ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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IF 10.383
Tongtong Guo,Yuanhang Xiang,Hao Lu,Minmin Huang,Fengfei Liu,Min Fang,Jia Liu,Yujin Tang,Xinchun Li,Fan Yang
Interfacial DNA self-assembly is fundamental to solid nucleic acid biosensors, whereas how to improve the signal-to-noise ratio has always been a challenge, especially in the charge-based electrochemical DNA sensors because of the large noise from the negatively charged DNA capture probes. Here, we report a DNA framework-reversed signal-gain strategy through background-to-signal transition for ultrasensitive and highly specific electrical detection of microRNAs (miRNAs) in blood. By using a model of enzyme-catalyzed deposition of conductive molecules (polyaniline) targeting to DNA, we observed the highest signal contribution per unit area by the highly charged three-dimensional (3D) tetrahedral DNA framework probe, relative to the modest of two-dimensional (2D) polyA probe and the lowest of one-dimensional (1D) single-stranded (ss)DNA probe, suggesting the positive correlation of background DNA charge with signal enhancement. Using such an effective signal-transition design, the DNA framework-based electrochemical sensor achieves ultrasensitive miRNAs detection with sensitivity up to 0.29 fM (at least 10-fold higher than that with 1D ssDNA or 2D polyA probes) and high specificity with single-base resolution. More importantly, this high-performance sensor allows for a generalized sandwich detection of tumor-associated miRNAs in the complex matrices (multiple cell lysates and blood serum) and further distinguishes the tumor patients (e.g., breast, lung, and liver cancer) from the normal individuals. These advantages signify the promise of this miRNA sensor as a versatile tool in precision diagnosis.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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分析化学
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生物医学工程
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 8.5
Yu Zou,Wanshan Wang,Fengyin Duan,Wen Yun,Hong Chen,Yiping Li,Lizhu Yang
An ultrasensitive fluorescence detection strategy of chloramphenicol (CAP) was developed based on product catalysis of tetrahedral DNA framework (TDF) and fluorescent quenching of MIL-101(Fe). The product was used to catalyze the reaction. As the concentration of catalyst increased, the reaction time was significantly shorted to 21 min which was much shorter than other isothermal amplification technologies. Moreover, the multiple fluorophores of TDF and high efficient quenching ability of MIL-101(Fe) provided better performance with a linear range for CAP detecting from 1.6 pM to 80 pM and the limit of detection (LOD) as low as 0.67 pM. In addition, it also demonstrated good specificity and resistance to interference from other related antibiotics. Importantly, this strategy exhibited satisfactory relative standard deviation and recovery results for practical application, exhibiting a favorable application prospect in CAP analysis.
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Nature Communications
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2024
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IF 14.7
Zhou Zhixin,Han Bing,Wang Yu,Lin Nina,Zhou Zhongqiu,Zhang Yuan,Bai Ying,Shen Ling,Shen Yanfei,Zhang Yuanjian,Yao Honghong
While circular RNAs (circRNAs) exhibit lower abundance compared to corresponding linear RNAs, they demonstrate potent biological functions. Nevertheless, challenges arise from the low concentration and distinctive structural features of circRNAs, rendering existing methods operationally intricate and less sensitive. Here, we engineer an intelligent tetrahedral DNA framework (TDF) possessing precise spatial pattern-recognition properties with exceptional sensing speed and sensitivity for circRNAs. The signal output of TDF sensor occurs only when multivalent spatial pattern-recognition of a circRNA in unamplified samples. Using this sensor, we visualize the real-time response of endogenous circRNA expression in vitro neuronal cells and in vivo brain between pre-stroke and post-stroke male mice, identify the patients with acute ischemic stroke in clinical samples, as well as track the delivery of circRNA in photochromic stroked animal model. Thus, the TDF sensor provides a fast and sensitive tool for the detection of circRNA abundance in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions.
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分子生物学
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神经科学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2020
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IF 8.758
Daxiu Li,Xia Li,Fang Yang,Ruo Yuan,Yun Xiang
A protein-based therapy is significantly challenged by the successful delivery of native proteins into the targeted cancer cells. We address this challenge here using an all-sealed divalent aptamer tetrahedral DNA framework (asdTDF) delivery platform, in which the protein drug is encapsulated inside the cavity of the framework stoichiometrically via a reversible chemical bond. The ligase-assisted seal of the nicks results in highly enhanced TDF stability of the against nuclease digestion to effectively protect the therapeutic protein from degradation. In addition, the divalent aptamer sequences incorporated into the framework favor it with a target-specific and efficient delivery capability. Importantly, upon being readily delivered into the targeted cancer cells, endogenous glutathione can trigger the release of the native therapeutic protein from the TDF in a traceless fashion by cleaving the reversible chemical bond, thereby leading to effective apoptosis of the specific cancer cells.
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生物技术
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Mengxin Zhang,Yingyu Zhang,Xianwei Zhang,Qionglin Wang,Kangbo Liu,Muchun Yu,Lifeng Li,Zhidan Yu,Huan Zhao,Weyland Cheng,Wancun Zhang
Specific imaging of tumor cells with high sensitivity is urgently needed for evaluating the risk of tumor metastasis and progression. However, traditional tumor cell imaging strategies are still restricted by limited tumor specificity and sensitivity due to off-tumor signal leakage and a lower content of the targets. Therefore, a self-powered and self-recycled strategy based on molecular beacon (MB) hybridized on tetrahedral framework DNA (E-MB-tFNA) using the endogenous enzyme, apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1), was rationally developed for tumor cell-specific molecular imaging with superior spatial specificity and improved sensitivity. The apurinic/apyrimidinic site (AP site) can be specifically recognized and cleaved by APE1, and was modified on the stem and loop region of E-MB-tFNA. The resultant E-MB-tFNA can be specifically recognized and cleaved by APE1 in the cytoplasm, which is overexpressed in tumor cells compared to normal cells. In particular, once APE1 cleaves the AP site on the stem region (double-stranded DNA) of E-MB-tFNA, the self-powered and self-recycled sequences modified on the stem region of E-MB-tFNA is freed to hybridize with the loop region of E-MB-tFNA, prompting APE1 to further hydrolyze the E-MB-tFNA loop region and generate fluorescence signals. In addition, the self-powered and self-recycled sequences can be hybridized with other E-MB-tFNA to continuously and cyclically amplify the fluorescence signal. The experimental results of this study showed that the E-MB-tFNA has the capability to monitor drug resistance and achieve guided precision surgical excision in vivo with superior spatial specificity and improved sensitivity. In particular, E-MB-tFNA can realize the risk classification of neuroblastoma patients in clinical plasma.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 5.1
Guobin Huang,Weiting Xu,Jinxin Chi,Chenchen Lin,Jiabin Wang,Xucong Lin
Environmental smog pollution induces chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and causes the urgent need of timely, safe and quantitative testing for risk assessment. The miRNA-based bioanalysis offers a non-invasive access to rapid COPD screening, while challenges remain in accurately identifying miRNAs from complex matrices. Herein, a novel bionic aptasensor has been pioneered for meeting the specific and sensitive detection of the miR-155 in serum for COPD diagnosis, integrating tetrahedral framework nucleic acid (tFNA) confined affinity recognition and enzyme-free hybridization chain reaction (HCR) amplification strategy. Precision-designed tFNAs were fabricated and hybridized with FAM-labeled cDNAs, enabling dual-mode recognition mechanism including spatially confined aptamer recognition and bionic molecular sieve size-selective action. Proteins and pre-miRNAs were excluded, and the target microRNA-155 was specifically captured. This triggered a structural switch of tFNAs and activated cDNA-mediated HCR, assembling double-stranded DNA and achieving exponential fluorescence enhancement synergistically produced by SYBR Green I (SGI) and FAM. The optimal limit of detection as 53 fM for miRNA-155 was achieved with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). Applied to COPD diagnosis, the detections of trace miRNA-155 were satisfactory and the recovery yields were ranged in 96.4 ± 5.2 % ∼106.2 ± 2.1 % ( n = 3) in the serum of COPD patients. Smoke-exposed model rats were also analyzed, and the miRNA-155 was achieved with a significant concentration up-regulation to light the COPD. It offers a high-performance protocol for meeting the non-invasive rapid screening of COPD, further providing promising technologies for evaluating safety issues of environmentally induced diseases.
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生物传感器
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分子诊断学
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环境健康
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RNA生物学
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肺部疾病研究
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Nano Today
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2024
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IF 13.2
Qizhi Liang,Qianxi Zhou,Hai Shi,Shuai Wu,Jiahua Yang,Tianyu Zeng,Jing Zhao,Yongmei Yin,Genxi Li
The controllable assembly of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) nanomaterials is an effective means to enhance their application capabilities. In this paper, a novel method is reported to control MOFs assembly by using a DNA framework material, a tetrahedral DNA nanostructure (TDN) labeled with phosphate groups at the vertex. In particular, various well-defined superstructures can be tailored by regulating the number of phosphate groups that coordinate with catalytic Zr-MOFs to create polymeric MOFs superstructures (Poly(MOFs)), exhibiting excellent catalytic activities and molecular recognition ability as well as greatly amplified signal readout. Furthermore, based on the DNA framework-controlled Poly(MOFs), a colorimetric biosensor with excellent analytical performance is fabricated for improving the diagnosis of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. It is demonstrated that the quantification of HER2 protein can be achieved at molecular level with the limit of detection (LOD) of 12 pg L -1 and cellular level with the LOD of 10 cells. More importantly, the detection of HER2 in the serum of breast cancer patients have been achieved, thus HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancer patients can be well distinguished. Considering the substitutability of the target, this study shows great potential in biomedical research as well as clinical applications.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2024
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IF 5.3
Mohamed Bahri,Zina Fredj,Peiwu Qin,Mohamad Sawan
Detecting preinvasive tumors before the onset of advanced clinical symptoms represents a critical advancement in improving the efficacy of early medical interventions and reducing cancer-related mortality rates. Immunosensors have emerged as the preferred choice for analyzing oncomarkers and meeting the ever-increasing demands of medical diagnostics. Therefore, the quest for the development of highly specific and sensitive immunosensors remains most sought-after to open new avenues for personalized healthcare and medical monitoring. Here, we report amplification-free and nonlabeled DNA framework-coupled AuNPs@CuMOF for ultrasensitive and highly specific electrochemical detection of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Upon the CEA concentration variation from 0.0001 to 200 ng mL–1, the proposed biosensor led to a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.25 pg mL–1, surpassing most previously published CEA biosensors that rely on amplification-free methods and aligns with those based on amplification techniques. Furthermore, the suggested CEA immunosensor demonstrated auspiciously high specificity and sensitivity in detecting CEA in human serum comparable to the commercial ELISA within a relative error falling between 6.25% and 2.26%. The proposed analytical approach, hinging on the synergy effect of the CuMOF’s large surface area and the mechanical rigidity of the three-dimensional tetrahedron DNA structured probes (3D TDNA), obviously broadens the potential of immunosensors, offering higher sensitivity and lower LOD. Therefore, this work is not only an expansion of CuMOF exploitation in electrochemical biosensing but also a major milestone in detecting diverse biomarkers in clinical settings for tumor diagnosis.
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