Modulation-frequency encoded multi-color fluorescent DNA analysis in an optofluidic chip

Lab Chip. 2011 Feb 21;11(4):679-83. doi: 10.1039/c0lc00449a. Epub 2010 Dec 7.

Abstract

We introduce a principle of parallel optical processing to an optofluidic lab-on-a-chip. During electrophoretic separation, the ultra-low limit of detection achieved with our set-up allows us to record fluorescence from covalently end-labeled DNA molecules. Different sets of exclusively color-labeled DNA fragments-otherwise rendered indistinguishable by spatio-temporal coincidence-are traced back to their origin by modulation-frequency-encoded multi-wavelength laser excitation, fluorescence detection with a single ultrasensitive, albeit color-blind photomultiplier, and Fourier analysis decoding. As a proof of principle, fragments obtained by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification from independent human genomic segments, associated with genetic predispositions to breast cancer and anemia, are simultaneously analyzed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA / analysis*
  • Electrophoresis / instrumentation
  • Electrophoresis / methods
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Humans
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • DNA