Screen-Printed Polyaniline-Based Electrodes for the Real-Time Monitoring of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Reactions

Anal Chem. 2017 Oct 3;89(19):10124-10128. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02394. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

Abstract

Nucleic acid amplification testing is a very powerful method to perform efficient and early diagnostics. However, the integration of a DNA amplification reaction with its associated detection in a low-cost, portable, and autonomous device remains challenging. Addressing this challenge, the use of screen-printed electrochemical sensor is reported. To achieve the detection of the DNA amplification reaction, a real-time monitoring of the hydronium ions concentration, a byproduct of this reaction, is performed. Such measurements are done by potentiometry using polyaniline (PAni)-based working electrodes and silver/silver chloride reference electrodes. The developed potentiometric sensor is shown to enable the real-time monitoring of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) reaction with an initial number of DNA strands as low as 10 copies. In addition, the performance of this PAni-based sensor is compared to fluorescence measurements, and it is shown that similar results are obtained for both methods.

MeSH terms

  • Aniline Compounds / chemistry*
  • DNA / analysis*
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Microfluidics
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods*

Substances

  • Aniline Compounds
  • polyaniline
  • DNA