The development of simple and accurate detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase(UDG)is of great significance for early clinical diagnosis and biomedical research.Here,we on the first effort introduced the uracil bases into...The development of simple and accurate detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase(UDG)is of great significance for early clinical diagnosis and biomedical research.Here,we on the first effort introduced the uracil bases into the rolling circle amplification(RCA)reaction to produce the functionalized pure DNA hydrogel(PDH)for UDG detection.During RCA process,methylene blue(MB)molecules as the indicators were encapsulated into PDH.The addition of UDG can remove the uracil bases of PDH to generate abasic sites,which are further cleaved with the assistance of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease(APE),thus resulting in the dissociation of PDH to release blue MB.By combining with the paper analytical devices as the signal readout platform,a colorimetric and electrochemical dual-signal biosensor was constructed for convenient and accurate detection of UDG.The proposed MB@PDH-based dual-signal sensing system exhibited good selectivity and high sensitivity with a detection limit of 6.4104 U/mL(electrochemical method).It was also demonstrated that this sensing system showed excellent performance in UDG inhibitor screening,thus providing great potential in UDG-related disease diagnosis and drug discovery.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant No.21922601).
文摘The development of simple and accurate detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase(UDG)is of great significance for early clinical diagnosis and biomedical research.Here,we on the first effort introduced the uracil bases into the rolling circle amplification(RCA)reaction to produce the functionalized pure DNA hydrogel(PDH)for UDG detection.During RCA process,methylene blue(MB)molecules as the indicators were encapsulated into PDH.The addition of UDG can remove the uracil bases of PDH to generate abasic sites,which are further cleaved with the assistance of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease(APE),thus resulting in the dissociation of PDH to release blue MB.By combining with the paper analytical devices as the signal readout platform,a colorimetric and electrochemical dual-signal biosensor was constructed for convenient and accurate detection of UDG.The proposed MB@PDH-based dual-signal sensing system exhibited good selectivity and high sensitivity with a detection limit of 6.4104 U/mL(electrochemical method).It was also demonstrated that this sensing system showed excellent performance in UDG inhibitor screening,thus providing great potential in UDG-related disease diagnosis and drug discovery.
