Rapid detection of miRNA via development of consecutive adenines (polyA)-based electrochemical biosensors
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bios.2021.113830
Publication Date:
2021-11-26T16:12:13Z
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Herein, we report rapid electrochemical detection of miRNA let-7a based on a DNA probe consisting of a polyA and Fc-co-labeled harpin structure (the polyA-H probe). The polyA-H probe could be facilely immobilized on Au surfaces through the interactions between polyA and Au, followed by its pre-hybridization with a single strand (S1). The probe's surface density could be optimized for minimizing steric hindrance via changing the polyA block length. The target let-7a could be rapidly amplified via loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) with four simplified primers, followed by inducing the formation of dimeric i-motif (DIM) structure via H+-induced rapid folding of two C-rich sequences of motif strand 1 and strand 2. It was found that, after introducing the as-formed DIM to hybridize the S1, the immobilized polyA20-H probe could rapidly revert to its hairpin structure, sending out a turn-on electrochemical signal of the Fc. The total time for detecting the let-7a was around 80 min, obviously less than that of most of electrochemical DNA sensors reported previously. The biosensor showed a linear relationship of the current response to the let-7a in the range of 10 fM to 50 nM with a limit of detection (LOD) of 5.1 fM. Our biosensors were further tested using human serum spiked with the let-7a and the extracts of the breast adenocarcinoma cells spiked with and without the let-7a, respectively. Satisfied results were obtained. This study shows a potential promising future of development of electrochemical biosensors for rapid detection of miRNAs in the application of clinical practice.
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