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Theranostics 2019; 9(20):5914-5923. doi:10.7150/thno.36081 This issue Cite

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An all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine and its application for intracellular analysis of miRNA

Muren Hu1, Dongsheng Mao2, Xiaohao Liu2, Lingjie Ren2, Mengru Zhou2, Xiaoxia Chen2,3,✉, Xiaoli Zhu2,✉

1. Department of General Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, P. R. China
2. Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
3. State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China

✉ Corresponding authors: accaliaedu.cn; xiaolizhuedu.cn

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Hu M, Mao D, Liu X, Ren L, Zhou M, Chen X, Zhu X. An all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine and its application for intracellular analysis of miRNA. Theranostics 2019; 9(20):5914-5923. doi:10.7150/thno.36081. https://www.thno.org/v09p5914.htm
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DNA walker is a powerful type of DNA nanomachine that can produce amplified signals during the "burnt-bridge"-like walking process. Despite their successful application in extracellular bioanalysis, the heterogeneity of the existing DNA walkers makes it difficult to guarantee the consistency of the results during the analysis of different cells.

Methods: Here, an all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine is reported that can be delivered into living cells for intracellular bioanalysis of miRNA without auxiliary materials.

Results: This DNA walking nanomachine is constructed of gold nanoparticles on which two types of interrelated DNA tracks are assembled. The target miRNA, cancer-related miR-21, can be captured by one of the tracks (track 1) and then walk to the other track (track 2), releasing the hybrid of track 1 and track 2 from the nanoparticle to produce a signal. The walking process can proceed in a cyclic 1-2-1-2 manner and thereby produce amplified signals. Thus, sensitive imaging of the miRNA in situ can be achieved.

Conclusion: Benefiting from the homogeneity of the detection system, the method can be applied for intracellular analysis without interference induced by the fluctuations of stimuli or accessorial contents.

Keywords: DNA Nanomachine, DNA Walker, MicroRNA, Signal Amplification, Cell Imaging

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Hu, M., Mao, D., Liu, X., Ren, L., Zhou, M., Chen, X., Zhu, X. (2019). An all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine and its application for intracellular analysis of miRNA. Theranostics, 9(20), 5914-5923. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.36081.

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Hu, M.; Mao, D.; Liu, X.; Ren, L.; Zhou, M.; Chen, X.; Zhu, X. An all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine and its application for intracellular analysis of miRNA. Theranostics 2019, 9 (20), 5914-5923. DOI: 10.7150/thno.36081.

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Hu M, Mao D, Liu X, Ren L, Zhou M, Chen X, Zhu X. An all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine and its application for intracellular analysis of miRNA. Theranostics 2019; 9(20):5914-5923. doi:10.7150/thno.36081. https://www.thno.org/v09p5914.htm

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Hu M, Mao D, Liu X, Ren L, Zhou M, Chen X, Zhu X. 2019. An all-in-one homogeneous DNA walking nanomachine and its application for intracellular analysis of miRNA. Theranostics. 9(20):5914-5923.

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