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Sensitive and inexpensive digital DNA analysis by microfluidic enrichment of rolling circle amplified single-molecules

Kuhnemund, Malte
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Hernandez-Neuta, Ivan
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Sharif, Mohd Istiaq
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2017
Nucleic Acids Research

Single molecule quantification assays provide the ultimate sensitivity and precision for molecular analysis. However, most digital analysis techniques, i.e. droplet PCR, require sophisticated and expensive instrumentation for molecule compartmentalization, amplification and analysis. Rolling circle amplification (RCA) provides a simpler means for digital analysis. Nevertheless, the sensitivity of RCA assays has until now been limited by inefficient detection methods. We have developed a simple microfluidic strategy for enrichment of RCA products into a single field of view of a low magnification fluorescent sensor, enabling ultra-sensitive digital quantification of nucleic acids over a dynamic range from 1.2 aM to 190 fM. We prove the broad applicability of our analysis platform by demonstrating 5-plex detection of as little as similar to 1 pg (similar to 300 genome copies) of pathogenic DNA with simultaneous antibiotic resistance marker detection, and the analysis of rare oncogene mutations. Our method is simpler, more cost-effective and faster than other digital analysis techniques and provides the means to implement digital analysis in any laboratory equipped with a standard fluorescent microscope.

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research article
DOI
10.1093/nar/gkw1324
Web of Science ID

WOS:000400578600004

Author(s)
Kuhnemund, Malte
Hernandez-Neuta, Ivan
Sharif, Mohd Istiaq
Cornaglia, Matteo  
Gijs, Martin A. M.  
Nilsson, Mats
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published in
Nucleic Acids Research
Volume

45

Issue

8

Start page

e59

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This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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LMIS2  
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May 30, 2017
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