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SERS molecular sentinel for the RNA genetic marker of PB1-F2 protein in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus

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Biosens Bioelectron. 2014 Jun 3;61C:460-465. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.04.018. [Epub ahead of print]
SERS molecular sentinel for the RNA genetic marker of PB1-F2 protein in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus.
Pang Y1, Wang J1, Xiao R2, Wang S3.
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Abstract

We have developed a simple and sensitive assay for the detection of the RNA genetic marker associated with high pathogenicity influenza (HPAI) virus. The assay constituted of an array of Raman label tagged hairpin-DNA immobilized on a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate as the molecular sentinel (MS) reporter. Upon incubation of the assay with the target RNA, the structure of the hairpin-DNA probe changed from stem-loop configuration (closed state) to DNA/RNA hybridization configuration (open state) so that the Raman label tag will be physically separated from the SERS substrate and induce a decrease of Raman scattering intensity. A metal film over nanosphere (MFON) substrate was developed with a SERS enhancement of about 1.7?105. Based on this MS-modified substrate, the SERS signal showed a linear relationship to the target RNA in the range of 0-60 attomoles and the limit of detect is 2.67 attomoles. The non-complementary RNA sequences control was also detected and no spectral response was observed. The sensing process only required a single hybridization step and post-hybridization washing could also be omitted. Given that this ultrasensitive biosensor assay is free of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, it would be a potential diagnostic tool for point-of-care HPAI virus detection.

Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier B.V.
KEYWORDS:

Molecular sentinel; Point-of-care; RNA genetic marker; Surface-enhanced Raman scattering

PMID:
24934747
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24934747
 
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