Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay

Herein we describe the development of a mix-read bioassay based on a three-dimensional (3D) poly ethylene glycol—(PEG)-hydrogel microparticles for the detection of oligonucleotides in complex media. The key steps of hydrogels synthesis and molecular recognition in a 3D polymer network are elucidated...

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Autores principales: Alessia Mazzarotta, Tania Mariastella Caputo, Edmondo Battista, Paolo Antonio Netti, Filippo Causa
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3acbca9fc60741d191708097b02c09bb2021-11-25T18:58:24ZHydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay10.3390/s212276711424-8220https://doaj.org/article/3acbca9fc60741d191708097b02c09bb2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7671https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220Herein we describe the development of a mix-read bioassay based on a three-dimensional (3D) poly ethylene glycol—(PEG)-hydrogel microparticles for the detection of oligonucleotides in complex media. The key steps of hydrogels synthesis and molecular recognition in a 3D polymer network are elucidated. The design of the DNA probes and their density in polymer network were opportunely optimized. Furthermore, the diffusion into the polymer was tuned adjusting the polymer concentration and consequently the characteristic mesh size. Upon parameters optimization, 3D-PEG-hydrogels were synthetized in a microfluidic system and provided with fluorescent probe. Target detection occurred by double strand displacement assay associated to fluorescence depletion within the hydrogel microparticle. Proposed 3D-PEG-hydrogel microparticles were designed for miR-143-3p detection. Results showed 3D-hydrogel microparticles with working range comprise between 10<sup>−6</sup>–10<sup>−12</sup> M, had limit of detection of 30 pM and good specificity. Moreover, due to the anti-fouling properties of PEG-hydrogel, the target detection occurred in human serum with performance comparable to that in buffer. Due to the approach versatility, such design could be easily adapted to other short oligonucleotides detection.Alessia MazzarottaTania Mariastella CaputoEdmondo BattistaPaolo Antonio NettiFilippo CausaMDPI AGarticlehydrogel microparticles3D recognitionmiRNA detectionmix-read bioassayChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7671, p 7671 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic hydrogel microparticles
3D recognition
miRNA detection
mix-read bioassay
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
spellingShingle hydrogel microparticles
3D recognition
miRNA detection
mix-read bioassay
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
Alessia Mazzarotta
Tania Mariastella Caputo
Edmondo Battista
Paolo Antonio Netti
Filippo Causa
Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay
description Herein we describe the development of a mix-read bioassay based on a three-dimensional (3D) poly ethylene glycol—(PEG)-hydrogel microparticles for the detection of oligonucleotides in complex media. The key steps of hydrogels synthesis and molecular recognition in a 3D polymer network are elucidated. The design of the DNA probes and their density in polymer network were opportunely optimized. Furthermore, the diffusion into the polymer was tuned adjusting the polymer concentration and consequently the characteristic mesh size. Upon parameters optimization, 3D-PEG-hydrogels were synthetized in a microfluidic system and provided with fluorescent probe. Target detection occurred by double strand displacement assay associated to fluorescence depletion within the hydrogel microparticle. Proposed 3D-PEG-hydrogel microparticles were designed for miR-143-3p detection. Results showed 3D-hydrogel microparticles with working range comprise between 10<sup>−6</sup>–10<sup>−12</sup> M, had limit of detection of 30 pM and good specificity. Moreover, due to the anti-fouling properties of PEG-hydrogel, the target detection occurred in human serum with performance comparable to that in buffer. Due to the approach versatility, such design could be easily adapted to other short oligonucleotides detection.
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author Alessia Mazzarotta
Tania Mariastella Caputo
Edmondo Battista
Paolo Antonio Netti
Filippo Causa
author_facet Alessia Mazzarotta
Tania Mariastella Caputo
Edmondo Battista
Paolo Antonio Netti
Filippo Causa
author_sort Alessia Mazzarotta
title Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay
title_short Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay
title_full Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay
title_fullStr Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay
title_full_unstemmed Hydrogel Microparticles for Fluorescence Detection of miRNA in Mix-Read Bioassay
title_sort hydrogel microparticles for fluorescence detection of mirna in mix-read bioassay
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/3acbca9fc60741d191708097b02c09bb
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