Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 93405, USA.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 93405, USA.
Biosens Bioelectron. 2019 Apr 1;130:338-343. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.09.050. Epub 2018 Sep 13.
Gene expression analysis at the point-of-care is important for rapid disease diagnosis, but traditional techniques are limited by multiplexing capabilities, bulky equipment, and cost. We present a gene expression analysis platform using a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) biosensor array, which allows multiplexed transcript detection and quantification through cost-effective magnetic detection. In this work, we have characterized the sensitivity, dynamic range, and quantification accuracy of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified complementary DNA (cDNA) on the GMR for the reference gene GAPDH. A synthetic GAPDH single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) standard was used to calibrate the detection, and ssDNA dilutions were qPCR-amplified to obtain a standard curve. We demonstrate that the GMR platform provides a dynamic range of 4 orders of magnitude and a limit of detection of 1 pM and 0.1 pM respectively for 15 and 18-cycle amplified synthetic GAPDH PCR products. The quantitative results of GMR analysis of cell-line RNA were confirmed by qPCR.
即时医疗点的基因表达分析对于快速疾病诊断非常重要,但传统技术受到多重检测能力、设备庞大和成本的限制。我们提出了一种使用巨磁电阻(GMR)生物传感器阵列的基因表达分析平台,该平台通过经济高效的磁检测实现了多重转录本的检测和定量。在这项工作中,我们对 GMR 上经聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增的互补 DNA(cDNA)的灵敏度、动态范围和定量准确性进行了表征,用于参考基因 GAPDH。使用合成的 GAPDH 单链 DNA(ssDNA)标准对检测进行了校准,并对 ssDNA 稀释液进行了 qPCR 扩增以获得标准曲线。我们证明,GMR 平台分别为 15 个和 18 个循环扩增的合成 GAPDH PCR 产物提供了 4 个数量级的动态范围和 1 pM 和 0.1 pM 的检测限。通过 qPCR 对细胞系 RNA 的 GMR 分析的定量结果进行了验证。