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A microfluidic DNA computing processor for gene expression analysis and gene drug synthesis

Journal

BIOMICROFLUIDICS
Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages -

Publisher

AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3259628

Keywords

biochemistry; biocomputing; Boolean algebra; cancer; DNA; genomics; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [20635030, 20575067]
  2. Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China [2006AA02Z305]
  3. Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2007CB714505, 2007CB714507]

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Boolean logic performs a logical operation on one or more logic input and produces a single logic output. Here, we describe a microfluidic DNA computing processor performing Boolean logic operations for gene expression analysis and gene drug synthesis. Multiple cancer-related genes were used as input molecules. Their expression levels were identified by interacting with the computing related DNA strands, which were designed according to the sequences of cancer-related genes and the suicide gene. When all the expressions of the cancer-related genes fit in with the diagnostic criteria, positive diagnosis would be confirmed and then a complete suicide gene (gene drug) could be synthesized as an output molecule. Microfluidic chip was employed as an effective platform to realize the computing process by integrating multistep biochemical reactions involving hybridization, displacement, denaturalization, and ligation. By combining the specific design of the computing related molecules and the integrated functions of the microfluidics, the microfluidic DNA computing processor is able to analyze the multiple gene expressions simultaneously and realize the corresponding gene drug synthesis with simplicity and fast speed, which demonstrates the potential of this platform for DNA computing in biomedical applications.

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