Programmable DNA tweezers-SDA for ultra-sensitive signal amplification fluorescence sensing strategy

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BACKGROUND: DNA tweezers, classified as DNA nanomachines, have gained prominence as multifunctional biosensors due to their advantages, including a straightforward structure, response mechanism, and high programmability. While the DNA tweezers demonstrate simultaneous, rapid, and stable responses to different targets, their detection sensitivity requires enhancement. Some small molecules, such as mycotoxins, often require more sensitive detection due to their extremely high toxicity. Therefore, more effective signal amplification strategies are needed to further enhance the sensitivity of DNA tweezers in biosensing.

RESULTS: We designed programmable DNA tweezers that detect small-molecule mycotoxins and miRNAs through simple sequence substitution. While the DNA tweezers demonstrate simultaneous, rapid, and stable responses to different targets, their detection sensitivity requires enhancement. We introduced the Strand Displacement Amplification (SDA) technique to address this limitation, proposing a strategy of novel programmable DNA tweezers-SDA ultrasensitive signal amplification fluorescence sensing. We specifically investigate the effectiveness of this approach concerning signal amplification for two critical mycotoxins: aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and zearalenone (ZEN). Results indicate that the detection ranges of AFB1 and ZEN via this strategy were 1-10,000 pg mL -1 and 10-100,000 pg mL -1, respectively, with corresponding detection limits of 0.933 pg mL -1 and 1.07 pg mL -1. Compared with the DNA tweezers direct detection method for mycotoxins, the newly constructed programmable DNA tweezers-SDA fluorescence sensing strategy achieved a remarkable 104-fold increase in the detection sensitivity for AFB1 and ZEN.

SIGNIFICANCE: The constructed programmable DNA tweezers-SDA ultrasensitive signal-amplified fluorescence sensing strategy exhibits excellent detection performance for mycotoxins. The superb versatility of this strategy allows the developed method to be easily used for detecting other analytes by simply replacing the aptamer and cDNA, which has incredible potential in various fields such as food safety screening, clinical diagnostics, and environmental analysis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1292

Enthalten in:

Analytica chimica acta - 1292(2024) vom: 01. Feb., Seite 342245

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Yingao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zixuan [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yifen [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ruipeng [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Daoming [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Shuyue [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Huanying [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Zhixian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5W827M159J
9007-49-2
9N2N2Y55MH
Aflatoxin B1
Aptamers, Nucleotide
DNA
DNA, Complementary
DNA nanomachines
DNA tweezers
Journal Article
Mycotoxins
Signal amplification
Strand displacement amplification
Zearalenone

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Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aca.2024.342245

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367993317