Orthogonal Amplification Circuits Composed of Acyclic Nucleic Acids Enable RNA Detection. 2022

Yanglingzhi Chen, and Ryuya Nagao, and Keiji Murayama, and Hiroyuki Asanuma
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.

Construction of complex DNA circuits is difficult due to unintended hybridization and degradation by enzymes under biological conditions. We herein report a hybridization chain reaction (HCR) circuit composed of left-handed acyclic d-threoninol nucleic acid (d-aTNA), which is orthogonal to right-handed DNA and RNA. Because of its high thermal stability, use of an aTNA hairpin with a short 7 base-pair stem ensured clear ON-OFF control of the HCR circuit. The aTNA circuit was stable against nucleases. A circuit based on right-handed acyclic l-threoninol nucleic acid (l-aTNA) was also designed, and high orthogonality between d- and l-aTNA HCRs was confirmed by activation of each aTNA HCR via a corresponding input strand. A dual OR logic gate was successfully established using serinol nucleic acid (SNA), which could initiate both d- and l-aTNA circuits. The d-aTNA HCR was used for an RNA-dependent signal amplification system via the SNA interface. The design resulted in 80% yield of the cascade reaction in 3000 s without a significant leak. This work represents the first example of use of heterochiral HCR circuits for detection of RNA molecules. The method has potential for direct visualization of RNA in vivo and the FISH method.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009693 Nucleic Acid Hybridization Widely used technique which exploits the ability of complementary sequences in single-stranded DNAs or RNAs to pair with each other to form a double helix. Hybridization can take place between two complimentary DNA sequences, between a single-stranded DNA and a complementary RNA, or between two RNA sequences. The technique is used to detect and isolate specific sequences, measure homology, or define other characteristics of one or both strands. (Kendrew, Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, 1994, p503) Genomic Hybridization,Acid Hybridization, Nucleic,Acid Hybridizations, Nucleic,Genomic Hybridizations,Hybridization, Genomic,Hybridization, Nucleic Acid,Hybridizations, Genomic,Hybridizations, Nucleic Acid,Nucleic Acid Hybridizations
D009696 Nucleic Acids High molecular weight polymers containing a mixture of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides chained together by ribose or deoxyribose linkages. Nucleic Acid,Acid, Nucleic,Acids, Nucleic
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D012313 RNA A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) RNA, Non-Polyadenylated,Ribonucleic Acid,Gene Products, RNA,Non-Polyadenylated RNA,Acid, Ribonucleic,Non Polyadenylated RNA,RNA Gene Products,RNA, Non Polyadenylated
D020029 Base Pairing Pairing of purine and pyrimidine bases by HYDROGEN BONDING in double-stranded DNA or RNA. Base Pair,Base Pairs,Base Pairings

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