College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
Biosens Bioelectron. 2024 Dec 1;265:116692. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116692. Epub 2024 Aug 23.
Foodborne hazardous factors pose a significant risk to public health, emphasizing the need for the development of sensitive and user-friendly detection strategies to effectively manage and control these risks in the food supply chain. Pyrococcus furiosus argonaute (PfAgo)-based biosensing approaches have been extensively explored due to its built-in signal amplification. However, the property that PfAgo is a DNA-guided DNA endonuclease has enabled almost all the existing PfAgo-based reports to be used for the detection of nucleic acids. To lend PfAgo toolbox to extended non-nucleic acid detection, we systematically investigated the mechanism characteristic of PfAgo' preference for guide DNA (gDNA) and proposed a gDNA dephosphorylation-modulated PfAgo sensor for the detection of non-nucleic acid targets. Our results indicated that PfAgo exhibits preference for 5'-phosphorylated gDNA at a specific ratio of PfAgo to gDNA concentration. Leveraging this PfAgo' preference and the dephosphorylation activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), ALP could be detected as low as 2.7 U/L. Furthermore, the PfAgo was coupled with immunolabelled ALP to develop a PfAgo-based fluorescence immunosensor, which achieves aflatoxins B detection with a detection limit of 29.89 pg/mL and exhibits satisfactory recoveries in wheat and maize samples. The developed method broadens the application scope of PfAgo toolbox, and provides a simple, sensitive, and universal detection platform for a variety targets.
食源性病原体对公众健康构成重大威胁,因此需要开发灵敏且易于使用的检测策略,以有效管理和控制食品供应链中的这些风险。由于 Pyrococcus furiosus argonaute (PfAgo) 具有内置的信号放大功能,因此基于 PfAgo 的生物传感方法得到了广泛的探索。然而,PfAgo 是一种 DNA 指导的 DNA 内切酶的特性使得几乎所有现有的基于 PfAgo 的报告都可用于核酸检测。为了将 PfAgo 工具包扩展到非核酸检测,我们系统地研究了 PfAgo 对指导 DNA(gDNA)的偏好机制特征,并提出了一种 gDNA 去磷酸化调节的 PfAgo 传感器,用于检测非核酸靶标。我们的结果表明,PfAgo 在 PfAgo 与 gDNA 浓度比为特定值时表现出对 5'-磷酸化 gDNA 的偏好。利用这种 PfAgo 的偏好性和碱性磷酸酶(ALP)的去磷酸化活性,ALP 可以低至 2.7 U/L 进行检测。此外,PfAgo 与免疫标记的 ALP 偶联,开发了一种基于 PfAgo 的荧光免疫传感器,该传感器可实现黄曲霉毒素 B 的检测,检测限为 29.89 pg/mL,并且在小麦和玉米样品中具有令人满意的回收率。该方法拓宽了 PfAgo 工具包的应用范围,为各种靶标提供了一种简单、灵敏、通用的检测平台。
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