Journal: Genes & Diseases
Article Title: Dual-mode aptamer-driven biosensing platform for ultrasensitive and mutation-resilient detection of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein
doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2025.101943
Figure Lengend Snippet: Specificity and cross-variant recognition of NP14 for the SARS-CoV-2 N protein. (A) ELONA method detection mode diagram. (B) NP14 labeled with 400 nM biotin was used with various proteins (1 μg/mL): SARS-CoV N protein, human coronavirus (HCoV) 229E, OC43, HKU1, SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), interleukin-4 (IL-4), bovine serum albumin (BSA), and influenza (InFlu) A and B proteins, to validate the specificity of NP14 via ELISA. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation of triplicate results ( n = 3). Compared with the SARS-CoV-2 N protein: ns, not significant; ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. (C) Direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 N protein binding activity at various concentrations (0, 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 800, and 1000 ng/mL) via the ELONA platform. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation of triplicate results ( n = 3). (D – L) Detection of NP14 (biotin-labeled, 400 nM) binding to N recombinant proteins from SARS-CoV-2 variants at different concentrations (0, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 ng/mL) on the direct ELONA platform. Variants included (D) alpha, (E) beta, (F) gamma, (G) delta, (H) omicron B.1.640, (I) omicron BA.2, (J) lambda, (K) omicron BA.1, and (L) omicron BA.4.
Article Snippet: X-Aptamer libraries were acquired from AM Biotechnologies (Houston, Texas, USA); His-Tag magnetic beads (Invitrogen, DynabeadsTM His-Tag Isolation & Pulldown, 10103D), SARS-CoV-2 N protein, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 N protein monoclonal antibodies (anti-SARS-CoV-2 N protein mAb, Cat: 40143-MM05, 40588-R001) were purchased from Sino Biological.
Techniques: Variant Assay, Labeling, Binding Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Standard Deviation, Protein Binding, Activity Assay, Recombinant