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Liuting Mo1, Rongzheng Yuan1, Yan Hong1
1Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgent need for rapid and reliable strategies for early detection of SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we propose a DNA nanosphere-based crosslinking catalytic hairpin assembly (CCHA) system for the rapid and sensitive SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection. The CCHA system employs two DNA nanospheres functionalized with catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) hairpins. The presence of target SARS-CoV-2 RNA initiated the crosslinking of DNA nanospheres via CHA process, leading to the amplification of fluorescence signals. As a result, the speed of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis was enhanced by significantly increasing the local concentration of the reagents in a crosslinked DNA product, leading to a detection limit of 363 fM within 5 min. The robustness of this system has been validated in complex environments, such as fetal bovine serum and saliva. Hence, the proposed CCHA system offers an efficient and simple approach for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA, holding substantial promise for enhancing COVID-19 diagnosis.
