A pico-HPLC-LIF system for the amplification-free determination of multiple miRNAs in cells

• 作者: Wenmei Zhang Zunsheng Han Yingqi Liang Qi Zhang Xiangnan Dou Guangsheng Guo Xiayan Wang
• 来源期刊: 中国化学快报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（7）
• 所属期刊栏目: Communications
• 页码范围: 2183-2186
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

MicroRNAs are a class of important biomarkers, and the simultaneous detection of multiple miRNAs can provide valuable information about many diseases and biological processes. Amplification-free determination has been developed for the analysis of multiple miRNAs because of its characteristic low cost and high fidelity. Herein, a method for the amplification-free analysis and simultaneous detection of multiple miRNAs based on a so-called pico-HPLC-LIF system is described. In this process, a bare open capillary with an inner diameter of 680 nm is used as a separation column for a sample volume of several hundreds of femtoliters (300 fL), followed by separation and detection. The technique has a zeptomolar limit of detection. The method was applied to detect cellular miRNA from adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial (A549) cell extracts, and the simultaneous detection of the mir-182, miR-155, and let-7a was achieved. The results showed that the expression of mir-182 and miR-155 was up-regulated and that of let-7a was down-regulated in A549 cells. This method for multiple miRNAs detection is expected to have broad applications in miRNA-based disease diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and monitoring.