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Electrochemical sandwich assay for attomole analysis of DNA and RNA from beer spoilage bacteria Lactobacillus brevis

Journal

BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 99-106

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ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2012.05.001

Keywords

Electrochemical sandwich DNA assay; Lactobacillus brevis; Bacterial contamination of beer; Lipase; Magnetic beads; Ferrocene alkanethiol ester

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  1. Carlsberg Foundation
  2. Danish Food Industry Agency (DFFE)
  3. Danish National Research Foundation

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Attomole (10(-18) mol) levels of RNA and DNA isolated from beer spoilage bacterial cells Lactobacillus brevis have been detected by the electrochemical sandwich DNA hybridization assay exploiting enzymatic activity of lipase. DNA sequences specific exclusively to L. brevis DNA and RNA were selected and used for probe and target DNA design. The assay employs magnetic beads (MB) modified with a capture DNA sequence and a reporter DNA probe labeled with the enzyme, both made to be highly specific for L. brevis DNA. Lipase-labeled DNAs captured on MBs in the sandwich assay were collected on gold electrodes modified with a ferrocene (Fc)-terminated SAM formed by aliphatic esters. Lipase hydrolysis of the ester bond released a fraction of the Fc redox active groups from the electrode surface, decreasing the electrochemical signal from the surface-confined Fc. The assay, shown to be efficient for analysis of short synthetic DNA sequences, was ineffective with genomic double stranded bacterial DNA, but it allowed down to 16 amole detection of 1563 nts long RNA, isolated from bacterial ribosomes without the need for PCR amplification, and single DNA strands produced from ribosomal RNA. No interference from E. coli RNA was registered. The assay allowed analysis of 400 L. brevis cells isolated from 1 L of beer, which fits the alarm signal range (from 1 to 100 cells per 100 mL). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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