Xu, G., Zhao, H., Reboud, J. and Cooper, J. M. (2018) Cycling of rational hybridization chain reaction to enable enzyme-free DNA-based clinical diagnosis. ACS Nano, 12(7), pp. 7213-7219. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03183) (PMID:29965722) (PMCID:PMC6070952)
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Abstract
In order to combat the growing threat of global infectious diseases, there is the need for rapid diagnostic technologies that are sensitive and that can provide species specific information (as might be needed to direct therapy as resistant strains of microbes emerge). Here, we present a convenient, enzyme-free amplification mechanism for a rational hybridization chain reaction (HCR), which is implemented in a simple format for isothermal amplification and sensing, applied to the DNA-based diagnosis of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) in 54 patients. During the cycled amplification process, DNA monomers self-assemble in an organized and controllable way, only when a specific target HBV sequence is present. This mechanism is confirmed using super-resolution Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM). The enabled format is designed in a manner analogous to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), generating coloured products with distinct tonality and with a limit of detection of ca. 5 copies/reaction. This routine assay also showed excellent sensitivity (>97%) in clinical samples demonstrating the potential of this convenient, low cost, enzyme-free method for use in low resource settings.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | Also funded by ERC 340117. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Zhao, Hang and Cooper, Professor Jonathan and Reboud, Professor Julien and Xu, Mr Gaolian |
| Authors: | Xu, G., Zhao, H., Reboud, J., and Cooper, J. M. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering |
| Journal Name: | ACS Nano |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
| ISSN: | 1936-0851 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1936-086X |
| Published Online: | 02 July 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society |
| First Published: | First published in ACS Nano 12(7):7213-7219 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
| Data DOI: | 10.5525/gla.researchdata.632 |
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