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Gold nanoparticle enhanced surface plasmon resonance imaging of microRNA-155 using a functional nucleic acid-based amplification machine

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are considered as being promising biomarkers for hematological malignancies, their aging, progression and prognosis. The authors have developed a method for the detection of miRNA-155 by using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging coupled to a nucleic acid-based amplification strategy using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The target miRNA-155 is captured by surface-bound DNA probes. After hybridization, DNA-AuNP are employed for signal amplification via DNA sandwich assembly, resulting in a large increase in the SPR signal. This method can detect miRNA-155 in concentrations down to 45 pM and over dynamic that extends from 50 pM to 5 nM. The assay is highly specific and can discriminate even a single base mismatch. It also is reproducible, precise, and was successfully applied to the determination of miRNA-155 in spiked real samples where it gave recoveries in the range between 86% and 98%. This biosensor provides an alternative approach for miRNA detection in biomedical research and clinical diagnosis, which is highly effective and efficient.

Schematic of a surface plasmon resonance imaging biosensor for detection of miRNA-155 using strand displacement amplification and gold nanoparticle.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, No. 21205098).

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  1. Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China

    Ke Zeng & Yinyin Peng

  2. Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Hongyuan Li

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Zeng, K., Li, H. & Peng, Y. Gold nanoparticle enhanced surface plasmon resonance imaging of microRNA-155 using a functional nucleic acid-based amplification machine. Microchim Acta 184, 2637–2644 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2276-2

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