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- Title
Multiplex detection of blood-borne pathogens on a self-driven microfluidic chip using loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
- Authors
Xie, Chunmei; Chen, Shan; Zhang, Likun; He, Xiangpeng; Ma, Yi; Wu, Haiping; Zou, Bingjie; Zhou, Guohua
- Abstract
Detection of blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is essential to ensure the safety of blood transfusion. However, traditional PCR-based pathogen nucleic acid detection methods require relatively high experimental facilities and are difficult to apply in areas with limited resources. In this study, a self-driven microfluidic chip was designed to carry out multiplex detection of HBV, HCV and HIV by using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Benefitting from the air permeability of the polydimethylsiloxane material, the chip could accomplish sample loading within 12 min driven by the pressure difference between the reaction chambers and vacuum chambers in the chip without using pumps or any injection devices. Multiplex detection is achieved by presetting LAMP primers specific to different targets in different reaction chambers. Calcein was used as an indicator to indicate the positive amplification reaction, and the result can be recorded by a smartphone camera. After 50 min of isothermal amplification at 63 °C, 2 copies/μL of HBV, HCV and HIV target nucleic acids could be detected. The results of HBV detection of 20 clinical plasma samples by using the chip are consistent with that of the qPCR-based kit, indicating that the LAMP-based self-driven chip has the clinical application potential for blood-borne pathogen detection, especially in resource-limited areas.
- Subjects
HIV; HEPATITIS C virus; HEPATITIS B virus; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; POLYMERASE chain reaction; VACUUM chambers
- Publication
Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2021, Vol 413, Issue 11, p2923
- ISSN
1618-2642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00216-021-03224-8