Lateral flow immunoassay for rapid and sensitive detection of dsRNA contaminants in in vitro-transcribed mRNA products

Autor: Dengwang Luo, Zhanfeng Wu, Daming Wang, Jieli Zhang, Fei Shao, Shuo Wang, Stefano Cestellos-Blanco, Dawei Xu, Yuhong Cao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, Vol 32, Iss , Pp 445-453 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2162-2531
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2023.04.005
Popis: High purity is essential in mRNA-based therapeutic applications. A major contaminant of in vitro-transcribed (IVT) mRNA manufacturing is double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which can induce severe anti-viral immune responses. Detection methods, such as agarose gel electrophoresis, ELISA, and dot-blot assay, are used to detect the existence of dsRNA in IVT mRNA products. However, these methods are either not sensitive enough or time-consuming. To overcome these challenges, we develop a rapid, sensitive, and easy-to-implement colloidal gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow strip assay (LFSA) with sandwich format for the detection of dsRNA from IVT process. dsRNA contaminant can be determined visually on the test strip or quantitatively with a portable optical detector. This method allows for a 15 min detection of N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ)-containing dsRNA with a detection limit of 69.32 ng/mL. Furthermore, we establish the correlation between the LFSA test results and the immune response caused by dsRNA in mice. The LFSA platform allows the rapid, sensitive, and quantitative monitoring of purity in massive IVT mRNA products and aids for the prevention of immunogenicity by dsRNA impurities.
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