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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 94, Issue 34, Pages 11949-11956Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02979
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- Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program at the National ScienceFoundation [CHE-2203891]
- Alice Hudson Professorship at Iowa State University
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This study demonstrates the use of a 3D printed droplet generation platform coupled with molecular beacons in LAMP detection, allowing for low-cost and customizable droplet generation. The study also demonstrates the use of a smartphone-based imaging system to increase accessibility. This method can be used for sequence-specific, sensitive, and accurate DNA quantification.
Nucleic acid detection is widely used in the amplification and quantitation of nucleic acids from biological samples. While polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enjoys great popularity, expensive thermal cyclers are required for precise temperature control. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) enables highly sensitive, rapid, and low-cost amplification of nucleic acids at constant temperatures. LAMP detection often relies on double-stranded DNA-binding dyes or metal indicators that lack sequence selectivity. Molecular beacons (MBs) are hairpin-shaped oligonucleotide probes whose sequence specificity in LAMP provides the capability of differentiating between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Digital droplet LAMP (ddLAMP) enables a large number of independent LAMP reactions to be performed and provides quantification of target DNA sequences. However, a major challenge with ddLAMP is the requirement of expensive droplet generators to form homogeneous microdroplets. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time that a three-dimensional (3D) printed droplet generation platform can be coupled to a LAMP assay featuring MBs as sequence specific probes. The low-cost 3D printed droplet generator system was designed, and its customizability was demonstrated in the formation of monodisperse ddLAMP assay-in-oil microdroplets. Additionally, a smartphone-based imaging system is demonstrated to increase accessibility for point-of-care applications. The MB-ddLAMP assay is shown to discriminate between two SNPs at various amplification temperatures to afford a useful platform for sequence-specific, sensitive, and accurate DNA quantification. This work expands the utility of MBs to ddLAMP for quantitative studies in the detection of SNPs and exploits the customizability of 3D printing technologies to optimize the homogeneity, size, and volume of oil-in-water microdroplets.
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