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- the present disclosure relates to the detection of target nucleic acid sequences using tagged oligonucleotides comprising synthetic non-natural bases.
- a real-time detection method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence while monitoring target amplification in a real-time manner is widely used.
- Real-time detection methods generally use labeled probes or primers that specifically hybridize with a target nucleic acid sequence.
- a method using hybridization between a labeled probe and a target nucleic acid sequence a Molecular beacon method using a dual-labeled probe having a hairpin structure (Tyagi et al., Nature Biotechnology v.14 MARCH 1996), a HyBeacon method (French DJ et al. al., Mol.
- Examples of methods using labeled primers include the Sunrise primer method (Nazarenko et al, 2516-2521 Nucleic Acids Research, 1997, v.25 no.12, and U.S. Patent No. 6,117,635), the Scorpion primer method (Whitcombe et al, 804 -807, Nature Biotechnology v.17 AUGUST 1999 and US Pat. No. 6,326,145) and the TSG primer method (WO 2011/078441).
- the real-time detection method using the aforementioned dimer and/or the real-time detection method using the double quenching assay uses a tagged oligonucleotide (eg, probe and tagging oligonucleotide (PTO), etc.).
- the tag oligonucleotide is cleaved dependently on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence to release fragments (eg, PTO fragments).
- the method then utilizes hybridization between the fragment and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide capable of hybridizing with the fragment (e.g., a capturing and templating oligonucleotide (CTO), a capturing and quenching oligonucleotide (CQO), etc.).
- a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide capable of hybridizing with the fragment e.g., a capturing and templating oligonucleotide (CTO), a capturing and quenching oligonucleotide (CQO), etc.
- CTO capturing and templating oligonucleotide
- CQO capturing and quenching oligonucleotide
- the fragment since the fragment is a part of the tag oligonucleotide and is relatively short compared to other oligonucleotides used in the target nucleic acid detection method, it may exhibit low hybridization efficiency with the fragment-hybridized oligonucleotide under specific reaction conditions.
- the fragment is designed not to hybridize with a target nucleic acid sequence as well as a non-target nucleic acid sequence, it may unexpectedly hybridize with an unknown non-target nucleic acid sequence present in the sample.
- a low hybridization efficiency between such a fragment and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide may eventually lead to a decrease in a signal indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence, and hybridization between a fragment and a non-target nucleic acid sequence may also consume the fragment or result in a fragment and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide. interfering with hybridization of the liver, which in turn can lead to a decrease in the signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the present inventors have made intensive research efforts to improve signal detection in a method for detecting a target nucleic acid using a tag oligonucleotide and a fragment-hybridized oligonucleotide.
- the present inventors improved the binding affinity or specificity between a target-dependent fragment released by cleavage depending on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide capable of hybridizing with the target-dependent fragment, thereby improving the signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence. tried to improve.
- the present inventors found that the tagging site of the tag oligonucleotide involved in hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide and the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide released by introducing a synthetic non-natural base pair into the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide It was confirmed that the binding affinity and/or specificity of liver can be increased.
- the protocols of the present disclosure increase the signal indicative of the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence by improving the binding affinity or specificity of hybridization between a target-dependent fragment and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide, and thus detect a plurality of target sequences with improved sensitivity. allows you to
- an object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence.
- Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the present disclosure provides a method of detecting a target nucleic acid sequence comprising the following steps:
- the TO includes (i) a tagging region comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a targeting region comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence, the tagging region comprising the tagging region contains a first synthetic non-natural base within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of, wherein the reaction is hybridization of the target nucleic acid sequence with the TO and cleavage of the TO dependent on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence, followed by tagging of the TO release of a target-dependent fragment comprising a site or a partial sequence thereof, wherein the target-dependent fragment includes the first synthetic non-natural base, and cleavage of the TO is performed by an enzyme having nuclease activity;
- the FHO comprises (i) a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment in 3' to 5' order and a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target-dependent fragment and the targeting site of the TO.
- a first type of FHO comprising a templating site or (ii) a second type of FHO comprising a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment, wherein the capturing site of the FHO comprises the target a second synthetic unnatural base capable of base pairing with a first synthetic unnatural base in the dependent fragment;
- the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the capturing site of the FHO and is extended to generate an extended strand comprising an extended sequence complementary to the templating site of the FHO; This induces formation of a first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO, or (ii) when the FHO is a second type FHO, the target-dependent fragment hybridizes with the capturing site of the FHO to form a second dimer; and
- the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer indicates the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the present inventors have made intensive research efforts to improve signal detection in a method for detecting a target nucleic acid using a tag oligonucleotide and a fragment-hybridized oligonucleotide.
- the present inventors improved the binding affinity or specificity between a target-dependent fragment released by cleavage depending on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide capable of hybridizing with the target-dependent fragment, thereby improving the signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence. tried to improve.
- the present inventors found that the tagging site of the tag oligonucleotide involved in hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide and the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide released by introducing a synthetic non-natural base pair into the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide It was confirmed that the binding affinity or specificity of liver can be increased.
- the protocols of the present disclosure increase the signal indicative of the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence by improving the binding affinity or specificity of hybridization between a target-dependent fragment and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide, and thus detect a plurality of target sequences with improved accuracy. allows you to
- the first synthetic non-natural base is located at a site 2 to 5 nucleotides apart from the 3'-end of the tagging site of the TO.
- the tagging site of the TO further includes 1 to 5 additional synthetic non-natural bases.
- the first synthetic unnatural base and 1 to 5 additional synthetic unnatural bases are spaced 1 to 10 nucleotides apart from each other.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is S, Z, V, K, Pa. Pn, Px, Q, MMO2, 5FM, NaM, B, P, J, X, Ds, Dss and 5SICS.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is S-B base pair, Z-P base pair, V-J base pair, K-X base pair, Pa-Ds base pair, Pa-Q base pair, Pn-Ds base pair, Pn-Dss base pair, Px -Ds base pair, MMO2-5SICS base pair, 5FM-5SICS base pair and NaM-5SICS base pair selected from the group consisting of any one base.
- the tagging portion of the TO has a length of 5 to 50 nucleotides.
- the tagging portion of the TO has a length of 9 to 14 nucleotides.
- the enzyme having nuclease activity is an enzyme having 5' nuclease activity.
- the method is performed in the presence of an upstream primer comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence, and the upstream primer is located upstream in the 5' direction of the TO.
- the upstream primer is extended by a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase to generate an extended strand, and the extended strand is regenerated by an enzyme having the nuclease activity. and a reaction of inducing cleavage of TO to release the target-dependent fragment including the tagging site of the TO or a partial sequence of the tagging site.
- the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and the enzyme having the nuclease activity are the same enzyme.
- the TO is a probe.
- the method is performed in the presence of a downstream primer.
- the first dimer comprises (i) at least one label linked to the target-dependent fragment and/or the first form of FHO, (ii) a label inserted into the first dimer during the extension reaction. providing a signal detectable by a label, (iii) a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction and at least one label linked to the FHO of the first form, or (iv) an intercalating label; , The presence of the extended strand in step (c) is detected by measuring a signal provided from the first dimer.
- the first dimer includes a cleavage site cleaved by a nucleolytic enzyme, and the first dimer provides a detectable signal by cleavage at the cleavage site.
- step (c) the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from cleavage of the first dimer.
- the method additionally uses a Signaling Oligonucleotide (SO) containing a label and a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the extended strand, and the dimer between the SO and the extended strand is detectable.
- SO Signaling Oligonucleotide
- a signal is provided, and in the step (c), the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from the dimer between the SO and the extended strand.
- the method additionally uses Signaling Oligonucleotide (SO) containing a nucleotide sequence hybridizing to the extended strand and a label, and the dimer between the SO and the extended strand is a nucleonucleotide sequence. It includes a cleavage site cleaved by a nucleolytic enzyme, the dimer between the SO and the extended strand provides a detectable signal by cleavage at the cleavage site, and the presence of the extended strand in step (c) is detected by measuring a signal provided from cleavage of the dimer between the SO and the extended strand.
- SO Signaling Oligonucleotide
- the method additionally uses a hybridizing nucleotide (HO) comprising an oligonucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the first type of FHO and a label, and the HO and the first type of FHO
- HO hybridizing nucleotide
- the dimer between the FHO provides a detectable signal
- the presence of the extended strand in step (c) is detected by measuring the signal provided from the dimer between the HO and the FHO of the first form, and the HO and the first form
- the presence of a signal from the dimer between FHO indicates the absence of the extended strand.
- the method additionally uses an immobilizing oligonucleotide (IO) immobilized on a solid substrate containing a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the extended strand, and the extended strand is labeled.
- IO immobilizing oligonucleotide
- a signal detectable on the solid substrate is provided by a dimer between the extended strand and the IO
- step (c) the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand and the IO do.
- step (c) includes the following steps: (c-1) hybridizing the extended strand with a third type of FHO, wherein the third type of FHO is 3' in 5' order (i) a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence hybridizing to the extended strand and (ii) a templating site comprising a nucleotide sequence non-hybridizing to the extended strand; the extended strand hybridizes with the capturing region of the third type FHO; (c-2) performing an extension reaction using template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and the product of step (c-1), wherein the extended strand hybridized to the capturing site of the third form of FHO is further extending to generate a second extension strand comprising a second extension sequence complementary to the templating region of the third type FHO, thereby forming a third dimer between the second extension strand and the third type FHO; (c-3) detecting the presence of the second extended strand, wherein the presence of the second
- the FHO of the first form or the FHO of the second form is immobilized on a solid substrate.
- the method uses additional SO, HO or a third form of FHO immobilized on a solid substrate.
- the 3'-end of the TO and/or the FHO is blocked to prevent extension.
- the TO when the method forms the second dimer, the TO is a reporter molecule and a first quencher molecule are linked, and the second form of FHO is a second quencher molecule is linked
- the TO is cleaved dependently on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence during the reaction of step (a) to release a target-dependent fragment including the reporter molecule, and the reporter molecule included in the target-dependent fragment and the second form
- the second quencher molecule linked to the FHO of provides a detectable signal by the formation and dissociation of the second dimer between the target-dependent fragment and the second form of FHO according to temperature, and of the second dimer in step (c) Presence is detected by measuring the signal provided from the second dimer.
- the Tm value of the first dimer or the second dimer is such that the first synthetic non-natural base and the second synthetic non-natural base included in the first or second dimer are substituted with natural bases. 0.5 to 10 ° C. higher than the Tm value of the dimer.
- all or part of the steps (a)-(c) are repeated including denaturation.
- composition for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence comprising:
- the TO includes (i) a tagging region comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a targeting region comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence, the tagging region comprising the tagging region contains a first synthetic unnatural base within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of, and the TO is cleaved dependently on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence to release a target-dependent fragment containing the tagging site of the TO or a partial sequence thereof. And, the target-dependent fragment comprises the first synthetic non-natural base,
- the FHO comprises (i) a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment in 3' to 5' order and a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target-dependent fragment and the targeting site of the TO.
- a first type of FHO comprising a templating site or (ii) a second type of FHO comprising a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment, wherein the capturing site of the FHO comprises the target a second synthetic unnatural base capable of base pairing with a first synthetic unnatural base in the dependent fragment;
- the composition further includes an upstream primer comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence, and the upstream primer is located upstream of the TO in a 5' direction.
- the composition further comprises a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase.
- the composition further includes a downstream primer.
- the length of the TO tagging region can be reduced while maintaining the Tm.
- the tagging site of the reduced length TO maintains the binding affinity with the capturing site of FHO and hybridizes with the non-target nucleic acid sequence
- the Tm is significantly lowered and the binding affinity is lowered. Therefore, the target-dependent fragment hybridizes with the non-target nucleic acid sequence. may cause an increase in a signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of a method for detecting a target nucleic acid using a TO including a synthetic non-natural base pair and a FHO of a first type.
- FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of a method for detecting a target nucleic acid using TO including a synthetic non-natural base pair and a second type of FHO.
- the present inventors improve the signal indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence by improving the binding affinity or specificity between a target-dependent fragment released by cleavage depending on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence and a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide capable of hybridizing with the target-dependent fragment.
- the present inventors found that the tagging site of the tag oligonucleotide involved in hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide and the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide released by introducing a synthetic non-natural base pair into the fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide It was confirmed that the binding affinity or specificity of liver can be increased.
- a method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence comprising the steps of:
- the TO comprises (i) a tagging site comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a targeting site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence,
- the tagging site includes a first synthetic non-natural base within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of the tagging site,
- the reaction comprises hybridization of the target nucleic acid sequence with the TO and cleavage of the TO dependent on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence to release a target-dependent fragment comprising a tagging portion of the TO or a partial sequence thereof,
- the target-dependent fragment comprises the first synthetic non-natural base
- the cleavage of the TO is carried out by an enzyme having nuclease activity
- the FHO comprises (i) a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment in 3' to 5' order and a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target-dependent fragment and the targeting site of the TO. a first type of FHO comprising a templating site or (ii) a second type of FHO comprising a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to said target-dependent fragment;
- the capturing site of the FHO comprises a second synthetic non-natural base capable of base pairing with the first synthetic non-natural base in the target-dependent fragment;
- the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the capturing site of the FHO and is extended to generate an extended strand comprising an extended sequence complementary to the templating site of the FHO; This induces the formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO, or
- the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer indicates the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- first, second, A, B, (a), (b), (i), and (ii) may be used. These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and the nature, order, or order of the corresponding component is not limited by the term.
- a target nucleic acid sequence is reacted with a tag oligonucleotide (TO).
- TO tag oligonucleotide
- target nucleic acid refers to a sequence to be finally detected, which is annealed or hybridized with a primer or probe under specific hybridization, annealing or amplification conditions.
- probe is a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a site or sites of hybridization to a target nucleic acid sequence.
- primer refers to conditions in which synthesis of a primer extension product complementary to a target nucleic acid sequence (template) is induced, that is, in the presence of nucleotides and a polymerizing agent such as DNA polymerase, and under conditions of suitable temperature and pH. It may refer to an oligonucleotide that serves as a starting point for synthesis.
- probes and primers are single-stranded deoxyribonucleotide molecules.
- Probes or primers used in this disclosure may include naturally occurring dNMPs (ie, dAMP, dGMP, dCMP and dTMP), modified nucleotides or non-natural nucleotides.
- the probe or primer may also contain ribonucleotides.
- the primer should be of sufficient length to prime the synthesis of the extension product in the presence of a polymerization agent.
- the appropriate length of the primer depends on a number of factors, such as temperature, application, and source of the primer.
- annealing or “priming” refers to the apposition of an oligodeoxynucleotide or nucleic acid to a template nucleic acid, wherein the apposition is such that a polymerase polymerizes the nucleotides to form a nucleic acid molecule complementary to the template nucleic acid or portion thereof.
- hybridization refers to the formation of double-strands through non-covalent linkage between complementary nucleotide sequences of two single-stranded polynucleotides under predetermined hybridization conditions or stringent conditions.
- one oligonucleotide “comprises a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes” to another oligonucleotide means that all or part of said one oligonucleotide is complementary to all or part of another oligonucleotide necessary for mutual hybridization. It means that it contains a specific nucleotide sequence.
- hybridization between a part of an oligonucleotide and another oligonucleotide may be expressed by considering the part as an individual oligonucleotide.
- Hybridization occurs when there is a perfect match between the two nucleic acid sequences at the site where hybridization occurs (the site that forms the double-strand), or when there is a mismatch base (e.g., a mismatch of 1-4). ) can occur even if it exists.
- the degree of complementarity required for hybridization may vary depending on hybridization reaction conditions, and may be particularly controlled by temperature.
- the term “complementary” means sufficiently complementary that a primer or probe selectively hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence under predetermined annealing or stringent conditions, and includes “substantially complementary” and “completely “Perfectly complementary” has a catch-all meaning, and specifically means completely complementary.
- non-complementary means sufficiently non-complementary that a primer or probe does not selectively hybridize to a specific sequence under predetermined annealing or stringent conditions
- substantially non-complementary substantially non-complementary
- perfectly non-complementary have a meaning encompassing both, and specifically mean completely non-complementary.
- the TO includes (i) a tagging site comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a targeting site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence.
- a 'tagging site' comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to a target nucleic acid sequence is also referred to as a 'tag sequence', a 'flap sequence', or a 'tail sequence'.
- a sequence may be selected arbitrarily as long as it does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the tagging site of the TO may be located at the 5' end, the 3' end, or the center of the targeting site of the TO. In a specific embodiment, the tagging site of the TO may be located at the 5' end of the targeting site of the TO.
- the tagging site of the TO is a Watson-Crick generated between naturally occurring bases such as guanine (G), cytosine (C) adenine (A), thymine (T) and uracil (U). It may contain one or more synthetic unnatural bases that exhibit binding affinity different from Watson-Crick base-pairing.
- the tagging site of the TO includes a first synthetic non-natural base within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of the tagging site.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is S, Z, V, K, Pa. It may be selected from the group consisting of Pn, Px, Q, MMO2, 5FM, NaM, B, P, J, X, Ds, Dss and 5SICS, but is not limited thereto.
- the first synthetic non-natural base may be located within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of the tagging site (specifically, the 5'-tagging site) of the TO. Specifically, it may be located within 5 nucleotides, 4 nucleotides, 3 nucleotides, or 2 nucleotides from the 3'-end of the TO tagging site.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is located at a site 2 to 5 nucleotides apart from the 3'-end of the tagging site of the TO.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is positioned 2 nucleotides apart from the 3'-end of the tagging portion of the TO in the order from 5' to 3' of the tagging portion. , indicates the n-1 nucleotide, and the position 5 nucleotides apart indicates the n-4 nucleotide.
- the present inventors determined the location of the 1st nucleotide of the 3'-end of the tagging site (specifically, the 5'-tagging site) of the TO (that is, the nth nucleotide in the order from 5' to 3' among the tagging sites consisting of n nucleotides).
- the synthetic non-natural base is included, the sensitivity for detection in step (c), in particular, the sensitivity for detection of the extended strand in the first dimer is lowered.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is located at 2nd nucleotide to 5th nucleotide, 2nd nucleotide to 4th nucleotide, or 2nd nucleotide to 3rd nucleotide from the 3'-end of the tagging site of the TO. can do.
- non-natural base refers to derivatives of natural bases such as adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and uracil (U) capable of forming base pairs. do.
- non-natural base includes a base having a different base-pairing pattern from a natural base as a mother compound, e.g., U.S. Pat. are listed in the issue. Base pairing between non-natural bases may involve two or three hydrogen bonds, similar to natural bases. Base pairs between non-natural bases are also formed in a specific way.
- non-natural bases include base pair combinations of the following bases: iso-C/iso-G, iso-dC/iso-dG, K/X, H/J, M/N and 5FM-5SICS (Ref. US Patent No. 7,422,850).
- the tagging site of the TO may further include 1 to 5 synthetic non-natural bases, and specifically, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 synthetic non-natural bases may be further included.
- the additional synthetic non-natural base is a site other than the first nucleotide from the 3'-end of the tagging site. located in For example, when the tagging site of the TO consists of n nucleotides, the additional synthetic non-natural base cannot be located at the n-th nucleotide in the 5' to 3' order of the tagging site.
- the first synthetic non-natural base and the additional synthetic non-natural base may be positioned consecutively.
- the first synthetic non-natural base and the additional synthetic non-natural base are spaced 1 to 20 nucleotides apart from each other There may be, specifically, 1 to 15 nucleotides, 1 to 10 nucleotides, 1 to 5 nucleotides, 2 to 15 nucleotides, 2 to 10 nucleotides, or 2 to 5 nucleotides may be spaced apart, more specifically, 1 nucleotide, 2 nucleotides nucleotides, 3 nucleotides, 4 nucleotides or 5 nucleotides apart.
- all or part of the first synthetic non-natural base and the additional synthetic non-natural base may be the same.
- both the first synthetic unnatural base and the additional synthetic unnatural base may be the same unnatural base.
- some of the first synthetic unnatural base and the additional synthetic unnatural bases may be of the same kind (eg, S) and others may be of a different kind of unnatural base (eg, Z).
- both the first synthetic unnatural base and the additional synthetic unnatural base may be different.
- the length of TO is 15 to 150 nucleotides, 15 to 100 nucleotides, 15 to 80 nucleotides, 15 to 60 nucleotides, 15 to 40 nucleotides, 20 to 150 nucleotides, 20 to 100 nucleotides, 20 to 80 nucleotides, 20 to 80 nucleotides 60 nucleotides, 20 to 50 nucleotides, 30 to 150 nucleotides, 30 to 100 nucleotides, 30 to 80 nucleotides, 30 to 60 nucleotides, 30 to 50 nucleotides, 35 to 100 nucleotides, 35 to 80 nucleotides, 35 to 60 nucleotides It may have a length of 50 nucleotides.
- the TO may have any length, as long as the targeting portion of the TO specifically hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the targeting site of the TO is 10 to 100 nucleotides, 10 to 80 nucleotides, 10 to 50 nucleotides, 10 to 40 nucleotides, 10 to 30 nucleotides, 15 to 100 nucleotides, 15 to 80 nucleotides, 15 to 50 nucleotides, 15 to 40 nucleotides, 15 to 30 nucleotides, 20 to 100 nucleotides, 20 to 80 nucleotides, 20 to 50 nucleotides, 20 to 40 nucleotides or 20 to 30 nucleotides in length.
- the tagging site can be of any length as long as it specifically hybridizes and/or extends to the capturing site of the FHO.
- the tagging portion of TO is 5 to 50 nucleotides, 5 to 40 nucleotides, 5 to 30 nucleotides, 5 to 20 nucleotides, 5 to 15 nucleotides, 10 to 50 nucleotides, 10 to 40 nucleotides, 10 to 30 nucleotides, 10 to 20 nucleotides, 10 to 15 nucleotides, 15 to 50 nucleotides, 15 to 40 nucleotides, 15 to 30 nucleotides or 15 to 20 nucleotides in length.
- the tagging portion of the TO has a length of 9 to 14 nucleotides.
- the TO may be a primer or a probe, and in a specific embodiment, the TO may be a probe.
- the 3'-end of TO may have a 3'-OH terminal.
- the 3'-end of TO may be "blocked" to prevent its extension.
- Blocking can be achieved according to conventional methods. For example, blocking is accomplished by adding a chemical moiety such as biotin, a label, a phosphate group, an alkyl group, a non-nucleotide linker, a phosphorothioate or an alkane-diol moiety to the 3'-hydroxyl group of the last nucleotide. can be carried out. Alternatively, blocking can be performed by removing the 3'-hydroxyl group of the last nucleotide or using a nucleotide without a 3'-hydroxyl group, such as dideoxynucleotide.
- a chemical moiety such as biotin, a label, a phosphate group, an alkyl group, a non-nucleotide linker, a phosphorothioate or an alkane-diol moiety
- the reaction of step (a) is hybridization of the target nucleic acid sequence with the TO and cleavage of the TO dependent on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence, comprising a tagging portion of the TO or a partial sequence thereof. and release of target-dependent fragments.
- the TO is hybridized to the target nucleic acid sequence, and then the TO is cleaved depending on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence, thereby tagging the TO or a partial sequence thereof.
- hybridization of the target nucleic acid sequence and the TO may be performed under stringent conditions in which the targeting portion of the TO hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence and the tagging portion does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence.
- cleavage of the TO may be performed by an enzyme having nuclease activity.
- the cleavage of the TO may be performed using a polymerase having nuclease activity or using a separate nuclease, but is not limited thereto.
- the nuclease may be a naturally occurring, unmodified or modified nuclease.
- the TO hybridized to the target nucleic acid sequence is cleaved by an enzyme having nuclease activity under conditions for cleavage of TO to release a target-dependent fragment including the tagging site of TO or a partial sequence thereof. do.
- condition for cleavage of TO refers to conditions sufficient for cleavage of TO hybridized to a target nucleic acid sequence by an enzyme having nuclease activity, such as temperature, pH, ionic strength, buffer, oligonucleotide It refers to the length and sequence of nucleotides and enzymes.
- an enzyme having nuclease activity such as temperature, pH, ionic strength, buffer, oligonucleotide It refers to the length and sequence of nucleotides and enzymes.
- conditions for cleavage of TO include Tris-HCl buffer, KCl, MgCl 2 and temperature.
- oligonucleotides including both single-stranded and double-stranded structures can be cleaved using enzymes having nuclease activity by various techniques known in the art.
- the enzyme include 5'-nuclease and 3'-nuclease, particularly nucleic acid polymerase having 5'-nuclease activity, nucleic acid polymerase having 3'-nuclease activity, or FEN nuclease. Contains cleases.
- the enzyme having nuclease activity may be an enzyme having 5' nuclease activity.
- it may be a DNA polymerase or FEN nuclease having a 5' nuclease activity, and specifically, a thermostable DNA polymerase or FEN nuclease having a 5' nuclease activity.
- the DNA polymerase having 5' nuclease activity is a thermostable DNA polymerase obtained from various bacterial species, which include Thermus aquaticus (Taq) , Thermus thermophilus (Tth) , Thermus filiformis, Thermis flavus, Thermococcus literalis, Thermus antranikianii, Thermus caldophilus, Thermus chliarophilus, Thermus flavus, Thermus igniterrae, Thermus lacteus, Thermus oshimai, Thermus ruber, Thermus rubens, Thermus scotoductus, Thermus silvanus, Thermus species Z05, Thermus species sps 17, Thermus thermophilus, Thermotoga maritima, Thermotoga neapolitana, Thermosipho africanus, Thermococcus litoralis, Thermococcus barossi, Thermoc
- the present disclosure may use a DNA polymerase having a 5' nuclease activity that has been modified to have less polymerase activity.
- the flap endonuclease (FEN) nuclease may be a 5' flap-specific nuclease.
- FEN nucleases include FEN nucleases from various bacterial species , which include Sulfolobus solfataricus, Pyrobaculum aerophilum, Thermococcus litoralis, Archaeaglobus veneficus, Archaeaglobus profundus, Acidianus brierlyi, Acidianus ambivalens, Desulfurococcus amylolyticus, Desulfurococcus mobilis, Pyrodictium brockii , Thermococcus gorgonarius, Thermococcus zilligii, Methanopyrus kandleri, Methanococcus igneus, Pyrococcus horikoshii, Aeropyrum pernix and Archaeaglobus veneficus .
- the step (a) may be performed in the presence of an upstream oligonucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the upstream oligonucleotide is located upstream in the 5' direction relative to the TO.
- Upstream oligonucleotide refers to an oligonucleotide located upstream relative to TO.
- an upstream oligonucleotide and TO are hybridized to one of the double-stranded strands, and TO is located downstream of the upstream oligonucleotide.
- the upstream oligonucleotide hybridizes to a specific site in the 3'-direction compared to the site of the target nucleic acid strand to which the TO hybridizes.
- step (a) may include a reaction of hybridizing an upstream oligonucleotide to a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the upstream oligonucleotide induces cleavage of the TO by an enzyme having the nuclease activity, and the target-dependent cleavage comprising the tagging site of the TO or a partial sequence thereof. reactions that release fragments.
- Induction of TO cleavage by upstream oligonucleotides can be achieved in two ways: (i) induction of upstream oligonucleotide extension-independent cleavage; and (ii) inducing upstream oligonucleotide extension-dependent cleavage.
- an upstream oligonucleotide When an upstream oligonucleotide is positioned close enough to TO to induce cleavage of the TO by an enzyme having 5' nuclease activity, the enzyme bound to the upstream oligonucleotide cleaves TO without an extension reaction.
- an enzyme having polymerase activity e.g., template-dependent polymerase
- promotes extension of the upstream oligonucleotide e.g., upstream primer
- 5 bound to the extension product e.g., upstream primer
- upstream oligonucleotides can be positioned relative to TO in two ways.
- the upstream oligonucleotide may be positioned in close enough proximity to the TO to induce cleavage of the TO in an extension-independent manner.
- the upstream oligonucleotide may be positioned at a distance from TO sufficient to induce TO cleavage in an extension-dependent manner.
- the term "adjacent" when referring to positions or locations with an upstream oligonucleotide is an upstream oligonucleotide positioned immediately adjacent to the targeting site of the TO to form a nick. means that Also, the term means that the upstream oligonucleotide is located 1 to 30 nucleotides, 1 to 20 nucleotides or 1 to 15 nucleotides apart from the targeting site of the TO.
- distal when referring to a point or location with an upstream oligonucleotide includes any location or location sufficient for an extension reaction to occur.
- the upstream oligonucleotide may be an upstream primer or an upstream probe.
- Upstream primers are suitable for inducing extension-independent cleavage or extension-dependent cleavage
- upstream probes are suitable for inducing extension-independent cleavage.
- the upstream oligonucleotide when it is an upstream primer, it may also be referred to as a forward primer.
- step (a) when cleavage of the TO is induced in an extension-dependent manner of the upstream oligonucleotide, step (a) hybridizes and extends the upstream oligonucleotide to the target nucleic acid sequence to generate an extended strand thereof reactions may be involved.
- the extended strand of the upstream oligonucleotide may induce cleavage of the TO by an enzyme having nuclease activity to release the target-dependent fragment including the tagging site of the TO or a partial sequence thereof.
- the reaction to generate the extended strand of the upstream oligonucleotide can be carried out by a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase.
- Hybridization of the TO and upstream oligonucleotides with the target nucleic acid sequence can be performed under suitable hybridization conditions generally determined by optimization procedures. Conditions such as temperature, concentration of components, number of hybridizations and washes, buffer components and their pH and ionic strength may vary depending on a variety of factors including the length and amount of GCs of the oligonucleotides (upstream oligonucleotides and TO) and the target nucleotide sequence. there is. For example, when using relatively short oligonucleotides, it is desirable to select low stringent conditions.
- the upstream oligonucleotide is a sequence partially overlapping with the 5'-part of the 3'-targeting site of the TO ( partial-overlapped sequences).
- the overlapping sequences are 1 to 10 nucleotides in length, specifically 1 to 5 nucleotides, more specifically 1 to 3 nucleotides.
- the upstream primer induces cleavage of TO by an enzyme having 5' nuclease activity through its extended strand.
- the cleavage site of TO varies depending on the type of upstream oligonucleotide (upstream probe or upstream primer), the hybridization site of the upstream oligonucleotide and the cleavage conditions (see U.S. Patent Nos. 5,210,015, 5,487,972, 5,691,142, 5,994,069 and 7,381,532 or US Application Publication No. 2008-0241838).
- the cleavage position of the TO may vary depending on the location of the tagging site, eg, 5'-, 3'- or centrally of the targeting site.
- the TO includes a 5'-tagging site and a 3'-targeting site, there may be three cleavage sites in the cleavage reaction.
- the first cleavage site is the junction site between the hybridization site (3'-targeting site) and the non-hybridization site (5'-tagging site) of TO.
- the second cleavage site is a position spaced by some nucleotides in the 3'-direction from the 3'-end of the TO tagging site.
- the second cleavage site may be located at a part of the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting region of TO.
- the third cleavage site is a position some nucleotides apart in the 5'-direction from the 3'-end of the 5'-tagging site of TO.
- the cleavage site is (i) a hybridization site (5'-targeting site) and a non-hybridization site (3'-tagging site) of the TO.
- a position some nucleotides apart in the 5'-direction from the 5'-end of the tagging site of TO i.e., a part of the 3'-end of the 5'-targeting site of TO) position
- a position some nucleotides apart in the 3'-direction from the 5'-end of the 3'-tagging site of TO may be a position some nucleotides apart in the 3'-direction from the 5'-end of the 3'-tagging site of TO.
- the method can be carried out in the presence of a downstream primer.
- the downstream primer may also be referred to as a reverse primer.
- the downstream primer hybridizes to another nucleic acid strand that is complementary to the target nucleic acid strand to which the upstream primer and TO hybridize.
- the downstream primer hybridizes to a specific site in the 3'-direction compared to a site on the other nucleic acid strand that is complementary to the site on the target nucleic acid strand to which the TO hybridized.
- Downstream primers enhance the detection sensitivity of the present invention by additionally generating a target nucleic acid sequence to which TO can hybridize.
- a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase when using an upstream primer and a downstream primer, may be additionally used for extension of the primer.
- the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and the enzyme having the nuclease activity may be the same enzyme.
- the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and the enzyme having the nuclease activity may be different from each other.
- the target-dependent fragment released by the TO cleavage reaction includes the one or more synthetic non-natural bases.
- target-dependent fragment comprising a TO tagging site or a partial sequence thereof used herein while referring to cleavage of TO by an enzyme having nuclease activity refers to (i) a tagging site, (ii) a tagging site part, (iii) 5'-tagging site and 5'-terminal part of 3'-targeting site, and (iv) 3'-end and 3'-tagging site of 5'-targeting site.
- part when referring to TO or FHO, such as part of the tagging site of TO, part of the targeting site, and part of the capturing site of FHO, is 1 to 40, 1 to 30, 1 to 20, 1 to 15, 1 to 10, or 1 to 5 nucleotide sequences, and specific examples may be 1, 2, 3 or 4 nucleotides.
- the target-dependent fragment cleaved and released from TO reacts with a fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide (FHO) to form a dimer.
- FHO fragment-hybridizing oligonucleotide
- the FHO comprises (i) a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment in 3' to 5' order and non-hybridization to the target-dependent fragment and the targeting site of the TO. or (ii) a second type of FHO comprising a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment.
- the capture site of the FHO of the first form or of the FHO of the second form comprises a second synthetic unnatural base capable of base pairing with the first synthetic unnatural base in the target-dependent fragment.
- non-natural base pairs refer to base pairs formed between non-natural bases.
- non-natural base-pairing as used in the present disclosure refers to non-natural base-pairing formed between synthetic non-natural bases exhibiting different binding affinity from Watson-Crick base-pairing.
- the non-natural base pair formed between the synthetic non-natural bases used in the present disclosure has higher binding affinity than natural base pairs formed between natural bases (Zunyi Yang, et al., Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 34, No. 21, 2006), whereby the binding affinity between the target-dependent fragment comprising the first synthetic non-natural base and the FHO of the first form or the FHO of the second form comprising the second synthetic non-natural base Mars increases.
- the synthetic non-natural base can form a non-natural base pair with a synthetic non-natural base complementary thereto. It may also contain non-natural base pairs that do not follow the Watson-Crick pairing rules. For example, it may be used in a meaning including showing binding affinity different from natural base pairing by a binding method different from natural base pairing (eg, non-hydrogen bonding, etc.).
- the Watson-Crick pairing rules govern (i) size complementarity (pairs of large purines and small pyrimidines) and (ii) hydrogen bond complementarity (of hydrogen bond donors and hydrogen bond acceptors). pair) follows the two complementarity rules (US 10,865,431).
- a non-natural base-pair exhibits a different binding affinity than a Watson-Crick base-pair
- a Watson-Crick base-pair refers to a Watson-Crick base-pairing generated between natural bases such as G-C and A-T(U). ), it means that the number of hydrogen bonds between the non-natural base pairs, the strength of hydrogen bonds, etc. are different, indicating a binding affinity different from that of natural base pairs.
- the non-natural base-pair is synthetic, which exhibits a different binding affinity than Watson-Crick base-pairing generated between natural bases such as G-C and A-T (U). Includes Watson-Crick base pairs created between non-natural bases.
- non-natural base pairs examples include four types of mutually exclusive pairs formed from eight types of non-natural bases presented in US 5,432,272, US 5,965,364 US 6,001,983, US 6,037,120, US 6,140,496, US 6,627,456 and US 6,617,106. ) may be included.
- the eight types of non-natural bases are classified according to the heterocyclic ring system and hydrogen bonding pattern, pyAAD (S), pyDDA (Z), pyADD (V), pyDAD (K), puDDA (B), puAAD ( P), puDAA (J) and puADA (X).
- py is a pyrimidine-like heterocyclic ring system
- pu is a purine-like heterocyclic ring system
- D is a hydrogen bond donor group
- A is Means a hydrogen bond acceptor group.
- C-G which is an example of a natural base pair
- the four types of mutually exclusive pairs include pyAAD-puDDA(S-B) pairs, pyDDA-puAAD(Z-P) pairs, pyADD-puDAA(V-J) pairs and pyDAD-puADA(K-X) pairs.
- the eight types of non-natural bases may include various structures as long as they satisfy the existence of a heterocyclic ring system (pyrimidine-like or purine-like) for each type and whether or not there is a hydrogen bond donor group and acceptor group.
- a representative example of the S-B pair is isoC-isoG
- isoC refers to isocytosine or dexoyisocytosine and has a structure of pyAAD
- isoG refers to isoguanosine or deoxyisoguanosine and has a structure of puDDA.
- a detailed description of isoC-isoG base pairing can be found in C. Y. Switzer, et al., Biochemistry, vol. 32, no. 39, p. 10489-10496, 1993; J. A. Piccirilli et al., Nature, vol. 343, no. 6253, pp. 6253; 33-37, 1990; M. J. Moser et al., Clinical Chemistry, vol. 49, no. 3, p. 407-414, 2003; Johnson SC et al., Nucleic Acids Res 2004, 32(6): 1937-1941.
- Z-P may be 6-amino-5-nitro-3-(1'- ⁇ -D-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone
- P is 2-amino-8- (2'-deoxy- ⁇ -D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]-1,3,5-triazin-4(8H)-one.
- Z-P base pairing exhibits 99.8% unnatural base pair selectivity per copy and 0.2% misincorporation across natural bases per amplification in PCR using Taq DNA polymerase (Yang et al., 2007, 2011; Robert W. Molt. Jr. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.. 2017, 45(7): 3643-3653).
- V-J is 6-aminopyrazin-2-one ring
- J may be 2'-deoxy-5-aza7-deazaisoguanosine
- K-X K is 2,4-diaminopyrimidine
- X is 2 It can be '-deoxyxanthosine.
- the non-natural base pairing may also include non-natural base pairing based on a non-hydrogen bond, different from Watson-Crick base pairing based on a hydrogen bond.
- non-natural base pairs based on hydrophobic and shape complementary interaction e.g., Q-Pa, Ds-Pa, Ds-Pn, Dss-Pn
- non-natural base pairs based on hydrophobic and packing interaction e.g., 5SICS-MMO2, 5SICS- 5FM, 5SICS-NaM.
- the non-natural base pair is S-B base pair, Z-P base pair, V-J base pair, K-X base pair, Pa-Ds base pair, Pa-Q base pair, Pn-Ds base pair, Pn-Dss base pair, Px-Ds base pair, MMO2- It may be selected from the group consisting of 5SICS base pairs, 5FM-5SICS base pairs and NaM-5SICS base pairs.
- Pa refers to pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde
- Ds refers to 7-(2-thienyl)-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine
- Q refers to 9-methyl-1-H-imidzo[(4 ,5-b)]pyridine
- Pn is 2-nitropyrrole
- Dss is 7-(2,2-bithien-5-yl)-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine
- Px is 2-nitro-4-propynylpyrrole
- MMO2 refers to 2-methoxy 4-methyl benzene
- 5SICS refers to 5-Sulfo-isocarbostyril
- 5FM refers to 5-fluoro-4-methyl-2-methoxybenzene
- NaM refers to 2-methoxy naphthalene.
- the first synthetic unnatural base is S-B base pair, Z-P base pair, V-J base pair, K-X base pair, Pa-Ds base pair, Pa-Q base pair, Pn-Ds base pair, Pn-Dss base pair, Px-Ds base pair , MMO2-5SICS base pair, 5FM-5SICS base pair, and NaM-5SICS base pair may be any one of base pairs selected from the group consisting of.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is selected from two non-natural bases in consideration of the selectivity of an unnatural base pairing among the two non-natural bases constituting the non-natural base pair to be used. Any one of the bases may be selected as the first synthetic non-natural base. Specifically, a base having high selectivity for base pairing among non-natural base pairs (i.e., a base having a low frequency of forming bases with other bases including natural bases other than complementary non-natural bases) is used as the first synthetic non-natural base, , the remaining base can be used as a second synthetic non-natural base.
- S-B base pairs S (eg, iso-C) having a relatively high selectivity is used as a first synthetic unnatural base
- B eg, iso-G having a relatively low selectivity
- the target-dependent fragment and the capturing site of the FHO may include one or more S-B base pairs.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more S, and the capturing site of the FHO may include B, which is a complementary base of S, opposite the S.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more B's, and the capturing site of the FHO may include S opposite the B's.
- the capture site of the target-dependent fragment and FHO comprises one or more Z-P base pairs.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more Zs, and the capturing site of the FHO may include P, which is a complementary base of Z, opposite the Z.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more P's, and the capturing site of the FHO may include Z opposite the P's.
- the capture site of the target-dependent fragment and FHO comprises one or more V-J base pairs.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more V, and the capturing site of the FHO may include J, which is a complementary base of V, opposite the V.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more Js, and the capturing site of the FHO may include a V opposite the J.
- the capture site of the target-dependent fragment and FHO comprises one or more K-X base pairs.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more K, and the capturing site of the FHO may include X, which is a complementary base of K, opposite the K.
- the target-dependent fragment may include one or more X's, and the capturing site of the FHO may include K opposite the X's.
- the capture site of the target-dependent fragment and FHO comprises one or more Ds-Px base pairs.
- the Ds-Px base pair shows high efficiency and selectivity in PCR amplification (Michiko Kimoto et al., Journal of Nucleic Acids, Vol. 2012).
- the selectivity of Ds-Px base pairs has been reported to be 99.77%-99.92% by exonuclease-proficient Deep Vent DNA polymerase (Rie Yamashige et al., Nucleic Acids Research,, 2011, 40(6):2793 -2806).
- the target-dependent fragment includes one or more Ds and the capturing site of the FHO includes Px opposite the Ds.
- the target-dependent fragment includes one or more Px and the capturing site of the FHO includes Ds opposite the Px.
- the target-dependent fragment and the capturing site of the FHO include one or more 5SICS-MMO2 base pairs.
- the 5SICS-MMO2 base pair shows 99.9% selectivity in PCR using OneTaq (a mixture of Taq and exonuclease-proficient Deep Vent DNA polymerase) (Malyshev et al., 2009, 2012).
- the misincorporation rate of 5SICS-MMO2 base pairs is 0.01-0.1% per copy per base.
- the target-dependent fragment comprises one or more 5SICS and the capturing site of the FHO comprises MMO2 opposite the 5SICS.
- the target-dependent fragment comprises one or more MMO2 and the capturing site of the FHO comprises 5SICS opposite the MMO2.
- the reaction of step (b) includes a reaction of hybridizing the target-dependent fragment to the capturing site of the FHO.
- Hybridization of the target-dependent fragment with the FHO capturing site can be performed under suitable hybridization conditions generally determined by an optimization procedure.
- the first synthetic non-natural base and/or the second synthetic non-natural base included in the target-dependent fragment and the capturing site of the FHO do not form a base pair with a natural base, and the first synthetic non-natural base and the second synthetic non-natural base form a base pair. It can be carried out under conditions that allow for base pairing between synthetic non-natural bases.
- the introduction of the non-natural base pair into the tagging site of the TO and the capturing site of the FHO is effective for FHO of the target-dependent fragment.
- the non-natural base pair included in the target-dependent fragment and the FHO capturing site increases the melting temperature of the hybrid between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO capturing site, that is, the target-dependent fragment and the FHO capturing site. improve the binding affinity between them.
- a hybrid between a target-dependent fragment containing an unnatural base pair and the capturing site of FHO has a higher melting temperature compared to a hybrid between a target-dependent fragment not containing the non-natural base pair and the capturing site of FHO. and binding affinity.
- the increased binding affinity between the target-dependent fragment containing the non-natural base pair and the capture site of FHO increases the extension efficiency of the target-dependent fragment hybridized to the capture site of FHO, which in turn produces a signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence. increase and may lead to an increase in detection sensitivity.
- introduction of non-natural base pairs into the tagging region of TO and the capturing region of FHO can reduce the length of the TO tagging region while maintaining the Tm. That is, the tagging site of the TO including the first synthetic non-natural base may have a shorter length than the tagging site of the conventional TO not including the synthetic non-natural base.
- the length is The probability of hybridization of a short target-dependent fragment to a non-target nucleic acid sequence is lower than the probability of hybridization of a longer target-dependent fragment to a non-target nucleic acid sequence. Therefore, using a short TO tagging site may prevent hybridization with a non-target, which may lead to an increase in a signal indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the Tm value of the first dimer or the second dimer is a dimer in which the first synthetic non-natural base and the second synthetic non-natural base included in the first dimer or the second dimer are substituted with natural bases. 0.5 to 10 °C higher than the Tm value.
- the reaction of step (b) may include an extension reaction by a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase.
- the target-dependent fragment is an extension sequence complementary to the templating portion of the FHO through hybridization and extension reaction to the capturing portion of the FHO of the first type. It is possible to generate an extended strand comprising a, and thus form a first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first type.
- the uncut TO hybridized to the capturing site of the FHO of the first form does not extend and thus does not form an extended strand.
- the target-dependent fragment hybridized to the capturing site of the FHO of the first type may be extended by the activity of a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase using the templating site of the FHO of the first type as a template.
- the 3'-end of the TO and/or the FHO is blocked to prevent extension.
- extended sequence extended sequence
- extended strand extended strand
- first dimer used in relation to the extension reaction of the target-dependent fragment
- extended sequence refers to a sequence newly extended through an extension reaction from a target-dependent fragment hybridized to the capturing site of the FHO of the first form.
- extended sequence refers to a portion excluding the target-dependent fragment from the extended strand to be described below.
- extended strand refers to the sequence encompassing the target-dependent fragment and the extended sequence.
- extended strand refers to a portion excluding the FHO of the first type in the first dimer described below.
- first dimer refers to a hybrid or dimer (through complementarity between sequences) between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form.
- first dimer refers to a dimer between the extended strand composed of the target-dependent fragment and the extended sequence and the FHO of the first type.
- the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase used in step (b) includes any nucleic acid polymerase, such as the “Klenow” fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I, thermostable DNA polymerase and bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase.
- template-dependent nucleic acid polymerases are thermostable DNA polymerases obtained from various bacterial species, including Thermus aquaticus (Taq), Thermus thermophilus (Tth) , Thermus filiformis, Thermis flavus, Thermococcus literalis, Thermus antranikianii, Thermus caldophilus , Thermus chliarophilus, Thermus flavus, Thermus igniterrae, Thermus lacteus, Thermus oshimai, Thermus ruber, Thermus rubens, Thermus scotoductus, Thermus silvanus, Thermus species Z05, Thermus species sps 17, Thermus thermophilus, Thermotoga maritima, Thermotoga neapolitana and Thermosipho elitenus , Thermococcus litoralis, Thermococcus barossi, Thermococcus baros
- the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase comprises a reverse transcriptase.
- the target-dependent fragment may hybridize with a capturing site of the second type of FHO to form a second dimer.
- the method may form a second dimer by hybridization between the target-dependent fragment released by cleavage of the TO in step (a) and the second form of FHO.
- the tagging site of the TO and the second form of FHO are first hybridized to form a double-stranded form, and then the TO is cleaved by an enzyme having nuclease activity to form a second form of FHO. can form dimers.
- the FHO of the second form may be connected to the end of the tagging site of TO.
- one oligonucleotide may include a tagging site of TO and a second form of FHO.
- hybridization between the tagging region of TO and the second form of FHO can form a hairpin structure.
- 'hairpin' refers to a structure of an oligonucleotide having a double-stranded 'stem' region and a single-stranded 'loop' region.
- second dimer refers to a hybrid or dimer (via intersequence complementarity) between the target-dependent fragment and the capturing site of a second form of FHO.
- a hybrid or dimer between the tagging site of the uncleaved TO and the capturing site of the FHO of the second form is not included in the second dimer.
- the enzyme having nuclease activity used in step (a) (particularly, the enzyme having 5'nuclease activity), the template-dependent method for extending the upstream primer of step (a)
- the nucleic acid polymerase and the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase for extending the target-dependent fragment of step (b) may be all different, some identical, or all the same.
- the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer is detected.
- the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer indicates the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the target nucleic acid sequence can be detected by detecting a signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the term "signal indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence” means a signal having an intensity that exceeds the intensity of the background signal or the intensity of a signal that can be provided in the absence of the target nucleic acid, or from the intensity of a given signal. It means a signal having an intensity after subtracting the intensity of a background signal or the intensity of a signal that can be provided in the absence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence includes any signal that can indicate the presence of the extended strand in a first duplex or the presence of a second duplex.
- a signal indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence may be a signal from a label (signal onset or disappearance), a change in signal from a label (signal increase or decrease), a melting curve, a melting pattern, and a melting temperature (or Tm value).
- step (c) can be achieved by detecting a signal indicating the presence of an extended strand in the first dimer or a signal indicating the presence of the second dimer.
- the method can provide a signal from the label in a manner dependent on formation of a dimer. By detecting the signal, the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence can be detected.
- the dimer includes not only the first dimer or the second dimer, but also a third dimer formed depending on their presence.
- the provision of the signal includes “signal generation or disappearance” and “signal increase or decrease” from the label.
- duplex may be used to encompass a duplex in associated form and a duplex in dissociated form. That is, it may refer to two single-stranded nucleic acid molecules that contain sequences partially or wholly complementary to each other and thus hybridize to each other under hybridization conditions to form a dimer (hybridize) structure.
- the dimer may exist as a dimer in a bound form, a dimer in a dissociated form, or a portion may exist as a dimer in a bound form and the remainder may exist in a dissociated form.
- the method may provide a signal in a manner dependent on association or dissociation of the dimer, and may detect the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence by detecting the signal.
- a dimer in a bound form quenches (or emits light) a signal
- a dimer in a dissociated form emits (or quenches) a signal, using a dimer capable of providing different signals in the bound and dissociated states.
- the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence can be detected.
- association or dissociation has the same meaning as the term “hybridization or denaturation”.
- the method can provide a signal in a manner dependent on cleavage of the dimer and, by detecting the signal, can detect the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the dimer to be cleaved includes not only the first dimer or the second dimer, but also a third dimer formed depending on their presence.
- the label can be a single label and/or an interactive label.
- a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) labeling system includes a fluorescence reporter molecule (donor molecule) and a quencher molecule (acceptor molecule).
- FRET fluorescence resonance energy transfer
- the energy donor is fluorescent, but the energy acceptor can be either fluorescent or non-fluorescent.
- the energy donor is non-fluorescent, such as a chromophore, and the energy acceptor is fluorescent.
- the energy donor is luminescent, eg bioluminescent, chemiluminescent or electrochemiluminescent and the acceptor is fluorescent.
- Donor molecules and acceptor molecules may be described in this disclosure as reporter molecules and quencher molecules, respectively.
- Interactive dual labels include pairs of labels that provide a detectable signal based on contact-mediated quenching (Salvatore et al., Nucleic Acids Research, 2002 (30) no.21 e122 and Johansson et al., J. AM CHEM.SOC 2002 (124) pp 6950-6956).
- the interactive labeling system includes all cases inducing signal change by interaction between at least two molecules (eg, dyes).
- Reporter molecules and quencher molecules useful as interactive-double labels can include any molecules known in the art. Examples include: Cy2TM (506), YO-PROTM-1 (509), YOYOTM-1 (509), Calcein (517), FITC (518), FluorXTM (519), AlexaTM ( 520), Rhodamine 110 (520), Oregon GreenTM 500 (522), Oregon GreenTM 488 (524), RiboGreenTM (525), Rhodamine GreenTM (527), Rhodamine 123 (529), Magnesium GreenTM (531) , Calcium GreenTM (533), TO-PROTM-1 (533), TOTO1 (533), JOE (548), BODIPY530/550 (550), Dil (565), BODIPY TMR (568), BODIPY558/568 ( 568), BODIPY564/570 (570), Cy3TM (570), AlexaTM 546 (570), TRITC (572), Magnesium OrangeTM (575), Phycoerythrin R&B (575), Rho
- non-fluorescent black quencher molecules capable of quenching fluorescence of a broad wavelength or a specific wavelength can be used.
- non-fluorescent black quencher molecules are BHQ and DABCYL.
- the reporter includes the donor of FRET and the quencher includes the other partner (acceptor) of FRET.
- fluorescein dye is used as a reporter and rhodamine dye is used as a quencher.
- the label may be linked to TO and/or FHO via conventional methods. Specifically, the label is linked to TO and/or FHO via a spacer containing carbon atoms (eg, a 3-carbon spacer, a 6-carbon spacer, or a 12-carbon spacer).
- a spacer containing carbon atoms eg, a 3-carbon spacer, a 6-carbon spacer, or a 12-carbon spacer.
- the interactive label may comprise at least one reporter molecule and at least one quencher molecule.
- it may be an interactive label comprising one reporter molecule and one quencher molecule or one reporter molecule and two quencher molecules.
- the single label should be capable of providing different signals depending on whether the label is present on a double strand or a single strand.
- the single label includes a fluorescent label, a luminescent label, a chemiluminescent label, an electrochemical label, and a metal label.
- the single label includes a fluorescent label.
- the single fluorescent label includes JOE, FAM, TAMRA, ROX and fluorescein-based labels.
- the labeled nucleotide residue is preferably located at an internal nucleotide residue within the oligonucleotide rather than at the 5'-end or 3'-end.
- a single fluorescent label useful in the present disclosure can be described with reference to the description of reporter and quencher molecules above.
- a general fluorescent label can be used, and fluorescence signals of different intensities can be provided depending on whether the single label is present on a double strand or a single strand. No specific fluorescent label is required.
- the target signal provided by the solid substrate is measured.
- chemical labels eg biotin
- enzymatic labels eg alkaline phosphate, peroxidase, ⁇ -galactosidase and ⁇ -glucosidase
- the present disclosure is directed to measuring signals associated with formation of a first dimer or a second dimer to detect the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the first or second dimer has a label whereby the first or second dimer provides a signal.
- the detection of the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer in step (c) may be performed by various conventionally known methods.
- the detection of the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer in the step (c) may be performed by various conventionally known methods. . Specifically, (i) measuring the signal from the first dimer at a predetermined temperature, or (ii) measuring the signal from the first dimer by melting analysis or hybridization analysis after melting.
- melting analysis means a method of obtaining a signal indicating the presence of a dimer by melting the dimer, a method of measuring a signal at two different temperatures, a melting curve analysis, a melting pattern analysis, and melting peak analysis.
- the melting analysis is a melting curve analysis.
- hybridization analysis after melting refers to a method of obtaining a signal indicating the presence of a dimer by hybridization after melting the dimer.
- the hybridization analysis after melting may be a hybridization curve analysis.
- the melting curve or hybridization curve may be configured as a graphic plot or display of output signal change with respect to a parameter of hybridization stringency. The output signal can be directly plotted against hybridization parameters.
- a melting curve or hybridization curve is plotted, for example, on the Y-axis an output signal representing the degree of dimer structure (ie, degree of hybridization), for example fluorescence, and on the X-axis a hybridization parameter.
- fluorescence vs. A plot of the first derivative of temperature, i.e. fluorescence vs.
- a plot of the rate of change with temperature (dF/dT vs. T) or (-dF/dT vs. T) gives the melting peak.
- the detection method will be briefly described below.
- the detection in step (c) is performed by measuring the signal from the first dimer between the extended strand and the first type of FHO at a predetermined temperature.
- the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring the signal from the first dimer at a predetermined temperature sufficient to maintain the double strands of the first dimer (i.e., the first dimer exists as a dimer in bound form). do.
- the first dimer itself may provide a signal capable of distinguishing between formation and non-formation of the first dimer, which signal is detected at a predetermined temperature at which the first dimer maintains its double-stranded conformation, and thus The presence of the target nucleic acid sequence is determined by
- the present disclosure is to measure a signal associated with first dimer formation in order to detect the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the first dimer has a label whereby the first dimer provides a signal.
- the basic working principle of the signal from the first dimer is as follows: (i) extension of the target-dependent fragment induces a signal change from the label to provide a signal; or (ii) hybridization of the target-dependent fragment and the first form of FHO induces a signal change from the label to provide a signal, and the first dimer formed by extension after the hybridization retains the signal.
- the present disclosure detects multiple target nucleic acid sequences in a more effective manner.
- the templating site of the immobilized FHO of the first form has a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally close to each other such that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally separated from each other, so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- a signal indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence is provided in the extension step.
- the tagging site (and target dependent fragment) of TO has a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally close to each other such that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the TO hybridized to the target nucleic acid sequence is cleaved to release a target-dependent fragment comprising a tagging site with a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, which hybridizes to the capturing site of the first form of FHO.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally separated from each other so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the signal is provided in the step of hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the first form of FHO, and the first dimer retains the signal.
- the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the first form of FHO also unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule like the quencher molecule of the first dimer.
- the predetermined temperature ie, the temperature at which the signal is detected
- a signal can be detected at a temperature at which all dimers between the uncleaved TO and the first form of FHO exist as dimers in a dissociated form, and some or all of the first dimers exist as dimers in a bonded form.
- the detected signal is a signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence provided from the first dimer.
- a signal can be detected at a temperature at which some of the dimers between the uncut TO and the first form of FHO exist as a dimer in a bound form, and all of the first dimers exist as a dimer in a bound form. there is.
- the detected signal is a signal indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence provided from a dimer between uncut TO and FHO of the first form.
- the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases as the first dimer is formed, and the signal provided from the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form also decreases, and the A change (i.e., a decrease in signal) indicates the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the temperature at which the signal is detected is further determined in consideration of the Tm value of the dimer.
- the predetermined temperature is higher than the temperature obtained by subtracting 10° C. from the Tm value of the dimer (when two types of dimers are produced, the highest Tm value among the two types), specifically, 5° C. from the Tm value of the dimer. higher than the subtracted temperature, more specifically higher than the Tm value of the dimer, and even more specifically higher than the Tm value of the dimer plus 5°C.
- the detection in step (c) is performed by measuring a signal from the first dimer between the extended strand and the first type of FHO by melting analysis or by hybridization analysis after melting.
- the detection of the presence of the extended strands in step (c) is performed through melting analysis, in which the first dimer is melted at a temperature within a certain range to provide a signal indicating the presence of the extended strands.
- detection of the presence of the extended strand in step (c) is performed through hybridization analysis after melting.
- detection of the presence of the extended strands in step (c) is performed through hybridization analysis in which the first dimer is melted and the resulting product is hybridized at a certain temperature range to provide a target signal indicating the presence of the extended strands.
- Detection of the first dimer at the aforementioned predetermined temperature and detection of the first dimer by melting analysis or hybridization analysis after melting may be performed according to various analysis methods as follows: A. detection of the first dimer; B. detection of cleavage of the first dimer; C. Detection of dimers between extended strands and signaling oligonucleotides; D. detection of cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and the signaling oligonucleotide; E. detection of dimerization between the FHO of the first form and the hybridizing oligonucleotide; F. Detection of dimers between extended strands and immobilized immobilized oligonucleotides; and G. detection of a third dimer using a third form of FHO.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed directly using a signal from the first dimer between the extended strand and the first form of FHO.
- a signal from the first dimer between the extended strand and the first form of FHO For example, it can be performed based on PTOCE analysis (see WO 2012/096523).
- the FHO of the first form, the target-dependent fragment and the first dimer can be obtained by PTOCE-based methods such as PTOCE, PCEC, PCE-SH, PCE-SC, PCE-NH, PCE-IH and PTOCE-E described above.
- PTOCE-based methods such as PTOCE, PCEC, PCE-SH, PCE-SC, PCE-NH, PCE-IH and PTOCE-E described above.
- PTO probing and tagging oligonucleotide
- CTO capturing and templating oligonucleotide
- PTO fragment ie, tagging portion of PTO
- the first dimer comprises (i) at least one label linked to the target-dependent fragment and/or the FHO of the first form, (ii) a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction, ( iii) providing a signal detectable by at least one label linked to the FHO of the first form and a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction or (iv) an intercalating label;
- the presence of the extended strand may be detected by measuring a signal provided from the first dimer.
- the signal is provided by (i) at least one label linked to the target-dependent fragment and/or to the FHO of the first type.
- the label includes an interactive dual label and a single label.
- the signal indicating the presence of the first dimer is provided by an interactive labeling system, in particular by a FRET labeling system (i.e., an interactive dual labeling system).
- an interactive labeling system in particular by a FRET labeling system (i.e., an interactive dual labeling system).
- Embodiment 1 (intra-strand interactive-double labeling)
- the target-dependent fragment or FHO has an interactive dual label comprising a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule; Depending on the positions of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule, hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first type, formation of a first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first type, or melting of the first dimer, or Hybridization after melting results in a change in the signal from the interactive dual label to provide a detectable signal.
- Embodiment 1 of the interactive dual label system is termed intrastrand interactive-double label.
- Embodiment 1-1 Intra-strand interactive-double labeling on FHO of the first form
- the FHO of the first type has an interactive dual label including a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, and hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first type, the extended strand and the first type Formation of a first dimer between one form of FHO, or melting of the first dimer, or hybridization after melting, results in a change in the signal from the interactive dual label to provide a detectable signal.
- Embodiment 1-1 when the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the FHO of the first type, when the target-dependent fragment hybridized to the FHO of the first type extends to form the first dimer, or when the first dimer Upon melting or hybridization after melting, a change is caused in the structural spacing between the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule to provide a signal (specifically, signal generation):
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule on the FHO of the first type are brought into structural proximity with each other so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule on the FHO of the first type are conformationally spaced apart so that the quencher molecule is separated from the reporter molecule. , thereby providing a signal (ie, a signal indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence).
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally brought into close proximity to each other so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal;
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are spaced apart again so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal.
- reporter molecule and quencher molecule are structurally close means that the conformational structure of an oligonucleotide (eg, TO, target-dependent fragment or FHO, etc.), such as random coil (coli) and hairpin structure, is It means that the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are three-dimensionally close to each other.
- an oligonucleotide eg, TO, target-dependent fragment or FHO, etc.
- FHO random coil
- the expression "the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally spaced apart” means that the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are three-dimensional means to be alienated.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule may be located at any position of the FHO of the first form.
- both the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the templating site of the FHO of the first form.
- At least one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the templating site of the FHO of the first form.
- both the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the capturing site of the FHO of the first form.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the 5'-end and 3'-end of the FHO of the first form.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is located at the 5'-end or 1 to 5 nucleotides away from the 5'-end of the FHO of the first form, and the other is located at the FHO of the first form. Depending on the conformation, it is positioned to quench and unquench the signal from the reporter molecule.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is located at the 3'-end or 1 to 5 nucleotides away from the 3'-end of the FHO of the first form, and the other is located at the FHO of the first form. Depending on the conformation, it is positioned to quench and unquench the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at most 80 nucleotides, specifically at most 60 nucleotides, more specifically at most 30 nucleotides, and even more specifically at most 25 nucleotides apart from each other. In one embodiment, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at least 4 nucleotides apart, specifically at least 6 nucleotides apart, more specifically at least 10 nucleotides apart, and even more specifically at least 15 nucleotides apart.
- the time point at which signals are generated may vary.
- both the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the templating site of the FHO of the first form and the reporter and quencher molecules are spaced apart enough to unquench the signal from the reporter molecule upon formation of the double strand.
- the formation of the first dimer in step (b) may result in a change in the signal from the interactive dual label to provide a detectable signal.
- both the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the capturing site of the FHO of the first form and the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are spaced apart enough that upon formation of the double strand the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule.
- hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the first form of FHO results in a change in the signal from the interactive dual label to provide a detectable signal, and formation of the first dimer occurs at a temperature at which the signal is detected. hold the signal.
- a dimer between the uncleaved TO and the first form of FHO is formed and a signal may be provided.
- the signal of the first dimer and the signal of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form are (i) at a temperature at which the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form dissociates, the signal (the first dimer) or (ii) as the first dimer is formed, the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases, thereby reducing the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form. It can be distinguished by measuring the change in the signal provided from the dimer or (iii) measuring the difference between the Tm value of the first dimer and the Tm value of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form in melting
- Embodiment 1-2 Intra-strand interactive-double labeling on TO
- the target-dependent fragment has an interactive dual label including a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, and hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first form, melting of the first dimer, or Hybridization after melting results in a change in the signal from the interactive dual label to provide a detectable signal.
- a signal is provided upon hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the first form of FHO, and the signal is maintained at a temperature at which the signal is detected upon formation of the first dimer.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule on the TO are structurally brought into close proximity to each other so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule whereas;
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule on the target-dependent fragment are structurally spaced apart so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal do.
- the formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form maintains the signal. Then, when the first dimer is melted, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally brought into close proximity to each other so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule can be located at any position of the target-dependent fragment.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule on the target-dependent fragment is located at its 5'-end or located 1 to 5 nucleotides apart from its 5'-end, and the other is in the form of a target-dependent fragment ( conformation) to quench and unquench the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at most 50 nucleotides, specifically at most 40 nucleotides, more specifically at most 30 nucleotides, and even more specifically at most 20 nucleotides apart from each other. According to one embodiment, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at least 4 nucleotides apart, specifically at least 6 nucleotides, more specifically at least 10 nucleotides, and even more specifically at least 15 nucleotides apart.
- a signal may be provided by forming a dimer between uncut TO and FHO of the first form.
- the signal of the first dimer and the signal of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form are (i) at a temperature at which the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form dissociates, the signal (the first dimer) or (ii) as the first dimer is formed, the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases, thereby reducing the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form.
- It can be distinguished by measuring the change in the signal provided from the dimer or (iii) measuring the difference between the Tm value of the first dimer and the Tm value of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form in melting analysis.
- Embodiment 2 (strand-to-strand interactive-double labeling)
- the target-dependent fragment has one of the interactive dual labels including a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule
- the FHO of the first form has the other one of the interactive dual labels
- the reporter molecule on the first type of FHO is not quenched before the target-dependent fragment is hybridized to the first type of FHO.
- the signal from the reporter molecule linked to the FHO of the first type is quenched by the quencher molecule linked to the target-dependent fragment, thereby generating a signal (specifically, signal quenching). to provide.
- the formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form maintains the signal. Then, when the first dimer is melted, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are separated from each other so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal (specifically, signal generation).
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule can be located at any position of the target-dependent fragment and FHO of the first form.
- the quencher molecule and the reporter molecule are advantageously placed in close proximity to each other.
- the reporter molecule or quencher molecule on the target-dependent fragment is located at its 5'-end or 5'-end region.
- the reporter molecule or quencher molecule on the target-dependent fragment is located at its 3'-terminus or 3'-terminal region.
- the reporter molecule or quencher molecule on the FHO of the first type is located at the capturing site of the FHO of the first type.
- the reporter molecule or quencher molecule on the FHO of the first form is located at its 3'-end or located 1 to 5 nucleotides apart from its 3'-end.
- a dimer between uncleaved TO and FHO of the first form may be formed to provide a signal (specifically, signal quenching).
- the signal of the first dimer and the signal of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form are (i) at a temperature at which the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form dissociates, the signal (the first dimer) or (ii) as the first dimer is formed, the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases, thereby reducing the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form.
- It can be distinguished by measuring the change in the signal provided from the dimer or (iii) measuring the difference between the Tm value of the first dimer and the Tm value of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form in melting analysis.
- the present disclosure is best practiced using a single label system that provides a signal indicative of the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the target-dependent fragment or FHO of the first type has a single label, hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first type, and the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first type Formation, or melting or hybridization after melting of the first dimer results in a change in the signal from the single label to provide the detectable signal.
- Embodiment 1 single label on FHO
- the FHO of the first form has a single label, hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first form, formation of a first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form, or the Melting or hybridization after melting of the first dimer results in a change in the signal from the single label to provide the detectable signal.
- the fluorescence intensity from a single fluorescent label increases, thereby providing a signal (specifically, a signal change).
- a single label on the FHO of the first form in a single-stranded state gives a low signal
- the target-dependent fragment hybridized to the FHO of the first form is elongated to form a first dimer
- a single label on the double-stranded first duplex provides an increased signal, thereby indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- An indicating signal is provided.
- the single label on the extended strand in the single-stranded state provides a reduced signal, thereby providing a signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence;
- the single label on the first duplex in the double-stranded state provides an increased signal, thereby providing a signal indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the single label is located at the templating or capturing site of the FHO of the first form.
- the time point at which a signal is provided may vary.
- formation of the first dimer may result in a change in signal from the single label to provide a detectable signal.
- hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first type results in a change in the signal from the single label to yield a detectable signal. and the formation of the first dimer maintains the signal at the temperature at which it is detected.
- a dimer between the uncleaved TO and the first form of FHO may be formed to provide a signal.
- the signal of the first dimer and the signal of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form are (i) at a temperature at which the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form dissociates, the signal (the first dimer) or (ii) as the first dimer is formed, the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases, thereby reducing the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form.
- It can be distinguished by measuring the change in the signal provided from the dimer or (iii) measuring the difference between the Tm value of the first dimer and the Tm value of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form in melting analysis.
- Embodiment 2 (single label on TO)
- the target-dependent fragment has a single label, and hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first form or hybridization after melting or melting of the first dimer causes a change in signal from the single label. resulting in a detectable signal.
- Hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the first form of FHO provides a signal, and formation of the first dimer maintains the signal at a temperature at which the signal is detected.
- a single label on the TO i.e., a single label on the target-dependent fragment
- a single label on the target-dependent fragment gives a low-intensity signal
- a target-dependent fragment hybridizes with the capturing site of the first form of FHO
- a single label on the target-dependent fragment provides a signal of increased intensity.
- the formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form maintains the increased signal.
- the single label provides a low signal, thereby providing a signal (specifically, a change in signal) indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and FHO of the fourth type, formation of the first dimer, melting, or hybridization after melting, as long as the signal intensity from the single label changes, the single label is the target-dependent fragment of the target-dependent fragment. It can be located in any position.
- a dimer between uncleaved TO and FHO of the first form may be formed to provide a signal.
- the signal of the first dimer and the signal of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form are (i) at a temperature at which the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form dissociates, the signal (the first dimer) or (ii) as the first dimer is formed, the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases, thereby reducing the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form. It can be distinguished by measuring the change in the signal provided from the dimer or (iii) measuring the difference between the Tm value of the first dimer and the Tm value of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form in melting analysis.
- the present disclosure may use a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction in step (b) to provide a signal indicating the presence of the first dimer.
- the first dimer can be successfully labeled using the label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction in step (b).
- the extension reaction of step (b) is carried out in the presence of a nucleotide having a single label, whereby a single label is inserted into the first dimer, and in step (b), the extended strand and the first dimer are inserted. Formation of the first dimer between forms of FHO, or melting or hybridization after melting of the first dimer, results in a change in the signal from the single label to provide the detectable signal.
- a target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the capturing site of a first form of FHO immobilized on a solid substrate and extends in the presence of a nucleotide labeled with a single fluorescent label to form a first dimer.
- a fluorescence signal from the first dimer can be detected on a spot of the solid substrate on which the first form of FHO is immobilized.
- the first dimer is melted, the strand having the fluorescent label is released, and the fluorescent signal is no longer detected on the spot. Accordingly, a change in signal may be provided on the spot by melting of the first dimer. That is, a signal is provided indicating the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer, indicating the presence of the second dimer in step (c).
- the nucleotide inserted during the extension reaction has a synthetic non-natural base
- the FHO of the first form has a specific binding affinity for the synthetic non-natural base (i.e., the above A nucleotide having a complementary synthetic non-natural base capable of base pairing with a synthetic non-natural base.
- the nucleotide having the synthetic non-natural base is located at any site of the templating site of the FHO of the first type.
- a target-dependent fragment is hybridized to a first form of FHO comprising a nucleotide having a complementary synthetic non-natural base (eg iso-dC) to a particular synthetic non-natural base (eg iso-dG).
- Extension is effected in the presence of a nucleotide with a specific synthetic non-natural base (eg, iso-dG) labeled with a single fluorescent label to form a first dimer.
- a nucleotide with a specific synthetic non-natural base labeled with the single fluorescent label is inserted at a site opposite the nucleotide with its complementary synthetic non-natural base on the FHO of the first type.
- the synthetic non-natural base labeled with the label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction is S, Z, V, K, Pa. It may be selected from the group consisting of Pn, Px, Q, MMO2, 5FM, NaM, B, P, J, X, Ds, Dss and 5SICS.
- the labeled synthetic non-natural base and its complementary synthetic non-natural base may form a non-natural base pair, for example, S-B base pair, Z-P base pair, V-J base pair, K-X base pair, Pa-Ds base pair, Pa-Q base pair, Pn- Ds base pair, Pn-Dss base pair, Px-Ds base pair, MMO2-5SICS base pair, 5FM-5SICS base pair or NaM-5SICS base pair.
- a non-natural base pair for example, S-B base pair, Z-P base pair, V-J base pair, K-X base pair, Pa-Ds base pair, Pa-Q base pair, Pn- Ds base pair, Pn-Dss base pair, Px-Ds base pair, MMO2-5SICS base pair, 5FM-5SICS base pair or NaM-5SICS base pair.
- the non-natural base pair generated during the extension reaction may be the same as or different from the non-natural base pair between the first synthetic non-natural base and the second synthetic non-natural base.
- a fluorescent signal from the first dimer can be detected on the spot of the solid substrate with the immobilized FHO of the first form.
- the strand having the fluorescent label is released, and the fluorescent signal is no longer detected on the spot. Accordingly, a change in signal may be provided on the spot by melting of the first dimer. That is, a signal indicative of the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer is provided indicating the presence of the first dimer in step (c).
- the label When using the label inserted into the first dimer during the extension reaction, the label is not included in the dimer between the uncut TO and the first type FHO because the uncut TO hybridizes to the first type FHO and does not extend. Thus, the dimer between the uncleaved TO and FHO of the first form does not give a signal.
- the present disclosure may utilize a labeling system that utilizes a combination of a label linked to the target-dependent fragment and/or FHO of the first form and a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction.
- the label inserted into the first dimer during the extension reaction may be a label inserted into the extension sequence during an extension reaction in which the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the FHO of the first type in step (b) and is extended.
- the FHO of the first form has any one of the interactive dual labels including a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule
- the extension reaction of step (b) is carried out by the other of the interactive dual labels carried out in the presence of a nucleotide having a label of, whereby the label is inserted into the extended sequence
- step (b) the formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form, or melting of the first dimer or hybridization after melting results in a change in the signal from the interactive double label for detection. Provides possible signals.
- the nucleotide inserted during the extension reaction has a synthetic unnatural base
- the FHO of the first type has a nucleotide having a complementary synthetic unnatural base having a specific binding affinity for the synthetic unnatural base.
- the FHO of the first form has a label of either a reporter molecule or an interactive dual label comprising a quencher molecule
- the templating site of the FHO of the first form is a nucleotide having a synthetic unnatural base.
- the extension reaction of step (b) comprises is carried out, whereby a label is inserted into the extended sequence;
- step (b) formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO of the first form or melting of the first dimer or hybridization after melting results in a change in the signal from the interactive double label, which can be detected. provide a signal.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are spaced apart from each other so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal.
- the label site on the FHO of the first form and the insertion site of the label to be inserted are determined within the range in which the two labels act as an interactive dual label that induces a change in signal in the formation and melting steps of the first dimer. .
- the templating site of FHOs of the first type has a reporter or quencher molecule and a nucleotide with a synthetic non-natural base.
- the extension reaction in step (b) is carried out in the presence of a quencher or reporter molecule and a nucleotide having a complementary synthetic non-natural base having a specific binding affinity for the synthetic non-natural base in the FHO of the first type.
- the two synthetic non-natural bases of the first dimer form a base pair and quench the signal from the reporter molecule by the quencher molecule to induce a change in signal, thereby providing a signal.
- the target-dependent fragment has a reporter or quencher molecule, and the templating site of the FHO of the first type has nucleotides with synthetic non-natural bases.
- the extension reaction in step (b) is carried out in the presence of a quencher or reporter molecule and a nucleotide having a complementary synthetic non-natural base having a specific binding affinity for the synthetic non-natural base in the FHO of the first type.
- the two synthetic unnatural bases of the first dimer of step (b) form a base pair and induce a signal change from the reporter molecule by quenching, whereby a signal is provided.
- a target-dependent fragment comprising a reporter or quencher molecule has a complementary synthetic non-natural base (eg isodC) that has a specific binding affinity for a specific synthetic non-natural base (eg iso-dG). It hybridizes to a first form of FHO comprising nucleotides.
- Extension is effected in the presence of a nucleotide with a specific synthetic non-natural base (e.g., iso-dG) labeled with a quencher or reporter molecule, so that a first dimer is formed and the signal from the reporter molecule is quenched by the quencher molecule.
- the nucleotide with the specific synthetic non-natural base eg iso-dG
- the complementary synthetic non-natural base eg isodC
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally close to each other so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal;
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are structurally separated from each other so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby providing a signal.
- the label When using a label that is incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction, the label is not incorporated into the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form, which means that the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form is not extended. because it doesn't Thus, the dimer does not give a signal.
- the present disclosure may use an intercalating label that provides a signal indicative of the presence of the first dimer. Since double-stranded nucleic acid molecules in the sample can provide signals, intercalating labels are more useful in solid phase reactions using immobilized FHO in the first form.
- the signal is provided by an intercalating label, hybridization between the target-dependent fragment and the FHO of the first form in step (b), the extended strand and the FHO in step (b) Formation of a first dimer between FHOs of the first form, or melting or hybridization after melting of the first dimer, results in a change in the signal from the intercalating label to provide the detectable signal.
- intercalating labels useful in the present invention are SYBRTM Green I, PO-PROTM-1, BO-PROTM-1, SYTOTM 43, SYTOTM 44, SYTOTM 45, SYTOXTM Blue, POPOTM- 1, POPOTM-3, BOBOTM-1, BOBOTM-3, LO-PROTM-1, JO-PROTM-1, YO-PROTM 1, TO-PROTM 1, SYTOTM 11, SYTOTM 13 , SYTOTM 15, SYTOTM 16, SYTOTM 20, SYTOTM 23, TOTOTM-3, YOYOTM 3, GelStarTM and thiazole orange.
- Intercalating dyes provide a signal by specifically intercalating into a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule.
- This embodiment can also be applied to other embodiments using melting analysis.
- a target-dependent fragment is hybridized to the capturing site of a first form of FHO immobilized on a solid substrate.
- Extension is effected in the presence of an intercalating dye (eg, SYBRTM Green) to create a first dimer comprising the intercalating dye.
- an intercalating dye eg, SYBRTM Green
- Fluorescent signals from the first dimer on the spot of the solid substrate with the immobilized first form of FHO can be detected using an intercalating fluorescent dye.
- the intercalating fluorescent dye is released so that a fluorescent signal is no longer detected on the spot.
- a signal is provided indicating the presence of the first dimer in step (c).
- a dimer between uncleaved TO and FHO of the first form may be formed to provide a signal.
- the signal of the first dimer and the signal of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form are (i) at a temperature at which the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form dissociates, the signal (the first dimer) or (ii) as the first dimer is formed, the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form decreases, thereby reducing the amount of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form. It can be distinguished by measuring the change in the signal provided from the dimer or (iii) measuring the difference between the Tm value of the first dimer and the Tm value of the dimer between the uncleaved TO and the FHO of the first form in melting analysis.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed using a signal provided from cleavage of the first dimer between the extended strand and the first form of FHO.
- a signal provided from cleavage of the first dimer between the extended strand and the first form of FHO.
- it can be performed based on PCEC analysis (see WO 2012/134195).
- the first dimer comprises a cleavage site cleaved by a nucleolytic enzyme, and the first dimer provides a detectable signal by cleavage at the cleavage site, In step (c), the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from cleavage of the first dimer.
- the first dimer comprises at least one label.
- the label provides a detectable signal by cleavage of the first dimer.
- a detectable signal includes (i) at least one label linked to the target-dependent fragment and/or FHO of the first form, (ii) a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction, ( iii) at least one label linked to the FHO of the first form and a label incorporated into the first dimer during the extension reaction, or (iv) an intercalating label.
- the first dimer includes at least one label
- the first dimer (i) includes a cleavage site that is cleaved by a cleavage enzyme and produces a signal detectable by cleavage at the cleavage site. or (ii) providing a detectable signal by sequential cleavage from the 5'-end of the first form of FHO in the first dimer by a 5'-3' exonuclease, wherein In step (c), the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from cleavage of the first dimer.
- the label can bind to any position of the first dimer.
- the present disclosure can use a single label to provide a signal for the occurrence of a first dimer cleavage indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the FHO of the first form has a single label
- cleavage of the first dimer forms a cleavage fragment including the single label
- a signal from the single label before the first dimer is cleaved is the first dimer. Since the dimer is different from the signal from the single label after cleavage, the difference between these signals allows the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer to be detected.
- TO has a single label
- cleavage of the first dimer forms a cleavage fragment containing the single label
- a signal from the single label before cleavage of the first dimer is obtained after cleavage of the first dimer. differs from the signal from the single label of , such that the difference between these signals allows the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer to be detected.
- the single label that provides a different signal upon cleavage of the first dimer is a fluorescent terbium chelate or a single label that emits polarized fluorescence.
- the single label is linked to the FHO of the first type, in particular the templating site of the FHO of the first type, more particularly the 5'-end of the templating site of the FHO of the first type.
- a single label is linked to TO, in particular a tagging site of TO. Specifically, a single label is placed on TO so that target-dependent fragments have a single label.
- the present disclosure when a single label is used in the present disclosure, the present disclosure may be performed in a solid phase using an immobilized first form of FHO.
- a single label bound to TO or FHO of the first form can provide a signal indicating the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer.
- the FHO of the first form is immobilized on the solid substrate through its 5'-end or 3'-end.
- the first form of FHO has a single label
- the first dimer cleavage forms a cleavage fragment containing the single label
- the cleavage fragment is released from the solid substrate, resulting in a change in signal on the solid substrate. to provide a signal indicating the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer.
- the first form of FHO is immobilized on a solid substrate through its 3'-end, TO has a single label, the first dimer cleavage forms a cleavage fragment containing the single label, and the cleavage fragment is Released from the solid substrate, it causes a change in the signal on the solid substrate to provide a signal indicating the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer.
- the single label is bound to the templating site of the FHO of the first form, and the cleavage site of the nucleic acid cleaving enzyme is 5' ⁇ 3' It can be the cleavage site of an exonuclease, restriction enzyme or ribonuclease.
- the cleavage site of the 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease is created
- the first dimer is cleaved (specifically, sequentially cleaved from the 5'-end of the FHO of the first form) by cleavage of the 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease at the cleavage site, resulting in fluorescence from the 5'-end of the FHO of the first form.
- a reporter molecule is released.
- fluorescence decreases or disappears at the spot containing the immobilized FHO of the first form.
- the fluorescence does not decrease or disappear in the spot containing the immobilized FHO of the first form.
- FHO in the first form is immobilized on the solid substrate through its 5'-end, TO has a single label, and the first dimer cleavage forms a cleavage fragment containing the single label, and the cleavage fragment is released from the solid substrate, causing a change in the signal on the solid substrate to provide a signal indicating the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer.
- the target-dependent fragment is hybridized to the FHO of the first form immobilized on the solid substrate (including the sequence recognized by the restriction enzyme at the templating site) via the 5'-end and extended to form the first dimer.
- the cleavage site of the restriction enzyme is created.
- a restriction enzyme cleaves the first dimer to release a fluorescent reporter molecule from the 3'-end of the first form of FHO.
- the target-dependent fragment when hybridized to a first form of FHO (including an RNA molecule at the templating site) immobilized on a solid substrate through the 5'-end and extended to form a first dimer, RNase H A cutting position is created. RNase H cleaves the first dimer to release a fluorescent reporter molecule from the 3'-end of the first form of FHO.
- FHO including an RNA molecule at the templating site
- RNase H A cutting position is created.
- RNase H cleaves the first dimer to release a fluorescent reporter molecule from the 3'-end of the first form of FHO.
- fluorescence decreases or disappears at the spot containing the immobilized FHO of the first form. In the absence of the target nucleic acid sequence, the fluorescence does not decrease or disappear in the spot containing the immobilized FHO of the first form.
- the single label is bound to the FHO or TO of the first form, and a nucleic acid cleaving enzyme such as a restriction enzyme or a ribonuclease It is preferable that the cutting position of is created.
- a single label used in a solid phase reaction does not require specific characteristics.
- any single label can be used. This is because a difference in signal according to the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer can be induced by the presence or absence of a single label on the solid substrate after cleavage of the first dimer.
- a single label can be bound to the first form of FHO or TO using conventional methods. Specifically, the label is bound to FHO or TO of the first form via a spacer comprising at least 3 carbon atoms (e.g., a 3-carbon spacer, a 6-carbon spacer or a 12-carbon spacer) .
- a spacer comprising at least 3 carbon atoms (e.g., a 3-carbon spacer, a 6-carbon spacer or a 12-carbon spacer) .
- the single label bound to the FHO of the first form is located at the 5'-end or 1 to 5 nucleotides apart therefrom.
- the single label that binds to the FHO of the first form is at the 3'-end or at a position 1 to 5 nucleotides away from it.
- the single label that binds TO is at the 5'-end or at a location 1 to 5 nucleotides away from it.
- the present disclosure may use an interactive dual label to provide a signal for the occurrence of a first dimer cleavage indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the interactive dual label binds to the first form of FHO.
- the cleavage site cleaved by the nucleic acid cleaving enzyme is located between the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule bound to the FHO of the first form, and before the first dimer is formed, the quencher molecule is separated from the reporter molecule. quenching the signal of the first dimer, cleavage of the first dimer separates the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule from each other, and the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer is detected by measuring the signal from the label.
- the interactive label system of the present disclosure is useful in liquid and solid phases.
- the cleavage site generated in the first dimer may be a 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease, restriction enzyme, or ribonuclease cleavage site.
- a target-dependent fragment hybridizes to a first form of FHO and extends to form a first dimer, thereby creating a 5' to 3' exonuclease cleavage site.
- the cleavage site of the 5' to 3' exonuclease is located between the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule bound to the FHO of the first form.
- a quencher molecule is positioned in a position suitable for quenching the signal from the reporter molecule.
- a 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease cleaves the 5'-end of the first dimer (specifically, sequential cleavage) and releases a fluorescent reporter molecule, resulting in a signal change from the fluorescent reporter molecule.
- the change in fluorescence signal is measured to detect the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer, which determines the presence or absence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the quencher molecule is fluorescent, it is preferable to measure using a signal from the quencher molecule.
- a target-dependent fragment hybridizes to a first form of FHO and extends to form a first dimer, thereby creating a cleavage site for a restriction enzyme.
- the cleavage site of the restriction enzyme is located between the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule bound to the FHO of the first form.
- the restriction enzyme cleaves the cleavage site to cleave the first dimer and release the fluorescent reporter molecule, resulting in a change in signal from the fluorescent reporter molecule.
- the change in fluorescence signal is measured to detect the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer, which determines the presence or absence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- a target-dependent fragment hybridizes to a first form of FHO (which contains an RNA molecule at the templating site) and extends to form a first dimer, thereby creating a RNase cleavage site.
- the cleavage site of the RNase is located between the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule bound to the first form of FHO.
- RNase cleaves the first dimer by cleaving the cleavage site and releases the fluorescent reporter molecule, resulting in a change in the signal from the fluorescent reporter molecule.
- the change in fluorescence signal is measured to detect the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer, which determines the presence or absence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- At least one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are linked to the templating site of the FHO of the first type, in particular at the 5'-end of the FHO of the first type.
- both the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are linked to the templating site of the FHO of the first form.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is linked to the 5'-end and the other to the 3'-end of the FHO of the first form.
- the reporter molecule or quencher molecule bound to the templating site of the FHO of the first form is located at its 5'-end or 1 to 5 nucleotides apart from its 5'-end.
- the quencher molecule may be located 1 to 5 nucleotides from the 5'-end or 5'-end of the templating site of the FHO of the first form, and the reporter molecule may be located 5 to 50 nucleotides from the quencher molecule can be located in a given location.
- the interactive double label is maintained when the first duplex is formed, the quenching state between the interactive double labels is maintained, and when the label is released by cleavage of the first duplex, the interactive double label is It is placed in a suitable position to become an unquenched state between the double-labeled liver.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are positioned at a distance of at most 25 nucleotides from each other, specifically at most 20 nucleotides, more specifically at most 15 nucleotides, even more specifically at most 25 nucleotides. , up to 10 nucleotides.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at least 3 nucleotides apart from each other, specifically, at least 4 nucleotides, more specifically, at least 5 nucleotides, and even more specifically, at least 6 nucleotides. am.
- the reporter molecule and quencher molecule on the FHO of the first form can be structurally separated to allow the quencher molecule to unquench the signal from the reporter molecule. Cleavage of the first dimer can completely separate the reporter molecule from the quencher molecule, resulting in a greater change in signal resulting from unquenching.
- cleavage fragment with a label eg, a reporter molecule
- a label eg, a reporter molecule
- more flexible or convenient conditions eg, high-stringency conditions or conditions after washing on a solid phase
- one of the interactive dual labels bound to the immobilized first form of FHO remains on the solid substrate after cleavage of the first dimer.
- the FHO of the first form immobilized on a solid substrate has an interactive dual label and uses a 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease as a nucleic acid cleaving enzyme
- the first form of the first dimer is obtained from the first dimer.
- Interactive dual labeling after cleavage of the first dimer by imparting conditions suitable for fragments of FHO to be isolated or by conferring resistance to 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease activity to the internal nucleotides of FHO of the first form One of them can be ensured to remain on the solid substrate.
- resistance to 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease activity is conferred by a nucleotide having a backbone having resistance to 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease activity, and various phosphorothioates including linkages, phosphonate linkages, phosphoroamidate linkages and 2'-carbohydrate modifications, and more specifically, phosphorothioate linkages, alkyl phosphotriester linkages, aryl phosphotriester linkages, alkyl phosphotriester linkages Phonate linkages, aryl phosphonate linkages, hydrogen phosphonate linkages, alkyl phosphoroamidate linkages, aryl phosphoroamidate linkages, phosphoroserenate linkages, 2'-O-aminopropyl modifications, 2'-O -alkyl modifications, 2'-O-allyl modifications, 2'-O-butyl modifications, ⁇ -anomeric oligodeoxynucleotide and 1-(
- Reporter molecules and quencher molecules that can be used in this disclosure are referred to those described in the PTOCE assay.
- the first dimer is immobilized on a solid substrate through its 5'-end or 3'-end, an intercalating dye is used as a label, and the first dimer is cleaved to obtain an intercalating dye.
- the cleavage fragment is released from the solid substrate, resulting in a change in the signal on the solid substrate to provide a signal indicating the occurrence of cleavage of the first dimer.
- the cleaved fragments not immobilized on the solid substrate are dissociated from the solid substrate.
- intercalating dyes useful in this disclosure see those disclosed in the PTOCE assay section.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed using a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand and the signaling oligonucleotide.
- a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand and the signaling oligonucleotide.
- it can be performed based on PCE-SH analysis (see WO 2013/115442).
- the method additionally uses a signaling oligonucleotide (SO) containing a hybridized nucleotide sequence and a label for the extended strand, and the dimer between the SO and the extended strand provides a detectable signal.
- SO signaling oligonucleotide
- step (c) the existence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from the dimer between the SO and the extended strand.
- the detectable signal is (i) a label linked to the SO, (ii) a combination of a label linked to the SO and a label linked to the target-dependent fragment, (iii) a label linked to the SO and step ( It may be provided by a combination of a label inserted into the extended strand during the extension reaction of b), or a combination of a label linked to the SO and an intercalating label (iv).
- the present disclosure can provide a signal for the formation of extended strands indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence using a single label.
- a single label is bound to SO, and hybridization between the SO and an extended strand results in a change in signal from the single label to provide the detectable signal.
- the single label on the SO is located at a distance of 1 to 15 nucleotides, 1 to 10 nucleotides, or 1 to 5 nucleotides from the 5'-end or 3'-end, specifically, at the center of the SO. Located.
- the SO is coupled with an interactive double label including a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, and hybridization between the SO and the extended strand results in a change in signal from the interactive double label, resulting in detectable provide a signal.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule on the SO are conformationally close to each other so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule, and when the SO is hybridized, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule The molecules are structurally spaced so that the quencher molecule unquenches the signal from the reporter molecule, resulting in a signal change from the interactive dual label.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located at the 5'-end (or 3'-end) and 3'-end (or 5'-end) of the SO.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule bound to SO is located at a position 1 to 5 nucleotides away from the 5'-end or 5'-end, and the other is in the form of SO (conformation) position to quench and unquench the signal of the reporter molecule according to
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule bound to SO is located at a position 1 to 5 nucleotides apart from the 3'-terminus or 3'-end, and the other is located at a position 1 to 5 nucleotides apart from the 3'-terminus, and the other is the signal of the reporter molecule according to the shape of the SO. It is located at the position of quenching and unquenching.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are located within 80 nucleotides, specifically within 60 nucleotides, more specifically within 30 nucleotides, and even more specifically within 25 nucleotides apart from each other. According to one embodiment, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are at least 4 nucleotides apart, at least 6 nucleotides apart, at least 10 nucleotides apart, at least 15 nucleotides apart.
- the extended strand has one of the interactive dulabels comprising a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, and the SO has the other of the interactive dulabels.
- the SO includes a label of one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule of the interactive dual label
- the target-dependent fragment includes the label of the other of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule
- the extended strand contains a label derived from the target-dependent fragment
- a label bound to SO may be a reporter molecule or a quencher molecule, and a label bound to a target-dependent fragment may be a quencher molecule or a reporter molecule.
- the label By determining the location of the label on the TO in consideration of the cleavage site of the TO, the label can be present on the target-dependent fragment.
- the label can bind to any position of the target-dependent fragment (eg, tagging site of TO) as long as it interacts with the label bound to SO to induce a signal change.
- the label can bind to any position of SO (eg, the 5'-end of SO) as long as it interacts with the label bound to the target-dependent fragment and induces a signal change.
- the SO includes a label of one of a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule of an interactive dual label
- the templating site of the FHO of the first type includes a nucleotide with a synthetic non-natural base
- the extension reaction of step (b) is carried out in the presence of a complementary synthetic non-natural base having a specific binding affinity to the synthetic non-natural base and a nucleotide having a label of the other of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule, thereby A label is inserted into the extended strand; Hybridization between the SO and the extended strand results in a change in the signal from the interactive double label to provide a detectable signal.
- the label inserted into the extended strand can bind to any position of the extended strand (eg, the 3'-end of the extended strand).
- the label can bind to any position of SO (eg, the 5'-end of SO) as long as it interacts with the label inserted into the extended strand to induce a signal change.
- the SO contains a label of one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule of the interactive dual label
- the extension reaction of step (b) is performed on the nucleotide having the other label of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule. carried out in the presence of, thereby inserting a label into the extended strand; Hybridization between the SO and the extended strand results in a change in the signal from the interactive double label to provide a detectable signal.
- the method of the present invention additionally includes one more SO, the added SO includes a sequence complementary to the extended strand, and the two SOs are hybridized proximal to the extended strand;
- the two SOs each contain a label of one of a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule of the interactive double label, and hybridization between the two SOs and the extended strand results in a change in signal from the interactive double label. to provide a detectable signal.
- At least one SO among the two SOs includes a site that hybridizes with the extension sequence newly generated in the extension reaction of step (b).
- the principle of the interactive double labeling using two SOs is as follows: the two SOs hybridize with the extended strand. In hybridization, since the two SOs hybridize with the extended strand in close proximity to each other, the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule in the two SOs are adjacent so that the quencher molecule quenches the signal from the reporter molecule and consequently interacts resulting in a change in signal from the red double label (e.g., an increase in signal from the reporter molecule). On the other hand, when there is no target nucleic acid sequence, the two SOs do not hybridize because the extended strand is not generated. The reporter molecule and the quencher molecule in the two unhybridized SOs are spaced apart from each other to provide a signal from the reporter molecule.
- the two SOs can hybridize to any position of the extended strand, as long as they hybridize to the extended strand and allow the quencher molecule to quench the signal from the reporter molecule.
- two SOs can be located immediately adjacent or 1 to 5 nucleotides apart.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule can bind to any position of the two SOs, as long as the quencher molecule is capable of quenching the signal from the reporter molecule.
- a reporter molecule or a quencher molecule is bound to a position 1 to 5 nucleotides away from the 5'-end or 5'-end of one SO, and 1 to 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end or 3'-end of another SO.
- a quencher molecule or reporter molecule may be coupled at a location 5 nucleotides apart.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed using a signal provided from cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand of the first dimer and the signaling oligonucleotide.
- a signal provided from cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand of the first dimer and the signaling oligonucleotide.
- the method additionally uses a Signaling Oligonucleotide (SO) containing a hybridized nucleotide sequence and a label for the extended strand, and the dimer between the SO and the extended strand is a nucleolytic enzyme ( nucleolytic enzyme), the dimer between the SO and the extended strand provides a detectable signal by cleavage at the cleavage site, and the presence of the extended strand in step (c) indicates that the SO It is detected by measuring a signal provided from cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and the extended strand.
- SO Signaling Oligonucleotide
- the dimer between the SO and the extended strand is an interactive double label or single label including a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, and a 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease, ribonuclease or restriction enzyme , and cleavage of the dimer between the SO and the extended strand may result in a signal change from the interactive double label or single label to provide the detectable signal.
- the signal indicating the occurrence of cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and the SO is provided by an interactive labeling system, in particular, a FRET labeling system (i.e., an interactive double label) system) is provided.
- the SO has an interactive dual label comprising a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, and the cleavage site for the nucleic acid cleavage enzyme is located between the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule linked to the SO, Cleavage of the SO in the dimer between the extended strand and SO separates the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule from each other, and the occurrence of a cleavage reaction of the dimer between the extended strand and SO against SO is detected by measuring a signal from the label do.
- the quencher molecule prior to formation of the dimer between the extended strand and the SO, is positioned to quench a signal from the reporter molecule.
- the interactive label system is used in liquid and solid phases.
- the resulting cleavage site is a cleavage site for a 5' nuclease, restriction enzyme or ribonuclease.
- the nucleic acid cleaving enzyme eg, 5' nuclease
- the nucleic acid cleaving enzyme can release the reporter molecule by cleaving the 5'-terminal portion of the SO of the dimer between the extended strand and the SO, thereby causing a signal change from the reporter molecule. induce The occurrence of cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and the SO can be detected by measuring a fluorescence signal for determining the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- At least one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is linked to the 5'-end of the SO.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is linked to the 5'-end and the other is linked to the 3'-end of the SO.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is located 1 to 10 nucleotides apart from its 5'-end or its 5'-end, and the other is located prior to hybridization of the extended strand and the SO. positioned to quench the signal from the reporter molecule.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is located 1 to 10 nucleotides apart from its 3'-end or its 3'-end, and the other is located prior to hybridization of the extended strand and the SO. positioned to quench the signal from the reporter molecule.
- the reporter molecule may be located at a distance of 1 to 5 nucleotides from its 5'-end or its 5'-end, and the quencher molecule may be located at a distance of 5 to 80 nucleotides from the reporter molecule.
- the interactive double label is located at a position sufficient to maintain the quenching phenomenon prior to formation of the dimer between the extended strand and SO, and unquenching according to cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO induce
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are within 80 nucleotides, within 60 nucleotides, within 30 nucleotides, within 25 nucleotides, within 20 nucleotides, within 15 nucleotides, or within 10 nucleotides of each other. It may be spaced apart within a nucleotide.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are at least 3 nucleotides, at least 4 nucleotides, at least 5 nucleotides, at least 6 nucleotides, at least 10 nucleotides or at least 15 nucleotides apart.
- cleaved fragment bearing a label eg, a reporter molecule
- the occurrence of cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO is more flexible or under convenient conditions (eg, high stringency conditions or conditions after washing on a solid substrate).
- Analysis can be performed by directly detecting a signal from a label linked to the cleaved fragment.
- one of the interactive double labels linked to the immobilized SO remains on the solid substrate after cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO.
- the SO immobilized on a solid substrate has an interactive dual label and a 5' nuclease is used as a nucleic acid cleaving enzyme
- an appropriate dissociation of the SO fragment from the dimer between the extended strand and the SO is performed.
- Conditions are given or the internal nucleotide of the SO is resistant to 5' nuclease activity (e.g., 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease activity or a backbone that is resistant to nucleotides having a label on its base) nucleotide), after cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO, one of the interactive double labels can be guaranteed to remain on the solid substrate.
- a reporter or quencher molecule may be positioned at the 5'-tagging site in consideration of the cleavage site.
- the present disclosure is also best practiced using a single label system that provides a signal for the occurrence of dimerization between the extended strand and the SO, indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence.
- the SO has a single label
- SO cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO generates a fragment having a single label
- SO cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO occurs to generate the single labeled fragment. It is detected by detecting the emission of
- the signal provided from the single label prior to cleavage of the SO is different from the signal provided from the single label after cleavage of the SO, and the difference in the signal can detect the occurrence of SO cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO.
- the single label is linked to the 5'-end or 3'-end of the SO.
- the present disclosure is efficiently performed on solid phase using immobilized SO.
- the SO is immobilized on a solid substrate through its 5'-end or 3'-end.
- the SO is immobilized on the surface of the solid substrate through its 5'-end or 3'-end, the SO has a single label, and the SO cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO is single A fragment with a label is generated, and the fragment is released on the solid substrate, thereby providing a signal change on the solid substrate to detect the occurrence of SO cleavage of the dimer between the extended strand and SO.
- the single label is linked to the 5'-end of the SO, and the resulting cleavage site is 5'-nuclease, restriction enzyme or It is a cleavage site for ribonucleases.
- the single label of the SO is located at the 5'-end or 1 to 5 nucleotides apart from the 5'-end.
- the single label is located 1 to 5 nucleotides away from the 3'-end or 3'-end of the SO.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed using a signal provided from a dimer between the FHO of the first form and the hybridized oligonucleotide.
- a dimer between the FHO of the first form and the hybridized oligonucleotide For example, it can be carried out according to the PCE-NH assay (see WO 2014/104818).
- the method further uses a hybridizing oligonucleotide (HO) containing a hybridization oligonucleotide sequence and a label for the FHO of the first type, and the dimer between the HO and the FHO of the first type Provides a detectable signal, and the presence of the extended strand in step (c) is detected by measuring a signal provided from the dimer between the HO and the FHO of the first type, the dimer between the HO and the FHO of the first type The presence of a signal from indicates the absence of the extended strand.
- HO hybridizing oligonucleotide
- the detectable signal is (i) a label linked to the HO, (ii) a label linked to the FHO of the first form, (iii) a label linked to the HO and the FHO of the first form It may be provided by a combination of labels, or (iv) an intercalating label.
- the present disclosure can provide a signal indicating the absence of an extended strand by hybridizing a single labeled HO to a first type of FHO or by hybridizing a HO to a first type of single labeled FHO.
- the detectable signal is provided by an interactive dual label linked to HO or FHO of the first form.
- a target-dependent fragment is hybridized to a first form of FHO. Then, HO labeled with an interactive dual label comprising a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule is hybridized to the templating site of the FHO of the first form. Then, the target-dependent fragment is extended, and the extension induces cleavage of the HO to separate the reporter molecule from the quencher molecule, thereby providing a signal indicating the presence of the extended strand.
- the change in signal between before and after HO cleavage can be used for signal detection.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule can be located at any site of the HO, as long as the cleaved HO and the uncleaved HO can provide distinct signals.
- a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule are located at both ends of the HO, respectively.
- a detectable signal is provided by an interactive dual label comprising a reporter molecule and a quencher molecule, one linked to the HO and the other to the FHO of the first type.
- the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule are positioned on the HO and the FHO of the first form, such that when the HO hybridizes to the FHO of the first form, a signal from the reporter molecule is quenched by the quencher molecule. Cleavage of HO induced by extension of the target-dependent fragment releases HO from the first form of FHO and moves the reporter molecule away from the quencher molecule, allowing the quencher molecule to unquench the signal from the reporter molecule, thereby extending the length of the extended strand. Provides a signal indicating its presence.
- the HO may be designed to have a hairpin structure.
- one of the reporter molecule and the quencher molecule is linked to the 3'-end of the HO and the other is linked to the 5'-end of the FHO of the first form.
- a labeling system such as an interactive-dual label using two HOs can be used in the method of the present disclosure using HOs.
- An interactive-bilabel can be located at either site of the two HOs, as long as the cleaved and uncleaved HOs can give distinct signals.
- the type and position of the label may be described with reference to the description of the SO.
- a labeling system such as FRET using an intercalating dye can be used in the method of the present disclosure using HO.
- the FRET label can be located at any site of the HO.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed using a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand and the immobilized oligonucleotide immobilized on the solid substrate.
- a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand and the immobilized oligonucleotide immobilized on the solid substrate.
- it can be performed according to the PCE-IH assay (see WO 2015/008985).
- the method additionally uses an immobilizing oligonucleotide (IO) immobilized on a solid substrate, including a nucleotide sequence hybridized to the extended strand, and the extended strand includes a label
- IO immobilizing oligonucleotide
- the dimer between the extended strand and the IO provides a detectable signal on the solid substrate
- step (c) the presence of the extended strand is detected by measuring a signal provided from the dimer between the extended strand and the IO.
- the detectable signal is (i) a label linked to the target-dependent fragment, (ii) a label inserted into the extended strand during the extension reaction of step (b), or (iii) the target-dependent fragment. It may be provided by a combination of a label linked to the fragment and a label inserted into the extended strand during the extension reaction of step (b).
- the present invention can provide a signal for the presence of an extended strand indicating the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence by using a single label.
- the target-dependent fragment labeled with a single label hybridizes to the FHO of the first type and extends on the FHO of the first type to form an extended strand, and the single label is included in the extended strand.
- the extended strand is hybridized to the IO immobilized on the solid substrate to provide a detectable signal on the solid substrate, and then a signal indicating the presence of the extended strand is detected.
- a single label on TO may be located at any site, as long as the target-dependent fragment released from TO contains a single label.
- the single label on the TO may be located at any site of the tagging site, for example, at the 5'-end of the tagging site.
- the label used in the present disclosure is a label inserted into the extended strand
- the templating site of the FHO of the first form includes a nucleotide containing a synthetic non-natural base
- the extension of step (b) above is carried out in the presence of a label and a nucleotide comprising a complementary synthetic non-natural base having a specific binding affinity for the synthetic non-natural base, thereby incorporating the label into the extended strand.
- the extended strand is hybridized to the IO immobilized on the solid substrate to provide a detectable signal on the solid substrate, and a signal indicating the presence of the extended strand is detected.
- the label used in the present disclosure is a combination of a single label bound to a target-dependent fragment and a label inserted into an extended strand during an extension reaction, and the single label and the inserted label are an acceptor and a donor. It is an interactive dual label containing a pair of (donor).
- a TO comprising a tagging site labeled with a single fluorescent label (donor) is hybridized to a target nucleic acid sequence and then cleaved.
- the target-dependent fragment containing the fluorescent single label (donor) is hybridized to a first form of FHO containing a synthetic non-natural base (eg, iso-dC) at the templating site, and the synthetic non-natural base labeled as an acceptor.
- a synthetic non-natural base e.g., iso-dG
- iso-dG complementary to is inserted on the opposite side of iso-dC during the extension reaction of the target-dependent fragment to introduce an acceptor into the extended strand, whereby the interactive double label on the extended strand is inserted.
- the extended strand is hybridized to the IO immobilized on the solid substrate, and the donor is irradiated with excitation light to induce energy transfer from the donor to the acceptor, thereby changing the signal from the acceptor induction to provide a detectable signal on the solid substrate.
- hybridization between the extended strand and IO is performed in the presence of an intercalating dye
- the label included in the extended strand is an acceptor that receives a signal from the intercalating dye
- a dimer between the extended strand and IO The signal from the intercalating dye incorporated into the receptor is transferred to the acceptor, and the acceptor provides a detectable signal.
- a TO comprising a tagging site labeled with a fluorescent label (acceptor) is hybridized to a target nucleic acid sequence and then cleaved.
- a target-dependent fragment containing a fluorescent label (acceptor) hybridizes to the FHO of the first form and is extended to form an extended strand.
- the extended strand is hybridized to the IO immobilized on the solid substrate in the presence of an intercalating dye as a donor, and the intercalating dye is inserted into the hybrid.
- an intercalating dye as a donor
- hybridization between the extended strand and the IO may be performed in the presence of an intercalating dye, without using a label included in the extended strand, and the signal from the intercalating dye inserted into the dimer between the extended strand and the IO is obtained. Upon detection, the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence is analyzed.
- the detection in step (c) may be performed using a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand and an additional third type of FHO.
- a signal provided from a dimer between the extended strand may be performed according to PTO cleavage and extension-dependent extension (PTOCE-E) analysis (see WO 2019/0666461).
- the FHO and the third dimer of the third form of the present disclosure may respectively correspond to the second CTO and the second extended duplex in the PTOCE-E method described above.
- the method performs the following steps instead of step (c):
- (c-1) hybridizing the extended strand with a third type of FHO, wherein the third type of FHO is in 3' to 5' order (i) capturing a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the extended strand and (ii) a templating site comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the extended strand; the extended strand hybridizes with the capturing region of the third type FHO;
- step (c-2) performing an extension reaction using template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and the product of step (c-1), wherein the extended strand hybridized to the capturing site of the third form of FHO is further extending to generate a second extension strand comprising a second extension sequence complementary to the templating region of the third type FHO, thereby forming a third dimer between the second extension strand and the third type FHO;
- the PTOCE-E assay is A. detection of the third dimer; B. detection of cleavage of the third dimer; C. Detection of dimerization between the second extended strand and the signaling oligonucleotide; D. detection of cleavage of the dimer between the second extended strand and the signaling oligonucleotide; E. detection of dimerization between the FHO of the third form and the hybridizing oligonucleotide; and detection of a dimer between the second extended strand and the immobilized immobilized oligonucleotide.
- detection of the presence of the second dimer in step (c) may be performed by various conventionally known methods.
- detection of the presence of the second dimer in step (c) may be performed using a double quenching assay combined with a melting assay (WO 2016/101959).
- the TO when the method forms a second dimer, the TO is linked to a reporter molecule and a first quencher molecule, and the second form of FHO is linked to a second quencher molecule.
- the TO is cleaved dependently on the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence during the reaction of step (a) to release a target-dependent fragment including the reporter molecule, and the reporter molecule and the FHO of the second type included in the target-dependent fragment
- the second quencher molecule linked to may provide a detectable signal by formation and dissociation of a second dimer between the target-dependent fragment and the second form of FHO according to temperature.
- the presence of the second dimer may be detected by measuring a signal provided from the second dimer.
- the signal of the second dimer may be measured by melting analysis or by hybridization analysis after melting.
- the detection of the presence of the second dimer in step (c) is performed through a melting assay after hybridization.
- the detection of the second dimer in step (c) is performed through a melting analysis in which the second dimer is formed and the product is melted at a certain range of temperatures to provide a signal indicating the presence of the second dimer.
- detection of the presence of the second dimer in step (c) is performed through hybridization analysis after melting.
- the detection of the second dimer in step (c) is performed through a hybridization assay in which the second dimer is melted and the resulting product is hybridized over a range of temperatures to provide a signal indicating the presence of the second dimer.
- the reporter molecule linked to the TO when the method forms a second dimer, may be linked to a position where it can be released together with the target-dependent fragment, and the first quencher molecule linked to the TO comprises the steps of: Before TO is cleaved in (a), the signal from the reporter molecule is quenched by being close to the reporter molecule linked to TO, but after TO is cleaved in step (a), it can be linked to a position where it is not released together with the target-dependent fragment. .
- a reporter molecule may be linked to a tagging site of the TO, and a first quencher molecule may be linked to a targeting site of the TO.
- the second quencher molecule linked to the second type of FHO may be linked to a position capable of quenching a signal from the reporter molecule when the second type of FHO forms a second dimer.
- TO and FHO (first type FHO or second type FHO), and optionally SO, HO and IO, used in the methods of this disclosure may be composed of naturally occurring dNMPs.
- TO and FHO, and optionally SO, HO and IO are modified nucleotides or non-natural nucleotides such as PNA (Peptide Nucleic Acid, see PCT Application No. WO 92/20702) and LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid, see PCT Application Nos. WO 98/22489, WO 98/39352 and WO 99/14226).
- TO and FHO and third forms of FHO, and optionally SO, HO and IO, are deoxyinosine, inosine, 1-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-3-nitropyrrole and 5 -Can include universal bases such as nitroindole.
- the term "universal base” means capable of base pairing with virtually no discrimination to each of the natural DNA/RNA bases.
- the TO when TO includes a 5'-tagging portion and a 3'-targeting portion, the TO is spaced apart in the 3'-direction from the 3'-end of the 5'-tagging portion of the TO. can be cut at one location.
- the cleavage site may be located at a part of the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting region of TO.
- the position of the FHO that hybridizes to the portion of the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting portion is a universal base, a degenerate sequence or combinations thereof.
- the '-terminal portion advantageously contains a universal base. If TO is cleaved at a position spaced 2 nucleotides in the 3'-direction from the 3'-end of the 5'-tagging site of TO, then the 5'-end of the capturing site of FHO contains a degenerate sequence. and the nucleotide adjacent to its 3'-direction advantageously contains a universal base.
- the method of the present disclosure comprises repeatedly further performing steps (a)-(c) in whole or in part, including denaturation. These repetitions amplify the target nucleic acid sequence and/or signal.
- the dimer (first dimer or second dimer) in step (b) is melted or hybridized after melting to provide a detectable signal. and detecting the signal to detect the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer once more.
- Denaturation may be performed through known techniques including, but not limited to, heat, alkali, formamide, urea and glycoxal treatment, enzymatic methods (eg, helicase action) and binding proteins.
- denaturation may be achieved by heat treatment in the temperature range of 80-105 °C.
- a general method of the aforementioned denaturation is disclosed in Joseph Sambrook, et al., Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001).
- the method of the present disclosure is performed in the presence of a downstream primer, specifically, by a PCR method.
- steps (a)-(c) are carried out in one reaction vessel or some of the steps (a)-(c) are carried out in separate reaction vessels.
- target nucleic acid sequences to be detected and/or amplified have any particular sequence or length, including all DNA (gDNA and cDNA) and RNA molecules.
- a reverse transcription step is essential before the annealing step, and details thereof are described in Joseph Sambrook, et al., Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001); and Noonan, K. F. et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 16:10366 (1988).
- random hexamers or oligonucleotide dT primers that hybridize to mRNA can be used.
- Target nucleic acid sequences may be any naturally occurring prokaryotic nucleic acid, eukaryotic cell (e.g., protozoa and parasites, fungi, yeast, higher plants, lower animals, and mammals and humans). Higher animals including) nucleic acids, viral (eg, herpes virus, HIV, influenza virus, Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis virus, poliovirus, etc.) nucleic acid or viroid nucleic acid.
- prokaryotic nucleic acid eukaryotic cell
- eukaryotic cell e.g., protozoa and parasites, fungi, yeast, higher plants, lower animals, and mammals and humans.
- Higher animals including) nucleic acids, viral (eg, herpes virus, HIV, influenza virus, Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis virus, poliovirus, etc.) nucleic acid or viroid nucleic acid.
- viral eg, herpes virus, HIV, influenza virus, Epstein-Bar
- the present disclosure is useful for detection of nucleotide variations.
- the target nucleic acid sequence includes a nucleotide variation.
- nucleotide variation refers to any single or multiple nucleotide substitution, deletion or insertion in a DNA sequence at a specific position in consecutive DNA segments or DNA segments with similar sequences. This contiguous DNA fragment contains a gene or some other region of a chromosome.
- nucleotide variations may be mutant or polymorphic allele variations.
- nucleotide variations detected in the present disclosure include single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), mutations, deletions, insertions, substitutions, and translocations.
- nucleotide mutations include various mutations in the human genome (eg, mutations in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene), mutations related to drug resistance of pathogens, and cancer-related mutations.
- MTHFR methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
- nucleotide variation includes any variation at a specific position in a DNA molecule. That is, the term “nucleotide variation” includes the wild type and any variant thereof at a specific position in a DNA molecule.
- the target nucleic acid sequence including the nucleotide variation is a matching template herein. (matching template).
- the target nucleic acid sequence including the nucleotide variation is referred to herein as a mismatching template.
- the 3'-end of an upstream primer can be designed to be positioned opposite the nucleotide variance site in the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the 3'-end of the upstream primer has a sequence complementary to the nucleotide variation of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the 3'-end of the upstream primer having a sequence complementary to the nucleotide variation of the target nucleic acid sequence is annealed to the matching template and extended to induce TO cleavage.
- the resulting target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the FHO to provide a signal.
- the upstream primer when the 3'-end of the upstream primer is mismatched to a nucleotide variation in the mismatching template, even if the upstream primer hybridizes to the mismatching template, it is not extended under conditions where annealing of the 3'-end of the primer is essential for the extension reaction. and no signal is provided.
- TO cleavage dependent on hybridization of a TO with a sequence complementary to a nucleotide variation in a target nucleic acid sequence can be used.
- a TO having a sequence complementary to a nucleotide variation in a target nucleic acid sequence is hybridized to a matching template and then cleaved.
- the resulting target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the FHO to provide the target signal.
- TO does not hybridize to, and is not cleaved, to mismatching templates with non-complementary sequences at the site of the nucleotide variation.
- the sequence complementary to the nucleotide variation of TO is located in the middle of the targeting site of TO.
- a portion of the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting region of TO is located at the nucleotide variation of the target nucleic acid sequence, and a portion of the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting region of TO is located in the target nucleic acid sequence. It is preferred to have a sequence complementary to a nucleotide variation in the sequence.
- the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting region of TO has a sequence complementary to the single nucleotide variance of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- cleavage of TO hybridized to a matching template is immediately adjacent in the 3'-direction to the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting site of TO, for example, under the induction of upstream primer extension-dependent cleavage. It can be induced in one location.
- the 3'-end of the target-dependent fragment has a nucleotide complementary to the single nucleotide variation.
- the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to a first form of FHO having a capturing site comprising a sequence corresponding to the nucleotide variation and extends to form a first dimer, thereby providing a target signal.
- the same TO hybridizes to a mismatching template that has the same sequence to the matching template except for a single nucleotide variation, it is 2 nucleotides in the 3'-direction from the 5'-end of the 3'-targeting region of the TO. Cleavage of the TO may occur at spaced apart locations.
- the 3'-end of the target-dependent fragment has an additional cleaved nucleotide in addition to the nucleotide complementary to the single nucleotide variation.
- the position of the FHO of the first type that hybridizes to the additionally cleaved nucleotide is designed to have a non-complementary sequence to the nucleotide to be additionally cleaved, the 3'-end of the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the FHO of the first type. and, under controlled conditions, extended strands are not eventually generated. Even if the target-dependent fragment is extended to form a first dimer, the dimer has a different Tm value from a dimer resulting from hybridization between the TO and the mismatching template.
- the cleavage position of TO having a sequence complementary to a nucleotide mutation at the 5'-terminal part of the 3'-targeting site of TO varies depending on hybridization with a matching template or mismatching template, whereby, the target-dependent fragments released from the two hybridization events have different sequences, specifically at their 3'-end part, more preferably at their 3'-end.
- a matching template and a mismatching template can be distinguished by selecting the nucleotide sequence of the FHO of the first type in consideration of the difference in the 3'-terminal part of the target-dependent fragment.
- the target nucleic acid sequence used in the present disclosure is a pre-amplified nucleic acid sequence.
- the use of pre-amplified nucleic acid sequences significantly increases the sensitivity and specificity of target detection of the present disclosure.
- the method is performed in the presence of a downstream primer.
- An advantage of the present disclosure is that at least two target nucleic acid sequences can be simultaneously detected (multiplexed).
- the method is performed to detect at least two target nucleic acid sequences (more specifically, at least three, and even more specifically at least five).
- the method is performed to detect at least two target nucleic acid sequences (more specifically at least three, even more specifically at least five);
- the upstream oligonucleotide comprises at least 2 kinds of oligonucleotides (more specifically at least 3 kinds, more specifically at least 5 kinds),
- the TO comprises at least 2 kinds of TO (more specifically at least 3 kinds, more specifically at least 5 kinds) more specifically at least 5), and the TO contains at least 1 FHO (specifically at least 2, more specifically at least 3, even more specifically at least 5).
- the SO, HO and/or IO may include at least 2 species (more specifically at least 3 species, and even more specifically at least 5 species).
- the method provides at least two target signals corresponding to the at least two target nucleic acid sequences.
- At least two tagging sites (eg, 5'-tagging sites or 3'-tagging sites) of at least two TOs may have identical sequences.
- the tagging portion of the TO may have the same sequence.
- one type of FHO (specifically, type 1 FHO) can be used for detection of multiple target nucleic acid sequences. For example, when TOs having the same sequence in a tagging region are used for screening a target nucleic acid sequence, one type of FHO can be used.
- dimers (first dimer or second dimer) corresponding to at least two target nucleic acid sequences have different Tm values.
- At least two signals corresponding to at least two target nucleic acid sequences are provided from different types of labels.
- At least two types of signals corresponding to at least two types of target nucleic acid sequences are provided from the same type of label.
- At least two types of target signals corresponding to at least two types of target nucleic acid sequences are provided from the same type of label; Dimers corresponding to at least two target nucleic acid sequences have different Tm values.
- the term “different types of labels” refers to labels whose detectable signals have different characteristics. For example, FAM and TAMRA as fluorescent reporter labels are considered as different types of labels because their excitation and emission wavelengths are different from each other.
- one type of label e.g., FAM
- FAM FAM
- a significant advantage of the present disclosure is that detection of target nucleic acid sequences is effective even on a solid phase such as a microarray.
- the first form of FHO or the second form of FHO is immobilized on a solid substrate.
- the FHO is immobilized on the solid substrate via its 5'-end or 3'-end.
- the FHO is directly or indirectly (specifically, indirectly) immobilized on the surface of the solid-phase substrate through the 5'-end or the 3'-end (specifically, the 3'-end).
- the FHO may be covalently or non-covalently immobilized on the surface of a solid substrate.
- a suitable linker is used.
- the linker used in the present disclosure may include any linker used to immobilize a probe on a solid substrate surface.
- an alkyl or aryl compound having an amine group, or an alkyl or aryl compound having a thiol group can be used for FHO immobilization as a linker.
- a poly (T) tail or a poly (A) tail may be used as a linker.
- the solid-state substrate used in the present disclosure is a microarray.
- any microarray known in the art may be used for providing a reaction environment. All processes of the present disclosure, ie, hybridization with a target nucleic acid sequence, cleavage, extension, hybridization, extension, fluorescence detection (or fluorescence detection during melting or hybridization after melting) are performed on a microarray.
- the FHO immobilized on the microarray serves as a hybridizable array element.
- Solid substrates for fabricating microarrays include metals (e.g., gold, alloys of gold and copper, aluminum), metal oxides, glass, ceramics, quartz, silicon, semiconductors, Si/SiO2 wafers, germanium, gallium arsenide, carbon, carbon nanotubes, polymers (eg, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyacrylamide), sepharose, agarose, and colloids, but are not limited thereto.
- a plurality of immobilized FHOs of the present disclosure may be immobilized on one addressable site or two or more addressable sites on a solid substrate, and the solid substrate includes 2-1,000,000 addressable sites. can do. Immobilized FHOs can be fabricated to produce arrays or arrays for specific applications through conventional fabrication techniques such as photolithography, ink-jetting, mechanical microspotting and the like.
- the FHO immobilized on the surface of the solid phase substrate contains an interactive dual label.
- a target-dependent fragment is generated by cleavage of a TO hybridized with a target nucleic acid, which generates an extended strand through hybridization and extension reaction on a first type of FHO and generates a first dimer or a second type of FHO. hybridizes to form a second dimer.
- an additional fragment extensible on the FHO of the first form by an additional 5' nuclease cleavage reaction using an additional TO can provide.
- a method of generating an additional fragment using the additional TO may be various.
- the additional TO comprises (i) a 3'-targeting region comprising a hybridized nucleotide sequence complementary to the templating region of the FHO of the first form and (ii) a non-templating region of the FHO of the first form. and a 5'-tagging region comprising a complementary nucleotide sequence and comprising a sequence complementary to the capturing site of the FHO of the first form.
- the additional TO is located downstream of the target-dependent fragment that hybridizes to the capturing site of the FHO of the first form. As the target-dependent fragment extends, it cleaves additional TOs, and the cleavage produces additional target-dependent fragments.
- the method uses additional SO, HO or a third form of FHO immobilized on a solid substrate.
- the present disclosure uses Signaling Oligonucleotide (SO), and the SO is immobilized on a solid substrate through its 5'-end or 3'-end.
- SO Signaling Oligonucleotide
- the present invention uses HO (Hybridizing Oligonucleotide), and the HO is immobilized on the solid substrate through its 5'-end or 3'-end.
- HO Hybridizing Oligonucleotide
- the present disclosure uses IO immobilized on a solid substrate and the FHO of the first form may be immobilized through the IO instead of being directly immobilized on the solid substrate.
- the FHO of the first type additionally includes an IO-hybridization site comprising a nucleotide sequence hybridized to the IO.
- the IO-hybridization site may be located at the 3'- or 5'-end of the FHO of the first form.
- the FHO of the first form is a target-dependent fragment between the templating portion and the IO-hybridization portion of the FHO of the first form It may additionally include a blocker site that prevents the elongation reaction of
- the present invention when carried out in a solid phase using a single label, the single label does not require specific characteristics.
- any single label can be used.
- the present disclosure provides a composition for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence comprising:
- the TO comprises (i) a tagging site comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence and (ii) a targeting site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence,
- the tagging site includes a first synthetic non-natural base within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of the tagging site,
- the TO is cleaved dependently on the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence to release a target-dependent fragment comprising a tagging portion of the TO or a partial sequence thereof;
- the target-dependent fragment comprises the first synthetic non-natural base
- the FHO comprises (i) a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target-dependent fragment in 3' to 5' order and a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target-dependent fragment and the targeting site of the TO. a first type of FHO comprising a templating site or (ii) a second type of FHO comprising a capturing site comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to said target-dependent fragment;
- the capturing site of the FHO comprises a second synthetic non-natural base capable of base pairing with the first synthetic non-natural base in the target-dependent fragment;
- composition for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence of the present disclosure is configured to implement the “method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence", which is the first aspect of the present disclosure described above, common content between them is provided herein. In order to avoid excessive complexity of , its description is omitted.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is located at a site 2 to 5 nucleotides apart from the 3'-end of the tagging site of the TO.
- the tagging site of the TO further comprises 1 to 5 additional synthetic non-natural bases.
- the first synthetic unnatural base and 1 to 5 additional synthetic unnatural bases are 1 to 10 nucleotides apart from each other.
- the first synthetic non-natural base is S, Z, V, K, Pa. Pn, Px, Q, MMO2, 5FM, NaM, B, P, J, X, Ds, Dss and 5SICS.
- the first synthetic unnatural base is S-B base pair, Z-P base pair, V-J base pair, K-X base pair, Pa-Ds base pair, Pa-Q base pair, Pn-Ds base pair, Pn-Dss base pair, Px-Ds base pair , MMO2-5SICS base pair, 5FM-5SICS base pair and NaM-5SICS base pair selected from the group consisting of any one base.
- the tagging portion of the TO has a length of 5 to 50 nucleotides.
- the tagging portion of the TO has a length of 9 to 14 nucleotides.
- the enzyme having nuclease activity is an enzyme having 5' nuclease activity.
- the target-dependent fragment hybridizes to the capturing site of the FHO and extends to form an extended strand comprising an extended sequence complementary to the templating site of the FHO. resulting in formation of the first dimer between the extended strand and the FHO.
- the target-dependent fragment hybridizes with the capturing region of the FHO to form a second dimer.
- the presence of the extended strand in the first dimer or the presence of the second dimer indicates the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
- the composition further comprises an upstream primer comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence, and the upstream primer is located upstream in the 5' direction of the TO.
- the composition further comprises a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase.
- the template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase and the enzyme having the nuclease activity are the same enzyme.
- the TO is a probe.
- the composition further comprises a downstream primer.
- compositions of the present disclosure may optionally include reagents necessary for conducting a target amplification PCR reaction (eg, PCR reaction) such as a buffer, a DNA polymerase cofactor, and deoxyribonucleotide-5-triphosphate.
- a target amplification PCR reaction eg, PCR reaction
- the compositions of the present disclosure may also include various polynucleotide molecules, reverse transcriptases, various buffers and reagents, and antibodies that inhibit DNA polymerase activity.
- the composition may also include reagents necessary for carrying out the positive control and negative control reactions. Optimal amounts of reagents to be used in a particular reaction can be readily determined by one skilled in the art having the knowledge of the disclosure herein.
- compositions of the present disclosure are packaged in separate packages or compartments containing the aforementioned ingredients.
- the target nucleic acid detection method using TO and FHO containing synthetic non-natural base pairs according to the present disclosure exhibits superior sensitivity and specificity compared to the conventional target nucleic acid detection method using TO and FHO containing natural base pairs.
- step (c) The detection of the dimer in step (c) was performed using the PTOCE assay (WO 2012/096523), which has 5' nuclease activity for extension of forward and reverse primers, cleavage of TO, and extension of target-dependent fragments. Taq DNA polymerase was used.
- the target nucleic acid As the target nucleic acid, the gene of Enterococcus faecalis (EF) was used.
- the target nucleic acid sequence is as follows:
- Plasmid DNA was prepared by inserting the target nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) of the Enterococcus faecalis (EF) gene into a vector plDTSMART-AMP (GenBank: MN689784.1). Subsequently, plasmid DNA at a concentration of 2.0 ⁇ 10 4 copies / ⁇ l was serially diluted 10-fold using TE buffer to obtain a total of 4 concentrations (concentration 1: 2.0 ⁇ 10 4 copies / ⁇ l, concentration 2: 2.0 ⁇ 10 3 copies / ⁇ l) , Concentration 3: 2.0 ⁇ 10 2 copies/ ⁇ L, and concentration 4: 2.0 ⁇ 10 1 copies/ ⁇ L) of plasmid DNA templates were prepared.
- SEQ ID NO: 1 concentration of the Enterococcus faecalis
- TO has a 3'-targeting portion having a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid sequence, and a 5'-tagging portion comprising a nucleotide sequence that does not hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence and a first synthetic non-natural base; It was designed with three synthetic non-natural bases.
- the number and position of synthetic non-natural bases included in the 5'-tagging part of the TO were designed in various ways, and the first synthetic non-natural base was designed to be located within 5 nucleotides from the 3'-end of the 5'-tagging part. .
- An FHO that hybridizes with a target-dependent fragment has a capturing site that has a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to a target-dependent fragment released from the TO, and a templating site that is non-targeting to the 5'-tagging and 3'-targeting sites of the TO. It was designed to have a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes.
- the target-dependent fragment includes a synthetic non-natural base derived from the 5'-tagging site of the TO, and the capturing site of the FHO includes a synthetic non-natural base (i.e., a first synthetic non-natural base) in the target-dependent fragment.
- 1 to 3 synthetic non-natural bases including 1 to 3 synthetic non-natural bases that hybridize with (i.e., 1 to 3 synthetic non-natural bases, including a second synthetic non-natural base), 6-amino-5- It was designed to include nitro-3-(1'- ⁇ -D-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone (hereinafter referred to as Z).
- Z 6-amino-5- It was designed to include nitro-3-(1'- ⁇ -D-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone (hereinafter referred to as Z).
- Z 6-amino-5- It was designed to include nitro-3-(1'- ⁇ -D-2'-de
- the 3'-terminus of the TO and FHO was blocked with a carbon spacer to prevent extension by DNA polymerase.
- the sequences of TO and FHO including forward primers, reverse primers and synthetic non-natural base pairs used in this example are shown in Table 1 below.
- the number "X-Y.Y” after TO and FHO means the number and position of synthetic non-natural bases included in the tagging site of the TO. Specifically, X represents the number of synthetic non-natural bases, and Y represents the position from the 3'-end of the 5'-tagging site.
- TO 1-1 includes one synthetic non-natural base, and means that the synthetic non-natural base is included at the first nucleotide position from the 3'-end.
- FHO 1-1 refers to an FHO that hybridizes with a target-dependent fragment released by cleavage of the TO 1-1.
- TO 3-3.7.9 includes three synthetic non-natural bases, and means that the three synthetic non-natural bases are included at the 3rd, 7th, and 9th nucleotide positions from the 3'-end. do.
- FHO 3-3.7.9 refers to an FHO that hybridizes with a target-dependent fragment released by cleavage of the TO 3-3.7.9.
- each tube contained (i) 5 ⁇ l of the plasmid DNA template (concentration 1 to 4) prepared in Example 1-1, (ii) forward primer (SEQ ID NO: 2) and reverse primer (SEQ ID NO: 3) TO (SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14) and FHO (SEQ ID NO: 5, 7, 9) each containing 5 pmoles, (iii) a non-natural base pair (P-Z) , 11, 13 or 15) 4 pmoles each and (iv) 5 ⁇ l of EM 1 (Cat No.SD10245Z, Seegene, Inc.) to prepare a final 20 ⁇ l reaction mixture.
- 24 types of reaction mixtures were prepared by combining (i) 4 concentrations of plasmid DNA and (iii) 6 types of TO and FHO pairs, and real-time PCR reaction was performed using the reaction mixture. did
- the tube containing the reaction mixture was placed in a real-time thermocycler (CFX96, Bio-Rad).
- the reaction mixture was denatured at 95°C for 15 minutes, and the process of 95°C for 10 seconds, 60°C for 60 seconds, and 72°C for 10 seconds was repeated 45 times. Detection of the signal was measured at 60 °C every cycle.
- the Ct value was calculated by an auto calculated single threshold, and all experiments were repeated twice to obtain an average Ct value.
- a comparative control reaction was also performed under the same conditions as above using TO (SEQ ID NO: 16) and FHO (SEQ ID NO: 17) containing natural base pairs instead of TO and FHO containing non-natural base pairs.
- a negative control reaction was also conducted under the same conditions as above using a reaction mixture containing 5 ⁇ l of distilled water instead of the plasmid DNA template.
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| 서열 번호 |
올리고명 | 서열 (5' to 3') |
| 2 | 정방향 프라이머 | CCACAAGTACCATTCGTGCC |
| 3 | 역방향 프라이머 | TGTTCAACAATTGCTCGRGC |
| 4 | TO 1-1 | CGCATTCTCGT P CGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 5 | FHO 1-1 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGZACGAGAATGCG |
| 6 | TO 1-2 | CGCATTCTCG P ACGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 7 | FHO 1-2 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGTZCGAGAATGCG |
| 8 | TO 2-2.7 | CGCAT P CTCG P ACGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 9 | FHO 2-2.7 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGTZCGAGZATGCG |
| 10 | TO 2-3.8 | CGCA P TCTC P TACGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 11 | FHO 2-3.8 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGTAZGAGAZTGCG |
| 12 | TO 3-2.5.9 | CGC P TTC P CG P ACGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 13 | FHO 3-2.5.9 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGTZCGZGAAZGCG |
| 14 | TO 3-3.7.9 | CGC P T P CTC P TACGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 15 | FHO 3-3.7.9 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGTAZGAGZAZGCG |
| 16 | TO 자연염기 | CGCATTCTCGTACGTGAAGAATTGCAAGAAGCATTGGA |
| 17 | FHO 자연염기 | [BHQ-1]ACGTCGATTCGCCGCGTCGA[FAM-T]AGACGTACGAGAATGCG |
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- 다음의 단계를 포함하는, 타겟 핵산 서열을 검출하는 방법:(a) 상기 타겟 핵산 서열을 태그 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Tag Oligonucleotide; TO)와 반응시키는 단계;상기 TO는 (i) 상기 타겟 핵산 서열에 비-혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 태깅 부위 및 (ii) 타겟 핵산 서열에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 타겟팅 부위를 포함하며,상기 태깅 부위는 상기 태깅 부위의 3'-말단으로부터 5 뉴클레오타이드 이내에 제1 합성 비자연 염기를 포함하고,상기 반응은 상기 타겟 핵산 서열과 상기 TO의 혼성화 및 상기 타겟 핵산 서열의 존재에 의존적인 상기 TO의 절단으로 상기 TO의 태깅 부위 또는 이의 일부 서열을 포함하는 타겟 의존적 단편의 방출을 포함하고,상기 타겟 의존적 단편은 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기를 포함하며,상기 TO의 절단은 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소에 의해 실시되고;(b) 상기 타겟 의존적 단편과 단편-혼성화 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Fragment-Hybridizing Oligonucleotide; FHO)를 반응시켜 이합체를 형성하는 단계;상기 FHO는 (i) 3'에서 5' 순서로 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 캡처링 부위 및 상기 타겟 의존적 단편 및 상기 TO의 타겟팅 부위에 대한 비-혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 템플레이팅 부위를 포함하는 제1 형태의 FHO이거나 또는 (ii) 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 캡처링 부위를 포함하는 제2 형태의 FHO이고,상기 FHO의 캡처링 부위는 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에서의 제1 합성 비자연 염기와 염기쌍을 이룰 수 있는 제2 합성 비자연 염기를 포함하며,(i) 상기 FHO가 제1 형태의 FHO일 경우, 상기 타겟 의존적 단편은 상기 FHO의 캡처링 부위에 혼성화되고 연장되어 상기 FHO의 템플레이팅 부위와 상보적인 연장서열을 포함하는 연장가닥을 생성하고, 이로 인해 연장가닥과 FHO 간의 제1 이합체 형성을 유도하거나 또는(ii) 상기 FHO가 제2 형태의 FHO일 경우, 상기 타겟 의존적 단편은 상기 FHO의 캡처링 부위와 혼성화되어 제2 이합체를 형성하고; 및(c) 상기 제1 이합체에서의 상기 연장 가닥의 존재 또는 제2 이합체의 존재를 검출하는 단계;상기 제1 이합체에서의 상기 연장 가닥의 존재 또는 제2 이합체의 존재는 상기 타겟 핵산 서열의 존재를 나타냄.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기는 상기 TO의 태깅 부위의 3'-말단으로부터 2 내지 5 뉴클레오타이드가 이격된 사이트에 위치하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 TO의 태깅 부위는 1 내지 5개의 추가적인 합성 비자연 염기를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 3 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기 및 1 내지 5개의 추가적인 합성 비자연 염기들은 서로 1 내지 10 뉴클레오타이드 이격되어 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 제1 합성 비자연 염기는 S, Z, V, K, Pa. Pn, Px, Q, MMO2, 5FM, NaM, B, P, J, X, Ds, Dss 및 5SICS로 구성된 군으로부터 선택되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기는 S-B 염기쌍, Z-P 염기쌍, V-J 염기쌍, K-X 염기쌍, Pa-Ds 염기쌍, Pa-Q 염기쌍, Pn-Ds 염기쌍, Pn-Dss 염기쌍, Px-Ds 염기쌍, MMO2-5SICS 염기쌍, 5FM-5SICS 염기쌍 및 NaM-5SICS 염기쌍으로 구성된 군으로부터 선택되는 염기쌍 중 어느 하나의 염기인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 TO의 태깅 부위는 5 내지 50 뉴클레오타이드의 길이를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 상기 TO의 태깅 부위는 9 내지 14 뉴클레오타이드의 길이를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소는 5' 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 상기 타겟 핵산 서열에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 업스트림 프라이머의 존재 하에서 실시되고, 상기 업스트림 프라이머는 상기 TO의 5'방향으로 업스트림에 위치하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 10 항에 있어서, 상기 단계 (a)는 상기 업스트림 프라이머가 주형-의존적 핵산 중합효소에 의해 연장되어 연장가닥을 생성하고, 상기 연장가닥이 상기 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소에 의해 상기 TO의 절단을 유도하여, 상기 TO의 태깅 부위 또는 태깅 부위의 일부 서열을 포함하는 상기 타겟 의존적 단편을 방출하는 반응을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 11 항에 있어서, 상기 주형-의존적 핵산 중합효소 및 상기 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소는 동일 효소인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 TO는 프로브인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 다운스트림 프라이머의 존재 하에서 실시되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 이합체는 (i) 상기 타겟 의존적 단편 및/또는 제1 형태의 FHO에 연결된 최소 하나의 표지, (ii) 상기 연장반응 동안 상기 제1 이합체 내에 삽입된 표지, (iii) 상기 연장반응 동안 상기 제1 이합체 내에 삽입된 표지 및 상기 제1 형태의 FHO에 연결된 최소 하나의 표지 또는 (iv) 인터컬레이팅 표지(intercalating label)에 의해 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하고, 상기 단계 (c)에서 상기 연장 가닥의 존재는 상기 제1 이합체로부터 제공되는 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 이합체는 뉴클레오절단효소(nucleolytic enzyme)에 의해 절단되는 절단 위치를 포함하며, 상기 제1 이합체는 상기 절단 위치에서의 절단에 의해 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하고, 상기 단계 (c)에서 연장가닥의 존재는 상기 제1 이합체의 절단으로부터 제공되는 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 상기 연장가닥에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열 및 표지를 포함하는 시그널링 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Signaling Oligonucleotide; SO)를 추가적으로 사용하고, 상기 SO와 상기 연장가닥 간의 이합체는 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하며, 상기 단계 (c)에서 연장가닥의 존재는 상기 SO와 상기 연장가닥 간의 이합체로부터 제공되는 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 상기 연장가닥에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열 및 표지를 포함하는 시그널링 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Signaling Oligonucleotide; SO)를 추가적으로 사용하고, 상기 SO와 상기 연장가닥 간의 이합체는 뉴클레오절단효소(nucleolytic enzyme)에 의해 절단되는 절단 위치를 포함하며, 상기 SO와 상기 연장가닥 간의 이합체는 상기 절단 위치에서의 절단에 의해 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하고, 상기 단계 (c)에서 연장가닥의 존재는 상기 SO와 상기 연장가닥 간의 이합체의 절단으로부터 제공되는 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 상기 제1 형태의 FHO에 혼성화하는 올리고뉴클레오타이드 서열 및 표지를 포함하는 혼성화 뉴클레오타이드(Hybridizing Oligonucleotide; HO)를 추가적으로 사용하며, 상기 HO와 상기 제1 형태의 FHO 간의 이합체는 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하고, 상기 단계 (c)에서 연장가닥의 존재는 상기 HO와 상기 제1 형태의 FHO 간의 이합체로부터 제공된 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되며, 상기 HO와 상기 제1 형태의 FHO 간의 이합체로부터의 시그널의 존재는 상기 연장가닥의 부존재를 나타내는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 상기 연장가닥에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는, 고상 기질 상에 고정화된 고정화 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Immobilizing Oligonucleotide; IO)를 추가적으로 사용하고, 상기 연장가닥은 표지를 포함하며, 상기 연장가닥과 상기 IO 간의 이합체에 의해 상기 고상 기질 상에서 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하며, 상기 단계 (c)에서 연장가닥의 존재는 상기 연장가닥과 상기 IO 간의 이합체로부터 제공된 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 단계 (c)는 하기 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법:(c-1) 상기 연장가닥과 제3 형태의 FHO를 혼성화시키는 단계로서, 상기 제3 형태의 FHO는 3'에서 5' 순서로 (i) 상기 연장가닥에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 캡처링 부위 및 (ii) 상기 연장가닥에 비-혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 템플레이팅 부위를 포함하며; 상기 연장가닥은 상기 제3 형태의 FHO의 캡처링 부위와 혼성화되고;(c-2) 주형-의존적 핵산 중합효소 및 상기 단계 (c-1)의 결과물을 이용하여 연장반응을 실시하는 단계로서, 상기 제3 형태의 FHO의 캡처링 부위에 혼성화된 연장가닥은 추가로 연장되어 상기 제3 형태의 FHO의 템플레이팅 부위와 상보적인 제2 연장서열을 포함하는 제2 연장가닥을 생성하고, 이에 따라 제2 연장가닥과 제3 형태의 FHO 간에 제3 이합체를 형성하며;(c-3) 상기 제2 연장가닥의 존재를 검출하는 단계로서, 상기 제2 연장가닥의 존재는 상기 연장 가닥의 존재를 나타낸다.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 형태의 FHO 또는 제2 형태의 FHO는 고상 기질 상에 고정화되어 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법은 고상 기질 상에 고정화된 추가적인 SO, HO 또는 제3 형태의 FHO를 사용하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 TO 및/또는 상기 FHO는 연장이 되지 않도록 그의 3'-말단이 블록킹되어 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 방법이 상기 제2 이합체를 형성하는 경우, 상기 TO는 리포터 분자 및 제1 퀀처 분자가 연결되어 있고, 상기 제2 형태의 FHO는 제2 퀀처 분자가 연결되어 있으며, 상기 TO는 상기 단계 (a) 반응 동안 타겟 핵산 서열의 존재에 의존적으로 절단되어 상기 리포터 분자를 포함하는 타겟 의존적 단편을 방출하고, 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에 포함된 상기 리포터 분자와 상기 제2 형태의 FHO에 연결된 제2 퀀처 분자는 온도에 따른 상기 타겟 의존적 단편과 상기 제2 형태의 FHO 간의 제2 이합체의 형성 및 해리에 의해 검출가능한 시그널을 제공하고, 상기 단계 (c)에서 제2 이합체의 존재는 상기 제2 이합체로부터 제공된 시그널을 측정함으로써 검출되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 이합체 또는 제2 이합체의 Tm 값은 상기 제1 이합체 또는 제2 이합체에 포함된 제1 합성 비자연 염기 및 제2 합성 비자연 염기가 자연 염기로 치환된 이합체의 Tm 값 대비 0.5 내지 10℃ 이상 높은 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 단계 (a)-(c) 전체 또는 일부는 변성을 포함하여 반복되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 다음을 포함하는, 타겟 핵산 서열을 검출하기 위한 조성물:(a) 태그 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Tag Oligonucleotide; TO);상기 TO는 (i) 상기 타겟 핵산 서열에 비-혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 태깅 부위 및 (ii) 타겟 핵산 서열에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 타겟팅 부위를 포함하며,상기 태깅 부위는 상기 태깅 부위의 3'-말단으로부터 5 뉴클레오타이드 이내에 제1 합성 비자연 염기를 포함하고,상기 TO는 상기 타겟 핵산 서열의 존재에 의존적으로 절단되어 상기 TO의 태깅 부위 또는 이의 일부 서열을 포함하는 타겟 의존적 단편을 방출하고,상기 타겟 의존적 단편은 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기를 포함하고,(b) 단편-혼성화 올리고뉴클레오타이드(Fragment-Hybridizing Oligonucleotide; FHO);상기 FHO는 (i) 3'에서 5' 순서로 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 캡처링 부위 및 상기 타겟 의존적 단편 및 상기 TO의 타겟팅 부위에 대한 비-혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 템플레이팅 부위를 포함하는 제1 형태의 FHO이거나 또는 (ii) 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 캡처링 부위를 포함하는 제2 형태의 FHO이고,상기 FHO의 캡처링 부위는 상기 타겟 의존적 단편에서의 제1 합성 비자연 염기와 염기쌍을 이룰 수 있는 제2 합성 비자연 염기를 포함하고,(c) 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기는 상기 TO의 태깅 부위의 3'-말단으로부터 2 내지 5 뉴클레오타이드가 이격된 사이트에 위치하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 TO의 태깅 부위는 1 내지 5개의 추가적인 합성 비자연 염기를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 30 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기 및 1 내지 5개의 추가적인 합성 비자연 염기들은 서로 1 내지 10 뉴클레오타이드 이격되어 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기는 S, Z, V, K, Pa. Pn, Px, Q, MMO2, 5FM, NaM, B, P, J, X, Ds, Dss 및 5SICS로 구성된 군으로부터 선택되는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 합성 비자연 염기는 S-B 염기쌍, Z-P 염기쌍, V-J 염기쌍, K-X 염기쌍, Pa-Ds 염기쌍, Pa-Q 염기쌍, Pn-Ds 염기쌍, Pn-Dss 염기쌍, Px-Ds 염기쌍, MMO2-5SICS 염기쌍, 5FM-5SICS 염기쌍 및 NaM-5SICS 염기쌍으로 구성된 군으로부터 선택되는 염기쌍 중 어느 하나의 염기인 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 TO의 태깅 부위는 5 내지 50 뉴클레오타이드의 길이를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 34 항에 있어서, 상기 상기 TO의 태깅 부위는 9 내지 14 뉴클레오타이드의 길이를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소는 5' 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소인 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 FHO가 제1 형태의 FHO일 경우, 상기 타겟 의존적 단편은 상기 FHO의 캡처링 부위에 혼성화되고 연장되어 상기 FHO의 템플레이팅 부위와 상보적인 연장서열을 포함하는 연장가닥을 생성하고, 이로 인해 연장가닥과 FHO 간의 제1 이합체 형성을 유도하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 FHO가 제2 형태의 FHO일 경우, 상기 타겟 의존적 단편은 상기 FHO의 캡처링 부위와 혼성화되어 제2 이합체를 형성하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 37 항 또는 제 38 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 이합체에서의 상기 연장 가닥의 존재 또는 제2 이합체의 존재는 상기 타겟 핵산 서열의 존재를 나타내는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 조성물은 상기 타겟 핵산 서열에 혼성화하는 뉴클레오타이드 서열을 포함하는 업스트림 프라이머를 추가적으로 포함하고, 상기 업스트림 프라이머는 상기 TO의 5’방향으로 업스트림에 위치하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 조성물은 주형-의존적 핵산 중합효소를 추가적으로 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 41 항에 있어서, 상기 주형-의존적 핵산 중합효소 및 상기 뉴클레아제 활성을 갖는 효소는 동일 효소인 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 TO는 프로브인 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
- 제 28 항에 있어서, 상기 조성물은 다운스트림 프라이머를 추가적으로 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 조성물.
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