Aptamer-based sensing platform using three-way DNA junction-driven strand displacement and its application in DNA logic circuit.

We proposed a new three-way DNA junction-driven strand displacement mode and fabricated an aptamer-based label-free fluorescent sensing platform on the basis of this mechanism. Assembling the aptamer sequence into the three-way DNA junction makes the platform sensitive to the target of the aptamer. A label-free signal readout method, split G-quadruplex enhanced fluorescence of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX), was used to report the final signal. Here, adenosine triphosphatase (ATP) was taken as a model and detected through this approach, and DNA strand could also be detected by it. The mechanism was investigated by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Furthermore, on the basis of this molecular platform, we built a logic circuit with ATP and DNA strands as input. Aptamer played an important role in mediating the small molecule ATP to tune the DNA logic gate. Through altering the aptamer sequence, this molecular platform will be sensitive to various stimuli and applied in a wide field.

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