Ulla Karhunen, Minna Soikkeli, Susanne Lahdenperä, Tero Soukka
Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. umskar@utu.fi
Analytica chimica acta 2013 Apr 15In this report a novel wash-free method for multiplexed DNA detection is demonstrated employing target specific probe pairs and switchable lanthanide luminescence technology on a solid-phase array. Four oligonucleotide capture probes, conjugated at 3' to non-luminescent lanthanide ion carrier chelate, were immobilized as a small array on the bottom of a microtiter plate well onto which a mix of corresponding detection probes, conjugated at 5' to a light absorbing antenna ligand, were added. In the presence of complementary target nucleic acid both the spotted capture probe and the liquid-phase detection probe hybridize adjacently on the target. Consequently the two non-luminescent label molecules self-assemble and form a luminescent mixed lanthanide chelate complex. Lanthanide luminescence is thereafter measured without a wash step from the spots by scanning in time-resolved mode. The homogeneous solid-phase array-based method resulted in quantitative detection of synthetic target oligonucleotides with 0.32 nM and 0.60 nM detection limits in a single target and multiplexed assay, respectively, corresponding to 3× SD of the background. Also qualitative detection of PCR-amplified target from Escherichia coli is described. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ulla Karhunen, Minna Soikkeli, Susanne Lahdenperä, Tero Soukka. Quantitative detection of well-based DNA array using switchable lanthanide luminescence. Analytica chimica acta. 2013 Apr 15;772:87-92
PMID: 23540252
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