New publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics – DNA origami nanorobot

DNA origami nanorobot fiber optic genosensor to TMV

Emanuela Torellia, Marisa Manzanoa, Sachin K. Srivastavaa, Robert S. Marks

Abstract: In the quest of greater sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic systems, one continually searches for alternative DNA hybridization methods, enabling greater versatility and where possible field-enabled detection of target analytes. We present, herein, a hybrid molecular self-assembled scaffolded DNA origami entity, intimately immobilized via capture probes linked to aminopropyltriethoxysilane, onto a glass optical fiber end-face transducer, thus producing a novel biosensor. Immobilized DNA nanorobots with a switchable flap can then be actuated by a specific target DNA present in a sample, by exposing a hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme, which then catalyzes the generation of chemiluminescence, once the specific fiber probes are immersed in a luminolbased solution. Integrating organic nanorobots to inorganic fiber optics creates a hybrid system that we demonstrate as a proof-of-principle can be utilized in specific DNA sequence detection. This system has potential applications in a wide range of fields, including point-of-care diagnostics or cellular in vivo biosensing when using ultrathin fiber optic probes for research purposes.

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Just Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.07.051

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566317305092