Yield Improving Strategy for SNP Detection on DNA Origami Chip by Employing Au Nanoparticles

Title:Yield Improving Strategy for SNP Detection on DNA Origami Chip by Employing Au Nanoparticles

Volume: 18 Issue: 15

Author(s): Xiaolu Feng, Chensheng Zhou, Dongxiao Niu, Jinghui Zhao, Juanjuan Yang, Lin He and Can Li

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Keywords: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), atomic force microscope (AFM), Au nanoparticle (AuNP), DNA origami chips, single- nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).

Abstract: Detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is critical for early stage diagnosis. However, available clinical methods for detecting SNPs require strict assay conditions or complicated enzyme reactions. DNA hybridization by Au nanoparticles is a new microscopic method for DNA detection, which offers many advantages over traditional ones. But currently, this method is limitedly used because of low yield of hybridization. Here we report novel strategies which use toehold-mediated strand displacement on DNA origami Chip by employing AuNPs, and we greatly improved the yield of hybridization to 80% from less than 10%. Based on the kinetic characteristic of toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction, DNA strands with unmatched sequences can be easily replaced by fully complementary ones, and the exchange rate depends on the length of the toehold region. Therefore, variation on ssDNA sequence can be differentiated by their different displacement time. With this approach we detect SNPs of age-related macular degeneration on DNA origami chip. This approach offers a new, simple and sensitive way to detect SNP.

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Feng Xiaolu, Zhou Chensheng, Niu Dongxiao, Zhao Jinghui, Yang Juanjuan, He Lin and Li Can, Yield Improving Strategy for SNP Detection on DNA Origami Chip by Employing Au Nanoparticles, Current Organic Chemistry 2014; 18 (15) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138527281815140916092815