Flow-through PCR on a 3D qiandu-shaped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microdevice employing a single heater: toward microscale multiplex PCR
- Authors
- Wu, Wenming; Kieu The Loan Trinh; Lee, Nae Yoon
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Citation
- ANALYST, v.137, no.9, pp.2069 - 2076
- Journal Title
- ANALYST
- Volume
- 137
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 2069
- End Page
- 2076
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/17557
- DOI
- 10.1039/c2an35077g
- ISSN
- 0003-2654
- Abstract
- Consistent temperature control in an on-chip flow-through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) employing two or more heaters is one of the main obstacles for device miniaturization and integration when realizing micro total analysis systems (mu TAS), and also leads to operational complexity. In this study, we propose a qiandu (right triangular prism)-shaped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microdevice with serpentine microchannels fabricated on its slanted plane, and apply the device for an on-chip flow-through PCR employing a single heater. The inclined nature of the qiandu-shaped microdevice enables the formation of a surface temperature gradient along the slanted plane of the microdevice in a height-dependent manner by the use of a single heater, and enables liquid to traverse over wide ranges of temperatures, including the three temperature zones-denaturation, annealing, and extension temperatures-required in a typical PCR. The feasibility of the qiandu-shaped PDMS microdevice as a versatile platform for performing a flow-through PCR was examined by employing multiple templates and varying the inclination angle of the device. In addition, the potential of performing a multiplex PCR using a single qiandu-shaped PDMS microdevice was explored. A 409 bp long gene fragment effective as a marker for diagnosing lung cancer and a 230 bp long gene fragment from a plasmid vector were simultaneously amplified in less than 25 min on a single microdevice, paving the way for a microscale, multiplex PCR on a single device employing a single heater.
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