Liposome-encoded magnetic beads initiated by padlock exponential rolling circle amplification for portable and accurate quantification of microRNAs

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (78) ◽  
pp. 10772-10775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingwang Xue ◽  
Yancong Kong ◽  
Huaisheng Wang ◽  
Wei Jiang

In this work, we propose a strategy for glucoamylase-encapsulated liposome-encoded magnetic beads initiated by padlock exponential rolling circle amplification (P-ERCA) for portable and accurate quantification of miRNA by using a glucometer (GM) for readout.

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 3309-3312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuiping Ma ◽  
Wenshuo Wang ◽  
Qing Yang ◽  
Chao Shi ◽  
Lijie Cao

Biosensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Ramón Lorenzo-Gómez ◽  
Daniel González-Robles ◽  
Rebeca Miranda-Castro ◽  
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez ◽  
María Jesús Lobo-Castañón

Affinity characterization is essential to develop reliable aptamers for tumor biomarker detection. For alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a biomarker of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), two DNA aptamers were described with very different affinity. In this work, we estimate the dissociation constant of both of them by means of a direct assay on magnetic beads modified with AFP and electrochemical detection on carbon screen-printed electrodes (SPCE). Unlike previous works, both aptamers showed similar dissociation constant (Kd) values, in the subµM range. In order to improve the performance of these aptamers, we proposed the isothermal amplification of the aptamers by both terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and rolling circle amplification (RCA). Both DNA amplifications improved the sensitivity and also the apparent binding constants from 713 nM to 189 nM for the short aptamer and from 526 nM to 32 nM for the long aptamer. This improvement depends on the true affinity of the binding pair, which ultimately limits the analytical usefulness.


Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Ramón Lorenzo-Gómez ◽  
Rebeca Miranda-Castro ◽  
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez ◽  
María Jesús Lobo-Castañón

Affinity characterization is an essential but time-consuming task to develop reliable aptamers for tumor biomarker detection and is not always thoroughly addressed. For neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), a potential biomarker of pancreatic cancer, two DNA aptamers were described with very different affinity. Likewise, another pair of DNA aptamers was developed with very different affinity for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a biomarker of hepatocellular carcinoma. In this work, we estimated the dissociation constant of these aptamers by means of a direct assay on magnetic beads modified with biomarker and electrochemical detection on screen-printed carbon electrodes. In order to improve the performance of these aptamers, we proposed the isothermal amplification of the aptamers for both biomarkers by rolling circle amplification (RCA). In the case of AFP aptamers, we also tried terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), a template-independent amplification. Both DNA amplifications improved the sensitivity and the apparent binding constants of the aptamers for the two cancer biomarkers. Nevertheless, this improvement depends on the true affinity of the binding pair, which ultimately limits their analytical usefulness.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Li ◽  
Dandan Li ◽  
Guidan Huang ◽  
Linying Zhou ◽  
Qilin Wen ◽  
...  

Rolling circle amplification (RCA) has become increasingly important amplification technique in nucleic acid analysis, immunoassay, and molecular diagnosis due to its high specificity and sensitivity. However, the accurate quantification of...


2014 ◽  
Vol 451 ◽  
pp. 42-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Zuccaro ◽  
Cinzia Tesauro ◽  
Barbara Cerroni ◽  
Alessio Ottaviani ◽  
Birgitta Ruth Knudsen ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Tian ◽  
Peter Svedlindh ◽  
Mattias Strömberg ◽  
Erik Wetterskog

In this work, we demonstrate for the first time, a ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) based homogeneous and volumetric biosensor for magnetic label detection. Two different isothermal amplification methods, <i>i.e.</i>, rolling circle amplification (RCA) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) are adopted and combined with a standard electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer for FMR biosensing. For RCA-based FMR biosensor, binding of RCA products of a synthetic Vibrio cholerae target DNA sequence gives rise to the formation of aggregates of magnetic nanoparticles. Immobilization of nanoparticles within the aggregates leads to a decrease of the net anisotropy of the system and a concomitant increase of the resonance field. A limit of detection of 1 pM is obtained with an average coefficient of variation of 0.16%, which is superior to the performance of other reported RCA-based magnetic biosensors. For LAMP-based sensing, a synthetic Zika virus target oligonucleotide is amplified and detected in 20% serum samples. Immobilization of magnetic nanoparticles is induced by their co-precipitation with Mg<sub>2</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> (a by-product of LAMP) and provides a detection sensitivity of 100 aM. The fast measurement, high sensitivity and miniaturization potential of the proposed FMR biosensing technology makes it a promising candidate for designing future point-of-care devices.<br>


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