily extended as a robust means for sensitively monitoring various biomolecular markers with simple replacement of the corresponding aptamers for diverse applications.
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- Xin Bi
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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Liu Y, Jin L, Mao J, Deng R, Lin F, Cheng Y, Li M, Dai J. Signal amplified colorimetric nucleic acid detection based on autocatalytic hairpin assembly. RSC Adv 2024; 14:17152-17157. [PMID: 38808241 PMCID: PMC11130644 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra01982b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Herein, a nucleic acid assay based on autocatalytic hairpin assembly (ACHA) was proposed. In this system, two split G-quadruplex sequences were integrated into H1 and H2, respectively. And a DNA strand with the same sequence to target DNA was integrated into the assistant hairpin H3. In the presence of target DNA, the hairpin structure of H1 was opened and catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) was activated, and then a series of DNA assembly steps based on the toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement were triggered and the product H1-H2 with sticky ends on both sides was formed. On the one side of H1-H2, the split two G-quadruplex sequences were close enough to form the intact G-quadruplex for the signal readout. At the same time, two sticky ends on the other side of H1-H2 hybridized with H3 and a new sticky end with the sequence same to the target DNA was exposed, which can immediately trigger the autocatalytic hairpin assembly reaction, and then the reaction rate of CHA was effectively accelerated and the colorimetric signal was significantly amplified. This ACHA signal amplified strategy has been successfully applied for the rapid and colorimetric nucleic acid detection.
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- Yunhua Liu
- School of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology Guiyang 550000 China +86-13458610501
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Tianjin 300192 China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China +86-18380216833
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China +86-18380216833
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China +86-18380216833
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China +86-18380216833
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China +86-18380216833
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China +86-18380216833
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Yu S, Lei X, Qu C. MicroRNA Sensors Based on CRISPR/Cas12a Technologies: Evolution From Indirect to Direct Detection. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2024:1-17. [PMID: 38489095 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2024.2329229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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MicroRNA (miRNA) has emerged as a promising biomarker for disease diagnosis and a potential therapeutic targets for drug development. The detection of miRNA can serve as a noninvasive tool in diseases diagnosis and predicting diseases prognosis. CRISPR/Cas12a system has great potential in nucleic acid detection due to its high sensitivity and specificity, which has been developed to be a versatile tool for nucleic acid-based detection of targets in various fields. However, conversion from RNA to DNA with or without amplification operation is necessary for miRNA detection based on CRISPR/Cas12a system, because dsDNA containing PAM sequence or ssDNA is traditionally considered as the activator of Cas12a. Until recently, direct detection of miRNA by CRISPR/Cas12a system has been reported. In this review, we provide an overview of the evolution of biosensors based on CRISPR/Cas12a for miRNA detection from indirect to direct, which would be beneficial to the development of CRISPR/Cas12a-based sensors with better performance for direct detection of miRNA.
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- Songcheng Yu
- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Food and Strategic Reserves, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
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Gong X, Zhang J, Zhang P, Jiang Y, Hu L, Jiang Z, Wang F, Wang Y. Engineering of a Self-Regulatory Bidirectional DNA Assembly Circuit for Amplified MicroRNA Imaging. Anal Chem 2023; 95:18731-18738. [PMID: 38096424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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The engineering of catalytic hybridization DNA circuits represents versatile ways to orchestrate a complex flux of molecular information at the nanoscale, with potential applications in DNA-encoded biosensing, drug discovery, and therapeutics. However, the diffusive escape of intermediates and unintentional binding interactions remain an unsolved challenge. Herein, we developed a compact, yet efficient, self-regulatory assembly circuit (SAC) for achieving robust microRNA (miRNA) imaging in live cells through DNA-templated guaranteed catalytic hybridization. By integrating the toehold strand with a preblocked palindromic fragment in the stem domain, the proposed miniature SAC system allows the reactant-to-template-controlled proximal hybridization, thus facilitating the bidirectional-sustained assembly and the localization-intensified signal amplification without undesired crosstalk. With condensed components and low reactant complexity, the SAC amplifier realized high-contrast intracellular miRNA imaging. We anticipate that this simple and template-controlled design can enrich the clinical diagnosis and prognosis toolbox.
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- Xue Gong
- Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology of Active Substances (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications, College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology of Active Substances (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications, College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Shenzhen, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology of Active Substances (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications, College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology of Active Substances (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications, College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Shenzhen, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology of Active Substances (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications, College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
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Wang S, Shang J, Zhao B, Wang H, Yang C, Liu X, Wang F. Integration of Isothermal Enzyme-Free Nucleic Acid Circuits for High-Performance Biosensing Applications. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300432. [PMID: 37706615 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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The isothermal enzyme-free nucleic acid amplification method plays an indispensable role in biosensing by virtue of its simple, robust, and highly efficient properties without the assistance of temperature cycling or/and enzymatic biocatalysis. Up to now, enzyme-free nucleic acid amplification has been extensively utilized for biological assays and has achieved the highly sensitive detection of various biological targets, including DNAs, RNAs, small molecules, proteins, and even cells. In this Review, the mechanisms of entropy-driven reaction, hybridization chain reaction, catalytic hairpin assembly and DNAzyme are concisely described and their recent application as biosensors is comprehensively summarized. Furthermore, the current problems and the developments of these DNA circuits are also discussed.
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- Siyuan Wang
- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, 443002, Yichang, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Shenzhen, Wuhan University, 518057, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, 443002, Yichang, Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, 443002, Yichang, Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, 443002, Yichang, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Shenzhen, Wuhan University, 518057, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Shenzhen, Wuhan University, 518057, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China
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Ji D, Zhao J, Liu Y, Wei D. Electrical Nanobiosensors for Nucleic Acid Based Diagnostics. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:4084-4095. [PMID: 37125726 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Recent advances in nanotechnologies have promoted the iterative updating of nucleic acid sensors. Among various sensing technologies, the electrical nanobiosensor is regarded as one of the most promising prospects to achieve rapid, precise, and point-of-care nucleic acid based diagnostics. In this Perspective, we introduce recent progresses in electrical nanobiosensors for nucleic acid detection. First, the strategies for improving detection performance are summarized, including chemical amplification and electrical amplification. Then, the detection mechanism of electrical nanobiosensors, such as electrochemical biosensors, field-effect transistors, and photoelectric enhanced biosensors, is illustrated. At the same time, their applications in cancer screening, pathogen detection, gene sequencing, and genetic disease diagnosis are introduced. Finally, challenges and future prospects in clinical application are discussed.
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- Daizong Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Devices, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Devices, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Devices, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Devices, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Jiang H, Li Y, Lv X, Deng Y, Li X. Recent advances in cascade isothermal amplification techniques for ultra-sensitive nucleic acid detection. Talanta 2023; 260:124645. [PMID: 37148686 PMCID: PMC10156408 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Nucleic acid amplification techniques have always been one of the hot spots of research, especially in the outbreak of COVID-19. From the initial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to the current popular isothermal amplification, each new amplification techniques provides new ideas and methods for nucleic acid detection. However, limited by thermostable DNA polymerase and expensive thermal cycler, PCR is difficult to achieve point of care testing (POCT). Although isothermal amplification techniques overcome the defects of temperature control, single isothermal amplification is also limited by false positives, nucleic acid sequence compatibility, and signal amplification capability to some extent. Fortunately, efforts to integrating different enzymes or amplification techniques that enable to achieve intercatalyst communication and cascaded biotransformations may overcome the corner of single isothermal amplification. In this review, we systematically summarized the design fundamentals, signal generation, evolution, and application of cascade amplification. More importantly, the challenges and trends of cascade amplification were discussed in depth.
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- Hao Jiang
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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He H, Zhou Y, Chen B, Zhang Y, Zhong X, Xu L, Guo B, Yin C, Zhou X, Li Q, Huang Z, Luo G, Guo X. Nucleic acid amplification with specific signal filtration and magnification for ultrasensitive colorimetric detection. Talanta 2023; 253:123978. [PMID: 36209643 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Recently, sensitive, fast and low cost nucleic acid isothermal amplification technologies (such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP) have attracted great attention in the urgent needs of point-of-care testing (POCT) and regular epidemic prevention and control. However, unlike PCR which usually employs TaqMan probe to report specific signals, specific-signal-output strategies in isothermal amplification are immature and visual detection even rare, which limits their popularity in POCT. We hypothesize to address this issue by designing a visual-signal-report system to both filtrate and magnify the target information in isothermal amplification. In this work, we developed a specific signal filtration and magnification colorimetric isothermal sensing platform (SFMC for short) for ultrasensitive detection of DNA and RNA. SFMC consists of two processes: an isothermal amplification with specific signal filtration and a self-replication catalyzed hairpin assembly (SRCHA) for rapid target-specific signal magnification and outputting. With these unique properties, this biosensing platform could detect target DNA as low as 5 copies per reaction and target RNA as low as 10 copies per reaction by naked eyes. Benefited from the excellent colorimetric detection performance, this biosensing platform has been successfully used for African swine fever virus (ASFV) and SARS-CoV-2 detection.
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- Hongfei He
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China; School of Pharmacy & School of Preclinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Sichuan Provincial Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Sichuan Provincial Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, PR China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Translational Medicine Research Center & Department of Laboratory Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, PR China.
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Cao X, Chen C, Zhu Q. Biosensors based on functional nucleic acids and isothermal amplification techniques. Talanta 2023; 253:123977. [PMID: 36201957 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the past few years, with the in-depth research of functional nucleic acids and isothermal amplification techniques, their applications in the field of biosensing have attracted great interest. Since functional nucleic acids have excellent flexibility and convenience in their structural design, they have significant advantages as recognition elements in biosensing. At the same time, isothermal amplification techniques have higher amplification efficiency, so the combination of functional nucleic acids and isothermal amplification techniques can greatly promote the widespread application of biosensors. For the purpose of further improving the performance of biosensors, this review introduces several widely used functional nucleic acids and isothermal amplification techniques, as well as their classification, basic principles, application characteristics, and summarizes their important applications in the field of biosensing. We hope to provide some references for the design and construction of new tactics to enhance the detection sensitivity and detection range of biosensing.
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- Xiuen Cao
- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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Mo L, He W, Li Z, Liang D, Qin R, Mo M, Yang C, Lin W. Recent progress in the development of DNA-based biosensors integrated with hybridization chain reaction or catalytic hairpin assembly. Front Chem 2023; 11:1134863. [PMID: 36874074 PMCID: PMC9978474 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1134863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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As isothermal, enzyme-free signal amplification strategies, hybridization chain reaction (HCR) and catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) possess the advantages such as high amplification efficiency, excellent biocompatibility, mild reactions, and easy operation. Therefore, they have been widely applied in DNA-based biosensors for detecting small molecules, nucleic acids, and proteins. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of DNA-based sensors employing typical and advanced HCR and CHA strategies, including branched HCR or CHA, localized HCR or CHA, and cascaded reactions. In addition, the bottlenecks of implementing HCR and CHA in biosensing applications are discussed, such as high background signals, lower amplification efficiency than enzyme-assisted techniques, slow kinetics, poor stability, and internalization of DNA probes in cellular applications.
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- Liuting Mo
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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He S, Zhou Y, Xie Y, Zhang K, He Q, Yin G, Zou H, Hu Q, Zhang S, He H, Wang D. Isothermal amplification based on specific signal extraction and output for fluorescence and colorimetric detection of nucleic acids. Talanta 2023; 252:123823. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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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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Chen P, Wang L, Qin P, Yin BC, Ye BC. An RNA-based catalytic hairpin assembly circuit coupled with CRISPR-Cas12a for one-step detection of microRNAs. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 207:114152. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tian Z, Zhou C, Zhang C, Wu M, Duan Y, Li Y. Recent advances of catalytic hairpin assembly and its application in bioimaging and biomedicine. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:5303-5322. [PMID: 35766024 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb00815g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) appears to be a particularly appealing nucleic acid circuit because of its powerful amplification capability, simple protocols, and enzyme-free and isothermal conditions, and can combine with various signal output modes for the biosensing of various analytes. Especially in the last five years, vast CHA related studies have sprung up. With the deep exploration of the CHA mechanism, some novel and excellent CHA strategies have been proposed; meanwhile the CHA cascade strategies with various amplification techniques further improve the analysis performance. Furthermore, diverse CHA based biosensors have been tactfully engineered and extensively employed in imaging applications in living cells and in vivo ascribed to its gentle reaction, efficient amplification and universality. Hence, we present a comprehensive and systematic summary of the progress in CHA and its application in bioimaging and biomedicine to date. At first, we introduced the mechanism and diversification of CHA in detail, including the newly developed CHA and its ingenious combination with a variety of other technologies. Concurrently, we summarized the latest application progress of different CHA strategies in bioimaging and biomedicine, highlighting the merits and drawbacks of representative approaches. Finally, we put forward some views on the challenges and prospects of CHA in bioimaging and biomedicine in the future.
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- Ziyi Tian
- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Research Center of Analytical Instrumentation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- Research Center of Analytical Instrumentation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Wang H, He Y, Wei J, Wang H, Ma K, Zhou Y, Liu X, Zhou X, Wang F. Construction of an Autocatalytic Hybridization Assembly Circuit for Amplified In Vivo MicroRNA Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202115489. [PMID: 35076991 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lowly expressed analyte in complex cytoplasmic milieu necessitates the development of non-enzymatic autocatalytic DNA circuits with high amplification and anti-interference performance. Herein, we engineered a versatile and robust stimuli-responsive autocatalytic hybridization assembly (AHA) circuit for high-performance in vivo bioanalysis. Under a moderately confined condition, the initiator motivated the autonomous and cooperative cross-activation of cascade hybridization reaction and catalytic DNA assembly for generating an exponentially amplified readout without the parasite steric hindrance and random diffusion side effects. The AHA circuit was systematically investigated by a series of experimental studies and theoretical simulations. The successively guaranteed target recognition and synergistically accelerated signal-amplification enabled the sensitive and selective detection of analyte, and realized the robust miRNA imaging in living cells and mice. This autocatalytic DNA circuit could substantially expand the toolbox for accurate diagnosis and programmable therapeutics.
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- Huimin Wang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China.,College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, 443002, Yichang, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers-Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Zhou J, Lin Q, Huang Z, Xiong H, Yang B, Chen H, Kong J. Aptamer-Initiated Catalytic Hairpin Assembly Fluorescence Assay for Universal, Sensitive Exosome Detection. Anal Chem 2022; 94:5723-5728. [PMID: 35377617 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cancer-cell-derived exosomes are regarded as noninvasive biomarkers for early cancer diagnosis because of their critical roles in intercellular communication and molecular exchange. A robust aptamer-initiated catalytic hairpin assembly (AICHA) fluorescence assay is proposed for universal, sensitive detection of cancer-derived exosomes. The AICHA was verified with the specific detection of MCF-7 cell-derived exosomes with a wide calibration range of 8.4 particles/μL to 8.4 × 105 particles/μL and a low detection limit (LOD) of 0.5 particles/μL. The universality of the AICHA method was verified for PANC-1 cell-derived exosomes, the LOD of which was determined to be 0.1 particles/μL. The performances in serum samples were detected with a recovery rate range of 95.45-106.2%, which demonstrates its significant potential for protein biomarker analysis and cancer diagnosis.
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- Jiaqi Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Catalytic hairpin assembly as cascade nucleic acid circuits for fluorescent biosensor: design, evolution and application. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Wang H, He Y, Wei J, Wang H, Ma K, Zhou Y, Liu X, Zhou X, Wang F. Construction of an Autocatalytic Hybridization Assembly Circuit for Amplified
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MicroRNA Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202115489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Huimin Wang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences China Three Gorges University 443002 Yichang P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers-Ministry of Education College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University 430072 Wuhan P. R. China
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Huang W, Zhan D, Xie Y, Li X, Lai G. Dual CHA-mediated high-efficient formation of a tripedal DNA walker for constructing a novel proteinase-free dual-mode biosensing strategy. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 197:113708. [PMID: 34763154 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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DNA walkers have been recognized as a type of powerful signal amplification tool for biosensors, but how to adopt a proper strategy to increase their amplification efficiency is still highly desirable. Herein we design a dual-catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA)-mediated strategy for the high-efficient formation of a tripedal Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme (MNAzyme)-DNA walker, and thus develop a novel proteinase-free dual-mode biosensing method for the kanamycin (Kana) antibiotic assay. The first CHA is initiated by a target-biorecognition reaction, which can produce the DNA walker and also induce the target recycling. The second CHA is initiated by a special base sequence designed as a one-half substrate of the MNAzyme. Upon the first CHA-triggered DNA walking at a magnetic bead (MB) track, this "pseudo-target" sequence can be released to induce another CHA-cycle for the formation of the same DNA walker. Meanwhile, the other one-half substrate strand exposed on the MB surface will trigger the quantitative hybridization chain reaction (HCR)-assembly of a G-quadruplex DNAzyme (G-DNAzyme)-enriched double-stranded DNA polymer. So the enzymatic reaction of G-DNAzymes enabled the convenient colorimetric and photoelectrochemical dual-mode signal transduction of the method. Due to the dual-CHA facilitation to the tripedal and three-dimensional DNA walking and synergetic signal amplification of HCR, this method exhibits very low detection limits of 9.4 and 0.55 fg mL-1, respectively. In combination with its wide linear range, automated manipulation, and excellent selectivity, repeatability and reliability, the proposed method is expected to be used for the convenient semiquantitative screening and accurate determination of possible antibiotic residues in complicated matrices.
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- Wan Huang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China.
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Yang H, Weng B, Liu S, Kang N, Ran J, Deng Z, Wang H, Yang C, Wang F. Acid-improved DNAzyme-based chemiluminescence miRNA assay coupled with enzyme-free concatenated DNA circuit. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 204:114060. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Gong ZH, Wei ZN, Liu YZ, Xiao LF. [ARTICLE WITHDRAWN] Semiconducting Polymer Dot-Based Ratiometric Fluorescence Nanoprobe for DNA Detection. JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 21:5776-5783. [PMID: 33980392 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2021.19496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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THIS ARTICLE WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE PUBLISHER IN MAY 2021
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- Zhen-Hu Gong
- School of Food and Environmental Engineering, Chuzhou Polytechnic, Chuzhou 239000, PR China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Laboratory of Optical Probes and Bioelectrocatalysis (LOPAB), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, PR China
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- School of Food and Environmental Engineering, Chuzhou Polytechnic, Chuzhou 239000, PR China
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- School of Food and Environmental Engineering, Chuzhou Polytechnic, Chuzhou 239000, PR China
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Song X, Ding Q, Zhang J, Sun R, Yin L, Wei W, Pu Y, Liu S. Smart Catalyzed Hairpin Assembly-Induced DNAzyme Nanosystem for Intracellular UDG Imaging. Anal Chem 2021; 93:13687-13693. [PMID: 34583508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) is one of the key initiators for the base excision repair pathway. Since abnormal UDG expression is associated with various diseases, sensitive detection of UDG activity is critical for early clinical diagnosis. Here, a smart catalyzed hairpin assembly (CHA)-DNAzyme nanosystem is developed for intracellular UDG imaging by incorporating CHA and DNAzyme onto MnO2 nanosheets. In this strategy, the biodegradable MnO2 nanosheets are employed as nanocarriers for efficiently adsorbing and delivering five DNA probes into cells by endocytosis. Then, the MnO2 nanosheets are degraded by cellular glutathione to release the DNA modules at the same intracellular position. Liberated Mn2+, an indispensable DNAzyme cofactor, was used to promote catalytic cleavage for facilitating the cascade process in cells. Based on the uracil site-recognition and -excision operation of the target UDG, the activated CHA-DNAzyme nanosystem generates lots of DNAzyme-assisted CHA products, turning on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer response. This autocatalytic CHA-DNAzyme nanosystem provides a detectable minimum UDG concentration of 0.23 mU/mL, which is comparable to some reported UDG detection approaches. As a multiple signal amplification strategy, the CHA-DNAzyme nanosystem realizes the UDG imaging in living cells with enhanced sensitivity, indicating great promise in the prediction and diagnosis of early-stage cancer.
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- Xiaolei Song
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China.,Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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Xiong Y, Dai J, Zhang Y, Zhou C, Yuan H, Xiao D. A label-free fluorescent biosensor based on a catalyzed hairpin assembly for HIV DNA and lead detection. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:2391-2395. [PMID: 33972958 DOI: 10.1039/d1ay00410g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Herein, a label-free fluorescent signal amplification system based on a catalyzed hairpin assembly (CHA) is reported. In this system, two hairpin probes, H1 and H2, were well-designed in which G-quadruplex sequences were integrated into H2. The CHA reaction was triggered by target/trigger DNA and G-quadruplex sequences were released, which can bind the fluorescent amyloid dye thioflavin T (ThT) to provide fluorescence signals. At the same time, target/trigger DNA was released from the product of the CHA reaction (H1-H2), which continued to initiate the next CHA cycle, and the signal was eventually amplified. This signal amplification approach has been successfully used to develop a label-free fluorescent sensing platform for sensitive detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) DNA and Pb2+.
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- Yu Xiong
- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Zimmers ZA, Adams NM, Haselton FR. Addition of mirror-image L-DNA elements to DNA amplification circuits to distinguish leakage from target signal. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 188:113354. [PMID: 34034212 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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DNA amplification circuits that rely on thermodynamically-driven hybridization events triggered by a target nucleic acid are becoming increasingly utilized due to their relative simplicity. A drawback of these circuits is that non-specific amplification, or circuit leakage, must be estimated using a separate "no-target" control reaction to eliminate false positives. Aside from requiring an additional reaction, the problem with this approach is the difficulty of creating a no-target control for biological specimens. To overcome this limitation, we propose a strategy that combines both reactions into the same tube using naturally-occurring right-handed D-DNA circuit elements for the target detection reaction and identical synthetic mirror-image left-handed L-DNA circuit elements for the no-target control reaction. We illustrate this approach using catalyzed hairpin assembly (CHA), one of the most studied DNA amplification circuits. In a dual-chirality CHA design, the right-handed circuit signal is produced by target-specific amplification and circuit leakage, whereas the left-handed circuit signal is produced only by circuit leakage. The target-specific amplification is calculated as the difference between the two signals. The limit of detection of this dual-chirality CHA reaction was found to be similar to that of traditional CHA (81 vs 92 pM, respectively). Furthermore, the left-handed no-target signal matched the right-handed leakage across a wide range of sample conditions including background DNA, increased salt concentration, increased temperature, and urine. These results demonstrate the robustness of a dual-chirality design and the potential utility of left-handed DNA in the development of new DNA amplification circuits better-suited for target detection applications in biological samples.
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- Zackary A Zimmers
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA.
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Hairpin DNA-Mediated isothermal amplification (HDMIA) techniques for nucleic acid testing. Talanta 2021; 226:122146. [PMID: 33676697 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Nucleic acid detection is of great importance in a variety of areas, from life science and clinical diagnosis to environmental monitoring and food safety. Unfortunately, nucleic acid targets are always found in trace amounts and their response signals are difficult to be detected. Amplification mechanisms are then practically needed to either duplicate nucleic acid targets or enhance the detection signals. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is one of the most popular and powerful techniques for nucleic acid analysis. But the requirement of costly devices for precise thermo-cycling procedures in PCR has severely hampered the wide applications of PCR. Fortunately, isothermal molecular reactions have emerged as promising alternatives. The past decade has witnessed significant progress in the research of isothermal molecular reactions utilizing hairpin DNA probes (HDPs). Based on the nucleic acid strand interaction mechanisms, the hairpin DNA-mediated isothermal amplification (HDMIA) techniques can be mainly divided into three categories: strand assembly reactions, strand decomposition reactions, and strand creation reactions. In this review, we introduce the basics of HDMIA methods, including the sensing principles, the basic and advanced designs, and their wide applications, especially those benefiting from the utilization of G-quadruplexes and nanomaterials during the past decade. We also discuss the current challenges encountered, highlight the potential solutions, and point out the possible future directions in this prosperous research area.
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Chen SSC, Chen KT, Jou AFJ. Polydopamine-gold composite-based electrochemical biosensor using dual-amplification strategy for detecting pancreatic cancer-associated microRNA. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 173:112815. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Zhao L, Mao J, Hu L, Zhang S, Yang X. Self-replicating catalyzed hairpin assembly for rapid aflatoxin B1 detection. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:222-226. [PMID: 33346755 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01827a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Herein, a rapid signal amplified aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) detection system based on self-replicating catalyzed hairpin assembly (SRCHA) has been constructed. In this SRCHA system, trigger DNA was initially blocked and two split trigger DNA sequences were integrated into two hairpin auxiliary probes, H1 and H2, respectively. In the presence of AFB1, the aptamer sequence was recognized by AFB1 and trigger DNA was released, which can initiate a CHA reaction and lead to the formation of a helix DNA H1-H2 complex. Then this complex can dissociate double-stranded probe DNA (F-Q) and the fluorescence signal was recovered. Meanwhile, the two split trigger DNA sequences came into close-enough proximity and a trigger DNA replica was formed. Then the obtained replicas can trigger an additional CHA reaction, leading to the rapid and significant enhancement of the fluorescence signal, and AFB1 can be detected within 15 min with a detection limit of 0.13 ng mL-1. This AFB1 detection system exhibits potential application in the on-site rapid detection of AFB1.
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- Lijun Zhao
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Livestock and Poultry Products(Chengdu), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu 610041, China and College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Analysis and Testing Center of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science, Chengdu 610066, China.
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- Analysis and Testing Center of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science, Chengdu 610066, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
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- Analysis and Testing Center of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science, Chengdu 610066, China.
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Zhao Z, Chen Z, Liu D, Wang L, Liu S. Fuel strand-powered self-propelled electrochemical DNA machine for enzyme-free and distinctly amplified detection of nucleic acid with tunable performance. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 171:112706. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Zhang K, Li H, Wang W, Cao J, Gan N, Han H. Application of Multiplexed Aptasensors in Food Contaminants Detection. ACS Sens 2020; 5:3721-3738. [PMID: 33284002 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c01740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The existence of contaminants in food poses a serious threat to human health. In recent years, aptamer sensors (aptasensors) have been developed rapidly for the detection of food contaminants because of their high specificity, design flexibility, and high efficiency. However, the development of high-throughput, highly sensitive, on-site, and cost-effective methods for simultaneous detection of food contaminants is still restricted due to multiple signal overlap or mutual interference and cross-reaction between different analytes with similar molecular structures. To overcome these problems, this Review summarizes some effective strategies from the articles published in recent years about multiplexed aptasensors for the simultaneous detection of food contaminants. This work focuses on the application of multiplexed aptasensors to simultaneously detect antibiotics, pathogens, and mycotoxins in food. These aptasensors mainly contain fluorescent aptasensors, electrochemical aptasensors, surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based aptasensors, microfluidic chip aptasensors, and paper-based multiplexed aptasensors. In addition, this Review also covers the application of nucleic acid cycle amplification and nanomaterial amplification strategies to improve the detection sensitivity. Finally, the limitations and challenges in the design of multiplexed aptasensor are also taken into account.
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- Kai Zhang
- The State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Faculty of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P.R. China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Faculty of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Faculty of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P.R. China
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Xing C, Chen Z, Zhang C, Wang J, Lu C. Target-directed enzyme-free dual-amplification DNA circuit for rapid signal amplification. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:10770-10775. [PMID: 33185637 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb02114h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dynamic DNA circuits have shown promising potential for amplified biosensing and bioengineering applications at the molecular level. Here, an enzyme-free, single-step and rapid signal amplification DNA circuit was developed by integrating target-directed entropy-driven catalysis (EDC) and hybridization chain reaction (HCR) for analysis of nucleic acids and small molecules. The target catalyzes the self-assembly of the EDC premade substrate complex and fuel strands to release the hidden amplicon trigger (T), which was encoded with trigger sequences for the downstream HCR circuit. The released T could motivate the successive cross-opening of HCR hairpins yielding long DNA nanowires and generated tremendously amplified fluorescence signals. Notably, this EDC-HCR circuit was driven by entropy without the requirement of any enzymes, thus greatly reducing the cost. The design of the hidden amplicon trigger (T) avoided the production of waste by-products and improved the reaction rate. Furthermore, as a modular circuit, we also demonstrated that our EDC-HCR cascade sensing system could be used as a versatile sensing platform for the highly sensitive and selective detection of other analysts, e.g. ATP in serum samples, through simply programming the reorganization sequences of the initiator. Therefore, the flexible and versatile EDC-HCR platform holds great potential in the fields of clinical diagnosis and biochemical analysis.
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- Chao Xing
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Functional Marine Sensing Materials, Center for Advanced Marine Materials and Smart Sensors, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China.
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He JH, Cheng YY, Zhang QQ, Liu H, Huang CZ. Carbon dots-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) with high sensitivity. Talanta 2020; 219:121276. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Tian Z, Peng P, Wang H, Zheng J, Shi L, Li T. Aptamer-Braked Multi-hairpin Cascade Circuits for Logic-Controlled Label-Free In Situ Bioimaging. Anal Chem 2020; 92:10357-10364. [PMID: 32600028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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As a common hairpin-based amplification strategy, catalytic-hairpin assembly (CHA) has been widely used to construct various DNA circuits for biosensing and imaging. However, the hairpin substrates can potentially react without catalysts and result in circuit leakage, which may be quite severe in a CHA reaction consisting of three or four hairpins due to the formation of stable three-/four-way junction product. To circumvent this problem, here we introduce a well-designed ATP aptamer as a DNA brake into a four-hairpin cascade circuit, where the triggering toehold is blocked by the aptamer brake and thus the circuit leakage decreases dramatically. Such an aptamer-braked DNA circuit is then employed to build an AND logic gate in response to multiple external stimuli in acidic cell membrane microenvironments. Induced by a bimolecular i-motif that binds thioflavin T (ThT), the dimerization of a four-way junction in situ assembled on the cell surface is accomplished, enabling the logic-controlled cell membrane imaging in a label-free manner. Our design would be applicable to other hairpin-based amplification strategies and may find more applications in the construction of multiresponsive DNA cascade circuits in complex living systems.
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- Zhijin Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Shi H, Dai J, Wang F, Xia Y, Xiao D, Zhou C. Rapid and colorimetric detection of nucleic acids based on entropy-driven circuit and DNAzyme-mediated autocatalytic reactions. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:2779-2784. [PMID: 32930309 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay00341g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, a novel, rapid and enzyme-free colorimetric biosensor for the detection of nucleic acids has been developed based on entropy-driven (EDC) circuit and DNAzyme-mediated autocatalytic reactions. On sensing the target DNA, the EDC reaction could be initiated and the intact Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme was formed in the reaction product; then, a "mimic target" DNA was generated during the cleavage process of DNAzyme, which in turn catalyzed the EDC reaction corresponding to an autocatalytic process. Meanwhile, numerous G-quadruplex structures were released and further interacted with hemin to form peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme, inducing a remarkably amplified colorimetric signal. This autocatalytic EDC (AEDC) sensing system exhibited a linear relationship in the range from 20 pM to 10 nM with a detection limit of 10.2 pM. More importantly, benefitting from the Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme-mediated autocatalytic reaction, the detection time (20 min) was significantly reduced compared to that for the reported EDC strategies. In addition, this sensing system has been applied for the detection of target DNA in human serum samples, indicating that it is promising for the on-site and real-time detection of nucleic acids in biomedical research and disease diagnosis.
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- Hongli Shi
- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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Han Y, Zou R, Xiang L, Chen C, Cai C. Engineering a label- and enzyme-free detection of HIV-DNA on a cyclic DNA self-assembling strategy using G-triplexes as the signal reporter. Microchem J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.104656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Target-fueled catalytic hairpin assembly for sensitive and multiplex microRNA detection. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:3019-3027. [PMID: 32232523 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02531-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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As a typical strand displacement-based DNA circuit, the catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) has the potential to transduce and amplify signals for analytical applications, but little practice has been fulfilled in Luminex-based multiple microRNAs (miRNAs) detection. Here, we proposed a target-fueled CHA-based platform for sensitive and multiple miRNAs detection, by virtue of the multiplex characteristic of the Luminex xMAP platform. The cyclic use of target miRNA, which forms a substantial amount of H1-H2 duplexes, has amplified the fluorescent response to achieve sensitive sensing. Key experimental conditions including hairpin probe concentrations, reaction temperature, and concentration of SA-PE were optimized. Liver tumor-related miRNA-21, miRNA-122, and miRNA-222 could be simultaneously detected with LOD of 2 pM. Overall, the proposed method first combined CHA with the Luminex xMAP system to construct a sensitive sensing platform suitable for multiple miRNAs detection in real sample analysis, which could potentially be applied in biomedical research and clinical diagnosis. Graphical abstract.
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One-step and ultrasensitive ATP detection by using positively charged nano-gold@graphene oxide as a versatile nanocomposite. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:2487-2494. [PMID: 32076789 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02470-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A versatile nanocomposite was simply prepared based upon the electrostatic adsorption of positively charged gold nanoparticles with negatively charged graphene oxide (nano-gold@GO), and utilized as a novel fluorescence quenching platform for ultrasensitive detection of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In the designed system, DNA-stabilized Ag nanoclusters (DNA/AgNCs) were used as fluorescent probes, DNA duplex was formed in the presence of ATP, and they can electrostatically adsorb onto the surface of nano-gold@GO to quench the fluorescence signal. Upon the addition of exonuclease III (Exo III), the DNA duplex would be hydrolyzed into DNA fragments and resulted in the recovery of the fluorescence signals due to the diffusion of AgNCs away from nano-gold@GO. Based on these, sensitive detection of ATP was realized with a detection range of 5.0 pM-20 nM. Notably, a good recovery in the range of 94-104% was obtained when detecting ATP in human serum samples, indicating a promising application value in early disease diagnosis. Graphical abstract A functional positively charged nano-gold@graphene oxide was fabricated and utilized as an enhanced fluorescence quenching platform for the detection of ATP, coupled with exonuclease III-assisted signal amplification.
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High-performance biosensing based on autonomous enzyme-free DNA circuits. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2020; 378:20. [DOI: 10.1007/s41061-020-0284-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zhang J, Song C, Zhou H, Jia J, Dai Y, Cui D, Wang L, Weng L. A dual signal amplification strategy for the highly sensitive fluorescence detection of nucleic acids. Analyst 2020; 145:1219-1226. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an02183c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A dual signal amplification strategy comprising target-triggered recycling and DSN-mediated amplifications was designed and proposed for a highly sensitive fluorescence assay of nucleic acids.
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- Jingjing Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
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- School of Geography and Biological Information
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- School of Geography and Biological Information
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- School of Geography and Biological Information
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering
- Thin Film and Microfabrciation Key Laboratory of Administration of Education
- School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
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- School of Geography and Biological Information
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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Xue N, Wu S, Li Z, Miao X. Ultrasensitive and label-free detection of ATP by using gold nanorods coupled with enzyme assisted target recycling amplification. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1104:117-124. [PMID: 32106942 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.12.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Abnormal concentration of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is directly asscociate with several diseases. Thus, sensitive detection of ATP is essential to early diagnosis of disease. Herein, we described an ultrasensitive strategy for ATP detection by using positively charged gold nanorods ((+)AuNRs) as an efficient fluorescence quenching platform, coupled with exonuclease Ⅲ (Exo Ⅲ) assisted target recycling amplification. To construct the sensor, DNA template that contained ATP aptamer was used for the formation of Ag nanoclusters signal probe (DNA/AgNCs), the structure of it could change to duplex after the interaction of it with ATP. Such DNA template or duplex DNA product could electrostatically adsorb onto (+)AuNRs surface, resulting in the quenching of the fluorescence signal due to the vicinity of AgNCs to (+)AuNRs. With the addition of Exo Ⅲ, DNA duplex could be hydrolyzed and released from (+)AuNRs surface, leading to the recovery of a strong fluorescent signal, while ATP could be regenerated for next target recycling. Combing the good fluorescence quenching ability of (+)AuNRs and the Exo Ⅲ assisted signal amplification, a low detection limit of 26 pM was achieved for ATP detection. Notably, the proposed method can be successfully applied for detecting ATP in serum samples, indicating a potential application value in early cancer diagnosis.
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- Ning Xue
- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
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Liu X, Zhou X, Xia X, Xiang H. Catalytic hairpin assembly-based double-end DNAzyme cascade-feedback amplification for sensitive fluorescence detection of HIV-1 DNA. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1096:159-165. [PMID: 31883582 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this work, a simple all-nucleic acid cascade-feedback amplification strategy for homogeneous and protein enzyme-free fluorescence detection of HIV-1 related DNA (HIV-1 DNA) has been proposed by integrating catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) circuit with double-end Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme autocatalytic feedback amplification. Here, the active double-end DNAzyme assemblies were derived from target-catalyzed CHA circuit, which further circularly cleaved the ribonucleotide-containing quenched fluorogenic hairpin substrates to generate distinctly amplified fluorescence signal. Meanwhile, the released quencher-labeled fragments as target DNA analogues were also able to autocatalyze CHA-DNAzyme reaction process, thus improving the determination sensitivity of HIV-1 DNA. The result demonstrated that the fluorescence intensity increment of double-end DNAzyme was over 3 times higher than that of single-end DNAzyme. The sensing method displayed a good linear range from 1 pM to 2 nM with a detectable minimum concentration of 1 pM and high specificity towards different mismatched target DNAs. Moreover, the practical application potential of the proposed method for target DNA detection in complex biological matrices was also assessed. Considering the appealing feature of programmable nucleic acids in CHA-DNAzyme sensing platform, the current strategy may provide a prospective design for detection of broad-spectrum nucleic acid biomarkers.
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- Xiaoyu Liu
- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, PR China.
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Liu J, Zhang Y, Xie H, Zhao L, Zheng L, Ye H. Applications of Catalytic Hairpin Assembly Reaction in Biosensing. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1902989. [PMID: 31523917 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201902989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Nucleic acids are considered as perfect programmable materials for cascade signal amplification and not merely as genetic information carriers. Among them, catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), an enzyme-free, high-efficiency, and isothermal amplification method, is a typical example. A typical CHA reaction is initiated by single-stranded analytes, and substrate hairpins are successively opened, resulting in thermodynamically stable duplexes. CHA circuits, which were first proposed in 2008, present dozens of systems today. Through in-depth research on mechanisms, the CHA circuits have been continuously enriched with diverse reaction systems and improved analytical performance. After a short time, the CHA reaction can realize exponential amplification under isothermal conditions. Under certain conditions, the CHA reaction can even achieve 600 000-fold signal amplification. Owing to its promising versatility, CHA is able to be applied for analysis of various markers in vitro and in living cells. Also, CHA is integrated with nanomaterials and other molecular biotechnologies to produce diverse readouts. Herein, the varied CHA mechanisms, hairpin designs, and reaction conditions are introduced in detail. Additionally, biosensors based on CHA are presented. Finally, challenges and the outlook of CHA development are considered.
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- Jumei Liu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361003, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361006, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361003, P. R. China
- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, P. R. China
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Yang F, Cheng Y, Cao Y, Zhang Y, Dong H, Lu H, Zhang X. MicroRNA Triggered DNA “Nano Wheel” for Visualizing Intracellular microRNA via Localized DNA Cascade Reaction. Anal Chem 2019; 91:9828-9835. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Fan Yang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry & Biological Engineering University of Science & Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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Chen Z, Xie Y, Huang W, Qin C, Yu A, Lai G. Exonuclease-assisted target recycling for ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of microRNA at vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:11262-11269. [PMID: 31162522 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02543j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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As an important biomarker for early disease diagnosis, microRNA-21 (miRNA-21) has attracted considerable attention owing to its accurate detection. Herein we combine the one-step biorecognition reaction at a vertically aligned nanostructure-based biosensor with the T7 exonuclease (Exo)-assisted target recycling to develop a novel electrochemical bioassay method for miRNA-21 detection. The vertically aligned nanointerface is constructed through the covalent attachment of terminally carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) at an aryldiazonium salt-modified electrode, which enables the noncovalent adsorption of a ferrocene-labeled single-stranded signal DNA to obtain the biosensor. Upon its incubation with a target miRNA-21 solution, DNA/RNA hybridized duplexes will form and release from the electrode surface, leading to the corresponding electrochemical signal decrease of the biosensor. Moreover, this biorecognition reaction can also trigger the T7 Exo-assisted target recycling to achieve great signal amplification. Together with the highly efficient biorecognition and excellent electron transfer promotion at the vertically aligned SWCNTs, this biosensor exhibits a wide linear range varying from 0.01 to 100 pM and a low detection limit down to 3.5 fM. Considering its obvious performance superiority and convenient manipulations, this vertically aligned SWCNT-based electrochemical biosensing method has extensive potential for practical applications.
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- Zhichao Chen
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Department of Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Department of Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Department of Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Department of Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Department of Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, PR China. and Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis & Reuse Technology, Department of Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, PR China.
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Xiong E, Zhen D, Jiang L. Cascade signal amplified assay of nucleic acids based on entropy-driven amplification strategy and Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme cleavage. Talanta 2019; 198:179-184. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wang D, Chai Y, Yuan Y, Yuan R. Precise Regulation of Enzyme Cascade Catalytic Efficiency with DNA Tetrahedron as Scaffold for Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of DNA. Anal Chem 2019; 91:3561-3566. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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He H, Dai J, Dong G, Shi H, Wang F, Qiu Y, Liao R, Zhou C, Guo Y, Xiao D. Self-Replication-Assisted Rapid Preparation of DNA Nanowires at Room Temperature and Its Biosensing Application. Anal Chem 2019; 91:3043-3047. [PMID: 30667217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A rapid room-temperature DNA nanowires preparation strategy on the basis of self-replicating catalyzed hairpin assembly (SRCHA) was reported. In this system, three hairpin probes (P1, P2, and P3) were well-designed and partially hybridize to each other, and two split trigger DNA sequences were integrated into P1 and P3, respectively. When the SRCHA was initiated by the trigger DNA, a series of DNA assembly steps based on the toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement were activated, and the Y shaped DNA (P1-P2-P3) was formed. In that case, the two split trigger DNA sequences will come into close-enough proximity to form the trigger DNA replicas, which can initiate the additional SRCHA reaction cycles for DNA nanowire preparation, and eventually a rapid room-temperature DNA nanowires preparation strategy without need of fuel strands was successfully developed. Furthermore, the prepared DNA nanowires have been used to develop a rapid and signal amplified sensing platform for sensitive adenosine triphosphate (ATP) detection.
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- Hongfei He
- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China.,College of Life Sciences , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China.,College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , China
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Sensitive multicolor visual detection of telomerase activity based on catalytic hairpin assembly and etching of Au nanorods. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 122:247-253. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.09.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zeng R, Luo Z, Zhang L, Tang D. Platinum Nanozyme-Catalyzed Gas Generation for Pressure-Based Bioassay Using Polyaniline Nanowires-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Framework. Anal Chem 2018; 90:12299-12306. [PMID: 30220197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Pressure-based bioassays incorporating biomolecular recognition with a catalyzed gas-generation reaction have been developed for gas biosensors, but most involve poor sensitivity and are unsuitable for routine use. Herein we design an innovative gas pressure-based biosensing platform for the detection of Kanamycin (Kana) on polyaniline nanowires-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (PANI/rGO) framework by using platinum nanozyme-catalyzed gas generation. The signal was amplified by coupling with catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) and strand-displacement amplification (SDA). Upon target Kana introduction, the analyte initially triggered a SDA reaction between hairpin DNA1 and hairpin DNA2, and then induced CHA conjugation between magnetic bead-labeled hairpin DNA3 (MB-H3) and platinum nanoparticle-labeled hairpin DNA4 (Pt-H4) to form a three-dimensional network. Numerous platinum nanoparticles (peroxidase-like nanozymes) were carried over with magnetic beads to reduce hydrogen peroxide into oxygen. The as-produced gas compressed PANI/rGO frameworks (modified to polyurethane sponge, used as the piezoelectric materials) in a homemade pressure-tight device, thus causing the increasing current of PANI/rGO sponge thanks to its deformation. The change in the current caused by the as-generated gas pressure was determined on an electrochemical workstation. Under optimum conditions, PANI/rGO sponge exhibited outstanding compressibility, stable signal-waveform output, fast response and recovery time (≈109 ms), and the current increased with the increasing Kana concentration within a dynamic working range of 0.2-50 pM at a detection limit of 0.063 pM. Good reproducibility, specificity, and acceptable precision were acquired for Kana analysis. In addition, the accuracy of this method was monitored to evaluate real milk samples with the well-matched results obtained by using the referenced Kana ELISA kit.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ruijin Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science for Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , 350108 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science for Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , 350108 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science for Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , 350108 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science for Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , 350108 , People's Republic of China
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Kou B, Chai Y, Yuan Y, Yuan R. Dynamical Regulation of Enzyme Cascade Amplification by a Regenerated DNA Nanotweezer for Ultrasensitive Electrochemical DNA Detection. Anal Chem 2018; 90:10701-10706. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Beibei Kou
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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