Issue 7, 2024

Naked-eye detection of plant viral disease using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNAzyme

Abstract

Plant viral diseases can seriously affect the yield and quality of crops. In this work, a convenient and highly sensitive biosensor for the visual detection of plant viral disease is proposed by the PCR-induced generation of DNAzyme. In the absence of nucleic acid for a target plant virus, the primers prohibited the production of G-quadruplex by forming a hairpin structure. However, PCR amplification occurred and generated a number of specific PCR products with free G-quadruplex sequences at both ends in the presence of the target cDNA. A catalytically active G-quadruplex DNAzyme was formed with the help of K+ and hemin, resulting in the formation of colored products visible to the naked eye and a strong absorbance by the addition of ABTS2− and H2O2. The absorbance and the logarithm of target cDNA concentrations showed a good linear relationship in the range of 10 fM–1.0 nM, with a linear regression equation of A = 0.1402 lg c + 0.3761 (c: fM) and a detection limit of 0.19 fM. This method was successfully applied to the analysis of emerging tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) infections in tobacco leaf samples collected in the field due to its flexibility and convenience, indicating a potential application for the early detection of plant viral disease.

Graphical abstract: Naked-eye detection of plant viral disease using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNAzyme

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Ago 2023
Accepted
04 Jan 2024
First published
05 Jan 2024

Anal. Methods, 2024,16, 1003-1011

Naked-eye detection of plant viral disease using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNAzyme

Y. Fang, C. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Hu, M. Lai, P. Liu and H. Zhang, Anal. Methods, 2024, 16, 1003 DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01367G

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