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2. Phylogenomic Insights on the Xanthomonas translucens Complex, and Development of a TaqMan Real-Time Assay for Specific Detection of pv. translucens on Barley.
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Tambong, James T., Xu, Renlin, Fleitas, Maria Constanza, Lipu Wang, Hubbard, Keith, and Kutcher, Randy
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NUCLEIC acid hybridization , *XANTHOMONAS , *PROTEOMICS , *COMPARATIVE genomics , *HOST plants , *BACTERIAL wilt diseases , *HORDEUM , *BARLEY - Abstract
The reemergence and spread of Xanthomonas translucens, the causal agent of bacterial leaf streak in cereal crops and wilt in turfgrass and forage species, is a concern to growers in the United States and Canada. The pathogen is seedborne and listed as an A2 quarantine organism by EPPO, making it a major constraint to international trade and exchange of germplasm. The pathovar concept of the X. translucens group is confusing due to overlapping of plant host ranges and specificity. Here, comparative genomics, phylogenomics, and 81 up-to-date bacterial core gene set (ubcg2) were used to assign the pathovars of X. translucens into three genetically and taxonomically distinct clusters. The study also showed that whole genome-based digital DNA-DNA hybridization unambiguously can differentiate the pvs. translucens and undulosa. Orthologous gene and proteome matrix analyses suggest that the cluster consisting of graminis, poae, arrhenatheri, phlei, and phleipratensis is very divergent. Whole-genome data were exploited to develop the first pathovar-specific TaqMan real-time PCR tool for detection of pv. translucens on barley. Specificity of the TaqMan assay was validated using 62 Xanthomonas and non-Xanthomonas strains as well as growth chamber-inoculated and naturally infected barley leaves. Sensitivity levels of 0.1 pg (purified DNA) and 23 CFUs per reaction (direct culture) compared favorably with other previously reported real-time PCR assays. The phylogenomics data reported here suggest that the clusters could constitute novel taxonomic units or new species. Finally, the pathovar-specific diagnostic tool will have significant benefits to growers and facilitate international exchange of barley germplasm and trade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Multiplex gyrB PCR Assay for Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii Is Validated by Whole Genome Sequence-Based Assays.
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Albert, M. John, Al-Hashem, Ghayda, and Rotimi, Vincent O.
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ACINETOBACTER baumannii , *NUCLEIC acid hybridization , *WHOLE genome sequencing , *GENOMES , *ACINETOBACTER infections , *DNA , *GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria , *POLYMERASE chain reaction , *ANTIBIOTICS - Abstract
Objective: A multiplex gyrB PCR assay has been used to diagnose Acinetobacter baumannii. However, this assay has not been validated against the gold standard DNA-DNA hybridization assay, which is a laborious method. DNA-DNA hybridization assay is now replaced by whole genome sequence (WGS)-based methods. Two such methods are a k-mer-based search of sequence reads using the Kraken 2 program and average nucleotide identity (ANI). The objective was to validate the gyrB PCR assay with WGS-based methods.Subjects and Methods: We cultured 270 sequential A. baumannii isolates from the rectal swabs of 32 adult patients. The identity of the isolates was determined by gyrB PCR. The sequences of 269 isolates were determined by Illumina sequencing and the taxonomy was inferred by the Kraken 2 program and ANI.Results: All the 269 isolates were confirmed as A. baumannii by Kraken 2 and ANI.Conclusion: The gyrB PCR assay is now validated for easy identification of A. baumannii in comparison with gold standard WGS-based assays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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4. Identification and characterization of a novel α-haemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus parapneumoniae sp. nov., which caused bacteremia with pyelonephritis.
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Katayama, Yuri, Morita, Masatomo, Chang, Bin, Katagiri, Daisuke, Ishikane, Masahiro, Yamada, Gen, Mezaki, Kazuhisa, Kurokawa, Masami, Takano, Hideki, and Akeda, Yukihiro
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NUCLEIC acid hybridization ,BACTEREMIA ,WHOLE genome sequencing ,STREPTOCOCCUS thermophilus ,STREPTOCOCCUS ,GENOMICS ,IMMUNE serums ,PYELONEPHRITIS - Abstract
We report a case of bacteremia with pyelonephritis in an adult male with an underlying disease caused by α-hemolytic streptococci. α-Hemolytic streptococci were isolated from blood, but it was challenging to identify its species. This study aimed to characterize the causative bacterium SP4011 and to elucidate its species. The whole-genome sequence and biochemical characteristics of SP4011 were determined. Based on the genome sequence, phylogenetic analysis was performed with standard strains of each species of α-hemolytic streptococci. Digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) values were calculated. SP4011 showed optochin susceptibility and bile solubility, but did not react with pneumococcal omni antiserum. Phylogenetic analysis of the whole-genome sequence showed that SP4011 clustered with S. pneumoniae and S. pseodopneumoniae and was most closely related to S. pseodopneumoniae. Genomic analysis revealed that ANI and dDDH values between SP4011 and S. pseodopneumoniae were 94.0 % and 56.0 %, respectively, and between SP4011 and S. pneumoniae were 93.3 % and 52.2 %, respectively. Biochemical characteristics also showed differences between SP4011 and S. pseodopneumoniae and between SP4011 and S. pneumoniae. These results indicate that SP4011 is a novel species. Our findings indicate that SP4011 is a novel species of the genus Streptococcus. SP4011 has biochemical characteristics similar to S. pneumoniae , making it challenging to differentiate and requiring careful clinical diagnosis. This isolate was proposed to be a novel species, Streptococcus parapneumoniae sp. nov. The strain type is SP4011
T (= JCM 36068T = KCTC 21228T ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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5. Acceleration of DNA Hybridization Chain Reactions on 3D Nanointerfaces of Magnetic Particles and Their Direct Application in the Enzyme-Free Amplified Detection of microRNA
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Motoi Oishi and Shotaro Juji
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Materials science ,Kinetics ,Immobilized Nucleic Acids ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Limit of Detection ,DNA nanotechnology ,Animals ,Humans ,DNA origami ,General Materials Science ,Magnetic Phenomena ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Inverted Repeat Sequences ,Rational design ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,Nanostructures ,MicroRNAs ,chemistry ,Biophysics ,Magnetic nanoparticles ,Cattle ,Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques ,human activities ,Biosensor - Abstract
Accelerated DNA hybridization chain reactions (HCRs) using DNA origami as a scaffold have received considerable attention in dynamic DNA nanotechnology. However, tailor-made designs are essential for DNA origami scaffolds, hampering the practical application of accelerated HCRs. Here, we constructed the semilocalized HCR and localized HCR systems using magnetic beads (MBs) as a simple scaffold to explore them for the enzyme-free miR-21 detection. The semilocalized HCR system relied on free diffusing one hairpin DNA and MBs immobilized with another hairpin DNA, and the localized HCR system relied on MBs coimmobilized with two hairpin DNAs. We demonstrated that the DNA density on MBs plays a critical role in HCR kinetics and limit of detection (LOD). Among semilocalized HCR systems, MBs with a medium DNA density showed a faster HCR and lower LOD (10 pM) than the diffusive (conventional) HCR system (LOD: 86 pM). In contrast, the HCR further accelerated for the localized HCR systems as the DNA density increased. The localized HCR system with the highest DNA density showed the fastest HCR and the lowest LOD (533 fM). These findings are of great importance for the rational design of accelerated HCRs using simple scaffolds for practical applications.
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- 2021
6. DNA Framework‐Engineered Long‐Range Electrostatic Interactions for DNA Hybridization Reactions
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Chunhai Fan, Yaya Hao, Yichi Zhang, Zhibei Qu, Qian Li, Yinan Zhang, Fei Wang, Zheze Dai, Xiaoguo Liu, and Jianlei Shen
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Surface Properties ,government.form_of_government ,Static Electricity ,DNA, Single-Stranded ,Metal Nanoparticles ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Molecule ,Fluorescent Dyes ,Antisense therapy ,010405 organic chemistry ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,General Medicine ,DNA ,General Chemistry ,Electrostatics ,Intercalating Agents ,0104 chemical sciences ,Kinetics ,Förster resonance energy transfer ,Nucleic acid ,government ,Biophysics ,Gold ,Self-assembly - Abstract
Long-range electrostatic interactions beyond biomolecular interaction interfaces have not been extensively studied due to the limitation in engineering electric double layers in physiological fluids. Here we find that long-range electrostatic interactions play an essential role in kinetic modulation of DNA hybridizations. Protein and gold nanoparticles with different charges are encapsulated in tetrahedral frameworks to exert diverse electrostatic effects on site-specifically tethered single DNA strands. Using this strategy, we have successfully modulated the hybridization kinetics in both bulk solution and single molecule level. Experimental and theoretical studies reveal that long-range Coulomb interactions are the key factor for hybridization rates. This work validates the important role of long-range electrostatic forces in nucleic acid-biomacromolecule complexes, which may encourage new strategies of gene regulation, antisense therapy, and nucleic acid detection.
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- 2021
7. Confocal Raman Microscopy Enables Label-Free, Quantitative, and Structurally Informative Detection of DNA Hybridization at Porous Silica Surfaces
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Eric M. Peterson, Grant J. Myres, and Joel M. Harris
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Chemistry ,Base pair ,Scattering ,Oligonucleotide ,Confocal ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,Silicon Dioxide ,Spectrum Analysis, Raman ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,symbols.namesake ,Chemical physics ,Microscopy ,symbols ,Raman spectroscopy ,Porosity ,Raman scattering - Abstract
Characterization of DNA at solid/liquid interfaces remains a challenge because most surface-sensitive techniques are unable to provide quantitative insight into the base content, length, or structure. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurements of DNA hybridization on plasmonic-metal substrates have been used to overcome small Raman-scattering cross-sections; however, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy measurements are not generally quantitative due to the fall-off in the scattering signal with the decay of the electric field enhancement from the surface, which also limits the length of oligonucleotides that can be investigated. In this work, we introduce an experimental methodology in which confocal Raman microscopy is used to characterize hybridization reactions of ssDNA immobilized at the solid/liquid interface of porous silica particles. By focusing the femtoliter confocal probe volume within a single porous particle, signal enhancement arises from the ∼1500-times greater surface area detected compared to a planar substrate. Because the porous support is a purely dielectric material, the scattering signal is independent of the proximity of the oligonucleotide to the silica surface. With this technique, we characterize a 19-mer capture strand and determine its hybridization efficiency with 9-mer and 16-mer target sequences from the scattering of a structurally insensitive phosphate-stretching mode. Changes in polarizability and frequency of scattering from DNA bases were observed, which are consistent with Watson-Crick base pairing. Quantification of base content from their duplex scattering intensities allows us to discriminate between hybridization of two target strands of equivalent length but with different recognition sequences. A duplex having a single-nucleotide polymorphism could be distinguished from hybridization of a fully complementary strand based on differences in base content and duplex conformation.
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- 2021
8. Thermodynamics of DNA Hybridization from Atomistic Simulations
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Pablo G. Debenedetti, Gül H. Zerze, and Frank H. Stillinger
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Surface (mathematics) ,Work (thermodynamics) ,Materials science ,Thermodynamics ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,k-nearest neighbors algorithm ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Molecular dynamics ,0103 physical sciences ,Materials Chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Topology (chemistry) ,Physics ,Range (particle radiation) ,010304 chemical physics ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Resolution (electron density) ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Reproducibility of Results ,Sampling (statistics) ,DNA ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Dodecameric protein ,chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,Chirality (chemistry) ,GC-content - Abstract
Studying the DNA hybridization equilibrium via brute force molecular dynamics (MD) or commonly used advanced sampling approches is notoriously difficult at atomistic lengthscale. However, besides providing a more realistic modeling of this microscopic phenomenon, atomistic resolution is a necessity for some fundamental research questions, such as the ones related to DNA’s chirality. Here, we describe an order parameter-based advanced sampling technique to calculate the free energy surface of hybridization and estimate melting temperature of DNA oligomers at atomistic resolution, using a native topology-based order parameter. We show that the melting temperatures estimated from our atomistic simulations follow an order consistent with the predictions from melting experiments and those from the nearest neighbor model, for a range of DNA sequences of different GC content. Moreover, free energy surfaces and melting temperatures are calculated to be identical for D- and L-enantiomers of Drew-Dickerson dodecamer.Abstract FigureGraphical TOC Entry
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- 2021
9. Real-time monitoring of bead-based DNA hybridization in a microfluidic system: study of amplicon hybridization behavior on solid supports
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Sébastien Chapdelaine, David Béliveau-Viel, Lidija Malic, Eric A. Martel, Denis Boudreau, Teodor Veres, Michel G. Bergeron, Matthias Geissler, Jean-François Gravel, Maurice Boissinot, Régis Peytavi, and Karel Boissinot
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Microfluidics ,02 engineering and technology ,Bead ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Complementary DNA ,Monolayer ,Electrochemistry ,Environmental Chemistry ,Spectroscopy ,Oligonucleotide ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,Amplicon ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Biophysics ,DNA Probes ,Oligonucleotide Probes ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
DNA hybridization phenomena occurring on solid supports are not understood as clearly as aqueous phase hybridizations and mathematical models cannot predict some empirically obtained results. Ongoing research has identified important parameters but remains incomplete to accurately account for all interactions. It has previously been shown that the length of the overhanging (dangling) end of the target DNA strand following hybridization to the capture probe is correlated to interactions with the complementary strand in solution which can result in unbinding of the target and its release from the surface. We have developed an instrument for real-time monitoring of DNA hybridization on spherical particles functionalized with oligonucleotide capture probes and arranged in the form of a tightly packed monolayer bead bed inside a microfluidic cartridge. The instrument is equipped with a pneumatic module to mediate displacement of fluid on the cartridge. We compared this system to both conventional (passive) and centrifugally-driven (active) microfluidic microarray hybridization on glass slides to establish performance levels for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms. The system was also used to study the effect of the dangling end's length in real-time when the immobilized target DNA is exposed to the complementary strand in solution. Our findings indicate that increasing the length of the dangling end leads to desorption of target amplicons from bead-bound capture probes at a rate approaching that of the initial hybridization process. Finally, bead bed hybridization was performed with Streptococcus agalactiae cfb gene amplicons obtained from randomized clinical samples, which allowed for identification of group B streptococci within 5–15 min. The methodology presented here is useful for investigating competitive hybridization mechanisms on solid supports and to rapidly validate the suitability of microarray capture probes.
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- 2021
10. Toward a Quantitative Relationship between Nanoscale Spatial Organization and Hybridization Kinetics of Surface Immobilized Hairpin DNA Probes
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Zachary J Petrek, Tao Ye, Haiyang Wang, Qufei Gu, Yehan Zhang, Eric A. Josephs, Fukun Shi, and Huan H. Cao
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Conformational change ,Kinetics ,Bioengineering ,Biosensing Techniques ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Molecule ,Instrumentation ,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Chemistry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Hybridization probe ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Biophysics ,DNA microarray ,DNA Probes ,0210 nano-technology ,Biosensor - Abstract
Hybridization of DNA probes immobilized on a solid support is a key process for DNA biosensors and microarrays. Although the surface environment is known to influence the kinetics of DNA hybridization, so far it has not been possible to quantitatively predict how hybridization kinetics is influenced by the complex interactions of the surface environment. Using spatial statistical analysis of probes and hybridized target molecules on a few electrochemical DNA (E-DNA) sensors, functioning through hybridization-induced conformational change of redox-tagged hairpin probes, we developed a phenomenological model that describes how the hybridization rates for single probe molecules are determined by the local environment. The predicted single-molecule rate constants, upon incorporation into numerical simulation, reproduced the overall kinetics of E-DNA sensor surfaces at different probe densities and different degrees of probe clustering. Our study showed that the nanoscale spatial organization is a major factor behind the counterintuitive trends in hybridization kinetics. It also highlights the importance of models that can account for heterogeneity in surface hybridization. The molecular level understanding of hybridization at surfaces and accurate prediction of hybridization kinetics may lead to new opportunities in development of more sensitive and reproducible DNA biosensors and microarrays.
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- 2020
11. Ultrafast DNA Sensors with DNA Framework-Bridged Hybridization Reactions
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Zhilei Ge, Xiaolei Zuo, Chunhai Fan, Xiuhai Mao, Fengqin Li, Min Li, Jianlei Shen, and Fan Li
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Mutation ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Biosensing Techniques ,DNA ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Fluorescence ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Förster resonance energy transfer ,Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ,Biophysics ,medicine ,Biochip ,Biosensor - Abstract
Intracellular DNA-based hybridization reactions generally occur under tension rather than in free states, which are spatiotemporally controlled in physiological conditions. However, how nanomechanical forces affect DNA hybridization efficiencies in in-vitro DNA assays, for example, biosensors or biochips, remains largely elusive. Here, we design DNA framework-based nanomechanical handles that can control the stretching states of DNA molecules. Using a pair of tetrahedral DNA framework (TDF) nanostructured handles, we develop bridge DNA sensors that can capture target DNA with ultrafast speed and high efficiency. We find that the rigid TDF handles bind two ends of a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and hold it in a stretched state, with an apparent stretching length comparable to its counterpart of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) via atomic force microscopy measurement. The DNA stretching effect of ssDNA is then monitored using single-molecule fluorescence energy transfer (FRET), resulting in decreased FRET efficiency in the stretched ssDNA. By controlling the stretching state of ssDNA, we obtained significantly improved hybridization kinetics (within 1 min) and hybridization efficiency (∼98%) under the target concentration of 500 nM. The bridge DNA sensors demonstrated high sensitivity (1 fM), high specificity (single mismatch mutation discrimination), and high selectivity (suitable for the detection in serum and blood) under the target concentration of 10 nM. Controlling the stretching state of ssDNA shows great potential in biosensors, bioimaging, and biochips applications.
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- 2020
12. Interplay of electrostatic repulsion and surface grafting density on surface-mediated DNA hybridization
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Daniel K. Schwartz and Jeremiah C. Traeger
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Surface Properties ,Static Electricity ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biomaterials ,symbols.namesake ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Adsorption ,Particle Size ,Debye length ,Chemistry ,Oligonucleotide ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Osmolar Concentration ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrostatics ,Grafting ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Förster resonance energy transfer ,Ionic strength ,symbols ,Biophysics ,DNA Probes ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Single-molecule Forster Resonance Energy Transfer was used to observe the adsorption of fluorescently-labeled “target” DNA oligonucleotides and their association and hybridization with complementary DNA “probes” tethered to the surface as a function of surface grafting density. Ionic strength was varied systematically to disentangle the potentially competing effects of probe accessibility and electrostatic repulsion. At high ionic strength, when the Debye length was ~1 nm, the adsorption of target DNA was not significantly inhibited by the presence of tethered probe DNA, even at high grafting density, and the fraction of adsorbed target strands undergoing hybridization increased systematically with grafting density, leading to a dramatic increase in the net hybridization rate at high grafting density. However, at lower ionic strength, when the Debye length was ≥3 nm, the adsorption rate of target DNA decreased and the fraction of adsorbed target strands undergoing hybridization saturated at high probe grafting density (≥7,000 strands/µm2), presumably due to electrostatic repulsion. As a result, the net rate of hybridization exhibited a maximum as a function of grafting density. This has important consequences for the design of systems that optimize surface-mediated DNA hybridization under low-salt high-stringency conditions.
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- 2020
13. Elucidation of leak-resistance DNA hybridization chain reaction with universality and extensibility
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Yizhuang Cheng, Shaofei Li, Lin Dongyue, Gan Li, Meihong Ge, Hongzhi Wang, Liangbao Yang, Huan He, Qiang Huang, Chentai Cao, and Pan Li
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Base pair ,Computational biology ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,Biology ,Exosomes ,Nucleic Acid Denaturation ,Spectrum Analysis, Raman ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Extensibility ,03 medical and health sciences ,Molecular dynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chemical Biology and Nucleic Acid Chemistry ,Genetics ,Humans ,Base Pairing ,030304 developmental biology ,Leakage (electronics) ,0303 health sciences ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Inverted Repeat Sequences ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,0104 chemical sciences ,Benchmarking ,MicroRNAs ,Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ,chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,Thermodynamics ,Chain reaction - Abstract
Hybridization chain reaction (HCR) was a significant discovery for the development of nanoscale materials and devices. One key challenge for HCR is the vulnerability to background leakage in the absence of the initiator. Here, we systematically analyze the sources of leakage and refine leak-resistant rule by using molecular thermodynamics and dynamics, biochemical and biophysical methods. Transient melting of DNA hairpin is revealed to be the underlying cause of leakage and that this can be mitigated through careful consideration of the sequence thermodynamics. The transition threshold of the energy barrier is proposed as a testing benchmark of leak-resistance DNA hairpins. The universal design of DNA hairpins is illustrated by the analysis of hsa-miR-21-5p as biomarker when used in conjunction with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. We further extend the strategy for specific signal amplification of miRNA homologs. Significantly, it possibly provides a practical route to improve the accuracy of DNA self-assembly for signal amplification, and that could facilitate the development of sensors for the sensitive detection of interest molecules in biotechnology and clinical medicine.
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- 2020
14. Accelerated DNAzyme-based fluorescent nanoprobe for highly sensitive microRNA detection in live cells
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Lingbo Qu, Juan Chen, Hong-Min Meng, Yanan Wu, Ke Zhang, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Yingying Li, Zhaohui Li, Ran Yang, and Kemei Jiang
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In situ ,Deoxyribozyme ,Nanoprobe ,Catalysis ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Limit of Detection ,Cell Line, Tumor ,microRNA ,Materials Chemistry ,Humans ,Fluorescent Dyes ,Microscopy, Confocal ,Nanowires ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Metals and Alloys ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA, Catalytic ,General Chemistry ,Fluorescence ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,MicroRNAs ,Spectrometry, Fluorescence ,Ceramics and Composites ,Biophysics ,DNA - Abstract
By assembling DNAzyme on DNA nanowires through DNA hybridization, we have developed a novel accelerated DNAzyme-based fluorescent nanoprobe for fast, sensitive and selective detection of miRNA. Moreover, the strategy was successfully applied for in situ imaging of miRNA-21 in different cell lines.
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- 2020
15. Detection of HER2+ Breast Cancer Cells using Bioinspired DNA‐Based Signal Amplification
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Samet Kocabey, Sarah D. Rafiee, Curzio Rüegg, Jonathan List, and Michael Mayer
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Cell ,Breast Neoplasms ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Circulating tumor cell ,breast cancer ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Drug Discovery ,DNA nanotechnology ,medicine ,Biomarkers, Tumor ,Humans ,hybridization chain reaction (HCR) ,General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics ,Pharmacology ,biology ,010405 organic chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Communication ,DNA circuits ,Organic Chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA, Neoplasm ,biosensors ,Neoplastic Cells, Circulating ,Communications ,0104 chemical sciences ,ddc ,010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,circulating tumor cells (CTC) ,Cancer cell ,biology.protein ,Cancer research ,Molecular Medicine ,Female ,Antibody ,Biosensor ,DNA - Abstract
Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are promising biomarkers for metastatic cancer detection and monitoring progression. However, detection of CTCs remains challenging due to their low frequency and heterogeneity. Herein, we report a bioinspired approach to detect individual cancer cells, based on a signal amplification cascade using a programmable DNA hybridization chain reaction (HCR) circuit. We applied this approach to detect HER2+ cancer cells using the anti‐HER2 antibody (trastuzumab) coupled to initiator DNA eliciting a HCR cascade that leads to a fluorescent signal at the cell surface. At 4 °C, this HCR detection scheme resulted in highly efficient, specific and sensitive signal amplification of the DNA hairpins specifically on the membrane of the HER2+ cells in a background of HER2− cells and peripheral blood leukocytes, which remained almost non‐fluorescent. The results indicate that this system offers a new strategy that may be further developed toward an in vitro diagnostic platform for the sensitive and efficient detection of CTC., Cancer cell detection via an amplified fluorescence signal: We developed a programmable DNA circuit system based on hybridization chain reaction (HCR); this is a bioinspired signal amplification approach that allows specific and sensitive detection of HER2+ breast cancer cells among HER2− cells, including freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
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- 2020
16. Determining Sequence-Dependent DNA Oligonucleotide Hybridization and Dehybridization Mechanisms Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation, Markov State Models, and Infrared Spectroscopy
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Andrew L. Ferguson, Michael S Jones, Andrei Tokmakoff, and Brennan Ashwood
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Work (thermodynamics) ,Quantitative Biology::Biomolecules ,Markov chain ,Spectrophotometry, Infrared ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Kinetics ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Sequence (biology) ,General Chemistry ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,Markov Chains ,Article ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ,Chemical physics ,Metastability ,DNA nanotechnology ,Thermodynamics ,DNA - Abstract
A robust understanding of the sequence-dependent thermodynamics of DNA hybridization has enabled rapid advances in DNA nanotechnology. A fundamental understanding of the sequence-dependent kinetics and mechanisms of hybridization and dehybridization remains comparatively underdeveloped. In this work, we establish new understanding of the sequence-dependent hybridization/dehybridization kinetics and mechanism within a family of self-complementary pairs of 10-mer DNA oligomers by integrating coarse-grained molecular simulation, machine learning of the slow dynamical modes, data-driven inference of long-time kinetic models, and experimental temperature-jump infrared spectroscopy. For a repetitive ATATATATAT sequence, we resolve a rugged dynamical landscape comprising multiple metastable states, numerous competing hybridization/dehybridization pathways, and a spectrum of dynamical relaxations. Introduction of a G:C pair at the terminus (GATATATATC) or center (ATATGCATAT) of the sequence reduces the ruggedness of the dynamics landscape by eliminating a number of metastable states and reducing the number of competing dynamical pathways. Only by introducing a G:C pair midway between the terminus and the center to maximally disrupt the repetitive nature of the sequence (ATGATATCAT) do we recover a canonical "all-or-nothing" two-state model of hybridization/dehybridization with no intermediate metastable states. Our results establish new understanding of the dynamical richness of sequence-dependent kinetics and mechanisms of DNA hybridization/dehybridization by furnishing quantitative and predictive kinetic models of the dynamical transition network between metastable states, present a molecular basis with which to understand experimental temperature jump data, and furnish foundational design rules by which to rationally engineer the kinetics and pathways of DNA association and dissociation for DNA nanotechnology applications.
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- 2021
17. Recent Progress in DNA Hybridization Chain Reaction Strategies for Amplified Biosensing
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Peng Miao, Wenbo Cheng, Hua Chai, and Dayong Jin
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Materials science ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Nanotechnology ,Biosensing Techniques ,DNA ,Electrochemical Techniques ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Spectrometry, Fluorescence ,DNA nanotechnology ,Humans ,Nanoparticles ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,General Materials Science ,Colorimetry ,Chain reaction ,Biosensor ,Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques - Abstract
With the continuous development of DNA nanotechnology, various spatial DNA structures and assembly techniques emerge. Hybridization chain reaction (HCR) is a typical example with exciting features and bright prospects in biosensing, which has been intensively investigated in the past decade. In this Spotlight on Applications, we summarize the assembly principles of conventional HCR and some novel forms of linear/nonlinear HCR. With advantages like great assembly kinetics, facile operation, and an enzyme-free and isothermal reaction, these strategies can be integrated with most mainstream reporters (e.g., fluorescence, electrochemistry, and colorimetry) for the ultrasensitive detection of abundant targets. Particularly, we select several representative studies to better illustrate the novel ideas and performances of HCR strategies. Theoretical and practical utilities are confirmed for a range of biosensing applications. In the end, a deep discussion is provided about the challenges and future tasks of this field.
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- 2021
18. Mesorhizobium ventifaucium sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium escarrei sp. nov., two novel root-nodulating species isolated from Anthyllis vulneraria
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Roba, Mohamad, Anne, Willems, Antoine, Le Quéré, Marjorie, Pervent, Géraldine, Maynaud, Maurine, Bonabaud, Emeric, Dubois, Jean-Claude, Cleyet-Marel, and Brigitte, Brunel
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DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION ,DNA, Bacterial ,DIVERSITY ,Rhizobia ,Mesorhizobium sp.nov ,DNA, Ribosomal ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,CLASSIFICATION ,Soil ,Symbiovar ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,PLANT ,Symbiosis ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA ,Mesorhizobium ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,TAXONOMY ,Bacterial Typing Techniques ,LEGUMES ,Genes, Bacterial ,Lotus ,RHIZOBIAL STRAINS ,MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS ,Root Nodules, Plant - Abstract
Ten mesorhizobial strains isolated from root-nodules of Anthyllis vulneraria by trapping using soils from southern France were studied to resolve their taxonomy. Their 16S rDNA sequences were identical and indicated that they are affiliated to the genus Mesorhizobium within the group M. prunaredense/M. delmotii/M. temperatum/M. mediterraneum/M. wenxiniae and M. robiniae as the closest defined species. Their evolutionary relationships with validated species were further characterized by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) using 4 protein-coding housekeeping genes (recA, atpD, glnII and dnaK), that divides the strains in two groups, and suggest that they belong to two distinct species. These results were well-supported by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analyses, wet-lab DNA-DNA hybridization (≤58%), and genome-based species delineation methods (ANI 96%, in silico DDH 70%), confirming their affiliation to two novel species. Based on these differences, Mesorhizobium ventifaucium (STM4922
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- 2022
19. Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Label-Free Manner Using Micromechanical Sensors
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Abdullah Alodhayb, Aljawhara H. Almuqrin, Amal Alanazi, Dalal A. Aloraini, and Qura Tul Ain
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SARS-CoV-2 detection ,DNA, Complementary ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Computer science ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,DNA hybridization ,02 engineering and technology ,Computational biology ,TP1-1185 ,medicine.disease_cause ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,microcantilever sensor ,Complementary DNA ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Instrumentation ,Pandemics ,Coronavirus ,SARS-CoV-2 ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Communication ,Chemical technology ,COVID-19 ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,dynamic mode ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,chemistry ,RNA, Viral ,0210 nano-technology ,Oligomer restriction ,DNA - Abstract
Coronavirus (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been identified as a deadly pandemic. The genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 is performed using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique for identifying viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) in infected patients. However, the RT-PCR diagnostic technique is manually laborious and expensive; therefore, it is not readily accessible in every laboratory. Methodological simplification is crucial to combat the ongoing pandemic by introducing quick, efficient, and affordable diagnostic methods. Here, we report how microcantilever sensors offer promising opportunities for rapid COVID-19 detection. Our first attempt was to capture the single-stranded complementary DNA of SARS-CoV-2 through DNA hybridization. Therefore, the microcantilever surface was immobilized with an oligonucleotide probe and detected using complementary target DNA hybridization by a shift in microcantilever resonance frequency. Our results show that microcantilever sensors can discriminate between complementary and noncomplementary target DNA on a micro to nanoscale. Additionally, the microcantilever sensors’ aptitude toward partial complementary DNA determines their potential to identify new variants of coronavirus. Therefore, microcantilever sensing could be a vital tool in the effort to extinguish the spreading COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 2021
20. Optimizing the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of hybridization in DNA-mediated nanoparticle self-assembly
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Weifu Dong, Dongjian Shi, Mingqing Chen, and Qiuyan Yu
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Materials science ,Hybridization probe ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Molecular models of DNA ,Nanoparticle ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,02 engineering and technology ,DNA ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Root mean square ,Molecular dynamics ,Chemical physics ,Nanoparticles ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,Thermodynamics ,Self-assembly ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,0210 nano-technology ,Thermostability - Abstract
DNA-directed nanoparticle (DNA–NP) systems provide various applications in sensing, medical diagnosis, data storage, plasmonics and photovoltaics. Bonding probability and melting properties are helpful to evaluate the selectivity, thermostability and thermosensitivity of these applications. We investigated the influence of temperature, nanoparticle size, DNA chain length and surface grafting density of DNA on one nanoparticle on the DNA dynamic hybridization percentage and melting properties of DNA–NP assembly systems by molecular dynamics simulation. The high degree of consistency of free energy estimations for DNA hybridization via our theoretical deduction and the nearest-neighbor rule generally used in experiments validates reasonably our DNA model. The melting temperature and thermosensitivity parameter are determined by the sigmoidal melting curves based on hybridization percentage versus temperature. The results indicated that the hybridization percentage presents a downward trend with increasing temperature and nanoparticle size. Applications based on DNA–NP systems with bigger nanoparticle size, such as DNA probes, have better selectivity, thermostability and thermosensitivity. There exist optimal DNA chain length and surface grafting density where the hybridization percentage reaches the maximal value. The melting temperature reaches a maximum at the point of optimal grafting density, while the thermosensitivity parameter presents an upward trend with the increase of grafting density. Several physical quantities consisting of the radial density function, root mean square end-to-end distance, contact distance parameter and effective volume fraction are used to analyse DNA chain conformations and DNA–NP packing in the assembly process. Our findings provide the theoretical basis for the improvement and optimization of applications based on DNA–NP systems.
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- 2021
21. Thermodynamics and kinetics guided probe design for uniformly sensitive and specific DNA hybridization without optimization
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Xianjin Xiao, Xing Zhou, Jiaju Xu, Meiping Zhao, Na Liu, Liquan Liu, Hongbo Wang, Meng Lin, Wei Chen, Na Chen, and Xin Chen
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0301 basic medicine ,Science ,Kinetics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Thermodynamics ,010402 general chemistry ,Dna testing ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Genomic analysis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Humans ,Sensitivity (control systems) ,Inverse correlation ,lcsh:Science ,Analytical biochemistry ,Sensors and probes ,Ovarian Neoplasms ,Detection limit ,Multidisciplinary ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,food and beverages ,DNA ,General Chemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,genomic DNA ,030104 developmental biology ,Female ,Human genome ,lcsh:Q - Abstract
Sensitive and specific DNA hybridization is essential for nucleic acid chemistry. Competitive composition of probe and blocker has been the most adopted probe design for its relatively high sensitivity and specificity. However, the sensitivity and specificity were inversely correlated over the length and concentration of the blocker strand, making the optimization process cumbersome. Herein, we construct a theoretical model for competitive DNA hybridization, which disclose that both the thermodynamics and kinetics contribute to the inverse correlation. Guided by this, we invent the 4-way Strand Exchange LEd Competitive DNA Testing (SELECT) system, which breaks up the inverse correlation. Using SELECT, we identified 16 hot-pot mutations in human genome under uniform conditions, without optimization at all. The specificities were all above 140. As a demonstration of the clinical practicability, we develop probe systems that detect mutations in human genomic DNA extracted from ovarian cancer patients with a detection limit of 0.1%., Optimisation of nucleic acid probes and blocker strands can be laborious. Here the authors construct a theoretical model of competitive DNA hybridisation to design DNA probes for optimisation-free mutation detection.
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- 2019
22. Measuring DNA Hybridization Kinetics in Live Cells Using a Time-Resolved 3D Single-Molecule Tracking Method
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Pengyu Ren, Thomas E. Yankeelov, Angela Liu, Huong T. Vu, Stephanie Phillion, Yu-An Kuo, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Soonwoo Hong, Yin-Jui Chang, Trung D. Nguyen, Yen-Liang Liu, Yuan-I. Chen, and Cong Liu
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Time Factors ,Kinetics ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Phase Transition ,Article ,Catalysis ,Diffusion ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Mammalian cell ,Molecule ,Measurement method ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Temperature ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,General Chemistry ,Markov Chains ,Single Molecule Imaging ,In vitro ,0104 chemical sciences ,Solutions ,Biophysics ,Nucleic acid ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,Algorithms - Abstract
Single-molecule detection enables direct characterization of annealing/melting kinetics of nucleic acids without the need for synchronization of molecular states, but the current experiments are not carried out in a native cellular context. Here we describe an integrated 3D single-molecule tracking and lifetime measurement method that can follow individual DNA molecules diffusing inside a mammalian cell and observe multiple annealing and melting events on the same molecules. By comparing the hybridization kinetics of the same DNA strand in vitro, we found the association constants can be 13- to 163-fold higher in the molecular crowding cellular environment.
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- 2019
23. Direct Approach toward Label-Free DNA Detection by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Discrimination of a Single-Base Mutation in 50 Base-Paired Double Helixes
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Xiao Xia Han, Yang Li, Xinhua Guo, Guantong Xu, Tianyang Gao, Xiaoxuan Xiang, and Bing Zhao
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Models, Molecular ,DNA, Single-Stranded ,Spectrum Analysis, Raman ,010402 general chemistry ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,symbols.namesake ,medicine ,Point Mutation ,Methylene Chloride ,Mutation ,Base Sequence ,Hydrogen bond ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Direct method ,Point mutation ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ,Combinatorial chemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,symbols ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,Indicators and Reagents ,Raman spectroscopy - Abstract
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has exhibited great potential in label-free DNA detection. Owing to the limitation in chain length, it is however still challenging for SERS as a routine method to explore the intrinsic structural information on unmodified DNA. Here, we develop a universal SERS-based approach toward quantification of A/G in single-stranded DNAs (12 up to 28 bases) by introducing a novel interfacial agent, dichloromethane. DNA hybridization is successfully probed as evidenced by the typical SERS bands attributed to hydrogen bonds in a hairpin structure. More importantly, enlarged space of "hot spots" in SERS enables discrimination of single-base mutation in double-stranded DNA with 100 bases, which as a proof-of-concept study will pave a new avenue for highly sensitive DNA detection in clinical applications.
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- 2019
24. Automated DNA hybridization transfer with movable super-paramagnetic microbeads in a microflow reactor
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Robert Penchovsky
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Chemical procedure ,Materials science ,Microfluidics ,Immobilized Nucleic Acids ,Biomedical Engineering ,Biophysics ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Paramagnetism ,Lab-On-A-Chip Devices ,Electrochemistry ,Denaturation (biochemistry) ,Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ,Base Sequence ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Optical Imaging ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Small sample ,DNA ,Equipment Design ,General Medicine ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Magnets ,Nucleic acid ,DNA microarray ,0210 nano-technology ,Biotechnology - Abstract
An automated DNA hybridization transfer in a microflow reactor is demonstrated by moving paramagnetic beads between two spatially separate solutions with different pH values. The microbeads-based microfluidic platform is fully automated and programmable. It employs a robust chemical procedure for specific DNA hybridization transfer in microfluidic devices under isothermal conditions based on reversible pH alterations. The method takes advantage of high-speed DNA hybridization and denaturation on beads under flow conditions, high fidelity of DNA hybridization, and small sample volumes. The microfluidic platform presented is saleable and applicable to many areas of modern biotechnology such as DNA hybridization chip microarrays, molecular computation, on-chip selection of functional nucleic acids, high-throughput screening of chemical libraries for drug discovery, and DNA amplification and sequencing.
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25. DNA Hybridization to Control Cellular Interactions
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Ariel L. Furst, Sarah H. Klass, and Matthew B. Francis
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0303 health sciences ,Biological studies ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Cell Communication ,DNA ,Computational biology ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Complementary DNA ,Humans ,Control (linguistics) ,Molecular Biology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
A key challenge in many biological studies is the inability to control the placement of cells in two and three dimensions. As our understanding of the importance of complexity in cellular communities increases, better tools are needed to control the spatial arrangements of cells. One universal method to govern these interactions is DNA hybridization, which relies on the inherent interaction between complementary DNA sequences. DNA hybridization has long been used to assemble complex structures of nanoparticles and more recently has been applied to the complex arrangements of cells. Using this technology, our understanding of biological interactions has significantly improved. Improvement of methods to control the interactions between cells provides powerful tools to test hypotheses about intercellular interactions, nutrient transfer, and complex diseases.
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- 2019
26. Bacillus acidinfaciens sp. nov., isolated from farmland soil
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Wenkai Ouyang, Yan Chen, Zhaojin Chen, Lunguang Yao, Le-Ni Sun, and Wei Tian
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DNA, Bacterial ,China ,Farms ,Bacillus ,Peptidoglycan ,Diaminopimelic Acid ,Microbiology ,Phylogenetics ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Phospholipids ,Phylogeny ,Soil Microbiology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Bacillus (shape) ,Base Composition ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Strain (chemistry) ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Fatty Acids ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Vitamin K 2 ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,General Medicine ,Ribosomal RNA ,biology.organism_classification ,16S ribosomal RNA ,Bacterial Typing Techniques ,Chemotaxonomy - Abstract
A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacterial strain, designated 3-2-2T, was isolated from field topsoil collected from a western suburb of Nanyang city, Henan province, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain 3-2-2T was a member of the genus Bacillus and most closely related to Bacillus fortis R-6514T (98.9 % similarity), Bacillus terrae RA9T (98.0 %) and Bacillus fordii R-7190T (97.7 %). A draft genome sequence determined for strain 3-2-2T revealed a DNA G+C content of 42.2 mol%. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values between 3-2-2T and the closely related Bacillus species ranged 79.4–84.2 % and 23.4–24.6 %. The major fatty acids of strain 3-2-2T were iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C14 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. meso-Diaminopimelic acid was detected in the peptidoglycan. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified phospholipid and an unidentified lipid. The results of phylogenetic analyses, in silico genomic comparisons, and chemotaxonomic and phenotypic analyses clearly indicated that strain 3-2-2T represents a novel species within the genus Bacillus , for which the name Bacillus acidinfaciens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 3-2-2T (=CGMCC 1.13685T=LMG 30839T).
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27. Triggerable Mutually Amplified Signal Probe Based SERS-Microfluidics Platform for the Efficient Enrichment and Quantitative Detection of miRNA
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Menglei Wang, Sujuan Ye, Zhenxing Wang, Na Zhang, and Xun Liu
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Detection limit ,Base Sequence ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Microfluidics ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Nanotechnology ,Spectrum Analysis, Raman ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Signal ,0104 chemical sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,MicroRNAs ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,Microfluidic chip ,Limit of Detection ,Lab-On-A-Chip Devices ,microRNA ,MCF-7 Cells ,Humans ,Spectrum analysis ,DNA Probes - Abstract
Sensitive detection of microRNAs (miRNAs) that serve as a disease marker could advance the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Many methods used for quantitative detection of miRNAs, such as PCR-based approaches or the hybridization chain reaction, have presented challenges due to the complicated and time-consuming-procedures that are required. In this manuscript, a simple triggerable mutually amplified signal (TMAS) probe was designed and enriched within the center of a microfluidic chip and then used for one-step quantitative detection of microRNAs via surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology. First, many mutually amplified double strands are produced via an enzyme-free target-strand displacement recycling reaction initiated by the target miRNA, that result in the generation of an enhanced SERS signal. Second, microfluidic chips that utilize alternating current (AC) electrokinetic flow technology produce efficient mixing and rapid concentration to improve the DNA hybridization rate and further enhance the SERS signal intensity. This method enables the sensitive and rapid detection of miR-21 in human breast cancer cells within 30 min with a detection limit of 2.33 fM. Compared with traditional methods, this novel method overcomes the shortcomings resulting from complex operations, and has the advantages of high sensitivity, short assay time, and reduced sample usage.
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- 2019
28. Combination of a flow cytometric bead system with 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for bacteria detection
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Peng Qi, Yan Zeng, and Dun Zhang
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DNA, Bacterial ,Target analysis ,02 engineering and technology ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,law ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Humans ,Multiplex ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Chromatography ,Bacteria ,Oligonucleotide ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Bacterial Infections ,Microbead (research) ,Amplicon ,Flow Cytometry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Bacterial Load ,0104 chemical sciences ,Oligonucleotide Probes ,0210 nano-technology ,DNA - Abstract
Here we report a bacteria detection method based on a flow cytometric bead system and 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was first used to acquire bacterial DNA including bacteria-specific sequences. Half of the resulting target DNA was then captured by a capture probe immobilized on a magnetic microbead (MB) surface. The other half of the target DNA was hybridized with a fluorescence-labeled signal probe. In this manner, a sandwich DNA hybridization involving a MB-based capture probe, the target DNA, and a signal probe was realized. The MB carriers modified with reporter dye were analyzed one by one by flow cytometry through a capillary. Using PCR amplicons and this flow cytometric bead system, a detection limit of 180 cfu mL−1 was achieved, along with high selectivity that permitted the discrimination of different targets when challenged with control bacteria targets and multiplexing capabilities that enabled the simultaneous detection of two kinds of bacteria. Given these advantages, the developed method can be used for the highly sensitive and specific PCR amplicon analysis of DNA extracted from a fresh bacterial culture, as well as multiplex target analysis.
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29. A fluorescence method for homogeneous detection of influenza A DNA sequence based on guanine‐quadruplex‐N‐methylmesoporphyrin IX complex and assistance‐DNA inhibition
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Yubin Li, Yinling Zhu, Wanshan Liu, and Liping Diao
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Guanine ,Biosensing Techniques ,G-quadruplex ,Fluorescence ,DNA sequencing ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,0302 clinical medicine ,Limit of Detection ,Virology ,Influenza, Human ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Detection limit ,Staining and Labeling ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,virus diseases ,Influenza a ,G-Quadruplexes ,Infectious Diseases ,Mesoporphyrins ,chemistry ,DNA, Viral ,Biophysics ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,DNA - Abstract
In his study, we report a fluorescence method for homogeneous detection of influenza A (H1N1) DNA sequence based on G-quadruplex-NMM complex and assistance-DNA (A-DNA) inhibition. The quadruplex-based functional DNA (QBF-DNA), composed of a complementary probe to the target H1N1 DNA sequence and G-rich fragment, was designed as the signal DNA. The A-DNA consisted of two parts, one part was complementary to target H1N1 DNA and the other part was complementary to the signal DNA. In the absence of target H1N1 DNA, the G-rich fragment of QBF-DNA can form G-quadruplex-NMM complex, which outputted a fluorescent signal. With the presence of target H1N1 DNA, QBF-DNA, and A-DNA can simultaneously hybridize with target H1N1 DNA to form double-helix structure. In this case, the A-DNA partially hybridized with the QBF-DNA, which inhibited the formation of G-quadruplex-NMM complex, leading to the decrease of fluorescent signal. Under the optimum conditions, the fluorescence intensity was inversely proportional to the concentration of target H1N1 DNA over the range from 25 to 700 pmol/L with a detection limit of 8 pmol/L. In addition, the method is target specific and practicability, and would become a new diagnostic assay for H1N1 DNA sequence and other infectious diseases.
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- 2019
30. Freezing promoted hybridization of very short DNA oligonucleotides
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Anand Lopez, Wentao Xu, Yuancong Xu, Kunlun Huang, and Juewen Liu
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Dna duplex ,Base Pair Mismatch ,Oligonucleotides ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,Freezing ,Materials Chemistry ,Benzothiazoles ,Fluorescent Dyes ,Base Sequence ,010405 organic chemistry ,Oligonucleotide ,Hybridization probe ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Metals and Alloys ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,General Chemistry ,Fluorescence ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Spectrometry, Fluorescence ,chemistry ,Quinolines ,Ceramics and Composites ,Biophysics ,DNA Probes - Abstract
Shorter DNA probes provide better specificity for hybridization, but they may not form stable duplexes at room temperature. In this study, we used thiazole orange to follow DNA hybridization upon freezing and achieved stable 5-mer duplex DNA. Using multiple short probes in tandem, long DNA could also be studied. This study provides insights into DNA hybridization in the frozen state and expands the application of freezing for nucleic acid chemistry.
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- 2019
31. A miniaturized electrochemical platform with an integrated PDMS reservoir for label-free DNA hybridization detection using nanostructured Au electrodes
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Dhruv Das, Siva Rama Krishna Vanjari, Suryasnata Tripathy, Jose Joseph, Saketh Pothuneedi, Shiv Govind Singh, and A. V. S. S. Narayana Rao
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Working electrode ,Materials science ,Nanotechnology ,Biosensing Techniques ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,Limit of Detection ,Electrochemistry ,Humans ,Environmental Chemistry ,Electrodes ,Spectroscopy ,Detection limit ,Base Sequence ,BRCA1 Protein ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Reproducibility of Results ,Electrochemical Techniques ,Dengue Virus ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,DNA, Viral ,Electrode ,Gold ,Differential pulse voltammetry ,DNA Probes ,0210 nano-technology ,Selectivity ,Biosensor ,Microfabrication - Abstract
We report the fabrication and characterization of a miniaturized electrochemical platform for the label-free detection of DNA hybridization. The proposed platform is fabricated using microfabrication and electrodeposition techniques. Comprising a Ti working electrode with electrodeposited Au nanostructures, and Pt/Au pseudo-reference and counter electrodes, the device accounts for a limit of detection of 0.97 fM and a sensitivity of 20.78 (μA μM-1) cm-2 with respect to Dengue virus specific consensus primer detection in the range of 10 fM-1 μM. Here, the incorporation of nanostructured Au in the active sensing area not only enhances the current response by increasing the overall surface area, but it also facilitates facile probe DNA immobilization by gold-thiol self-assembly. We have used differential pulse voltammetry analysis in this study to monitor the changes in reaction kinetics with respect to target hybridization. Furthermore, the evaluation of reproducibility of the biosensor and its selectivity against interference has yielded acceptable outcomes. Additionally, in order to evaluate the system's selectivity, we have successfully distinguished PCR amplified wild type and mutant target DNAs corresponding to the BRCA1 specific gene. Here, the mutant and the wild type target DNAs differ by a two base deletion, and the fact that the system is able to differentiate even such minute dissimilarities under hybridization conditions is indicative of its superior performance.
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- 2019
32. Nitrogen doped chiral carbonaceous nanotube for ultrasensitive DNA direct electrochemistry, DNA hybridization and damage study
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Yufan Zhang, Mengjing Cui, Mingxuan Fu, Yuexian Liu, Qiuyue Zhao, Qi Zhang, Haiyang Wang, Xinyu Fan, and Huan Wang
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inorganic chemicals ,Nanotube ,Nitrogen ,DNA damage ,Biosensing Techniques ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,Electrocatalyst ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,Animals ,Environmental Chemistry ,Spectroscopy ,Detection limit ,Nanotubes, Carbon ,organic chemicals ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,Electrochemical Techniques ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Combinatorial chemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Cattle ,0210 nano-technology ,Biosensor ,DNA Damage - Abstract
In the interest of developing novel electrocatalyst for high performance DNA biosensing, with distinctive chiral double helix nanostructure, nitrogen doped chiral carbonaceous nanotube (Chiral-CNT) was employed for ultrasensitive label-free DNA biosensing research. Chiral-CNT can quantitative detection of four DNA bases with high sensitivity and selectivity. Without any prehydrolysis and labeling process, direct electrochemistry of single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA, qualitative and quantitative detection of DNA hybridization (low detection limit: 0.0268 g L−1) were realized. Moreover, sensitive detection of DNA damage induced by fenton reagent was also realized with low detection limit of 0.0350 mg mL−1 and high sensitivity of 7.42 μA mg−1 mL. The high biosensing performance attributes to the unique chiral structure of Chiral-CNT, leads to efficient interreaction between Chiral-CNT and DNA molecule.
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- 2018
33. Detection of average methylation level of specific genes by binary-probe hybridization
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Xin-Ying Zhong, Ying-Lin Zhou, Jia-Hui Dong, Yue Yu, Xin-Xiang Zhang, and Qian-Yu Zhou
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Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Hybridization probe ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Context (language use) ,Methylation ,Computational biology ,Biosensing Techniques ,DNA ,DNA Methylation ,Analytical Chemistry ,Bisulfite ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,CpG site ,DNA methylation ,DNA Probes - Abstract
We developed a simple and highly-selective method for 5-methylcytosine detection of specific gene sequence based on binary-probe DNA hybridization. The sequence complementary to the target was designed into two probes, and each fragment of binary probes bound to a relatively short sequence of the target, which made it sensitive to the base mismatches introduced by bisulfite treatment. The advantages of a low detection limit of methylation abundance of 0.1% for the fully methylated target and high sensitivity of 10 pM have been proved by the successful design of binary-probe hybridization. The successful design of the binary probes makes it possible to quantify the average methylation levels of five CpG sites. Thirty-two DNA strands containing 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 CpG sites were successfully analyzed with the same pair of binary probes. The higher the average methylation level of the target was, the higher the degree of the hybridization reaction. Based on the simple construction of the binary-probe hybridization, the developed biosensor exhibited signals proportional to the average methylation level of the vimentin gene and could evaluate the average methylation level of artificial mixtures. Furthermore, the method has been used to detect vimentin methylation in a genomic context with good specificity, which indicated its potential in the pre-diagnosis of methylation related disease.
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34. Modeling Effects of Surface Properties and Probe Density for Nanoscale Biosensor Design: A Case Study of DNA Hybridization near Surfaces
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Chia-en A. Chang and Timothy Cholko
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Materials science ,Surface Properties ,DNA, Single-Stranded ,Bioengineering ,Biosensing Techniques ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,Molecular recognition ,Engineering ,Single-Stranded ,0103 physical sciences ,Monolayer ,Materials Chemistry ,Miniaturization ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,010304 chemical physics ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Rational design ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Chemical physics ,Physical Sciences ,Chemical Sciences ,Brownian dynamics ,DNA Probes ,Biosensor - Abstract
Electrochemical biosensors have extremely robust applications while offering ease of preparation, miniaturization, and tunability. By adjusting the arrangement and properties of immobilized probes on the sensor surface to optimize target–probe association, one can design highly sensitive and efficient sensors. In electrochemical nucleic acid biosensors, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is widely used as a tunable surface with inserted DNA or RNA probes to detect target sequences. The effects of inhomogeneous probe distribution across surfaces are difficult to study experimentally due to inadequate resolution. Regions of high probe density may inhibit hybridization with targets, and the magnitude of the effect may vary depending on the hybridization mechanism on a given surface. Another fundamental question concerns diffusion and hybridization of DNA taking place on surfaces and whether it speeds up or hinders molecular recognition. We used all-atom Brownian dynamics simulations to help answer these questions by simulating the hybridization process of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) targets with a ssDNA probe on polar, nonpolar, and anionic SAMs at three different probe surface densities. Moreover, we simulated three tightly packed probe clusters by modeling clusters with different interprobe spacing on two different surfaces. Our results indicate that hybridization efficiency depends strongly on finding a balance that allows attractive forces to steer target DNA toward probes without anchoring it to the surface. Furthermore, we found that the hybridization rate becomes severely hindered when interprobe spacing is less than or equal to the target DNA length, proving the need for a careful design to both enhance target–probe association and avoid steric hindrance. We developed a general kinetic model to predict hybridization times and found that it works accurately for typical probe densities. These findings elucidate basic features of nanoscale biosensors, which can aid in rational design efforts and help explain trends in experimental hybridization rates at different probe densities.
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35. Reproducibility of subgingival bacterial samples from patients with peri-implant mucositis.
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Hallström, Hadar, Persson, G., Strömberg, Ulf, Twetman, Svante, and Renvert, Stefan
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MUCOSITIS , *DENTAL implants , *ORAL microbiology , *NUCLEIC acid hybridization , *MEDICAL needs assessment , *COHEN'S kappa coefficient (Statistics) , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the reproducibility of bacterial enumeration from subsequent subgingival samples collected from patients with peri-implant mucositis. Material and methods: Duplicate microbial samples from 222 unique implant sites in 45 adult subjects were collected with paper points and analyzed using the checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization technique. Whole genomic probes of 74 preselected bacterial species were used. Based on the bacterial scores, Cohen's kappa coefficient was used to calculate the inter-annotator agreement for categorical data. The percentage agreement was considered as 'good' when the two samples showed the same score or differed by 1 to the power of 10. Results: Moderate to fair kappa values were displayed for all bacterial species in the test panel (range 0.21-0.58). There were no significant differences between Gram-positive and Gram-negative species. The percentage of good agreement between the first and second samples averaged 74.7 % ( n = 74; range 56-83 %), while the proportion of poor agreement ranged from 1 to 19 % for the various strains. Conclusion: While an acceptable clinical agreement was obtained in most cases, diverging bacterial scores may appear in subgingival samples collected at the same time point from patients with peri-implant mucositis. Clinical relevance: The broad bulky base of implant crowns may present an obstacle for the collection of reproducible subgingival samples with paper points. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. Development of Electrochemical DNA Biosensor for Equine Hindgut Acidosis Detection
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Christopher Gwenin, Joshua Davies, Carol Thomas, and Mohammad Rizwan
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DNA hybridization ,Firmicutes ,02 engineering and technology ,Biosensing Techniques ,lcsh:Chemical technology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Article ,Analytical Chemistry ,Mitsuokella jalaludinii ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Adsorptive stripping voltammetry ,Animals ,lcsh:TP1-1185 ,Streptococcus equinus ,Horses ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Instrumentation ,Electrodes ,Gel electrophoresis ,biology ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,equine hindgut acidosis ,DNA ,Electrochemical Techniques ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,biology.organism_classification ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Streptococcus bovis ,electrochemical biosensor ,point-of-care testing ,Gold ,Cyclic voltammetry ,0210 nano-technology ,Acidosis ,DNA Probes ,Biosensor ,Bacteria ,laminitis ,veterinary diagnostics - Abstract
The pH drop in the hindgut of the horse is caused by lactic acid-producing bacteria which are abundant when a horse’s feeding regime is excessively carbohydrate rich. This drop in pH below six causes hindgut acidosis and may lead to laminitis. Lactic acid-producing bacteria Streptococcus equinus and Mitsuokella jalaludinii have been found to produce high amounts of L-lactate and D-lactate, respectively. Early detection of increased levels of these bacteria could allow the horse owner to tailor the horse’s diet to avoid hindgut acidosis and subsequent laminitis. Therefore, 16s ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) sequences were identified and modified to obtain target single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from these bacteria. Complementary single stranded DNAs were designed from the modified target sequences to form capture probes. Binding between capture probe and target single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (ssDNA) in solution has been studied by gel electrophoresis. Among pairs of different capture probes and target single stranded DNA, hybridization of Streptococcus equinus capture probe 1 (SECP1) and Streptococcus equinus target 1 (SET1) was portrayed as gel electrophoresis. Adsorptive stripping voltammetry was utilized to study the binding of thiol modified SECP1 over gold on glass substrates and these studies showed a consistent binding signal of thiol modified SECP1 and their hybridization with SET1 over the gold working electrode. Cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were employed to examine the binding of thiol modified SECP1 on the gold working electrode and hybridization of thiol modified SECP1 with the target single stranded DNA. Both demonstrated the gold working electrode surface was modified with a capture probe layer and hybridization of the thiol bound ssDNA probe with target DNA was indicated. Therefore, the proposed electrochemical biosensor has the potential to be used for the detection of the non-synthetic bacterial DNA target responsible for equine hindgut acidosis.
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37. Presence of an EML4-ALK Gene Fusion Detected by Microfluidic Chip DNA Hybridization
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Paul C.H. Li, Christopher Oberc, and Montek Boparai
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0301 basic medicine ,Oncogene Proteins, Fusion ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lab-On-A-Chip Devices ,Sense (molecular biology) ,Anaplastic lymphoma kinase ,Humans ,Biochip ,Molecular Biology ,Gene ,Fusion ,Oncogene ,Base Sequence ,Chemistry ,Oligonucleotide ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Organic Chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,General Medicine ,Molecular biology ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for ∼80-85% of all lung cancer cases, and the EML4-ALK fusion oncogene is a well-known contributor to NSCLC cases. Expensive methods such as FISH, IHC, and NGS have been used to detect the EML4-ALK fusion oncogene. Here, a cost-effective and facile method of detecting and differentiating an EML4-ALK fusion oncogene from the wild-type gene has been accomplished by DNA hybridization using the microfluidic biochip. First, oligonucleotide probes were confirmed for successful detection of immobilized sense strands. Second, capture of the sense PCR product strands (fusion and WT) and their subsequent detection and differentiation were accomplished. Our proof-of-concept study shows the ability to detect 1% fusion products, among WT ones.
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- 2021
38. The development of an electrochemical DNA biosensor based on quercetin as a new electroactive indicator for DNA hybridization detection
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Shokoufeh Moradi, Sheida Norouzi, and Esmaeel Alipour
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Detection limit ,Chromatography ,Oligonucleotide ,General Chemical Engineering ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,General Engineering ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Biosensing Techniques ,DNA ,Electrochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Complementary sequences ,Complementary DNA ,Quercetin ,Biosensor ,Electrodes - Abstract
An electrochemical DNA biosensor was designed for the detection of a specific target DNA after hybridization with a complementary DNA probe immobilized onto a glassy carbon electrode surface. Quercetin was successfully used as a new electroactive indicator for the hybridization detection. Different interactions of quercetin with single-stranded DNA (ss-DNA) and double-stranded DNA (ds-DNA) led to different electrochemical signals, which were recorded as cyclic and differential pulse voltammograms enabling hybridization detection. Various parameters influencing the biosensor performance were evaluated, and optimized conditions were obtained. Also, the detection limit of 83 pM with a relative standard deviation of 4.6% was obtained for the determination of complementary oligonucleotides. Then, the developed biosensor was applied successively for the detection of short sequences of hepatitis C virus (HCV1). The hybridization between the probe (PHCV1) and its complementary sequence (HCV1a) as the target was studied. Some hybridization experiments with noncomplementary oligonucleotides also showed that the suggested DNA sensor responds selectively to the target.
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- 2021
39. Exploiting SERS sensitivity to monitor DNA aggregation properties
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Paolo Postorino, Debora Caprara, Marina Ceccarini, Angela Capocefalo, Caterina Petrillo, and Francesca Ripanti
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Materials science ,Silver ,DNA, Single-Stranded ,Metal Nanoparticles ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,Hydroxylamine ,Spectrum Analysis, Raman ,Melting profile ,Nucleic Acid Denaturation ,Biochemistry ,DNA sequencing ,Silver nanoparticle ,DNA self-assembly ,SERS spectroscopy ,Silver nanoparticles ,Base Pairing ,DNA ,Single-Stranded ,Desiccation ,Hydrogen Bonding ,Solutions ,Spectrum Analysis ,Raman ,Temperature ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Structural Biology ,Complementary DNA ,Molecular Biology ,Plasmon ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Melting pmfile ,Hydrogen bond ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,General Medicine ,Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,chemistry ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
In the last decades, DNA has been considered far more than the system carrying the essential genetic instructions. Indeed, because of the remarkable properties of the base-pairing specificity and thermoreversibility of the interactions, DNA plays a central role in the design of innovative architectures at the nanoscale. Here, combining complementary DNA strands with a custom-made solution of silver nanoparticles, we realize plasmonic aggregates to exploit the sensitivity of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the identification/detection of the distinctive features of DNA hybridization, both in solution and on dried samples. Moreover, SERS allows monitoring the DNA aggregation process by following the temperature variation of a specific spectroscopic marker associated with the Watson-Crick hydrogen bond formation. This temperature-dependent behavior enables us to precisely reconstruct the melting profile of the selected DNA sequences by spectroscopic measurements only.
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40. Statistical physics of DNA hybridization
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Tommaso Bellini, Stefano Marni, Samir Suweis, Amos Maritan, and Carlos A. Plata
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Physics ,Base Sequence ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Models, Theoretical ,01 natural sciences ,Melting curve analysis ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Biotechnological process ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,Complementary sequences ,0103 physical sciences ,Thermodynamic limit ,Thermodynamics ,Statistical physics ,Limit (mathematics) ,010306 general physics - Abstract
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hybridization is at the heart of countless biological and biotechnological processes. Its theoretical modeling played a crucial role, since it has enabled extracting the relevant thermodynamic parameters from systematic measurements of DNA melting curves. In this article, we propose a framework based on statistical physics to describe DNA hybridization and melting in an arbitrary mixture of DNA strands. In particular, we are able to analytically derive closed expressions of the system partition functions for any number $N$ of strings and explicitly calculate them in two paradigmatic situations: (i) a system made of self-complementary sequences and (ii) a system comprising two mutually complementary sequences. We derive the melting curve in the thermodynamic limit ($N\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$) of our description, which provides a full justification for the extra entropic contribution that in classic hybridization modeling was required to correctly describe within the same framework the melting of sequences either self-complementary or not. We thus provide a thorough study comprising limit cases and alternative approaches showing how our framework can give a comprehensive view of hybridization and melting phenomena.
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- 2020
41. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA signature sequences of the genus Idiomarina and Idiomarina woesei sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the Andaman Sea.
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Poddar, Abhijit, Lepcha, Rinchen T., Mukherjee, Debasish, Bhattacharyya, Dhananjay, and Das, Subrata K.
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RIBOSOMAL RNA , *RNA sequencing , *MARINE bacteria , *GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria , *BACTERIAL growth , *NUCLEIC acid hybridization - Abstract
A Gram-negative, short rod, aerobic bacterium, designated W11 T , was isolated from seawater. Heterotrophic growth was observed at 10–45 °C and pH 6–10. Optimal growth was observed at 30–37 °C and pH 7–9. It can grow in the presence of 0.5–12% NaCl (w/v), and the optimal NaCl required for growth was 5–6%. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity revealed that strain W11 T clustered within the radiation of the genus Idiomarina and showed 99.24% similarity with Idiomarina donghaiensis JCM 15533 T , 97.64% with Idiomarina marina JCM 15083 T , 97.37% with Idiomarina tainanensis JCM 15084 T and 97.16% with Idiomarina maritima JCM 15534 T . DNA–DNA similarities between strains W11 T with other closely related strains were below 70%. Polar lipids included a phosphatidylgylycerol, a diphosphatidylglycerol, a phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified phosopholipid, two unidentified aminolipids and two unidentified lipids. DNA G + C content was 41.2 ± 0.1 mol%. Major fatty acids were iso-C 15:0 , iso-C 17:0 , iso-C 17:1 ω 9c, C 16:0 , iso-C 11:0 3OH and C 16:1 ω 7c/C 16:1 ω 7c. The isoprenoid ubiquinone was Q8. On the basis of the present polyphasic taxonomic study, strain W11 T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Idiomarina , for which the name Idiomarina woesei sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is W11 T (= DSM 27808 T = JCM 19499 T = LMG 27903 T ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. Description of Lysinibacillus pakistanensis.
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Ahmed, Iftikhar, Sin, Yeseul, Paek, Jayoung, Ehsan, Muhammad, Hayat, Rifat, Iqbal, Muhammad, and Young Hyo Chang
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BACILLACEAE , *BIOLOGICAL nomenclature , *BACTERIOLOGY , *PROKARYOTES , *NUCLEIC acid hybridization , *RIBOSOMAL RNA - Abstract
The purpose of this addendum is to provide the additional information for validation of Lysinibacillus pakistanensis sp. nov. as a new name under the procedure described in the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). The strain NCCP-54T recently published, however it does not meet the basic requirement as it lacks species description according to the rules of International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Additionally, the data on DNA-DNA hybridization was required with all the validly recognized species having more than 97% similarity of 16S rRNA gene sequence. The results of this study showed that DNA-DNA relatedness of strain NCCP-54T is below 70% with all the validly recognized species to date. The diagnostic amino acids in cell wall peptidoglycans were re-analyzed and contained Lys-Asp (type A4α). This addendum also provides the formal description of Lysinibacillus pakistanensis sp. nov. © 2014 Friends Science Publishers [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
43. Ultrasensitive detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a rapid and specific probe-triggered one-step, simultaneous DNA hybridization and isothermal amplification combined with a lateral flow dipstick
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Wansika Kiatpathomchai, Sarawut Sirithammajak, Kobporn Boonnak, Narong Arunrut, Wansadaj Jaroenram, Therdsak Prammananan, Pakapreud Khumwan, Angkana Chaiprasert, Jantana Kampeera, and Sarinya Jaitrong
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DNA, Bacterial ,0301 basic medicine ,030106 microbiology ,Loop-mediated isothermal amplification ,lcsh:Medicine ,Computational biology ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Article ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Humans ,Tuberculosis ,lcsh:Science ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Chemistry ,Hybridization probe ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Infectious-disease diagnostics ,lcsh:R ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,food and beverages ,Dipstick ,biology.organism_classification ,eye diseases ,030104 developmental biology ,Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ,lcsh:Q ,DNA Probes ,Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques ,PCR-based techniques ,DNA - Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an insidious scourge that has afflicted millions of people worldwide. Although there are many rapid methods to detect it based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a lateral flow dipstick (LFD), this study made further improvements using a new set of primers to enhance LAMP performance and a novel DNA probe system to simplify detection and increase specificity. The new probe system eliminates the post-LAMP hybridization step typically required for LFD assays by allowing co-hybridization and amplification of target DNA in one reaction while preventing self-polymerization that could lead to false-positive results. The improved assay was named Probe-Triggered, One-Step, Simultaneous DNA Hybridization and LAMP Integrated with LFD (SH-LAMP-LFD). SH-LAMP-LFD was simpler to perform and more sensitive than previously reported LAMP-LFD and PCR methods by 100 and 1000 times, respectively. It could detect a single cell of Mtb. The absence of cross-reactivity with 23 non-TB bacteria, and accurate test results with all 104 blind clinical samples have highlighted its accuracy. Its robustness and portability make SH-LAMP-LFD suitable for users in both low and high resource settings.
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- 2020
44. Plasma treated graphene FET sensor for the DNA hybridization detection
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Baoyuan Man, Yang Sun, Jie Pan, Guangcan Wang, Tiying Zhu, Cheng Yang, Yaping Xia, Shuo Chen, and Hua-Min Li
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Transistors, Electronic ,Plasma treatment ,02 engineering and technology ,Biosensing Techniques ,01 natural sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,law.invention ,Negative shift ,law ,business.industry ,Chemistry ,Graphene ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Dna concentration ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Plasma ,DNA ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Optoelectronics ,Surface modification ,Field-effect transistor ,Graphite ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Room-temperature plasma treated graphene based FET was firstly proposed for the DNA hybridization detection. Affinity and electrical properties of the graphene based DNA-FET sensor were studied and improved benefits from the surface modification. The facile room-temperature Ar plasma easily removes residues from the graphene surface and changes the hydrophilic properties of graphene, which is important for our solution gated DNA-FET sensor. Limit of the detection of below 10 aM is obtained in our experiment. Especially, DNA concentration (CDNA)/the amount of net drain current (ΔI) and the negative shift in the VCNP value of the GFET sensor with the plasma treated 30 s are all improved compared with that without treatment. It shows that the easily plasma treatment of the graphene surface can be used for the solution gated FET sensor.
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- 2020
45. Combining Qdot Nanotechnology and DNA Nanotechnology for Sensitive Single-cell Imaging
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Xiaohu Gao, Brian J. Beliveau, Yan Han, and Wen Zhou
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Materials science ,Cell ,02 engineering and technology ,Computational biology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Multiplexing ,Article ,DNA nanotechnology ,Quantum Dots ,medicine ,Humans ,Nanotechnology ,General Materials Science ,Bioconjugation ,biology ,Mechanical Engineering ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,DNA ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Primary and secondary antibodies ,0104 chemical sciences ,Molecular Imaging ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Mechanics of Materials ,biology.protein ,Immunohistochemistry ,Single-Cell Analysis ,0210 nano-technology ,Immunostaining ,HeLa Cells - Abstract
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) can provide detailed information about protein expression within the cell microenvironment and is one of the most common techniques in biology and medicine due to the broad availability of highly specific antibodies and well-established bioconjugation methods for modification of these antibodies with chromogens and fluorophores. Despite recent advances in this field, it remains challenging to simultaneously achieve high multiplexing, sensitivity, and throughput in single-cell profiling experiments. Here, the combination of two powerful technologies is reported, quantum dot and signal amplification by exchange reaction (QD-SABER), for sensitive and multiplexed imaging of endogenous proteins. Compared to the conventional IHC process using dye-labeled secondary antibodies (which already has a built-in signal amplification mechanism), QD-SABER provides an additional 7.6-fold signal amplification. In addition, the DNA hybridization-based IHC can be rapidly removed to regenerate the sample for subsequent cycles of immunostaining (>10 cycles), greatly expanding the multiplexing capability.
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- 2020
46. One-step and DNA amplification-free detection of Listeria monocytogenes in ham samples: Combining magnetic relaxation switching and DNA hybridization reaction
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Yue Li, Zhilong Wang, Rongsheng Lu, Xiaobao Qi, Jiawei Liu, and Yiping Chen
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DNA, Bacterial ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Magnetic separation ,One-Step ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,Listeria monocytogenes ,medicine ,Chromatography ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Magnetic Phenomena ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,equipment and supplies ,Dna amplification ,040401 food science ,0104 chemical sciences ,Meat Products ,Food Microbiology ,Magnetic nanoparticles ,Nanoparticles ,DNA Probes ,human activities ,Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques ,DNA ,Food Science - Abstract
Early screening of L. monocytogenes in ready-to-eat food can prevent and control its harmful effects. In this study, we propose a highly sensitive magnetic DNA sensor based on nucleic acid hybridization reaction and magnetic signal readout. We design the L. monocytogenes specific probe1 and probe2 and label them on the 30 and 250 nm magnetic nanoparticles, respectively. The hybridization reaction between the magnetic probes and DNA of L. monocytogenes could form a sandwich nanocomplex. After magnetic separation, the unbound MNP30–probe2 can act as the transverse relaxation time (T2) signal readout probe. This assay allows the one-step detection of L. monocytogenes as low as 50 CFU/mL within 2 h without DNA amplification, and the average recovery in the spiked ham sausage samples can reach 92.6%. This system integrates the high sensitivity of magnetic sensing and high efficiency of hybridization reaction, providing a promising detection platform for pathogens.
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47. Label-Free Sensing of Biorecognition on Liposomes
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Martin K. Rasmussen, Rodolphe Marie, and Jonas Nyvold Pedersen
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Bioengineering ,Immobilization-free ,Exosome ,Nanofluidic sensor ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Zeta potential ,Surface charge ,Instrumentation ,Fluorescent Dyes ,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Liposome ,Mimetic membranes ,Chemistry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Proteins ,DNA ,Diffusiophoresis ,Drug delivery ,Liposomes ,Biophysics ,Label-free ,Macromolecule - Abstract
Nanometer-sized liposomes decorated with macromolecules are increasingly used as drug delivery vehicles due to their long lifetimes and target cell specificity, but surface characterization methods often change their properties, which leads to incorrect results. Ligand binding is commonly applied for characterizing these surface modifications. Here, we use a nanofluidic-based label-free sensor for real-time sensing of ligands binding to liposomes. The liposomes are trapped in a nanochannel with a salt concentration gradient, and as the trapping position depends on the liposomes' zeta potential, it changes when charged ligands bind to the liposomes. Our sensing method does not require immobilization of the liposomes or labeling of the ligands with fluorophores, which may both affect the sensing. The zeta potential sensing is demonstrated by measuring hybridization of DNA targets with complementary DNA probes on liposome surfaces. DNA hybridization is monitored for both ensembles and individual liposomes, the latter allows for analysis of ensemble heterogeneity, and we demonstrate sensitivity to changes in surface charge down to 1.5%. DNA hybridization is used to demonstrate label-free sensing, but the method also has potential applications within exosome characterization, where biorecognition of, e.g., surface DNA, proteins, and antibodies is a promising candidate for early stage cancer diagnostics.
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- 2020
48. Modestobacter excelsi sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a high altitude Atacama Desert soil
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Patrycja Golińska, Adnan Yaramis, Alan T. Bull, Michael Goodfellow, Magdalena Świecimska, Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz, José Mariano Igual, National Science Centre (Poland), Igual, José Mariano, and Igual, José Mariano [0000-0002-5080-0378]
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DNA, Bacterial ,Stress tolerance ,Peptidoglycan ,Biology ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Genome ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Species Specificity ,Phylogenetics ,Stress, Physiological ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Whole genome sequence ,Genome size ,Gene ,Modestobacter excelsi ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phospholipids ,Soil Microbiology ,Phylogeny ,030304 developmental biology ,Atacama Desert ,Genetics ,Whole genome sequencing ,0303 health sciences ,030306 microbiology ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,Altitude ,Fatty Acids ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Vitamin K 2 ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,16S ribosomal RNA ,Actinobacteria ,chemistry ,Polyphasic taxonomy ,Desert Climate ,Genome, Bacterial - Abstract
40 páginas, 3 tabla, 1 figura, 3 figuras suplementarias. -- The definitive version is available at http://www.elsevier.com, A polyphasic study was undertaken to establish the taxonomic status of three Modestobacter strains isolated from a high altitude Atacama Desert soil. The isolates, strains 1G6T, 1G14 and 1G50, showed chemotaxonomic and morphological properties characteristic of members of the genus Modestobacter. The peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, the whole cell sugars were glucose and ribose (diagnostic sugars) and arabinose, the predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4), polar lipid patterns contained diphosphatidylglycerol, glycophosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylethanolamine (diagnostic component), phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositol while whole cellular fatty acid profiles consisted of complex mixtures of saturated, unsaturated iso- and anteiso-components. The isolates were shown to have different BOX-PCR fingerprint and physiological profiles. They formed a distinct phyletic line in Modestobacter 16S rRNA gene trees, were most closely related to the type strain of Modestobacter italicus (99.9 % similarity) but were distinguished from this and other closely related Modestobacter type strains using a combination of phenotypic properties. Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA:DNA hybridization similarities between the draft genome sequences of isolate 1G6T and M. italicus BC 501T were 90.9 % and 42.3 %, respectively, indicating that they belong to different species. Based on these phenotypic and genotypic data it is proposed that the isolates be assigned to a novel species in the genus Modestobacter, namely as Modestobacter excelsi with isolate 1G6T (=DSM 107535T =PCM 3004T) as the type strain. Analysis of the whole genome sequence of M. excelsi 1G6T (genome size of 5.26 Mb) showed the presence of genes and gene clusters that encode for properties that are in tune with its adaptation to extreme environmental conditions that prevail in the Atacama Desert biome., This work was supported by Grant No. 2017/01/X/NZ8/00140 from the National Science Centre (NCN) of Poland. Genome sequencing was provided by MicrobesNG (https://www.microbesng.uk) which is supported by the BBSRC (grant number BB/L024209/1).
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- 2020
49. Application of a reverse dot blot DNA-DNA hydridization method to quantify host-feeding tendencies of two sibling species in the Anopheles gambiae complex.
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FRITZ, M. L., MILLER, J. R., BAYOH, M. N., VULULE, J. M., LANDGRAF, J. R., and WALKER, E. D.
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MOLECULAR biology , *NUCLEIC acid hybridization , *MOLECULAR genetics , *ANOPHELES gambiae , *POLYMERASE chain reaction , *CYTOCHROME b , *NUCLEIC acids - Abstract
A DNA-DNA hybridization method, reverse dot blot analysis (RDBA), was used to identify Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) hosts. Of 299 blood-fed and semi-gravid An. gambiae s.l. collected from Kisian, Kenya, 244 individuals were identifiable to species; of these, 69.5% were An. arabiensis and 29.5% were An. gambiae s.s. Host identifications with RDBA were comparable with those of conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by direct sequencing of amplicons of the vertebrate mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Of the 174 amplicon-producing samples used to compare these two methods, 147 were identifiable by direct sequencing and 139 of these were identifiable by RDBA. Anopheles arabiensis bloodmeals were mostly (94.6%) bovine in origin, whereas An. gambiae s.s. fed upon humans more than 91.8% of the time. Tests by RDBA detected that two of 112 An. arabiensis contained blood from more than one host species, whereas PCR and direct sequencing did not. Recent use of insecticide-treated bednets in Kisian is likely to have caused the shift in the dominant vector species from An. gambiae s.s. to An. arabiensis. Reverse dot blot analysis provides an opportunity to study changes in host-feeding by members of the An. gambiae complex in response to the broadening distribution of vector control measures targeting host-selection behaviours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Hierarchical Nanostructuring Array Enhances Mid-Hybridization for Accurate Herbal Identification via ITS2 DNA Barcode
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Ruixue Shi, Lei Xu, Bisheng Huang, Li Liu, Guo-Jun Zhang, Hao Lu, Zhigang Hu, Hezhen Wu, Yanju Liu, Shilin Chen, and Fan Yang
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Plants, Medicinal ,DNA, Plant ,Chemistry ,DNA–DNA hybridization ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Nucleic Acid Hybridization ,Biointerface ,Nanotechnology ,Electrochemical Techniques ,Amplicon ,010402 general chemistry ,Barcode ,01 natural sciences ,DNA barcoding ,0104 chemical sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,law.invention ,Nanostructures ,Nucleic acid thermodynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,law ,DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic ,Identification (biology) ,DNA ,Drugs, Chinese Herbal - Abstract
It remains a technical challenge to accurately identify close species of herbal medicines, especially from adulterants, because of their highly identical phenotypes and chemical compositions. Here, we report a direct, sequencing-free, high-curvature nanostructuring-based electrochemical herb sensor (nanoE-herb sensor) to identify herbal species quickly and accurately using ITS2 barcodes. We engineer a nano-roughened carbon-supported gold nanostructuring array by photolithograph-free, one-step electrodeposition. The 3D fractal nanostructures exhibit a high deflection angle that largely enhances DNA hybridization efficiency, particularly for the midcomplementary hybridization, as compared to the 2D planar surface. More importantly, such a trans-scale array biointerface (including macroscale carbon and nanoscale gold branches) can overcome the detection barrier of slow diffusion of a long genomic sequence and inaccessibility of the sequestered variations in ITS2 secondary structures through the out-protruded 3D functional nanostructures. Our nanoE-herb sensor achieves a detection limit of 0.18 fM for the 64-mer fragment of saffron ITS2 barcode with midhybridization and shows superior specificity against even single-base mismatch. The sensor also precisely differentiates saffron from six other adulterants by directly detecting unpurified asymmetric PCR amplicons (∼500 bp) with ITS2 sequences, suggesting its great potential in the field identification of herbal medicinal species and pathogenic bacteria with specific DNA barcodes.
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- 2019
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