We presented a low-abundance mutation detection method with lambda exonuclease and DNA threeway junction structure.The assistant strand in the DNA three-way junction structure could regulate the reaction system from t...We presented a low-abundance mutation detection method with lambda exonuclease and DNA threeway junction structure.The assistant strand in the DNA three-way junction structure could regulate the reaction system from the kinetics and thermodyna mics aspects.The optimization of the assista nt strand helps to improve the selectivity of the mutant-type DNA to the wild-type DNA about 35 times.Moreover,the cost of the optimization process could be saved by about 90%.The method was applied to the detection of a human ovarian cancer-related gene mutation BRCA1(rs1799949,c.2082 C>T).The limit of detection to the mutation abundance in the DNA three-way junction structure system(0.2%) was one order lower compared with that in the double-stranded DNA structure system(2%).The mutation abundance in different standard samples was quantitively measured,and the results were consistent with the initial abundance in the standard samples.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21904045,21705053 and 81871732)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2019kfyXJJS169)National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates (No. 201910487087)。
文摘We presented a low-abundance mutation detection method with lambda exonuclease and DNA threeway junction structure.The assistant strand in the DNA three-way junction structure could regulate the reaction system from the kinetics and thermodyna mics aspects.The optimization of the assista nt strand helps to improve the selectivity of the mutant-type DNA to the wild-type DNA about 35 times.Moreover,the cost of the optimization process could be saved by about 90%.The method was applied to the detection of a human ovarian cancer-related gene mutation BRCA1(rs1799949,c.2082 C>T).The limit of detection to the mutation abundance in the DNA three-way junction structure system(0.2%) was one order lower compared with that in the double-stranded DNA structure system(2%).The mutation abundance in different standard samples was quantitively measured,and the results were consistent with the initial abundance in the standard samples.
