Construction of a novel peptide nucleic acid piezoelectric gene sensor microarray detection system

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2005 Aug;5(8):1266-72. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2005.223.

Abstract

A novel 2 x 5 clamped style piezoelectric gene sensor microarray has been successfully constructed. Every crystal unit of the fabricated gene sensor can oscillate independently without interfering with each other. The bis-peptide nucleic acid (bis-PNA) probe, which can combine with target DNA or RNA sequences more effectively and specifically than a DNA probe, was designed and immobilized on the surface of the gene sensor microarray to substitute the conventional DNA probe for direct detection of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomic DNA. Detection conditions were then explored and optimized. Results showed that PBS buffer of pH 6.8, an ion concentration of 20 mmol/liter, and a probe concentration of 1.5 micromol/liter were optimal for the detection system. Under such optimized experimental conditions, the specificity of bis-PNA was proved much higher than that of DNA probe. The relationship between quantity of target and decrease of frequency showed a typical saturation curve when concentrations of target HBV DNA varied from 10 pg/liter to 100 microg/liter, and 10 microg/liter was the watershed, with a statistic linear regression equation of I gC = -2.7455 + 0.0691 deltaF and the correlating coefficient of 0.9923. Fortunately, this is exactly the most ordinary variant range of the HBV virus concentration in clinical hepatitis samples. So, a good technical platform is successfully constructed and it will be applied to detect HBV quantitatively in clinical samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Buffers
  • Cell Line
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Equipment Design
  • Hepatitis B virus / genetics
  • Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nucleic Acid Probes / chemical synthesis
  • Nucleic Acid Probes / chemistry
  • Nucleic Acid Probes / genetics*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / instrumentation
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids / chemical synthesis
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids / chemistry
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids / genetics*

Substances

  • Buffers
  • DNA, Viral
  • Nucleic Acid Probes
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids