title: Surface plasmon resonance biosensor for label-free and highly sensitive detection of point mutation using polymerization extension reaction.
abstract: A novel biosensing technique was developed for label-free and highly sensitive detection of point mutation using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor coupled with polymerization extension reaction. In this work, 3'-thiolated DNA probes with complementary sequences to target DNA were immobilized onto the sensor surface via molecular self-assembly. In the presence of wild target sequences, the primers can be selectively extended by DNA polymerase to form double-stranded DNA. In contrast, mutant target sequences, containing one mutation site mismatched with the 3'-end base of the primer, cannot be elongated. Thus, the extension reaction products can hybridize with the capture probes modified on the sensor surface to induce an SPR signal. The experimental results showed that the presented approach could detect the mutant sequences in BRCA1 gene related to inherited breast cancer, and the wild-type and mutant-type sequences were successfully discriminated. Using synthetic DNA sequences as targets, 100pM detection limits were achieved under the optimal reaction conditions. Hence, this highly sensitive and specific assay might have the potential to become an efficient alternative technique for point mutation detection in biomedical research and clinical diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Yahui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Yurong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Histology and Embryology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, China.
authors.forename: Yaning
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Taixian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Decai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. Electronic address: dingshijia@cqmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shijia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D019313:BRCA1 Protein / Q000235:genetics; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000378:metabolism; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000235:genetics; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012996:Solutions; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019313:BRCA1 Protein; D015342:DNA Probes; D012996:Solutions
keywords: BRCA-1; Breast cancer; Point mutation; Polymerization extension reaction; Surface plasmon resonance biosensor