Abstract

Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), a specialized DNA polymerase, is recognized as a promising biomarker for acute leukemia. Herein, taking the advantage of the self-mediated strand elongation property of TdT, a simple and sensitive method for TdT activity assay was developed based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) labeling inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). In the presence of TdT, the primer DNA on magnetic beads is elongated with an adenine-rich single stranded long chain that can label poly-thymine modified AuNPs. After acid elution, the labeled AuNPs were detected by ICP-MS, and the signal intensity of 197Au reflected the TdT activity. Under the optimal conditions, the limit of detection for TdT activity is down to 0.054 U mL−1, along with good selectivity and strong tolerance to other interfering proteins. Furthermore, it achieves a straightforward and accurate detection of TdT activity in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells without sample pre-processing and tool enzyme addition. Therefore, the proposed method shows great promise as a valuable tool for TdT-related biological research and leukemia therapeutics.

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