Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells

Abstract Microfluidic droplet generation affords precise, low volume, high throughput opportunities for molecular diagnostics. Isothermal DNA amplification with bioluminescent detection is a fast, low-cost, highly specific molecular diagnostic technique that is triggerable by temperature. Combining...

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Autores principales: Patrick Hardinge, Divesh K. Baxani, Thomas McCloy, James A. H. Murray, Oliver K. Castell
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:15024b4f29cf432bb09925af9823530b2021-12-02T11:57:56ZBioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells10.1038/s41598-020-78996-72045-2322https://doaj.org/article/15024b4f29cf432bb09925af9823530b2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78996-7https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Microfluidic droplet generation affords precise, low volume, high throughput opportunities for molecular diagnostics. Isothermal DNA amplification with bioluminescent detection is a fast, low-cost, highly specific molecular diagnostic technique that is triggerable by temperature. Combining loop-mediated isothermal nucleic acid amplification (LAMP) and bioluminescent assay in real time (BART), with droplet microfluidics, should enable high-throughput, low copy, sequence-specific DNA detection by simple light emission. Stable, uniform LAMP–BART droplets are generated with low cost equipment. The composition and scale of these droplets are controllable and the bioluminescent output during DNA amplification can be imaged and quantified. Furthermore these droplets are readily incorporated into encapsulated droplet interface bilayers (eDIBs), or artificial cells, and the bioluminescence tracked in real time for accurate quantification off chip. Microfluidic LAMP–BART droplets with high stability and uniformity of scale coupled with high throughput and low cost generation are suited to digital DNA quantification at low template concentrations and volumes, where multiple measurement partitions are required. The triggerable reaction in the core of eDIBs can be used to study the interrelationship of the droplets with the environment and also used for more complex chemical processing via a self-contained network of droplets, paving the way for smart soft-matter diagnostics.Patrick HardingeDivesh K. BaxaniThomas McCloyJames A. H. MurrayOliver K. CastellNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)
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Patrick Hardinge
Divesh K. Baxani
Thomas McCloy
James A. H. Murray
Oliver K. Castell
Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
description Abstract Microfluidic droplet generation affords precise, low volume, high throughput opportunities for molecular diagnostics. Isothermal DNA amplification with bioluminescent detection is a fast, low-cost, highly specific molecular diagnostic technique that is triggerable by temperature. Combining loop-mediated isothermal nucleic acid amplification (LAMP) and bioluminescent assay in real time (BART), with droplet microfluidics, should enable high-throughput, low copy, sequence-specific DNA detection by simple light emission. Stable, uniform LAMP–BART droplets are generated with low cost equipment. The composition and scale of these droplets are controllable and the bioluminescent output during DNA amplification can be imaged and quantified. Furthermore these droplets are readily incorporated into encapsulated droplet interface bilayers (eDIBs), or artificial cells, and the bioluminescence tracked in real time for accurate quantification off chip. Microfluidic LAMP–BART droplets with high stability and uniformity of scale coupled with high throughput and low cost generation are suited to digital DNA quantification at low template concentrations and volumes, where multiple measurement partitions are required. The triggerable reaction in the core of eDIBs can be used to study the interrelationship of the droplets with the environment and also used for more complex chemical processing via a self-contained network of droplets, paving the way for smart soft-matter diagnostics.
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author Patrick Hardinge
Divesh K. Baxani
Thomas McCloy
James A. H. Murray
Oliver K. Castell
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Divesh K. Baxani
Thomas McCloy
James A. H. Murray
Oliver K. Castell
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title Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
title_short Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
title_full Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
title_fullStr Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
title_full_unstemmed Bioluminescent detection of isothermal DNA amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
title_sort bioluminescent detection of isothermal dna amplification in microfluidic generated droplets and artificial cells
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2020
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