Detection of toxoplasma gondii with a DNA molecular beacon probe

Shichao Xu; Cuicui Yao; Shuoming Wei; Jimei Zhang; Bo Sun; Guo Zheng; Qing Han; Fei Hu; Hongming Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.806683

2 February 2009 Detection of toxoplasma gondii with a DNA molecular beacon probe

Shichao Xu, Cuicui Yao, Shuoming Wei, Jimei Zhang, Bo Sun, Guo Zheng, Qing Han, Fei Hu, Hongming Zhou

Proceedings Volume 7157, 2008 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Advanced Sensor Technologies and Applications; 71571U (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.806683
Event: International Conference of Optical Instrument and Technology, 2008, Beijing, China

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is a microscopic parasite that may infect humans, so there is an increasing concern on the early detection of latent Toxoplasma gondii infection in recent years. We currently report a rapid and sensitive method for Toxoplasma gondii based on molecular beacon (MB) probe. The probe based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) with a stem-loop DNA oligonucleotide was labeled with CdTe/ZnS quantum dots (energy donor) at 5' end and BHQ-2 (energy acceptor) at 3' end, respectively. The probe was synthesized in PBS buffer at pH 8.2, room temperature for 24 h. Then target DNA was injected under the condition of 37°C, hybridization for 2 h, in Tris-HCl buffer. The data from fluorescence spectrum (FS) showed that ca 65% of emitted fluorescence was quenched, and about 50% recovery of fluorescence intensity was observed after adding target DNA, which indicated that the target DNA was successfully detected by MB probe. The detecting limitation was determined as ca 5 nM. Moreover, specificity of the probe was investigated by adding target DNA with one-base-pair mismatch, the low fluorescence recovery indicated the high specificity. The results showed that the current sensing probe will be a useful and convenient tool in Toxoplasma gondii early detection.

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Shichao Xu, Cuicui Yao, Shuoming Wei, Jimei Zhang, Bo Sun, Guo Zheng, Qing Han, Fei Hu, and Hongming Zhou "Detection of toxoplasma gondii with a DNA molecular beacon probe", Proc. SPIE 7157, 2008 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Advanced Sensor Technologies and Applications, 71571U (2 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.806683

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