The development of label-free or nonlabeling assays for nucleic acids is important in basic biological research and biomedical diagnosis. In this study, we have developed an enzyme-based colorimetric assay for nucleic acids, which combines the robustness of nonlabeling of DNA and RNA samples and the adequate sensitivity of enzymatic reactions. The core of this assay is the use of neutral peptide nucleic acid (PNA) as capture probe and the electrostatic adsorption of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) on hybridized, negatively charged nucleic acids to report the hybridization events, through HRP-catalyzed color reactions of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine and H2O2. The proposed assay has been validated with fully complementary and single base-mismatched DNAs of different chain lengths. The proposed assay has also been validated with total RNA samples extracted from two human cancer cell lines (A 549 lung cancer cell and HeLa cell) for microRNA detection in real samples. Through extensive optimizations of HRP adsorption and nucleic acid hybridization conditions, detection limits of 0.1-0.2 nM for DNA (depending on chain length) and similar to 2 mu g of total RNA have been achieved. Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy has been used to elucidate the HRP adsorption and PNA-nucleic acid hybridizations through real-time measurements and to provide guidance for the development of the colorimetric assay.
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