Visible and red emissive molecular beacons for optical temperature measurements and quality control in diagnostic assays utilizing temperature-dependent amplification reactions
| Autor: | Zerrin Fidan, Andy Wende, Ute Resch-Genger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Quality Control
In situ Resolution (mass spectrometry) Microfluidics Analytical chemistry 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Temperature measurement Analytical Chemistry Molecular beacon Fluorescent Dyes Chromatography Base Sequence Chemistry Hybridization probe Temperature DNA Microfluidic Analytical Techniques 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Fluorescence 0104 chemical sciences Nucleic acid DNA Probes 0210 nano-technology Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques |
| Zdroj: | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 409:1519-1529 |
| ISSN: | 1618-2650 1618-2642 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00216-016-0088-6 |
| Popis: | Quality control requirements imposed on assays used in clinical diagnostics and point-of-care-diagnostic testing (POCT), utilizing amplification reactions performed at elevated temperatures of 35 to 95 °C are very stringent. As the temperature of a reaction vessel has a large impact on the specificity and sensitivity of the amplification reaction, simple tools for local in situ temperature sensing and monitoring are required for reaction and assay control. We describe here a platform of stem-and-loop structured DNA hairpins (molecular beacons, MBs), absorbing and emitting in the visible and red spectral region, rationally designed for precise temperature measurements in microfluidic assays for POCT, and their application for temperature measurements in a common DNA-based molecular biological assay utilizing thermophilic helicase-dependent amplification (tHDA). Spectroscopic studies of these MBs, rationally designed from DNA sequences of different thermal stabilities, chosen not to interact with the DNA probes applied in the nucleic acid amplification assay, and temperature-dependent fluorescence measurements of MB-assay mixtures revealed the suitability of these MBs for temperature measurements directly in such an assay with a temperature resolution of about 0.5 °C without interferences from assay components. Combining two spectrally distinguishable MBs provides a broader response range and an increase in temperature sensitivity up to 0.1 °C. This approach will find future application for temperature monitoring and quality control in commercialized diagnostics assays using dried reagents and microfluidic chips as well as assays read out with tube and microplate readers and PCR detection systems for temperature measurements in the range of 35 to 95 °C. Graphical abstract Molecular beacon platform for optical temperature measurements and quality control in diagnostic assays. |
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