Voltammetric determination of DNA based on regulation of DNA strand displacement using an allosteric DNA toehold

Mikrochimica Acta
Shengqiang LiHongxue Bai

Abstract

An electrochemical biosensor for determination of DNA is described that is based on the reaction of regulated DNA (reg-DNA) first with substrated DNA (subs-DNA) to form a reaction intermediate. The intermediate binds target DNA (T) by hybridization and initiates a branch migration leading to the production of complex of substrated DNA and target DNA (TC). Once TC is produced, it reacts with assisted DNA (ass-DNA) through a toehold exchange mechanism, yielding the product complex of substrated DNA and assisted DNA (CS). The target is then released back into the solution and and catalyzes the next cycle of toehold-exchange with the reaction intermediate of substrated DNA and regulated DNA (CPR). Unlike in a conventional DNA toehold that is hardwired with the branch migration domain, the allosteric DNA toehold is designed into a reg-DNA which is independent of the branch migration domain. Under the optimal experimental conditions and at a working potential as low as 0.18 V, response to DNA is linear in the 1 fM to 1000 pM concentration range, and the detection limit is 0.83 fM. The assay is highly specific and can discriminate target DNA even from a single-base mismatch. It was applied to the analysis of DNA spiked plasma samples....Continue Reading

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