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A label-free biosensor for DNA detection based on ligand-responsive G-quadruplex formation

Journal

TALANTA
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages 138-142

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.04.003

Keywords

Label-free; NMM; G-quadruplex; DNA detection

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [20805034, 30772058, 20927003, 90913013]
  2. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry

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A facile and label-free assay with label-free molecular beacons (MBs) and fluorescent dye N-methyl mesoporphyrin IX (NMM) was developed for the detection of specific single-stranded DNA sequences. It was demonstrated by a reverse transcription oligonucleotide sequence (target DNA, 20 bases) of RNA fragment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as model systems. In the absence of target DNA, the MBs were in the stem-closed form, the G-quadruplex structure could not form and the fluorescence signal of NMM was very low. In the presence of target DNA the MBs turned Off to On, thus promoting the formation of G-quadruplex which could greatly enhance the fluorescence of NMM. This biosensor was simple in design, fast in operation, and more convenient and promising than other methods. It took less than 30 min to finish and its detection limit was 1.4 nM. No sophisticated experimental techniques or chemical modification for DNA sequences were required. This new approach could be widely applied to sensitive and selective nucleic acids detection. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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