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Reprogrammable Gel Electrophoresis Detection Assay Using CRISPR-Cas12a and Hybridization Chain Reaction.


ABSTRACT: Hybridization chain reaction (HCR) is a DNA-based target-induced cascade reaction. Due to its unique enzyme-free amplification feature, HCR is often employed for sensing applications. Much like DNA nanostructures that have been designed to respond to a specific stimulus, HCR employs nucleic acids that reconfigure and assemble in the presence of a specific trigger. Despite its standalone capabilities, HCR is highly modular; therefore, it can be advanced and repurposed when coupled with latest discoveries. To this effect, we have developed a gel electrophoresis-based detection approach which combines the signal amplification feature of HCR with the programmability and sensitivity of the CRISPR-Cas12a system. By incorporating CRISPR-Cas12a, we have achieved greater sensitivity and reversed the signal output from TURN OFF to TURN ON. CRISPR-Cas12a also enabled us to rapidly reprogram the assay for the detection of both ssDNA and dsDNA target sequences by replacing a single reaction component in the detection kit. Detection of conserved, both ssDNA and dsDNA, regions of tobacco curly shoot virus (TCSV) and hepatitis B virus (HepBV) genomes is demonstrated with this methodology. This low-cost gel electrophoresis assay can detect as little as 1.5 fmol of the target without any additional target amplification steps and is about 100-fold more sensitive than HCR-alone approach.

SUBMITTER: Kachwala MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8177748 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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