Naked-eye fingerprinting of single nucleotide polymorphisms on psoriasis patients

Nanoscale. 2016 Jun 7;8(21):11027-33. doi: 10.1039/c6nr02200f. Epub 2016 May 13.

Abstract

We report a low-cost test, based on gold nanoparticles, for the colorimetric (naked-eye) fingerprinting of a panel of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), relevant for the personalized therapy of psoriasis. Such pharmacogenomic tests are not routinely performed on psoriasis patients, due to the high cost of standard technologies. We demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity of our colorimetric test by validating it on a cohort of 30 patients, through a double-blind comparison with two state-of-the-art instrumental techniques, namely reverse dot blotting and sequencing, finding 100% agreement. This test offers high parallelization capabilities and can be easily generalized to other SNPs of clinical relevance, finding broad utility in diagnostics and pharmacogenomics.

MeSH terms

  • Colorimetry
  • DNA Fingerprinting / methods*
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Gold
  • HLA-C Antigens / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metal Nanoparticles
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
  • Psoriasis / genetics*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3 / genetics

Substances

  • HLA-C Antigens
  • HLA-C*06:02 antigen
  • Gold
  • TNFAIP3 protein, human
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3