%0 Journal Article
%T Cascaded signal amplification strategy for ultra-specific, ultra-sensitive, and visual detection of Shigella flexneri.
%A Shi Y
%A Tan Q
%A Gong T
%A Li QY
%A Zhu Y
%A Duan X
%A Yang C
%A Ding JW
%A Li S
%A Xie H
%A Li Y
%A Chen L
%J Mikrochim Acta
%V 191
%N 5
%D 2024 04 17
%M 38632191
%F 6.408
%R 10.1007/s00604-024-06309-0
%X Pathogen infections including Shigella flexneri have posed a significant threat to human health for numerous years. Although culturing and qPCR were the gold standards for pathogen detection, time-consuming and instrument-dependent restrict their application in rapid diagnosis and economically less-developed regions. Thus, it is urgently needed to develop rapid, simple, sensitive, accurate, and low-cost detection methods for pathogen detection. In this study, an immunomagnetic beads-recombinase polymerase amplification-CRISPR/Cas12a (IMB-RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a) method was built based on a cascaded signal amplification strategy for ultra-specific, ultra-sensitive, and visual detection of S. flexneri in the laboratory. Firstly, S. flexneri was specifically captured and enriched by IMB (Shigella antibody-coated magnetic beads), and the genomic DNA was released and used as the template in the RPA reaction. Then, the RPA products were mixed with the pre-loaded CRISPR/Cas12a for fluorescence visualization. The results were observed by naked eyes under LED blue light, with a sensitivity of 5 CFU/mL in a time of 70 min. With no specialized equipment or complicated technical requirements, the IMB-RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a diagnostic method can be used for visual, rapid, and simple detection of S. flexneri and can be easily adapted to monitoring other pathogens.