A glucose meter interface for point-of-care gene circuit-based diagnostics.
Nat Commun
; 12(1): 724, 2021 02 01.
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| ID: mdl-33526784
ABSTRACT
Recent advances in cell-free synthetic biology have given rise to gene circuit-based sensors with the potential to provide decentralized and low-cost molecular diagnostics. However, it remains a challenge to deliver this sensing capacity into the hands of users in a practical manner. Here, we leverage the glucose meter, one of the most widely available point-of-care sensing devices, to serve as a universal reader for these decentralized diagnostics. We describe a molecular translator that can convert the activation of conventional gene circuit-based sensors into a glucose output that can be read by off-the-shelf glucose meters. We show the development of new glucogenic reporter systems, multiplexed reporter outputs and detection of nucleic acid targets down to the low attomolar range. Using this glucose-meter interface, we demonstrate the detection of a small-molecule analyte; sample-to-result diagnostics for typhoid, paratyphoid A/B; and show the potential for pandemic response with nucleic acid sensors for SARS-CoV-2.
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Assunto principal:
Ácidos Nucleicos
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Técnicas Biossensoriais
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Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito
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Redes Reguladoras de Genes
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Testes Imediatos
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Glucose
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article