Abstract
Multiple circulating non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in serum may serve as vital biomarkers for use in diagnosing early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC). Herein, a universal platform for one-pot detection of CRC-related ncRNAs was developed based on branched rolling circle amplification and CRISPR-Cas12a (BRCACas). For the implementation of the method, primers incorporating ncRNA sequences of circulating CRC-associated RNAs (piRNA or miRNA) were designed that could specifically hybridize with circular probes to initiate the BRCA process. Thereafter, the generation of dendritic DNA products triggered Cas12a trans-cleavage activity to elicit a fluorescent signal. The proposed method, combining high BRCA reaction efficiency with powerful Cas12a trans-cleavage activity, provided greatly enhanced detection sensitivity, as reflected by limits of detection (LODs) for model piRNA (piR-54265) and model miRNA (miR21) of 0.76 fM and 0.87 fM, respectively. Notably, the proposed BRCACas platform, assaying two different types of CRC-associated ncRNAs in patient samples, produced consistent results with the conventional reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) method. Therefore, the one-pot, isothermal, and specific BRCACas platform provided excellent performance, thus demonstrating its promise as a rapid, adaptable, and practical diagnostic/prognostic cancer screening method.
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