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Reverse Transcription-Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RT-RPA)

  1. The reaction system was configured according to the table below, and the reaction conditions are 39°C for 30 min, 90°C for 10 min, and centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 5 min.
ReagentsConcentration
Dry powder1 tube
A Buffer25 μL
F-Primer2 μL
F-Primer2 μL
ddH2O13.5 μL
DNA template5 μL
B Buffer2.5 μL
 
  1. 3% agarose gel electrophoresis, 5μL sample, 80V, 30min.
ReagentsConcentration
Agarose0.9 g
TAE(1×)30 mL
Goldview2 μL
 

Cas protein

1. Protein Expression

(1)Preparation of LB culture medium

ReagentsConcentration
1% NaCl1 g
1% Tryptone1 g
0.5% Yeast Extract0.5 g
 

2. Strains inoculation

(1) Turn on the ultra-clean table UV lamp for 30 min in advance, and set the shaker speed and temperature at 220r and 37 ℃.

(2) Open the sterilized culture medium, add 50 μL of kanamycin stock solution (30 mg/mL) to the conical flask, and shake for a thorough mix.

(3)Take 7 mL of culture medium to the test tube.

(4) Add about 30 μL of -80 ℃ lyophilized monoclonal strain into the test tube with 7 mL of culture medium.

(5)Put the test tube inside the shaker and set the parameter at 37 ℃, 220 r for an overnight incubation, which is about 12hr.

(6)Store the culture medium at 4 ℃.

3. Expanded culture

(1) Remove the test tube from the shaker and place it on the ultra-clean table.

(2)Take out the test tube containing the bacterial fluid and transfer 1-2 mL of it into a conical flask containing the sterilized culture medium.

(3) Repeat the procedures with the other test tube and the conical flask.

(4) Place the two conical flasks in the shaker and set the parameter at 37 ℃, 220 rpm incubation, about 3-4 h,OD=0.6.

(5) Preserve the strain.

4. IPTG induction

(1) Take out 1M IPTG (solid powder, filter membrane is used for sterilization after preparation) and melt it at room temperature.

(2) Take out the conical flasks from the shaker and put them into the ultra-clean table together with IPTG.

(3) Add 10 μL IPTG under the surface of the culture medium and repeat the procedure.

(4) Place the conical flasks back into the shaker and incubate at 16 ℃, 220 r for 16 hr.

5. Collection

(1) Centrifuge the bacterial fluid and discard the supernatant.

(2) Add 5mL of 20mM imidazole respectively and mix well with blowing. Then transfer them to the same tube.

(3)Add 200μL PMSF.

(4)Preserve it at -80°C.

6. Protein purification

(1) Take out the bacteria and melt it at room temperature.

(2) Place the tube that contains the bacterial fluid in a beaker and bathe it with ice water. Then sonicate the tube until the bacterial fluid is clear.

(3) Centrifuge the bacterial fluid (12000×g, 30min).

(4) Equilibrate the Ni column with distilled water and then binding buffer.

(5)Elute the protein with 20mM, 30mM, 60mM, 150mM, 300mM and 500mM imidazole respectively, and collect it at the end.

7. Ultrafiltration

(1) Using a 10 KDa ultrafiltration tube, add the collection solution (placed on an ice box) (Max=400 μL) and centrifuge at high speed (4 °C, 12000 × g, 4 min).

(2)Discard the effluent, add the collection solution to the ultrafiltration tube, and repeat these steps until the entire collection solution is ultrafiltered.

(3)Add Protein diluent into the ultrafiltration tubes, blow and mix, and ultrafiltrate it. Repeat three times.

(4)Bradford method for concentration measurement.

(5)Sub-pack the solution and store at -80°C.

8. SDS-PAGE electrophoresis

8% PAGE Glue Formulation:

ReagentsConcentration
30% Arc-Bis5 mL
ddH2O6.1 mL
5XTBE2 mL
Aps0.15 mL
TEMED0.07 mL
 
ReagentsConcentration
30% Arc-Bis1 ml
ddH2O3.5 mL
5XTBE1.5 mL
Aps60 μL
TEMED6 μL
 

SDS-PAGE sample system configuration:

ReagentsConcentration
6X SDS-PAGE Buffer8 μL
Protein Original Solution40 μL
 

(1)Place the gel in the electrophoresis chamber. Pour enough electrophoresis buffer (1 X TBE) to cover the gel to prevent overheating of the gel.Carefully remove the comb.

(2)Prepare the protein sample.

(3)Add marker into the first well by using a micropipette. Carefully place the prepared samples into adjacent wells.

(4)Electrophorese the samples at 30V for 20 minutes and 120V for 1hr.

(5)Carefully remove the gel, and take a picture for the gel.

FQ reporter assay

(1)Set up the following 20 μL incubation system:

ReagentsConcentration
Cleavage Buffer50 nM
FQ probe100 nM
crRNA120 nM
Cas protein(Cas12a / Cas14a / CasΦ)100 nM
 

Dissolved in ddH2O, the mixture was incubated at 37℃ for 30min.

(2)Add following reagents to each protein reaction system after incubation to the certain concentration, and the volume of the overall system is 60μL:

ReagentsExperimental groupNTC
Cleavage Buffer50 nM50 nM
Target DNA50 nM-
  

(3)Evenly mix the system and add it to 96-hole plates, 20 μL for each. Fluorescence signals were obtained every 2 minutes at 37°C.

DNA-protein hybird hydrogel

1. Pre-preparation of DNA-protein hybird hydrogel

Dissolve the dry powders of ssDNA1 and ssDNA2 with PBS and configure them into 240mM solutions.Add ssDNA1 and ssDNA2 in equal proportions and prepared 20μL of each solution with ssDNA concentration of 40uM, 80uM, and 120uM, and the volume difference was complemented with PBS.

Maintain the reaction system at 37 °C for 6h. Examined three sets of samples by 3% agarose gel electrophoresis.

IngredientDosage
Agarose0.9g
1 × TAE30mL

2. Validation different assembly temperature.

Add ssDNA1 and ssDNA2 in equal proportions and prepared 20μL of each solution with ssDNA concentration of 50μM, 100μM, and the volume difference was complemented with PBS. 95℃ to 25℃, One degree per minute, 25℃ for 4hr,Examined two sets of samples by 3% agarose gel electrophoresis.

3. Validation Different SA to ssDNA1 and ssDNA2 concentration ratios.

(1) Add streptavidin to the pre-experimental medium 120mM sample in three tubes, small amount, normal amount and large amount, respectively. Examined three sets of samples by 3% agarose gel electrophoresis.

(2) The group with ssDNA concentration of 50mM in the second experiment was divided into two equal portions. Adding SA according to the proportions in the following table. And examined two sets of samples by 3% agarose gel electrophoresis.

GroupssDNA1-biotin:SA
15:2
22:1

4. Reaction solution system with different ions added.

(1) Configure MgCl2 / NaCl / CaCl2 / NH4Cl / KCl at a concentration of 10mM。Configured 7 reaction systems with the above solutions. As shown in the following table. The temperature conditions for the reaction : 95℃, 10min; 37℃, 110min.

GroupsDosage
11mM Na+
21mM K+
31mM Na+ and 1mM K+
41mM NH4+
51mM Mg2+
61mM Ca2+
7Negative Control

(2) On the basis of existing experiments, we reconfigured the reaction solution as showed in the following table. The temperature conditions for the reaction : 95℃, 10min; 37℃, 110min.

GroupsDosage
11mM Mg2+/Ca2+
21mM Na+/K+/NH4+
31mM Mg2+/Ca2+/Na+/K+/NH4+

Examined two sets of samples by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis.

IngredientDosage
Agarose0.45g
1 × TAE30mL

5. Reaction system with different reaction temperature.

After adding a variety of cations (as in the above experiments), we continued to adjust the temperature environment of the reaction system, as well as negative control (95℃, 30min; 37℃, 210min), as shown in the following table. Then, examined two sets of samples by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis.

Temperature/℃Time
9510min
8510min
8010min
77.520min
74.530min
72.520min
70.510min
655min
605min
505min
405min
37230min

6. Longer time for DNA-protein hybrid hydrogel system self-assembling.

Configure 3 tubes of reaction solution with ingredients in the following table.

The reaction temperature of ssDNA1/2 is consistent with the above table. Then, examined two sets of samples by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis.

Tube 1Tube2Tube3
1mM Mg2+/Na+/Ca2+/NH4+/K+1mM Mg2+/Na+/Ca2+/NH4+/K+1mM Mg2+/Na+/Ca2+/NH4+/K+
100mM ssDNA1(NTC)100mM ssDNA1/2100mM ssDNA1/2
ssDNA1-biotin:SA= 5:2ssDNA1-biotin:SA= 5:2ssDNA1-biotin:SA= 5:2
37℃ / 24h37℃ / 24h37℃ / 6h

DNA nanosponge

1. Preparation of RCA:

(1)Configuration of the reaction system:

IngredientDosage/μL
10 × T4 PNK1
1 × T4 PNK1
L25
ATP(20mM)1
ddH2O2

(2)After the reaction system was configured, place the EP tube in the PCR instrument and carry out the reaction, 37℃, 30min; 70℃, 10min.

(3)Add 5μL L2T to the present reaction system and set the reaction, 90℃, 3min; 65℃, 2min; decrease by one degree per minute after that.

(4)Add the dosage in the following table to the existing reaction system andset the reaction temperature, 37℃, 30min; 70℃, 10min.

IngredientDosage/μL
10 × T4 ligase215
0.1 × T4 ligase1
ATP(20mM)1
ddH2O615

 

(4)Add the dosage in the following table to 25ul existing reaction system and set the reaction temperature to 4h.

IngredientDosage/μL
10 × RCA5
CasΦ1
dNTPs5
L2T5
ddH2O6.5

2.Verify RCA products embedding AuNP

(1)Configure two reaction systems as following 2 tables.

IngredientDosage/ul
RCA Product (4h)40
AuNP20
MBD-SA40

 

(2)React at room temperature and wait for sufficient production of white flocculent. Remove the supernatant, extrace and lyophilize. The freeze-dried samples were photographed in SEM.

3. RCA amplification products encapsulated with straight chain starch.

MBD-SA was added to the RCA reaction system together with Glu starch, 30°C, 24h, 65°C, 10min.

4. Verify the ability of DNA nanostructures to encapsulate starch.

IngredientDosage/μL
10 × RCA product5
CasΦ1
dNTPs5
P (0277)5
C22
GCu20
ddH2O12

5. One-step synthesis of DNA nanosponges.

IngredientDosage/μL
10 × RCA product5
CasΦ1
dNTPs5
P (0277)5
NEB.25
SAM5
M.SSSI1
C22
ddH2O21

6. The validation of DNA nanosponge degradation.

Take appropriate amount of prepared DNA nanosponges and wash with dd, add 10μL of MBD-SA, mix and continue to wash with a small amount of water. Then, add 20μL of the promotion suspension, 20μL of DnaseI and 5μL of Afu Buffer, and react for five minutes at room temperature.

7. Blood Glucose Meter Test.

H2O (20ml×2), wash it, add 10μL DnaseI, 10μL Glu starch, 2μL A.B, R.T, 15min.

8. The validation of the CasΦ protein with DNA nanosponge degradation.

Take 10μL of DNA nanosponge degradation suspensions, centrifuge at 10000g and remove the supernatant. Add 20μL CasΦ activation fluid (CasΦ+crRNA) and 10μL Glu starch (1mg/ml). Room temperature reaction for one hour and test the blood glucose meter.