A glucose meter interface for point-of-care gene circuit-based diagnostics.
Nat Commun
; 12(1): 724, 2021 02 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1387326
ABSTRACT
Recent advances in cell-free synthetic biology have given rise to gene circuit-based sensors with the potential to provide decentralized and low-cost molecular diagnostics. However, it remains a challenge to deliver this sensing capacity into the hands of users in a practical manner. Here, we leverage the glucose meter, one of the most widely available point-of-care sensing devices, to serve as a universal reader for these decentralized diagnostics. We describe a molecular translator that can convert the activation of conventional gene circuit-based sensors into a glucose output that can be read by off-the-shelf glucose meters. We show the development of new glucogenic reporter systems, multiplexed reporter outputs and detection of nucleic acid targets down to the low attomolar range. Using this glucose-meter interface, we demonstrate the detection of a small-molecule analyte; sample-to-result diagnostics for typhoid, paratyphoid A/B; and show the potential for pandemic response with nucleic acid sensors for SARS-CoV-2.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nucleic Acids
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Biosensing Techniques
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Point-of-Care Systems
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Gene Regulatory Networks
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Point-of-Care Testing
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Glucose
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
Biology
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Science
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41467-020-20639-6
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