Hybridization-based DNA biosensing with a limit of detection of 4 fM in 30 s using an electrohydrodynamic concentration module fabricated by grayscale lithography

Type Article
Date 2022-07
Language English
Author(s) Tijunelyte Inga1, Teillet Jeffrey1, Bruand Paul1, Courson RemiORCID1, Lecestre Aurélie1, Joseph PierreORCID1, Bancaud AurélienORCID1
Affiliation(s) 1 : CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France
Source Biomicrofluidics (1932-1058) (AIP Publishing), 2022-07 , Vol. 16 , N. 4 , P. 044111 (??p.)
DOI 10.1063/5.0073542
Abstract

Speeding up and enhancing the performances of nucleic acid biosensing technologies have remained drivers for innovation. Here, we optimize a fluorimetry-based technology for DNA detection based on the concentration of linear targets paired with probes. The concentration module consists of a microfluidic channel with the shape of a funnel in which we monitor a viscoelastic flow and a counter-electrophoretic force. We report that the technology performs better with a target longer than 100 nucleotides (nt) and a probe shorter than 30 nt. We also prove that the control of the funnel geometry in 2.5D using grayscale lithography enhances sensitivity by 100-fold in comparison to chips obtained by conventional photolithography. With these optimized settings, we demonstrate a limit of detection of 4 fM in 30 s and a detection range of more than five decades. This technology hence provides an excellent balance between sensitivity and time to result.

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Tijunelyte Inga, Teillet Jeffrey, Bruand Paul, Courson Remi, Lecestre Aurélie, Joseph Pierre, Bancaud Aurélien (2022). Hybridization-based DNA biosensing with a limit of detection of 4 fM in 30 s using an electrohydrodynamic concentration module fabricated by grayscale lithography. Biomicrofluidics, 16(4), 044111 (??p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073542 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00791/90254/