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- Title
Target-swiped DNA lock for electrochemical sensing of miRNAs based on DNAzyme-assisted primer-generation amplification.
- Authors
Wang, Yeru; Sun, Wenyu; Zhang, Manru; Jiang, Long; Zhu, Zhixue; Li, Jingjing; Xu, Wanqing; Zhang, Qingxin; Li, Minghan; Chen, Zhihao; Liu, Su; Zhang, Fenfen; Wang, Yu; Huang, Jiadong; Yu, Jinghua
- Abstract
As an extremely important post-transcriptional regulator, miRNAs are involved in a variety of crucial biological processes, and the abnormal expressions of miRNAs are closely related to a variety of diseases. In this work, for the first time, we designed a nucleic acid lock nanostructure for specific detection of miRNA-21, which changes the self-structure to "active conformation" by binding the target, in order to generate triggers to initiate the subsequent reaction. Emphatically, this flexible nucleic acid lock is capable of self-cleaving without the assistance of external component, overcoming the disadvantages of the complex design and requiring protease assistance in traditional nanostructure. Moreover, the combination of DNAzyme and RCA technology not only greatly improves the efficiency of signal amplification but also enables primer generation to simultaneous cascade RCA amplification. Additionally, the electrochemical detection technology based on silver nanoclusters overcomes the shortcomings of traditional detection methods such as low sensitivity and complex operation. The detection limit achieved was 9.3 aM with a wide dynamic response ranging from 10 aM to 100 pM (at the DPV peak of − 0.5 V), which is comparable to most of the reported studies. Therefore, our work provided an ultra-sensitive way for the detection of miRNAs using nanostructures and revealed an effective means for disease theranostics and cancer diagnosis.
- Subjects
MICRORNA; EXONUCLEASES; DNA; DNA primers; NUCLEIC acids; DEOXYRIBOZYMES; DETECTION limit
- Publication
Microchimica Acta, 2021, Vol 188, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0026-3672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00604-021-04815-z