DNA Tetrahedron-Based MNAzyme for Sensitive Detection of microRNA with Elemental Tagging

Heterogeneous immunoassay based on magnetic separation is commonly used in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)-based biomedical analysis with elemental labeling. However, the functionalized magnetic beads (MBs) often suffer from non-specific adsorption and random distribution of the functional probes. To overcome these problems, DNA tetrahedron (DT)-functionalized MBs were designed and further conjugated with substrate modified Au NPs (Sub-AuNP). Based on the prepared MB-DT-AuNP probes, an MB-DT based multicomponent nucleic acid enzyme (MNAzyme) system involving Au NPs as the elemental tags was proposed for highly sensitive quantification of miRNA-155 by ICP-MS. Target miRNA would trigger the assembly of MNAzyme, and Sub-AuNP would be cleaved from the MB-DT-AuNP probe, resulting in a cyclic amplification. Single-stranded DNA-functionalized MB (MB-ssDNA)-AuNP probes were prepared as well. Comparatively, the amount of Au NPs grafted onto MB-ssDNA-AuNP probes was higher than that grafted onto MB-DT-AuNP probes. Meanwhile, a higher signal-to-noise ratio was obtained by using MB-DT-AuNP probes over MB-ssDNA-AuNP probes in the MNAzyme system. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the limit of detection for target miRNA obtained by using MB-DT-AuNP probes was 1.15 pmol L-1, improved by 23 times over that obtained by the use of MB-ssDNA-AuNP probes. The proposed MB-DT-MNAzyme-ICP-MS method was applied to the analysis of miRNA-155 in serum samples, and recoveries of 86.7-94.6% were obtained. This method is featured with high sensitivity, good specificity, and simple operation, showing a great application potential in biomedical analysis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 13(2021), 49 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 59076-59084

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Shaocheng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jingyi [VerfasserIn]
He, Man [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-57-5
DNA, Catalytic
DNA Probes
DNA tetrahedron
Elemental labeling
Gold
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Journal Article
MicroRNA
MicroRNAs
Multicomponent nucleic acid enzyme

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Date Completed 16.03.2022

Date Revised 16.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.1c17234

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333884884