Issue 35, 2023

Rapid diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction based on reverse transcription-accelerated strand exchange amplification of miR-208a

Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a prevalent cardiovascular disease associated with high morbidity and mortality, posing a significant threat to human health. Therefore, early diagnosis of AMI has become a focal point of research. MiR-208 is specifically expressed in the heart and is involved in the regulation of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis, and other myocardial gene expressions. It is expected to be applied in the clinical detection of AMI due to its release by damaged myocardial cells within 3 hours of AMI. In this study, we developed a denatured bubble-mediated reverse transcription-accelerated strand exchange amplification (RT-ASEA) method to detect the early biomarker miR-208a of AMI. The novel approach allowed rapid amplification of miR-208a in 15 minutes, with good performance in terms of repeatability (CV < 6%), determination limit (1 × 100 pmol L−1), and linearity (R2 = 0.9690). Based on the analysis of 42 clinical samples, a strong correlation was observed between the Ct value of miR-208a detected by the RT-ASEA method and the cTnI concentration, considered the gold standard for diagnosis of AMI. The research suggested that the RT-ASEA method could be applied to distinguish between AMI and healthy groups. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was 0.9976, with a sensitivity of 96% and a specificity of 100%. Optimized RT-ASEA is a reliable and efficient method for miRNA detection. Furthermore, this study provides crucial data support for the development of miR-208a as an early biomarker for AMI, which is of great significance in life and health.

Graphical abstract: Rapid diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction based on reverse transcription-accelerated strand exchange amplification of miR-208a

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Jul 2023
Accepted
04 Ago 2023
First published
23 Ago 2023

Anal. Methods, 2023,15, 4442-4451

Rapid diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction based on reverse transcription-accelerated strand exchange amplification of miR-208a

Y. Zhao, L. Zhuang, P. Tian, M. Ma, G. Wu and Y. Zhang, Anal. Methods, 2023, 15, 4442 DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01116J

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