Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

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A Label-Free Fluorescent Amplification Strategy for High-Sensitive Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa based on Protective-EXPAR (p-EXPAR) and Catalytic Hairpin Assembly

  • Lu Huang (Interventional Therapy Department, Changsha Fourth Hospital) ;
  • Ye Zhang (Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Changsha Fourth Hospital) ;
  • Jie Liu (Nursing Department, Changsha Fourth Hospital) ;
  • Dalin Zhang (Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Changsha Fourth Hospital) ;
  • Li Li (Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Changsha Fourth Hospital)
  • Received : 2024.05.08
  • Accepted : 2024.05.28
  • Published : 2024.07.28
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Abstract

This study presents a fluorescent mechanism for two-step amplification by combining two widely used techniques, exponential amplification reaction (EXPAR) and catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA). Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) engaged in competition with the complementary DNA in order to attach to the aptamer that had been fixed on the magnetic beads. The unbound complementary strand in the liquid above was utilized as a trigger sequence to initiate the protective-EXPAR (p-EXPAR) process, resulting in the generation of a substantial quantity of short single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). The amplified ssDNA can initiate the second CHA amplification process, resulting in the generation of many double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) products. The CHA reaction was initiated by the target/trigger DNA, resulting in the release of G-quadruplex sequences. These sequences have the ability to bond with the fluorescent amyloid dye thioflavin T (ThT), generating fluorescence signals. The method employed in this study demonstrated a detection limit of 16 CFU/ml and exhibited a strong linear correlation within the concentration range of 50 CFU/ml to 105 CFU/ml. This method of signal amplification has been effectively utilized to create a fluorescent sensing platform without the need for labels, enabling the detection of P. aeruginosa with high sensitivity.

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