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Direct fluorescence detection of microRNA based on enzymatically engineered primer extension poly-thymine (EPEPT) reaction using copper nanoparticles as nano-dye.

A new strategy based on enzymatically engineered primer extension poly-thymine (EPEPT) and nanomaterials in situ generation technology is reported for direct detection of microRNA (miRNA) in a fluorescence turn-on format using the sequential and complementary reactions catalyzed by Klenow Fragment exo(-) (KFexo(-)) and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdTase). The short miRNA can be efficiently converted into long poly-thymine (polyT) sequences, which function as template for in situ formation of fluorescence copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) as nano-dye for detecting miRNA. The polyT-CuNPs can effectively form and emit intense red fluorescence under the 340nm excitation. For the proof of concept, microRNA-21 (miR-21) was selected as the model target to testify this strategy as a versatile assay platform. By directly using miR-21 as the primer, the simple, rapid and sensitive miRNA detection was successfully achieved with a good linearity between 1pM and 1nM and a detection limit of 100fM. Thus, the EPEPT strategy holds great potential in biochemical sensing research as an efficient and universal platform.

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