Closed-tube human leukocyte antigen DQA1∗05 genotyping assay based on switchable lanthanide luminescence probes.
Genotyping in closed tube is commonly performed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and allele-specific oligonucleotide probes using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Here we introduce a homogeneous human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQA1∗05 end-point PCR assay based on switchable lanthanide luminescence probe technology and a simple dried blood sample preparation. The switchable probe technology is based on two non-luminescent oligonucleotide probes: one carrying a non-luminescent lanthanide chelate and the other carrying a light-absorbing antenna ligand. Hybridization of the probes in adjacent positions to the target DNA leads to the formation of a highly luminescent lanthanide chelate complex by self-assembly of the reporter molecules. Performance of the HLA-DQA1∗05 assay was evaluated by testing blood samples collected on sample collection cards and was prepared by lysing the punched samples (3-mm discs) using alkaline reaction conditions and high temperature. Testing of 147 blood samples yielded 100% correlation to the heterogeneous DELFIA technology-based reference assay. Genotyping requires carefully designed probe sequences able to discriminate matched and mismatched target sequences by hybridization. Furthermore, definite genotype discrimination was achieved because inherently non-luminescent switchable probes together with time-resolved measurement mode led to very low background signal level and, therefore, very high signal differences averaging 54-fold between DQA1∗05 and other alleles.
['Lehmusvuori|Ari|A|', 'Kiviniemi|Minna|M|', 'Ilonen|Jorma|J|', 'Soukka|Tero|T|']
D015342:DNA Probes D005063:Europium D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer D060005:Genotyping Techniques D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains D006801:Humans D008163:Luminescent Measurements
Genotyping PCR Lanthanide chelate Switchable sensor