A New One-Pot Fluorescence Derivatization Strategy for Highly Sensitive MicroRNA Analysis
- 4 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemistry – A European Journal
- Vol. 26 (25), 5639-5647
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201905639
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) modulate the expression of over 30 % of mammalian genes during development and apoptosis, and abnormal expression of miRNAs may lead to a range of human pathologies. Therefore, analysis of miRNAs is valuable for disease diagnostics. In this work, a novel one-pot fluorescence derivatization strategy was developed for miRNA analysis. The mechanism of the derivatization reaction was explored by using instrumental methods, including liquid chromatography, fluorescence spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Highly fluorescent N-6-ethenoadenine (epsilon-adenine) was formed and detached from the miRNA sequence through the reaction of adenine in nucleic acids with 2-chloroacetaldehyde (CAA) at 100 degrees C. This is the first experimental evidence that the cooperation of formed epsilon-adenine and water-mediated hydrogen-bond interaction between the proton at the 2 '- and the oxyanion at 3 '-positions stabilized the oxocarbenium significantly, which makes the depurination and derivatization of miRNA highly effective. Based on this derivatization strategy, a facile and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed for quantitative assay of miRNAs. In combination with magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE), the HPLC method was shown to be useful for the determination of microRNAs at sub-picomolar level in serum samples.Keywords
Funding Information
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (GM089557)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21874030)
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