Detection of mRNA from Escherichia coli in drinking water on nanostructured polymeric surfaces using liquid crystals
- Authors
- Park, So-Jung; Min, Junhong; Hu, Qiong-Zheng; Jang, Chang-Hyun
- Issue Date
- May-2014
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Liquid crystals; Detection; mRNA; Pathogens; Polymer substrate
- Citation
- COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE, v.292, no.5, pp 1163 - 1169
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
- Volume
- 292
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 1163
- End Page
- 1169
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/12268
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00396-014-3162-7
- ISSN
- 0303-402X
1435-1536
- Abstract
- In this study, we demonstrate the detection of mRNA from Escherichia coli in drinking water using thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs). After hybridization of complementary mRNA with the single-stranded DNA immobilized on a polymer substrate containing periodic sinusoidal wave patterns, the orientation of LCs transits from a uniform to a non-uniform state, thereby inducing a change in the optical response of LCs. The periodic sinusoidal features of the polymer substrate are obtained through buckling the poly-(dimethylsiloxane) slide on a cylindrical surface, followed by replicating the associated relief structures on a poly-(urethaneacrylate) surface, where a film of gold was deposited. Then, thiol-modified single-stranded DNA was functionalized on the gold film as an mRNA receptor. The formation of mRNA-single-stranded DNA complex, which covers the sinusoidal nanostructures on the surface, induces the orientational transition of LCs. This result indicates that LCs can be used to report the specific hybridization of mRNA with single-stranded DNA, which holds promise for the sensitive and label-free detection of viable bacterial pathogens in drinking water.
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