Autonomous Replication of Nucleic Acids by Polymerization/Nicking Enzyme/DNAzyme Cascades for the Amplified Detection of DNA and the Aptamer–Cocaine Complex
- 25 July 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 85 (17), 8196-8203
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac4013094
Abstract
The progressive development of amplified DNA sensors and aptasensors using replication/nicking enzymes/DNAzyme machineries is described. The sensing platforms are based on the tailoring of a DNA template on which the recognition of the target DNA or the formation of the aptamer–substrate complex trigger on the autonomous isothermal replication/nicking processes and the displacement of a Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme that catalyzes the generation of a fluorophore-labeled nucleic acid acting as readout signal for the analyses. Three different DNA sensing configurations are described, where in the ultimate configuration the target sequence is incorporated into a nucleic acid blocker structure associated with the sensing template. The target-triggered isothermal autonomous replication/nicking process on the modified template results in the formation of the Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme tethered to a free strand consisting of the target sequence. This activates additional template units for the nucleic acid self-replication process, resulting in the ultrasensitive detection of the target DNA (detection limit 1 aM). Similarly, amplified aptamer-based sensing platforms for cocaine are developed along these concepts. The modification of the cocaine-detection template by the addition of a nucleic acid sequence that enables the autonomous secondary coupled activation of a polymerization/nicking machinery and DNAzyme generation path leads to an improved analysis of cocaine (detection limit 10 nM).Keywords
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