Transferable, easy-to-use and room-temperature-storable PCR mixes for microfluidic molecular diagnostics.
Talanta
; 235: 122797, 2021 Dec 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1347835
ABSTRACT
As the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), on-site molecular diagnosis is becoming increasingly important. In this study, a freeze-drying method was introduced for PCR reagents to meet the requirements of microfluidic molecular diagnosis. Using this method, PCR components were pre-mixed and freeze-dried as a bead, which could be transferred into microfluidic chips easily. As this bead only required reconstitution in water, operational steps of PCR were simplified, pipetting errors and errors associated with improper handling of wet reagents could also be reduced. In addition, 19 PCR mixes for different targets (including both RNA and DNA) detection were stable when stored at room temperature (18-25 °C) for 1-2 years and may be stored longer as activity monitoring remains ongoing. To shorten the stability testing time, accelerated stability testing at higher temperatures was proposed. The evaluation periods of the freeze-dried PCR mixes were shortened to less than one month when stored at 56 °C and 80 °C. When attempts were further tried to predict the shelf lives for freeze-dried PCR mixes, our findings challenged the classic view of the Q10 method as a prediction model for freeze-dried PCR mixes and confirmed for the first time that this prediction was influenced by different factors at varying degrees. These studies and findings are important for the development of molecular diagnosis at both central laboratories and resource-limited areas.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Microfluidics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Talanta
Year:
2021
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Article
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J.talanta.2021.122797
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