College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350002, PR China.
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, The School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350108, PR China.
Biosens Bioelectron. 2018 Apr 15;102:33-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.10.050. Epub 2017 Nov 1.
Sensitive and selective detection of microRNAs (miRNAs) in cancer cells derived exosomes have attracted rapidly growing interest owing to their potential in diagnostic and prognostic applications. Here, we design a ratiometric electrochemical biosensor based on bipedal DNA walkers for the attomolar detection of exosomal miR-21. In the presence of miR-21, DNA walkers are activated to walk continuously along DNA tracks, resulting in conformational changes as well as considerable increases of the signal ratio produced by target-respond and target-independent reporters. With the signal cascade amplification of DNA walkers, the biosensor exhibits ultrahigh sensitivity with the limit of detection (LOD) down to 67 aM. Furthermore, owing to the background-correcting function of target-independent reporters termed as reference reporters, the biosensor is robust and stable enough to be applied in the detection of exosomal miR-21 extracted from breast cancer cell lines and serums. In addition, because locked nucleic acid (LNA) modified toehold mediate strand displacement reaction (TMSDR) has extraordinary discriminative ability, the biosensor displays excellent selectivity even against the single-base-mismatched target. It is worth mentioning that our sensor is regenerative and stable for at least 5 cycles without diminution in sensitivity. In brief, the high sensitivity, selectivity and reproducibility, together with cheap, make the proposed biosensor a promising approach for exosomal miRNAs detection, in conjunction with early point-of-care testing (POCT) of cancer.
基于双足 DNA walker 的用于检测细胞外体 miR-21 的比率型电化学生物传感器的设计。在 miR-21 的存在下,DNA walker 被激活沿 DNA 轨道连续行走,导致构象变化以及靶标响应和靶标独立报告器产生的信号比的显著增加。通过 DNA walker 的信号级联放大,该生物传感器表现出超高的灵敏度,检测限(LOD)低至 67 aM。此外,由于称为参考报告器的靶标独立报告器具有背景校正功能,该生物传感器足够稳健和稳定,可用于检测从乳腺癌细胞系和血清中提取的细胞外体 miR-21。此外,由于锁核酸(LNA)修饰的引发子介导链置换反应(TMSDR)具有非凡的区分能力,即使对于单碱基错配的靶标,该生物传感器也表现出优异的选择性。值得一提的是,我们的传感器具有再生性且稳定,至少可循环使用 5 次而不会降低灵敏度。总之,高灵敏度、选择性和重现性,以及成本低廉,使该生物传感器成为用于检测细胞外体 miRNAs 的有前途的方法,与癌症的即时护理检测(POCT)相结合。