Hybridization-Assisted Nanopore DNA Sequencing

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的研究计划的目标是利用固态纳米孔技术的最新进展和最近提出的杂交辅助纳米孔测序(HANS)概念，开发一种低成本的纳米孔测序技术。PI和他的同事们提出，通过杂交短匹配的寡核苷酸链，即DNA探针，并使用纳米孔离子电导来检测探针的位置，可以利用离子电流分布来构建DNA序列，从而避免了标准的杂交测序(SBH)方法中经典的“重复问题”，并绕过了Kasianowicz等人最初的纳米孔测序方案中对单碱基空间分辨率(0.4 nm)的苛刻要求。所提出的HANS测序技术具有快速、低成本和便携的潜力。建议的研究是为了检验汉斯概念的可行性。该项目的具体目标是：(1)使用光学镊子和纳米孔相结合的装置来确定离子电导法的空间分辨率。(2)多个纳米孔中DNA易位的并行操作。(3)利用光钳和纳米孔的离子电导，检测单链DNA上DNA探针的杂交。(4)对样本DNA序列进行重新测序以确定准确性。(5)发展用于从头测序的非特异性DNA微珠结合技术。 这项拟议的研究将极大地推动生物纳米技术领域的发展，并可能直接导致一种低成本的DNA测序技术，这反过来将对美国在疾病检测和疾病背后的分子过程研究方面的公共健康产生深远的好处。该研究计划为学生和博士后研究人员提供了极好的培训机会，帮助他们为加入新兴的生物纳米技术经济大军做准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed research program is to develop a low-cost nanopore sequencing technology taking advantage of the latest advances in solid-state nanopore technology and utilizing the recently proposed concept of hybridization-assisted nanopore sequencing (HANS). It has been proposed by the PI and coworkers that by hybridizing short matching strands of oligonucleotides, known as DNA probes, and using nanopore ionic conductance to detect the positions of the probes, one can construct DNA sequences using the ionic current profiles, thus avoiding the classical "repeat problem" in the standard sequencing-by-hybridization (SBH) method, and bypassing the harsh requirement of single-base spatial resolution (0.4nm) in the original nanopore sequencing proposal of Kasianowicz et al. The proposed HANS sequencing technology has the potential of being fast, low-cost and portable. The proposed research is to test the feasibility of the HANS concept. The specific aims of the project are: (1) Determine the spatial resolution of the ionic conductance method using a combined optical tweezers and nanopore setup. (2) Parallel manipulation of DNA translocations in multiple nanopores. (3) Detect hybridization of single DNA probes on a single-stranded ssDNA using optical tweezers and ionic conductance of the nanopore. (4) Re-sequencing a sample DNA sequence to determine accuracy. (5) Develop non-specific DNA-bead binding technology for de novo sequencing. The proposed research will greatly advance the field of bio-nanotechnology and could directly result in a low-cost DNA sequencing technology, which in turn will have far-reaching benefits to the public health of the US in disease detection and in the studies of the molecular processes underlying diseases. The research program provides excellent training opportunities for students and postdoctoral researchers in preparing them to join the workforce of the emerging bio-nanotechnology economy.