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- the present invention relates to a method of DNA sequencing using nanopore detectors in the presence of speed bumps.
- a nanopore is a nanometer-scale pore providing the sole pathway for an ionic current.
- An exemplary nanopore can be created from depositing alpha hemolysin onto the surface of a lipid bilaycr under electrical stimulus, as described in US Application Publication No. 201 1 /0193570, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.
- Nanopore sequencing has the potential to become a direct, fast, and inexpensive DNA sequencing technology.
- individual nucleotides of a single-stranded (ss) DNA passing through a nanopore will uniquely modulate an ionic current flowing through the nanopore, allowing the record of the current to provide DNA sequence information, l lovvcver, a common challenge to nanopore sequencing is that the ss DNA translocation is rapid, and the electrical signals obtained cannot be resolved for reliable DNA sequencing.
- DNA duplex sections have been used to slow translocation of a ss DNA to provide more resolvable electrical signals.
- a relatively long DNA duplex section is required to stall the ss DNA in the nanopore.
- One aspect of the invention relates to characterization and identification of an unknown DNA using a nanopore detector facilitated by a random speed bump pool.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to detection and/or identification of one or more known structure in a test DNA using nanopore detector facilitated by one or more speed bumps.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to characterization and/or identification of an unknown DNA in a test DNA using nanopore detector facilitated by one or more speed bumps.
- Figure 1 illustrates an example of a nanopore detector.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the passage of a single stranded (ss) test DNA molecule through a nanopore.
- Figure 3 illustrates a bulky structure formed at the trailing end of a ss test DNA molecule to stall the passage of the ss test DNA through a nanopore.
- Figure 4 i llustrate multiple speed bumps bound to a ss test DNA molecule, wherein the ss test DNA is trapped in a nanopore by having bulky structures on both ends.
- Figure 5 illustrates different binding patterns achieved by contacting a ss test DNA with a random speed bump pool.
- Figure 6 illustrates different sequence information patterns achieved by randomly stalling a ss test DNA in a nanopore to obtain sequence information.
- Figure 7 illustrates a speed bump bound to a ss test DNA having a bulky structure at a first end to stall its passage through a nanopore.
- Figure 8 illustrates multiple sets of electrical signals obtained by a nanopore detector according to the present invention.
- Figure 9 illustrates a ss test DNA trapped in a nanopore bound with multiple speed bumps on both sides of the nanopore.
- Figure 10 illustrates contacting a ss lest DNA with a speed bump train.
- Figure 1 1 illustrates a flowchart of a process according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 12 illustrates the relationship between working temperature and capture of a ss test DNA having BS2- I on one end and a BS 1 on the other end in a nanopore.
- Figure 1 3 illustrates a melting curve of an exemplary bulky structure (BS2-2).
- Figure 14 illustrates the relationship between electric potential applied and dwelling time of speed bump-test DNA duplex in a nanopore.
- a test DNA is a DNA molecule that passes through a nanopore for detection purposes.
- a test DNA can be a single-stranded test DNA (ss test DNA) and a double-stranded test DNA (ds test DNA).
- ss test DNA as used herein, comprises a section of ss DNA that is to be bound by a speed bump in a method described herein.
- a ss test DNA may further comprise an unknown DNA and other functional moieties (e.g. prc-bulky structure, identifiers and isolation tags).
- a pre-bulky structure is an oligonucleotide structure in a DNA molecule which can form a bulky structure under certain conditions.
- the pre-bulky structure can be a ss DNA or a ds DNA.
- a bulky structure is nucleotide structure formed from a pre-bulky structure in a ss test DNA molecule.
- the bulky structure stalls the test DNA molecule in a nanopore at a working condition until the working condition is changed to another condition wherein the bulky structure is converted to the pre-bulky structure or other structures that cannot stall the test DNA molecule any more.
- Examples of bulky structures include, without limitation, 2-D and 3-D structures such as DNA duplex structures, DNA hairpin structures, multi-hairpin structures and multi-arm structures.
- a nanopore is a pore of nanometer dimensions formed by a pore- forming protein being inserted into a membrane.
- the membrane is an electrically insulating lipid bilayer membrane.
- Pore-forming proteins such as alpha hemolysin and MspA porin, are inserted into the membrane to form nanopores through the protein molecule and the membrane.
- Electrophysiology measurements can be taken by measuring the ionic current passing through a nanopore as a voltage is applied across the membrane.
- a nanopore can be utilized as a molecule detector by monitoring the ionic current variation in response to the passage of the molecule through the nanopore.
- a nanopore can be a synthetic, man-made, biologically altered, wild-type biological nanopore, or a combination thereof.
- a speed bump is an oligonucleotide molecule that forms a complex with a binding segment of a test DNA molecule.
- the complex formed between the speed bump and the binding segment stalls the test DNA molecule in the nanopore for a dwelling time long enough for the nanopore detector to obtain structure information of the test DNA molecule. After the dwelling time, the complex dissociates and the test DNA molecule moves forward through the nanopore.
- An identifier as used herein, is a known structure in a test DNA that can be detected or identified by the method described herein.
- identifiers include, without limitation, direction identifiers, reference signal identifiers, sample source identifiers, and sample identifiers.
- the identifiers may comprise one or more nucleotides or structures that provide distinctive electrical signals that are easi ly identified. Examples of such nucleotides and structures include, without limitation, isodG, isodC, methylated nucleotides, locked nucleic acids, universal nucleotides, and abasic nucleotides. In certain embodiments, an abasic nucleotide provides a stronger signal than a primary nucleotide.
- the electrical signal detected by a nanopore for a sequence comprising both abasic nucleotides and primary nucleotides will provide a signal more intense than the electrical signal obtained from primary nucleotide only sequences.
- a 4-5 base sequence comprising about 25% abasic nucleotides may provide a signal more than twice as strong as a 4-5 base sequence comprising only primary nucleotides. The more abasic nucleotides the sequence have, the stronger electrical signal the sequence.
- identifiers may provide electrical signals of a desired intense (e.g. about twice, about 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or about 10 times stronger than that of primary oligonucleotides having the same length) by changing the amount of abasic nucleotides in the identifier sequences.
- 1002 J Direction identi bomb is a known sequence positioned 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 1 2, 1 3, 14, 1 5, 16, 1 7, 18, 19, or 20 bases from a bulky structure formed from a pre-bulky structure.
- the bulky structure When the bulky structure is properly formed, it will stop the ss test DNA molecule from flowing through a nanopore that the ss test DNA molecule is in.
- a set of electrical signals will be obtained, which provide sequence information of the sequence that is in front of the bulky structure and the first basepair of the bulky structure, in the flow direction of the ss test DNA molecule.
- such electrical signals can:
- the direction identifier comprises one or more nucleotides or structures that provide distinctive electrical signals that are easily identified.
- nucleotides and structures include, without limitation, nucleotides comprising isodG or isodC, abasic nucleotides, methylated nucleotides, etc.
- Reference signal identifier is a known sequence in a test DNA, when detected or identified by the method described herein, serves as a reference or calibration read to base line other electrical signals obtained in the same nanopore.
- Sample source identifier is a known sequence in a test DNA, when detected or identified by the method described herein, is used to identify the source that the unknown DNA is from.
- Sample identifier is a known sequence in a test DNA, when detected or identified by the method described herein, is used to identify the individual unknown DNA.
- a known speed bump is a speed bump that specifically binds to a known sequence in a ss test DNA. Because the binding segment on the ss test DNA (the known sequence) is known, the speed bump structure can also be known (e.g. complementary to the known sequence on the ss test DNA).
- a random speed bump pool comprises a collection of speed bumps that can bind to all sections of a test DNA molecule or a fragment thereof.
- An example of random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having universal nucleobases which base-pair with all primary nucleobases (A, T, C and G).
- Another example of random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides of a given length having all possible combinations of primary nucleobases.
- Another example of random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides of a given length having every possible combination of primary nucleobases and universal nucleobases.
- random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps having universal nucleobases at designated positions and all combinations of primary nucleobases at the other positions.
- Another example of random speed bumps is a combination of ss speed bumps, which form duplex sections with ss test DNA, and the duplex sections have about the same melting temperatures. These ss speed bumps may have the same or different lengths, and/or the same or different nucleotides.
- the present invention is directed to a method for delecting and/or identifying a sequence in a lest DNA using a nanopore detector.
- the DNA sequence is trapped in the nanopore by one or two bulky structures formed at the end(s) of the DNA sequence.
- Known speed bumps are used to bind to known sequences in the test DNA for the detection identification of the known sequences.
- a random speed bump pool is used to bind to the test DNA or a fragment thereof in a random fashion.
- the nucleotides of the test DNA or the fragment thereof will be stalled in the nanopore by a known speed bump or a random speed bump for a time long enough to collect the nucleotide sequence information.
- the test DNA may further comprise known structures such as direction identifiers, reference signal identifiers, sample source identifiers, sample identifiers to provide information, e.g.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a nanopore detector having temperature control, which is prepared according to US Application Publication No. 201 1/0193570.
- the nanopore detector comprises electrodes (A), a treated semiconductor hydrophobic surface (B l ) in which is embedded a conductive electrode (A) that is connected to electrical circuitry in a semiconductor substrate (B2). a layer of lipid material (C) created over an electrode (A) and a small portion o the hydrophobic surface closeby (B l ), and a nanopore (D) inserted in the lipid material through a conductive salt solution (F).
- a sample detected goes through the pore (E) in the nanopore.
- the semiconductor chip sensor is placed in package (G) and this, in turn, is in the vicinity of a Peltier device or temperature control element (H). Multiple nanopore detectors can be created to form a nanopore array.
- a single-stranded (ss) DNA molecule can go through a nanopore under an applied electric potential.
- a set of electrical signals corresponding to the brief blockages of ion flow through the nanopore by the ss DNA molecule is detected as the ss DNA molecule is threaded through the nanopore.
- the ss DNA molecule encounters little resistance and travels through the nanopore too quickly for electrical signals to be reliably recorded for sequencing of the ss DNA.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a trailing end BS used to stop the passage of a ss DNA molecule through a nanopore.
- the BS can be a hairpin structure formed at one end of the ss DNA by wrapping the trailing end of the ss DNA upon itself.
- the ss DNA can be threaded through the nanopore under an applied electric potential until the bulky hairpin structure reaches the entrance of the nanopore. Since the hairpin structure is larger than the diamcler of the nanopore, the ss DNA is stalled in the nanopore long enough to obtain a set of electrical signals of the ss DNA.
- the electrical signals obtained reflects the structure of only a portion of the DNA that is in front of the hairpin or in front of the specific duplex region and therefore in or near the constriction area of the nanopore.
- Figure 4 illustrates a ss test DNA trapped in a nanopore by two bulky structures. The nanopore detection is carried out at a working temperature that may be lower than room temperature so that one or more shorter DNA duplex sections can be formed between speed bumps and the ss lest DNA (speed bump-test DNA duplex segments).
- the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment stalls the ss test DNA for a sufficient dwelling time to obtain sequence information of the ss test DNA segment in front of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and the first basepair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment in the How direction of the ss lest DNA. Then the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment dissociate and the ss test DNA moves forward through the nanopore until stalled by another speed bump-test DNA duplex segment or stopped by a BS on one end of the ss test DNA. Once the ss test DNA reaches one end, the electric potential can be optionally at a reduced value or at a reversed polarity to move the ss test DNA to a reversed direction and repeat the process as desired.
- a random speed bump pool can be constructed and bound to random sections of the ss test DNA.
- every section of the ss test DNA can be bound by at least one speed bump in the random speed bump pool, the binding patterns achieved by contacting a ss test DNA with a random speed bump pool each time can be random ( Figure 5).
- the segments whose sequence information is obtained are also random for each run ( Figure 6).
- repeating the process as described supra allows each and every nucleotide of the unknown sequence to be identified by the nanopore detector. T us, the whole unknown sequence can be constructed by overlapping Ihe obtained sequence information of random sections of the ss test DNA.
- Ihe ss test DNA comprises one or more known sequences (identifiers)
- the method described herein can also be used to detect the presence of one or more identifiers and/or to identify a sequence on the ss test DNA that is in front of the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA.
- the ss test DNA can have BS on only one end ( Figure 7) or both ends as described supra.
- the nanopore detector can be operated at a working temperature lower than room temperature.
- a speed bump pool comprises speed bumps that can bind specifically to the identifier (e.g. identifier 1 , Figure 7) to form a speed bump- identifier duplex segment.
- the speed bump-identifier duplex segment stalls Ihe ss test DNA and a set of electrical signals are obtained. These signals can be characterized to show presence of the identifier or to identify the sequence of the segment before the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA. Identification of an unknown sequence using a random speed bump pool
- One aspect of the invention relates to a method of identifying an unknown sequence in a lest DNA molecule, comprising:
- test DNA molecule is a ss test DNA comprising one or more nucleotides as defined below.
- Speed bumps comprise one or more nucleotides as defined below.
- a nucleotide can be a primary nucleotide or a nucleotide analog.
- a primary nucleotide is deoxyadenosine mono-phosphate (cAMP), deoxycytidine monophosphate (dC P), dcoxyguanosinc mono-phosphate (dGMP) or dcoxythymidinc monophosphate (dTMP).
- a nucleotide analog is an analog or mimic of a primary nucleotide having modification on the primary nucleobase (A, C, G and T), the deoxyribose structure, the phosphate group of the primary nucleotide, or any combination thereof.
- a nucleotide analog can have a modified base, either naturally existing or man-made.
- modified bases include, without limitation, methylated nucleobases, modified purine bases (e.g. hypoxanthine, xanthine, 7-methylguaninc, isodG), modified pyrimidine bases (e.g. 5,6-dihydrouracil and 5-methylcytosine, isodC), universal bases (e.g. 3- nitropyrrole and 5-nitroindole), non-binding base mimics (e.g.
- nucleotide analogs having modified deoxyribose e.g. dideoxynucleosides such as dideoxyguanosine, dideoxyadenosine, dideoxythymidinc, and dideoxycylidine
- phosphate structure (together referred to as the backbone structure) includes, without limitation, glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides.
- the ss test DNA comprises an unknown sequence whose nucleic acid sequence is to be identified by the method described herein.
- the unknown DNA can be a natural DNA obtained from a biological sample or a synthetic DNA.
- the synthetic DNA may be a DNA obtained by modification of a natural DNA, such as pre-processed DNA intended for use in DNA identification and/or sequencing. Examples of such pre-processings include, without limitation, enrichment of the unknown DNA for desired fragments, paired-end processing, mated pair read processing, epigenetic pre-processing including bisulfide treatment, focused fragment analysis via PCR, PCR fragment sequencing, and short DNA fragment analysis.
- the unknown sequence has 1 to about 10,000 bases, 1 to about 1 ,000 bases, 1 to about 500 bases, 1 to about 300 bases, 1 to about 200 bases, 1 to about 100 bases, about 5 to about 10,000 bases, about 5 to about 1 ,000 bases, about 5 to about 500 bases, about 5 to about 300 bases, 5 to about 200 bases, 5 to about 100 bases, 10 to about 10,000 bases, 1 0 to about 1 ,000 bases, 10 to about 500 bases, 10 to about 300 bases, 10 to about 200 bases, 10 to about 100 bases, 20 to about 10,000 bases, 20 to about 1 ,000 bases, 20 to about 500 bases, 20 to about 300 bases, 20 to about 200 bases, 20 to about 100 bases, 30 to about 10,000 bases, 30 to about 1 ,000 bases, 30 to about 500 bases, 30 to about 300 bases, 30 to about 200 bases, 30 to about 100 bases, 50 to about 10,000 bases, 50 to about 1 ,000 bases, 50 to about 500 bases, 50 to about 300 bases, 50 to about 200 bases, or 50 to about 100 bases.
- a random speed bump pool comprises a collection of speed bumps of a given length that can bind to all sections of the ss test DNA or a fragment thereof (e.g. an unknown DNA). Such a given length can be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16, preferred 1 0 or less, 8 or less, 6 or less and 4 or less.
- the random speed bump pool comprise speed bumps composed of one or more nucleotides selected from the group consisting of universal nucleotides, locked nucleotides, primary nucleotides, modifications thereof, and combinations thereof. Modifications of universal nucleotides, and primary nucleotides include modifications at the nucleobasc structures, the backbone structures (e.g.
- the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having universal nucleobases which base-pair with all primary nucleobases ( ⁇ , T, C and G).
- the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having all possible combinations of primary nucleobases.
- the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having all possible combinations of primary nucleobases and universal nucleobases.
- the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having universal nucleotides at designated positions and all combinations of primary nucleobases at the other positions.
- the backbone structures of the speed bumps in the random speed bump pool are modified (e.g. glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides) at designated position(s), random positions or combinations thereof.
- the speed bumps comprise universal nucleobases at designated positions and random primary nucleobases at other positions to lower the total number of possible combinations of primary nucleobases.
- the speed bumps may be partially or completely in the nanopore and influence the electrical signals obtained, it is preferred to construct the speed bumps to have a universal nucleotide at the 5' and/or 3' end to normalize the contribution of the first base pair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and makes the signals easier to analyze.
- the concentrations of one or more speed bumps of a random speed bump pool may be further adjusted to as desired.
- the concentrations may be about the same for each type of speed bump; and be adjusted such that sufficient ss speed bumps exist to contact the ss test DNA.
- polyG and po!yC speed bumps will have higher concentrations than speed bumps having other sequences to provide sufficient ss polyG and ss polyC to contact the ss test DNA.
- the concentrations of speed bumps and/or nucleotides used to make the speed bumps are adjusted such that each speed bump has about the same affinity to form speed bump-test DNA complex, and no specific speed bumps arc significantly more favored than others.
- the concentrations of speed bumps and/or nucleotides used to make the speed bumps arc adjusted such that one or more specific speed bumps are significantly more favored than others.
- the speed bump pool can be constructed to be substantially free of speed bumps that can bind to known segments in the ss test DNA. Therefore, more sequence information obtained will be about the unknown segments and not the known segments in the ss test DNA.
- FB I and/or PB2 comprisc(s) structures that are non- binding to speed bumps in the speed bump pool.
- examples of such structures include, without limitation, nucleotide analogs comprising non-binding bases such as IsodG, IsodC and abasic site.
- step (B5) forms a speed bump-test DNA complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, wherein the speed bump forms a duplex with the ss test DNA segment that is up to I , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 12, 1 3, 14, 15, or 16 basepairs, and is threaded in the nanoporc at a first working condition.
- a working condition includes parameters such as a working temperature (Tw), exposure lime, concentration of speed bump and ss test DNA, pl l, salt concentration, and other additives and concentration thereof that can affect the formation of speed bump-test DNA complex.
- Tw is about - 10 to about 25 °C, about - 10 to about 20 °C, about - 10 to about 1 5 °C, about - 10 to about 1 0 °C, about - 10 to about 5 °C, about - 10 to about 0 °C, about - 10 to about -5 °C, about -5 to about 25 °C, about -5 to about 20 °C, about -5 to about 1 5 °C, about -5 to about 10 °C, about -5 to about 5 °C, or about -5 to about 0 °C, to allow association of relatively short speed bumps (2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 1 2, 1 3, 14, 15, or 16 bases) to the ss test DNA.
- Tw is about at least 10 °C lower, preferably at least about 20 °C lower than T2.
- at Tw at least about 50% of P 1 and PB2 are in the forms of BS 1 and BS2, respectively.
- at Tw at least about 70% of PB 1 and PB2 are in the forms of BS 1 and BS2, respectively.
- at Tw at least about 90% of PB 1 and PB2 are in the forms of BS 1 and BS2, respectively.
- Exposure time of ss lest DNA to speed bumps is about 1 ns or longer, about 10 ns or longer, about 1 ⁇ or longer, about 10 ⁇ or longer, about 1 ms or longer, about 10 ms or longer, about I s or longer, or about 5 s or longer to allow sufficient speed bump-test DNA complex to form.
- Concentrations of the speed bumps are preferably about 100,000 times, 10,000 times, 1 ,000 times, 300 times, about 200 times, about 100 times, about 50 times, or about 20 times of the concentration of the ss test DNA, or the concentration of the speed bumps is about the same as that of the ss test DNA.
- the concentrations of the speed bumps are preferably about 1 nM ⁇ about 100 mM, about 1 nM - about 10 mM, about 1 nM ⁇ about 1 mM, about 10 nM - about 100 mM, about 1 0 nM ⁇ about 10 mM, ef-about 10 nM ⁇ about 1 mM, about 1 mM ⁇ about 10 mM, or about 10 mM ⁇ 1 00 mM.
- the concentration of ss test DNA is about 1 nM ⁇ about 100 mM, about I nM - about 10 mM, about 1 nM ⁇ about 1 mM, about 10 nM ⁇ about 100 mM, about 10 nM ⁇ about 10 mM, or about 10 nM ⁇ about 1 mM.
- pH is preferably about 6 - about 8, or about 7.
- Salt (e.g. KG, NaCI, phosphate) concentration is about 1 mM to about 10 M, about 1 mM to about 1 M, about 10 mM to about 10 M, about 10 mM to about 1 M, about 100 mM to about 10 M, or about 100 mM to about 1 M.
- Other additives that may affect the formation of speed bump-test DNA complex include, without limitation, dcxtran sulfate and glycerol. Their concentrations may be adjusted to optimize formation of speed bump-test DNA complex.
- a working condition further comprises an electric potential of about -320 mV to about 320 mV at a desired polarity.
- the working condition can be continuously adjusted through the process based on the characteristics of the speed bump binding (e.g. length, nucleotide components, and binding affinity), the nanopore characteristics and the ss test DNA property (e.g. GC content or secondary structure thereof), to optimize the signal quality.
- the electric potential can continuously change from for example, -320 mV to +320 mV.
- Steps (B4) ⁇ (B9) are carried out at a first working condition as described supra.
- the electric potential applied to each step of steps (B4) ⁇ (B9) may be the same or different or continuously changing.
- the electric potential for step (B8) may be adjusted to facilitate the dissociation of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment.
- the electric potential for step (B8) may be applied to move the ss test DNA at a reduced value or at a reversed polarity compared to the ss lest DNA flow direction in step (B6) ( forward direction) to move the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment from the constriction area of the nanopore before applying another electric potential to move the DNA at the forward direction to dissociate the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment.
- a dwelling time required for a nanopore detector to collect relevant sequence information relates to the nanopore detector and the working condition.
- the dwelling time is at least about 10 ⁇ , at least about 1 ms, at least about 10 ms, at least about 200 ms, at least about 500 ms, at least about 1 s, at least about 2 s, or at about least 5 s.
- the sequence of up to 5 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanoporc.
- the sequence of up to 3 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanoporc. In certain embodiments, the sequence of up to 2 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanopore. In certain embodiments, the sequence of 1 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanoporc.
- a ss test DNA comprising bulky structures formed on both ends is locked in a nanopore (steps (B 1 ) ⁇ (B4)) and forms speed bump-test DNA complex with multiple speed bumps (step (B5)).
- a set of electrical signals of the ss test DNA are obtained each time the ss test DNA is stalled by a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment in the nanopore for a dwelling time, and then the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment dissociates and the ss test DNA moves forward until stalled by the next speed bump-test DNA duplex segment. This stall- detect-disassociate-stall process is repeated until the ss test DNA is stopped by the bulky structure of ' one end.
- An example of electrical signals obtained is shown in Figure 8.
- a random speed bump pool is present mainly on one side of the nanopore (e.g., Cis side as shown in Figure 4), and the method further comprising:
- step ( 10) applying another electric potential to move the test DNA at a reversed direction of the test DNA flow in step (B5) until the ss test DNA is stopped by the other bulky structure before the constriction area of the nanopore,
- steps (B4) ⁇ (B 10) at least 1 time, at least 5 times, at least 10 times, at least 1 5 time, at least 20 time, at least 25 times, at least 30 times, at least 50 times, or at least 100 limes and
- Step (B I O) are carried out under a working condition described supra.
- the electric potential applied can be at a reduced value or a reverse polarity compared to the electric potential applied in step (B4) ⁇ (B9) to reverse the flow of the test DNA.
- the electric potential applied in each step can be the same or different or continuously changing.
- a random speed bump pool is present in both sides of the nanopore and speed bumps bind to the ss test DNA at the segment exposed to the speed bump pool in both sides of the nanopore (Cis and Trans sides as shown in Figure 9).
- the second working condition is a working condition as described supra.
- the second working condition can have the same or different parameters compared to the first working condition.
- the electric potential applied in step ( 1 ) can be at a reduced value or a reversed polarity compared to the electric potential applied in step (B9).
- the electric potential appl ied in each step can be the same as applied in the earlier step, or different compared to the earlier step, or continuously changing.
- a random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps that can bind to random sections of the ss test DNA
- speed bumps may bind to different combinations of ss test DNA duplex segments ( Figure 5), and can provide sequence information of different segments in the ss test DNA ( Figure 6).
- step (B8) and/or step (B9) are/is repeated such that sequence information of each and every nucleotide of the unknown DNA in the ss lest DNA has been obtained, the unknown DNA can be constructed by overlapping the collected nucleotide sequence information.
- a ss test DNA comprises known identifier segments as described supra.
- the ss test DNA can be constructed such that the identifier segments will not be bound by the random speed bump pool.
- an identi bomb segment can have isodG and isodC bases which preferably bind to each other. If speed bumps of the random speed bump pool do not have isodG or isodC base, speed bumps from the random speed bump pool will more preferably bind to section of the test DNA that is outside of the identifier segments. Thus, fewer electrical signals will be collected relating to the sequence information of the identifier, which makes the collected electrical signals easier to characterize.
- more than one speed bump is linked by a non-biding linker (e.g. abasic oligonucleotide) to form speed bump train ( Figure 10) such that the dissociation of each speed bump-test DNA duplex segment will not cause the dissociation of the whole speed bump train from the ss test DNA.
- the non-binding linker is designed to be spaced by about 1 base, about 2 bases, about 3 bases, about 4 bases or about 5 bases.
- the gap between known segments shown in Figure 6 will be more likely to be the same as the length of the linker (e.g. about 1 base, about 2 bases, about 3 bases, about 4 bases or about 5 bases). It will be easier to construct the nucleic acid sequence of the unknown DNA in this case.
- a method as described herein is carried out according to a flowchart shown in Figure 1 1 .
- a ss lest DNA comprising PB 1 , PB2, Dl l , DI2 and an unknown DNA has been constructed and placed on nanopore array (Block 10, Figure 1 1 ).
- BS I is formed from PB 1 on one end of the ss test DNA at ⁇ (Block 20, Figure 1 1 ).
- a first electric potential is applied to thread the ss test DNA through a nanopore until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS 1 wherein a set of electrical signals characterizing Dl l are collected (Block 30, Figure 1 1 ).
- the temperature is then lowered to T2 to form BS2 from PB2 (Block 40, Figure I I ).
- a second electric potential that is lower than the first electric potential or opposite in polarity to the first electric potential is applied until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS2 wherein a set of electrical signals characterizing D12 are collected (Block 50, Figure 1 1 ).
- the temperature is further lowered to Tw (Block 60, Figure 1 1 ), then contact a random speed bump pool with the ss test DNA under a first working condition as described supra to form randomly bound speed bump-test DNA complex (Block 70, Figure 1 1 ).
- a third electric potential is applied, moving the speed bump-test DNA complex through the nanopore until the ss test DNA is stalled by a first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment.
- the ss test DNA is stalled for a dwelling time during which a set of electrical signals are obtained, which will be used to characterize the sequence in front of the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and the first base pair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment in the flow direction of the ss test DNA.
- the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is dissociated and the ss test DNA continues through the nanopore until stopped by the next speed bump-test DNA duplex segment or BS 1 .
- a set of electrical signals designated to DI I are collected when the ss test DNA is stopped by BS 1 in the nanopore (Block 80, Figure 1 1 ). Then a fourth electric potential that is at a reduced value or a reverse polarity to the third electric potential is applied until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS2 wherein a set of electrical signals characterizing DI2 arc collected (Block 90, Figure 1 1 ). Then the steps in Blocks 70 ⁇ 90 are repeated until sufficient sequence information has been collected to characterize the sequence of the unknown DNA.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of obtaining sequence information of a ss test DNA molecule as described supra.
- the method comprises:
- the test DNA molecule is a ss test DNA comprising one or more nucleotides as described supra, and the speed bumps comprise one or more nucleotides as described supra.
- the ss test DNA comprises PB 1 as described supra.
- step (C I ) forms a speed bump-test DNA complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, wherein the speed bump forms a duplex with the test DNA duplex segment that is up to 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 basepairs.
- Steps (C 1 ) ⁇ (C5) are carried out at a working condition as described supra.
- the method further comprising: (C6) according to the first set of electrical signals obtained in step (C3) and/or the electrical signals obtained from step (C5),
- indicating the ss test DNA comprises the identifier segment, and/or characterizing the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump- identifier duplex segment and the nucleotide sequence of the first basepair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, in the flow direction of the ss test DNA.
- the method described herein is used to detect an identifier exists in the ss lest DNA.
- An identifier can serve as e.g. direction identifier (e.g. verifying the formation of BS I and showing the ss test DNA has reached to the end having BS I ), reference signal identifier (a reference or calibration read to base line other electrical signals obtained in the same nanopore), sample source identifier (identifying the source of the lest DNA). or sample identifier for the test DNA (identifying the test DNA).
- a speed bump pool comprises a first speed bump ( Figure 7) which can bind to a first identifier (identifier 1 in Figure 7), and is substantially free of other speed bumps lhat can bind to the ss test DNA (preferably less than 10%, more preferably less than 5%, and most preferably less than 1 %).
- a ss test DNA comprising identifier 1 contacts the first speed bump
- a first speed bump-identifier 1 duplex segment is formed to form a first speed bump-test DNA complex.
- the first speed bump-test DNA complex goes through a nanopore until stalled by the first speed bump- identi bomb 1 duplex segment.
- the nanopore detector obtains a first set of electrical signals.
- the first speed bump-test DNA complex dissociates and Ihe ss test DNA goes through the nanopore until stopped by BS I at the first end (i.e. in step (C4), the ss test DNA flow through the nanopore smoothly until stopped by BS I without being stalled again in the nanopore).
- the nanopore detector will obtain another set of electrical signals when the ss test DNA is stopped by the BS I structure.
- the ss test DNA that comprises identifier 1 sequence provides two sets of electrical signals showing that it is stalled twice in the nanopore, while the ss test DNA that does not comprise identifier 1 sequence provides one set of electrical signals showing it is stalled once in the nanopore (by BS I ).
- the ss test DNA and/or the speed bumps can be constructed such that the first set of electrical signal obtained in step (C3) is distinctive from a set of electrical signals obtained when a primary nucleotide sequence is detected by the nanopore.
- the known identifier sequence can comprise one or more nucleotide analogs having isodG and/or IsodC.
- a known reading sequence In front of this identifier sequence is a known reading sequence that would be in the constriction zone of a pore if a speed bump was hybridized to the identifier sequence and stopped in the pore.
- the reading sequence may comprise IsodC, IsodG and/or abasic nucleotides that do hot bind to natural nucleotides.
- both the identifier sequence and the specific; antisense speed bump sequence to the identifier would contain appropriate IsodG and IsodC so that only the specific speed bump to the identifier would hybridize to that location.
- Natural nucleotide speed bumps would not interfere or bind to the IsodG, IsodC-containing identifier sequence and natural nucleotide speed bumps would not interfere with the reading sequence.
- the resulting identification of the strand in the pore would occur independent of the presence of other natural or man-made nucleotide speed bumps. In this case, the speed bump pool does not have to be substantially free of other speed bumps that can form complex with the ss test DNA.
- the first set of electrical signal obtained while the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in the nanopore is distinctive from the other set of electrical signal obtained while the other speed bump-test DNA duplex segments are stalled in the nanopore.
- the presence of other speed bumps that can form complex with the ss test DNA does not interfere with the detection of the distinctive signals generated from binding of the first speed bump with identifier I of the ss test DNA.
- the ss test DNA and/or the speed bumps can be further constructed such that no other speed bumps binds to the identifier 1 segment as described supra. Thus, other speed bumps that do not comprise isodG or isodC bases will not bind to the identi bomb 1 segment.
- the ss test DNA comprises more than one identifier
- the ss lest DNA and/or the speed bumps (SBN, N 1 , 2, ... ) that bind to the identifier segments (identifier N) respectively arc designed such that when each SBN-identifier N duplex segment is stalled in the nanopore, the set of electrical signal obtained from the nanopore is distinctive from a primary nucleotide sequence and from when other SBN- identi bomb N duplex segment is stalled in the nanopore.
- the speed bump pool comprises the speed bumps specific for the identifier(s) that is(arc) to be delected, and optionally include speed bumps for other identifiers and/or other speed bumps that can bind to the ss test DNA.
- the identifier that binds to the identifier-specific speed bump and the sequence in front of the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA are both known.
- the set of electrical signals obtained in step C3 can also be used to identify the sequence in front of the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA, which can in turn be used to identify of the identifier.
- In another embodiment, an identifier is placed adjacent to an unknown segment in the ss test DNA.
- the identifier is adjacent to the 5' end of the unknown segment in the ss lest DNA.
- BS 1 is on the 5' end such that the ss test DNA can only enter the nanopore from its 3' end.
- the speed bump-identifier duplex segment is formed and stalled in the nanopore under the application of an electric potential, and a set of electrical signal can be obtained to provide sequence information of the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment and the first basepair of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment.
- the identifier is adjacent to the 3' end of the unknown segment in the ss test DNA.
- BS 1 is on the 3' end such that the ss test DNA can only enter the nanopore from its 5' end.
- the speed bump-identifier duplex segment is formed and stalled in the nanopore under the application of an electric potential, and a set of electrical signal can be obtained to provide sequence information of the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment and the first basepair of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment.
- the unknown sequence has up I base, 2 bases, 3 bases, 4 bases, or 5 bases.
- the method further comprises applying a first electric potential to flow the ss test DNA through a nanopore, and forming a second bulky structure (BS2) on a second end of the ss test DNA under a second condition as described supra.
- the temperature of the first condition (TI ) is higher than the temperature of the second condition (T2), which is higher than the working temperature Tw.
- the temperature of the first condition (T l ) is at least 10 °C higher or at least 20 °C higher than the temperature of the second condition (T2), which is at least about I °C higher, at least about 5 °C higher, at least about 10 °C higher, at least about 15 °C higher, at least about 20 °C higher, or at least about 25 °C higher than the working temperature Tw.
- the identifier sequence that is adjacent to the unknown DNA is contacted with a first known speed bump (e.g.
- step (E5) removing the first known speed bumps from the nanopore detector system and reversing the flow of the test DNA until stopped by the bulky structure at the end, and (E6) repeating steps (E 1 ) ⁇ (E5) with another known speed bump having a sequence of the first known speed bump plus a known number of bases longer in the flow direction of the test DNA molecule of step (E3), wherein:
- the known number of bases can be universal bases or bases that are complementary to the bases at the corresponding positions of the unknown DNA
- E-c) the condition of step (E4) may be adjusted, e.g. raising the working temperature and/or increasing the electric potential value applied in step (E4) to dissociate the speed bump-test DNA molecule segment successfully
- test DNA comprising an Unknown sequence can be designed as described supra to comprise one or more functional moieties such as PB I , PB2, and identifiers as described supra.
- the unknown sequence may be a synthesized DNA or DNA obtained from a biological sample as described supra.
- the test DNA molecule is constructed by ligating the unknown DNA with other segments as desired using conventional organic and/or biological methods.
- the test DNA can be formed by linking multiple functional moieties to an unknown DNA using conventional ligation methods (e.g. formation of covalent bonds (e.g. ligase assisted ligation or other covalent bonds, wherein the ligation can be accomplished by paired end sequencing chemistry, blunt-ended DNA ligation, and/or sticky-end ligation) or non-covalent interactions).
- conventional ligation methods e.g. formation of covalent bonds (e.g. ligase assisted ligation or other covalent bonds, wherein the ligation can be accomplished by paired end sequencing chemistry, blunt-ended DNA ligation, and/or sticky-end ligation) or non-covalent interactions).
- the unknown DNA obtained is a double-stranded (ds) unknown DNA.
- the ds unknown DNA can be ligated with one or more ds functional moieties (e.g. ds FB I , ds PB2, ds identifiers etc.) all in one step, or sequentially, or all functional moieties on one end of the unknown DNA are constructed together First and then ligated to the end of the unknown DNA.
- the conventional ligation methods includes, without limitation, ligase assisted ligation following blunt end, dangling end, and/or linker ligation; paired end sequencing protocols; mate-paired and end-paired protocols.
- the obtained ds test DNA is denatured to provide ss test DNA using conventional methods.
- the unknown DNA obtained is a ds unknown DNA, and is linked to one or more ds functional moieties (e.g. ds FB I , ds PB2, ds identifiers etc.) via covalent bonds other than the phosphodicster bonds.
- ds functional moieties e.g. ds FB I , ds PB2, ds identifiers etc.
- linkage include, without limitation, the linkage in glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides.
- the unknown DNA obtained is a ss unknown DNA
- its complementary strand can be created to anneal with the ss unknown DNA to form a ds unknown DNA using conventional methods, and then ligate to one or more ds functional moieties as described supra.
- a ss unknown DNA is linked to one or more ss functional moieties (e.g. ss PB 1 , ss FB2, ss identifiers etc.) using ligase assisted ligation.
- a ss unknown DNA is linked to one or more ss functional moieties via covalent bonds other than the phosphodiester bonds. Examples of such linkage include, without limitation, the linkage in glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides.
- the unknown DNA obtained is a ds unknown DNA and can be denatured to provide a ss unknown DNA to be linked to one or more ss functional moieties as described supra.
- the functional moieties are linked by cleavable bonds such that one or more individual functional moieties can be cleaved from the ss test DNA.
- a bulky structure can be removed from a ss test DNA by cleaving a functional moieties positioned between the unknown DNA and the bulky structure. Then, the ss test DNA can be released from the nanopore it is in by applying an electric potential to move the ss test DNA through the nanopore in the direction at which it is no longer stopped by the cleaved bulky structure.
- the BS2 (BS2- 1 ) was a DNA 5-basc duplex hairpin structure formed from a PB2 having a sequence of 5'-CCCCC CCCCC ⁇ CCCCT ATAA-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 1 , PB2- I ).
- BS2- 1 had melting temperature of about 1 5 °C, and a AG of about -0.96 kcal/mol at 5 °C according to the simulation using UNAFOLD program. This moderately low AG indicated that BS2- 1 had a relatively low binding energy.
- the solid line showed the change in temperature from 2 °C to 14 °C.
- the dots represented individual DNA captures, meaning that PB2- 1 formed BS2- 1 at the corresponding temperature and was captured in the nanopore.
- the captures were present when the temperature was about or lower than T2 (about 5 °C), indicating that BS2- 1 was formed from PB2- 1 and the DNA was stalled in the nanopore.
- the capture of the DNA disappeared when the temperature increased to about 5 ⁇ 10 °C over T2, indicating that BS2- I melted and was no longer stalled in the nanopore.
- PB2- 1 formed BS2- 1 which stopped the ss DNA in the pore at temperaturcs-about 10 °C lower than its melting temperature. This may be due to the relatively low AG BS2- 1 had.
- the DNA duplex structure in BS2- 1 was relatively easy to dissociate in the nanopore.
- a BS2 having a higher AG may be more difficult to dcstruct and may provide longer dwelling time at the nanopore at a temperature closer to the melting temperature of the BS2.
- a PB 1 forms a BS 1 at a first temperature (Tl ) that is higher than the second temperature (T2) at which a BS2 is formed from a PB2.
- T2 is higher than a working temperature (Tw).
- Tw is below room temperature.
- PB I is designed to have a relative long DNA duplex segment (either in a DNA duplex with an anti-sense DNA segment, or in a hairpin structure) such that the desired melting temperature of the relative long DNA duplex segment is achieved.
- a molly bolt or branched molecule has been designed to provide a BS2 having low T2 while not easily dissociated at the working condition.
- PB I has a sequence of 1 5 bases and a 4 base A loop; 5'-CGTCT AGCGT TGCCG AAAAC GGCAA CGCTA GACG-3' (SEQ I D NO. 2, PB l -1 ).
- This sequence has a delta G of -22.7 kcal/mole and a melt temperature of 91 .4 °C in 1 M KG, and 1 ⁇ sequence concentration according to the simulation using UNAFOLD program.
- PB2 has a sequence of 5'-GACCC TGCCC CCAGC TTTCC CCAAA CGTCA AAAAA-3' (SEQ ID NO. 3, PB2-2) and the formed BS2-2 is a 3 stem, 3 duplex, 2 loop molecule as shown below according to the simulation using UNAFOLD program:
- This example illustrates a 4-bascr duplex segment stalled the ss test DNA in a nanopore for a dwelling time sufficient to obtain desired sequence information.
- test DNAs were the fol lowing:
- a test DNA was formed by self-hybridization of DNA- 1 : 5'-CCCCC CCCCC GCGC-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 4).
- DNA- 1 was dissolved in biology grade water, heated to 90 °C and then left to cool to room temperature for self-hybridization.
- a DNA- 1 molecule hybridized with another DNA- 1 molecule to form a self-hybridized DNA- 1 structure having a 4-basc GCGC duplex segment at the 3' ends and two overhanging ss 10-C tails at the 5' ends thereof.
- the self-hybridized DNA- 1 structure entered a nanopore with one of the two overhanging ss 10-C tails, stalled in the nanopore by the 4-basc duplex segment at the 3' end for a dwelling time, and then when the 4-base duplex segment dissociated, the self-hybridized DNA- 1 structure was converted to two ss DNA- 1 molecules which went through the nanopore like ss test DNAs.
- the self-hybridi/.ed DNA- 1 structure simulated a ss test DNA having a 4-base duplex segment Conned by a speed bump and the ss test DNA.
- Another test DNA self-hybridized DNA-2 structure
- DNA-2 5 '-TTTTT TTTTT GCGC-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 5) using the same process described supra regarding the formation of the self-hybridized DNA- 1 .
- the self- hybridized DNA-2 structure had a 4-base GCGC duplex at the 3' ends and two overhanging ss 10-T tails at the 5' ends.
- streptavidin-DNA-3 complex formed by incubation of DNA-3 : 5 '-TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT ⁇ TTTTT TTTTT-biotin-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 6) and streptavidin at a condition described below.
- streptavidin-DNA-3 complex stalled in the nanopore until the electric potential was changed/reversed.
- streptavidin-DNA-3 complex served as a positive control showing that the nanopore detector system was working properly.
- the dwell time of this molecule was long, represented by the points at the far right side of the x-axis (time) in Figure 1 4.
- the working condition was 20 mM 1-IEPKs buffer and 1 M KCI at 0 °C.
- the electric potential applied was about 128 mV.
- the nanopores were created from 10 ng/mL alpha hemolysin deposited onto the surface of a bilayer at a final concentration of 0.2 ng/mL and with the application of electrical stimul us as described in US Appl ication Publication No. 201 1 /01 93570.
- the bilayers were created with the painting method from 1 0 mg/mL of DPhPC in Decane across the essentially planar AgCI electrode on a Teflon surface as described in US Application Publication No. 20 ! 1 /0193570.
- the ss test DNA was ss female genomic DNA.
- the random speed bump pool comprised hexamer DNA oligonucleotides having all combinations of the primary DNA nucleotides, which was purchased from Invitrogen.
- the working condition was 20 mtvl HEPEs buffer and 1 M KCI at 0 °C.
- the electric potential applied was about 128 mV .
- the nanopores were created from I 0 ng/mL alpha hemolysin deposited onto the surface of a bilayer at a final concentration of 0.2 ng/mL and with the application of electrical stimulus as described in US Appl ication Publication No. 201 1 /01 93570.
- the bilayers were created with the painting method from 10 mg/mL of DPhPC in Decane across the essentially planar AgCI electrode on a Teflon surface as described in US Application Publication No. 201 1 /0193570.
- the ss test DNA ( 1 ⁇ ) was incubated with the 6-basc random speed bump pool ( 100 ⁇ ) were incubated with multiple nanopores constructed as described supra for about 2 h at the working condition described supra in this example. An electric potential of about 1 28 mV was applied to the nanopore and electrical signals were collected. The signals showed that the 6-base random speed bump pool was able to bind to the ss lest DNA, stall the ss test DNA in the nanopore long enough to obtain relevant sequence information, and dissociate from the ss test DNA as described herein.
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of using nanopore to obtain sequence information of an unknown structure (unknown DNA) in a ss test DNA. The method comprises using speed bump to stall the ss test DNA in the nanopore at random positions of the ss test DNA to obtain sequence information of each and every nucleotides of the unknown DNA, and to construct the whole sequence of the unknown DNA. The present invention also relates to a novel method of trapping a ss test DNA in a nanopore using two bulky structures formed under different conditions (e.g. different temperature), and the bulky structures are able to keep the ss test DNA trapped in a nanopore at a working temperature.
Description
NANOPORE-BASED SINGLE DNA MOLECULE CHARACTERIZATION USING SPEED BUMPS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
(0001 ] The present invention relates to a method of DNA sequencing using nanopore detectors in the presence of speed bumps.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
|0002| A nanopore is a nanometer-scale pore providing the sole pathway for an ionic current. An exemplary nanopore can be created from depositing alpha hemolysin onto the surface of a lipid bilaycr under electrical stimulus, as described in US Application Publication No. 201 1 /0193570, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.
[0003J Nanopore sequencing has the potential to become a direct, fast, and inexpensive DNA sequencing technology. Ideally, individual nucleotides of a single-stranded (ss) DNA passing through a nanopore will uniquely modulate an ionic current flowing through the nanopore, allowing the record of the current to provide DNA sequence information, l lovvcver, a common challenge to nanopore sequencing is that the ss DNA translocation is rapid, and the electrical signals obtained cannot be resolved for reliable DNA sequencing. DNA duplex sections have been used to slow translocation of a ss DNA to provide more resolvable electrical signals. However, as the currently available methods conduct nanopore detection at about room temperature or higher, a relatively long DNA duplex section is required to stall the ss DNA in the nanopore.
[0004J Thus, there is a need to provide a method to sequence an unknown DNA using nanopore technology.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
(0005| One aspect of the invention relates to characterization and identification of an unknown DNA using a nanopore detector facilitated by a random speed bump pool.
[0006] Another aspect of the invention relates to detection and/or identification of one or more known structure in a test DNA using nanopore detector facilitated by one or more speed bumps.
[Q007| Another aspect of the invention relates to characterization and/or identification of an unknown DNA in a test DNA using nanopore detector facilitated by one or more speed bumps.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008| Figure 1 illustrates an example of a nanopore detector.
[0009J Figure 2 illustrates the passage of a single stranded (ss) test DNA molecule through a nanopore.
[0010] Figure 3 illustrates a bulky structure formed at the trailing end of a ss test DNA molecule to stall the passage of the ss test DNA through a nanopore.
f 001 1 f Figure 4 i llustrate multiple speed bumps bound to a ss test DNA molecule, wherein the ss test DNA is trapped in a nanopore by having bulky structures on both ends. (0012) Figure 5 illustrates different binding patterns achieved by contacting a ss test DNA with a random speed bump pool.
[0013| Figure 6 illustrates different sequence information patterns achieved by randomly stalling a ss test DNA in a nanopore to obtain sequence information.
f 0014) Figure 7 illustrates a speed bump bound to a ss test DNA having a bulky structure at a first end to stall its passage through a nanopore.
(0015| Figure 8 illustrates multiple sets of electrical signals obtained by a nanopore detector according to the present invention.
|0016] Figure 9 illustrates a ss test DNA trapped in a nanopore bound with multiple speed bumps on both sides of the nanopore.
|00I 7| Figure 10 illustrates contacting a ss lest DNA with a speed bump train.
(0018| Figure 1 1 illustrates a flowchart of a process according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0019) Figure 12 illustrates the relationship between working temperature and capture of a ss test DNA having BS2- I on one end and a BS 1 on the other end in a nanopore.
10020 J Figure 1 3 illustrates a melting curve of an exemplary bulky structure (BS2-2). |0021 | Figure 14 illustrates the relationship between electric potential applied and dwelling time of speed bump-test DNA duplex in a nanopore.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Definitions
|0022] A test DNA, as used herein, is a DNA molecule that passes through a nanopore for detection purposes. A test DNA can be a single-stranded test DNA (ss test DNA) and a double-stranded test DNA (ds test DNA). A ss test DNA, as used herein, comprises a section of ss DNA that is to be bound by a speed bump in a method described herein. A ss test DNA may further comprise an unknown DNA and other functional moieties (e.g. prc-bulky structure, identifiers and isolation tags).
[0023J A pre-bulky structure, as used herein, is an oligonucleotide structure in a DNA molecule which can form a bulky structure under certain conditions. The pre-bulky structure can be a ss DNA or a ds DNA.
|0024| A bulky structure, as used herein, is nucleotide structure formed from a pre-bulky structure in a ss test DNA molecule. The bulky structure stalls the test DNA molecule in a nanopore at a working condition until the working condition is changed to another condition wherein the bulky structure is converted to the pre-bulky structure or other structures that cannot stall the test DNA molecule any more. Examples of bulky structures include, without limitation, 2-D and 3-D structures such as DNA duplex structures, DNA hairpin structures, multi-hairpin structures and multi-arm structures.
[ 025| A nanopore, as used herein, is a pore of nanometer dimensions formed by a pore- forming protein being inserted into a membrane. Typically, the membrane is an electrically insulating lipid bilayer membrane. Pore-forming proteins, such as alpha hemolysin and MspA porin, are inserted into the membrane to form nanopores through the protein molecule and the membrane. Electrophysiology measurements can be taken by measuring the ionic current passing through a nanopore as a voltage is applied across the membrane. A nanopore can be utilized as a molecule detector by monitoring the ionic current variation in response to the passage of the molecule through the nanopore. A nanopore can be a synthetic, man-made, biologically altered, wild-type biological nanopore, or a combination thereof.
|0026) A speed bump, as used herein, is an oligonucleotide molecule that forms a complex with a binding segment of a test DNA molecule. When the test DNA molecule goes through a nanopore under an electric potential, the complex formed between the speed bump and the binding segment stalls the test DNA molecule in the nanopore for a dwelling time long enough for the nanopore detector to obtain structure information of the test DNA molecule. After the dwelling time, the complex dissociates and the test DNA molecule moves forward through the nanopore.
[0027) An identifier, as used herein, is a known structure in a test DNA that can be detected or identified by the method described herein. Examples of identifiers include, without limitation, direction identifiers, reference signal identifiers, sample source identifiers, and sample identifiers. The identifiers may comprise one or more nucleotides or structures that provide distinctive electrical signals that are easi ly identified. Examples of such nucleotides and structures include, without limitation, isodG, isodC, methylated nucleotides, locked nucleic acids, universal nucleotides, and abasic nucleotides. In certain embodiments, an abasic nucleotide provides a stronger signal than a primary nucleotide. Thus, the electrical signal detected by a nanopore for a sequence comprising both abasic nucleotides and primary nucleotides will provide a signal more intense than the electrical signal obtained from primary nucleotide only sequences. For example, a 4-5 base sequence comprising about 25% abasic nucleotides may provide a signal more than twice as strong as a 4-5 base sequence comprising only primary nucleotides. The more abasic nucleotides the sequence have, the stronger electrical signal the sequence. Thus, identifiers may provide electrical signals of a desired intense (e.g. about twice, about 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or about 10 times stronger than that of primary oligonucleotides having the same length) by changing the amount of abasic nucleotides in the identifier sequences.
1002 J Direction identi fier, as used herein, is a known sequence positioned 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 1 2, 1 3, 14, 1 5, 16, 1 7, 18, 19, or 20 bases from a bulky structure formed from a pre-bulky structure. When the bulky structure is properly formed, it will stop the ss test DNA molecule from flowing through a nanopore that the ss test DNA molecule is in. Thus, when the bulky structure is stopped inside the nanopore, a set of electrical signals will be obtained, which provide sequence information of the sequence that is in front of the bulky structure and the first basepair of the bulky structure, in the flow direction of the ss test DNA molecule. When the sequence is known, such electrical signals can:
1 ) veri fy that the pre-bulky structure has properly formed into the bulky structure such that the bulky structure stops the ss test DNA molecule from flowing through the nanopore;
2) indicate that the ss test DNA molecule has reached one end of the single strand section of the ss test DNA, and
3) serve as a reference or calibration read to base line other electrical signals obtained in the same nanopore.
[0029) In certain embodiments, the direction identifier comprises one or more nucleotides or structures that provide distinctive electrical signals that are easily identified.
Examples of such nucleotides and structures include, without limitation, nucleotides comprising isodG or isodC, abasic nucleotides, methylated nucleotides, etc.
|0030] Reference signal identifier, as used herein, is a known sequence in a test DNA, when detected or identified by the method described herein, serves as a reference or calibration read to base line other electrical signals obtained in the same nanopore.
|0031 ) Sample source identifier, as used herein, is a known sequence in a test DNA, when detected or identified by the method described herein, is used to identify the source that the unknown DNA is from.
[0032J Sample identifier, as used herein, is a known sequence in a test DNA, when detected or identified by the method described herein, is used to identify the individual unknown DNA.
(0033) A known speed bump is a speed bump that specifically binds to a known sequence in a ss test DNA. Because the binding segment on the ss test DNA (the known sequence) is known, the speed bump structure can also be known (e.g. complementary to the known sequence on the ss test DNA).
|0034| A random speed bump pool, as used herein, comprises a collection of speed bumps that can bind to all sections of a test DNA molecule or a fragment thereof. An example of random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having universal nucleobases which base-pair with all primary nucleobases (A, T, C and G). Another example of random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides of a given length having all possible combinations of primary nucleobases. Another example of random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides of a given length having every possible combination of primary nucleobases and universal nucleobases. Another example of random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps having universal nucleobases at designated positions and all combinations of primary nucleobases at the other positions. Another example of random speed bumps is a combination of ss speed bumps, which form duplex sections with ss test DNA, and the duplex sections have about the same melting temperatures. These ss speed bumps may have the same or different lengths, and/or the same or different nucleotides.
[0035) "About," as used herein, refers to +/- 10% of the recited value.
(0036) The present invention is directed to a method for delecting and/or identifying a sequence in a lest DNA using a nanopore detector. The DNA sequence is trapped in the nanopore by one or two bulky structures formed at the end(s) of the DNA sequence. Known speed bumps are used to bind to known sequences in the test DNA for the
detection identification of the known sequences. A random speed bump pool is used to bind to the test DNA or a fragment thereof in a random fashion. The nucleotides of the test DNA or the fragment thereof will be stalled in the nanopore by a known speed bump or a random speed bump for a time long enough to collect the nucleotide sequence information. The test DNA may further comprise known structures such as direction identifiers, reference signal identifiers, sample source identifiers, sample identifiers to provide information, e.g.
formation o the bulky structures, source of the test DNA, and identification of the test DNA.
[0037] Figure 1 shows an example of a nanopore detector having temperature control, which is prepared according to US Application Publication No. 201 1/0193570. The nanopore detector comprises electrodes (A), a treated semiconductor hydrophobic surface (B l ) in which is embedded a conductive electrode (A) that is connected to electrical circuitry in a semiconductor substrate (B2). a layer of lipid material (C) created over an electrode (A) and a small portion o the hydrophobic surface closeby (B l ), and a nanopore (D) inserted in the lipid material through a conductive salt solution (F). A sample detected goes through the pore (E) in the nanopore. The semiconductor chip sensor is placed in package (G) and this, in turn, is in the vicinity of a Peltier device or temperature control element (H). Multiple nanopore detectors can be created to form a nanopore array.
|0038| As illustrated in Figure 2, a single-stranded (ss) DNA molecule can go through a nanopore under an applied electric potential. A set of electrical signals corresponding to the brief blockages of ion flow through the nanopore by the ss DNA molecule is detected as the ss DNA molecule is threaded through the nanopore. In the; absence of speed bumps or bulky structures, the ss DNA molecule encounters little resistance and travels through the nanopore too quickly for electrical signals to be reliably recorded for sequencing of the ss DNA.
[0039] Bulky structures (BSs) have been used to stop the passage of a ss DNA through a nanopore. Figure 3 illustrates a trailing end BS used to stop the passage of a ss DNA molecule through a nanopore. The BS can be a hairpin structure formed at one end of the ss DNA by wrapping the trailing end of the ss DNA upon itself. Typically, the ss DNA can be threaded through the nanopore under an applied electric potential until the bulky hairpin structure reaches the entrance of the nanopore. Since the hairpin structure is larger than the diamcler of the nanopore, the ss DNA is stalled in the nanopore long enough to obtain a set of electrical signals of the ss DNA. However, the electrical signals obtained reflects the structure of only a portion of the DNA that is in front of the hairpin or in front of the specific duplex region and therefore in or near the constriction area of the nanopore.
[0040J Figure 4 illustrates a ss test DNA trapped in a nanopore by two bulky structures. The nanopore detection is carried out at a working temperature that may be lower than room temperature so that one or more shorter DNA duplex sections can be formed between speed bumps and the ss lest DNA (speed bump-test DNA duplex segments). The speed bump-test DNA duplex segment stalls the ss test DNA for a sufficient dwelling time to obtain sequence information of the ss test DNA segment in front of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and the first basepair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment in the How direction of the ss lest DNA. Then the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment dissociate and the ss test DNA moves forward through the nanopore until stalled by another speed bump-test DNA duplex segment or stopped by a BS on one end of the ss test DNA. Once the ss test DNA reaches one end, the electric potential can be optionally at a reduced value or at a reversed polarity to move the ss test DNA to a reversed direction and repeat the process as desired.
|004 I ] When the ss lest DNA has an unknown sequence (or unknown DNA), a random speed bump pool can be constructed and bound to random sections of the ss test DNA. As every section of the ss test DNA can be bound by at least one speed bump in the random speed bump pool, the binding patterns achieved by contacting a ss test DNA with a random speed bump pool each time can be random (Figure 5). Thus, the segments whose sequence information is obtained are also random for each run (Figure 6). However, repeating the process as described supra allows each and every nucleotide of the unknown sequence to be identified by the nanopore detector. T us, the whole unknown sequence can be constructed by overlapping Ihe obtained sequence information of random sections of the ss test DNA.
[0042] When Ihe ss test DNA comprises one or more known sequences (identifiers), the method described herein can also be used to detect the presence of one or more identifiers and/or to identify a sequence on the ss test DNA that is in front of the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA. The ss test DNA can have BS on only one end (Figure 7) or both ends as described supra. The nanopore detector can be operated at a working temperature lower than room temperature. A speed bump pool comprises speed bumps that can bind specifically to the identifier (e.g. identifier 1 , Figure 7) to form a speed bump- identifier duplex segment. The speed bump-identifier duplex segment stalls Ihe ss test DNA and a set of electrical signals are obtained. These signals can be characterized to show presence of the identifier or to identify the sequence of the segment before the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA.
Identification of an unknown sequence using a random speed bump pool
[0043| One aspect of the invention relates to a method of identifying an unknown sequence in a lest DNA molecule, comprising:
(Bl ) forming a first bulky structure (BS1 ) on a first end of the test DNA molecule, (B2) applying an electric potential to flow the test DNA molecule through a nanopore,
(B3) forming a second bulky structure (BS2) on a second end of the test DNA molecule,
(B4) optionally applying another electric potential to reverse the flow of the test DNA until the lest DNA is stopped by BS2 before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(B5) contacting a pool of speed bumps (speed bump pool) with the lest DNA molecule to form a speed bump-test DNA molecule complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA molecule segment,
(B6) applying another electric potential to flow the speed bump-test DNA molecule complex through the nanopore until a first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(B7) obtaining a first set of electrical signals when the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled inside the nanopore for a dwelling time, and characterizing the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment and the first basepair of the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment, in the flow direction of the test DNA molecule,
(B8) dissociating the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment and continuing the flow of the test DNA molecule through the nanopore, and
(B9) repeating steps (B4)~(B8) until the test DNA molecule is stopped by BS 1 or BS2.
|0044| In one embodiment, the test DNA molecule is a ss test DNA comprising one or more nucleotides as defined below. Speed bumps comprise one or more nucleotides as defined below.
|0045| As used herein, a nucleotide can be a primary nucleotide or a nucleotide analog. A primary nucleotide is deoxyadenosine mono-phosphate (cAMP), deoxycytidine monophosphate (dC P), dcoxyguanosinc mono-phosphate (dGMP) or dcoxythymidinc monophosphate (dTMP). A nucleotide analog is an analog or mimic of a primary nucleotide having modification on the primary nucleobase (A, C, G and T), the deoxyribose structure,
the phosphate group of the primary nucleotide, or any combination thereof. For example, a nucleotide analog can have a modified base, either naturally existing or man-made. Examples of modified bases include, without limitation, methylated nucleobases, modified purine bases (e.g. hypoxanthine, xanthine, 7-methylguaninc, isodG), modified pyrimidine bases (e.g. 5,6-dihydrouracil and 5-methylcytosine, isodC), universal bases (e.g. 3- nitropyrrole and 5-nitroindole), non-binding base mimics (e.g. 4-mcthylbezimidazole and 2,4-dillurotoluenc or benzene), and no base (abasic nucleotide where the nucleotide analog does not have a base). Examples of nucleotide analogs having modified deoxyribose (e.g. dideoxynucleosides such as dideoxyguanosine, dideoxyadenosine, dideoxythymidinc, and dideoxycylidine) and/or phosphate structure (together referred to as the backbone structure) includes, without limitation, glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides.
|0046| The ss test DNA comprises an unknown sequence whose nucleic acid sequence is to be identified by the method described herein. The unknown DNA can be a natural DNA obtained from a biological sample or a synthetic DNA. The synthetic DNA may be a DNA obtained by modification of a natural DNA, such as pre-processed DNA intended for use in DNA identification and/or sequencing. Examples of such pre-processings include, without limitation, enrichment of the unknown DNA for desired fragments, paired-end processing, mated pair read processing, epigenetic pre-processing including bisulfide treatment, focused fragment analysis via PCR, PCR fragment sequencing, and short DNA fragment analysis. |0047] In one embodiment, the unknown sequence has 1 to about 10,000 bases, 1 to about 1 ,000 bases, 1 to about 500 bases, 1 to about 300 bases, 1 to about 200 bases, 1 to about 100 bases, about 5 to about 10,000 bases, about 5 to about 1 ,000 bases, about 5 to about 500 bases, about 5 to about 300 bases, 5 to about 200 bases, 5 to about 100 bases, 10 to about 10,000 bases, 1 0 to about 1 ,000 bases, 10 to about 500 bases, 10 to about 300 bases, 10 to about 200 bases, 10 to about 100 bases, 20 to about 10,000 bases, 20 to about 1 ,000 bases, 20 to about 500 bases, 20 to about 300 bases, 20 to about 200 bases, 20 to about 100 bases, 30 to about 10,000 bases, 30 to about 1 ,000 bases, 30 to about 500 bases, 30 to about 300 bases, 30 to about 200 bases, 30 to about 100 bases, 50 to about 10,000 bases, 50 to about 1 ,000 bases, 50 to about 500 bases, 50 to about 300 bases, 50 to about 200 bases, or 50 to about 100 bases.
[0048| A random speed bump pool comprises a collection of speed bumps of a given length that can bind to all sections of the ss test DNA or a fragment thereof (e.g. an unknown DNA). Such a given length can be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16, preferred 1 0 or less, 8 or less, 6 or less and 4 or less. In one embodiment, the random speed bump pool
comprise speed bumps composed of one or more nucleotides selected from the group consisting of universal nucleotides, locked nucleotides, primary nucleotides, modifications thereof, and combinations thereof. Modifications of universal nucleotides, and primary nucleotides include modifications at the nucleobasc structures, the backbone structures (e.g. glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides) and combinations thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having universal nucleobases which base-pair with all primary nucleobases (Λ, T, C and G). In another preferred embodiment, the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having all possible combinations of primary nucleobases. In another preferred embodiment, the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having all possible combinations of primary nucleobases and universal nucleobases. In another preferred embodiment, the random speed bump pool comprises oligonucleotides having universal nucleotides at designated positions and all combinations of primary nucleobases at the other positions. In another preferred embodiment, the backbone structures of the speed bumps in the random speed bump pool are modified (e.g. glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides) at designated position(s), random positions or combinations thereof.
|0049| The speed bumps comprise universal nucleobases at designated positions and random primary nucleobases at other positions to lower the total number of possible combinations of primary nucleobases. For example, for a random speed bump pool having 10-base oligonucleotides, the total amount of combinations of the primary nucleobases is 4I0= 1 ,048,576. However, if 4 positions of the 10-base nucleotide are designated to have universal nucleobases only, the total amount of combinations of the primary nucleobases is 46=4,096, which is significantly lower.
(0050 J In certain embodiments, because the first base pair of the speed bump-tesl DNA duplex segment may be partially or completely in the nanopore and influence the electrical signals obtained, it is preferred to construct the speed bumps to have a universal nucleotide at the 5' and/or 3' end to normalize the contribution of the first base pair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and makes the signals easier to analyze.
[00511 In certain embodiment, the concentrations of one or more speed bumps of a random speed bump pool may be further adjusted to as desired. For example, the concentrations may be about the same for each type of speed bump; and be adjusted such that sufficient ss speed bumps exist to contact the ss test DNA. In one embodiment, because polyG strands bind strongly to polyC strands, polyG and po!yC speed bumps will have higher concentrations than speed bumps having other sequences to provide sufficient ss polyG and
ss polyC to contact the ss test DNA. Ln another embodiment, the concentrations of speed bumps and/or nucleotides used to make the speed bumps are adjusted such that each speed bump has about the same affinity to form speed bump-test DNA complex, and no specific speed bumps arc significantly more favored than others. In certain embodiments, the concentrations of speed bumps and/or nucleotides used to make the speed bumps arc adjusted such that one or more specific speed bumps are significantly more favored than others. For example, the speed bump pool can be constructed to be substantially free of speed bumps that can bind to known segments in the ss test DNA. Therefore, more sequence information obtained will be about the unknown segments and not the known segments in the ss test DNA.
|0052| In certain embodiments, FB I and/or PB2 comprisc(s) structures that are non- binding to speed bumps in the speed bump pool. Examples of such structures include, without limitation, nucleotide analogs comprising non-binding bases such as IsodG, IsodC and abasic site.
[0053] In certain embodiments, step (B5) forms a speed bump-test DNA complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, wherein the speed bump forms a duplex with the ss test DNA segment that is up to I , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 12, 1 3, 14, 15, or 16 basepairs, and is threaded in the nanoporc at a first working condition. A working condition includes parameters such as a working temperature (Tw), exposure lime, concentration of speed bump and ss test DNA, pl l, salt concentration, and other additives and concentration thereof that can affect the formation of speed bump-test DNA complex. Tw is about - 10 to about 25 °C, about - 10 to about 20 °C, about - 10 to about 1 5 °C, about - 10 to about 1 0 °C, about - 10 to about 5 °C, about - 10 to about 0 °C, about - 10 to about -5 °C, about -5 to about 25 °C, about -5 to about 20 °C, about -5 to about 1 5 °C, about -5 to about 10 °C, about -5 to about 5 °C, or about -5 to about 0 °C, to allow association of relatively short speed bumps (2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 1 2, 1 3, 14, 15, or 16 bases) to the ss test DNA. In one embodiment, Tw is about at least 10 °C lower, preferably at least about 20 °C lower than T2. In another embodiment, at Tw, at least about 50% of P 1 and PB2 are in the forms of BS 1 and BS2, respectively. In another embodiment, at Tw, at least about 70% of PB 1 and PB2 are in the forms of BS 1 and BS2, respectively. In another embodiment, at Tw, at least about 90% of PB 1 and PB2 are in the forms of BS 1 and BS2, respectively.
|0054j Exposure time of ss lest DNA to speed bumps is about 1 ns or longer, about 10 ns or longer, about 1 μ≤ or longer, about 10 μ≤ or longer, about 1 ms or longer, about 10 ms or longer, about I s or longer, or about 5 s or longer to allow sufficient speed bump-test DNA
complex to form. Concentrations of the speed bumps are preferably about 100,000 times, 10,000 times, 1 ,000 times, 300 times, about 200 times, about 100 times, about 50 times, or about 20 times of the concentration of the ss test DNA, or the concentration of the speed bumps is about the same as that of the ss test DNA. The concentrations of the speed bumps are preferably about 1 nM ~ about 100 mM, about 1 nM - about 10 mM, about 1 nM ~ about 1 mM, about 10 nM - about 100 mM, about 1 0 nM ~ about 10 mM, ef-about 10 nM ~ about 1 mM, about 1 mM ~ about 10 mM, or about 10 mM ~ 1 00 mM. The concentration of ss test DNA is about 1 nM ~ about 100 mM, about I nM - about 10 mM, about 1 nM ~ about 1 mM, about 10 nM ~ about 100 mM, about 10 nM ~ about 10 mM, or about 10 nM ~ about 1 mM. pH is preferably about 6 - about 8, or about 7. Salt (e.g. KG, NaCI, phosphate) concentration is about 1 mM to about 10 M, about 1 mM to about 1 M, about 10 mM to about 10 M, about 10 mM to about 1 M, about 100 mM to about 10 M, or about 100 mM to about 1 M. Other additives that may affect the formation of speed bump-test DNA complex include, without limitation, dcxtran sulfate and glycerol. Their concentrations may be adjusted to optimize formation of speed bump-test DNA complex.
|0055j A working condition further comprises an electric potential of about -320 mV to about 320 mV at a desired polarity. The working condition can be continuously adjusted through the process based on the characteristics of the speed bump binding (e.g. length, nucleotide components, and binding affinity), the nanopore characteristics and the ss test DNA property (e.g. GC content or secondary structure thereof), to optimize the signal quality. Thus, the electric potential can continuously change from for example, -320 mV to +320 mV.
|0056) Steps (B4)~(B9) are carried out at a first working condition as described supra. In certain embodiments, the electric potential applied to each step of steps (B4)~(B9) may be the same or different or continuously changing. In certain embodiment, the electric potential for step (B8) may be adjusted to facilitate the dissociation of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment. In certain embodiment, the electric potential for step (B8) may be applied to move the ss test DNA at a reduced value or at a reversed polarity compared to the ss lest DNA flow direction in step (B6) ( forward direction) to move the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment from the constriction area of the nanopore before applying another electric potential to move the DNA at the forward direction to dissociate the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment.
|0057J A dwelling time required for a nanopore detector to collect relevant sequence information relates to the nanopore detector and the working condition. In certain
embodiments, the dwelling time is at least about 10 μδ, at least about 1 ms, at least about 10 ms, at least about 200 ms, at least about 500 ms, at least about 1 s, at least about 2 s, or at about least 5 s. Generally, the longer the dwelling time is, the better the signal quality, and the more sequence information that can be obtained. In certain embodiments, the sequence of up to 5 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanoporc. In certain embodiments, the sequence of up to 3 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanoporc. In certain embodiments, the sequence of up to 2 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanopore. In certain embodiments, the sequence of 1 bases is identified when a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in a nanoporc.
|0058] As shown in Figure 4, a ss test DNA comprising bulky structures formed on both ends is locked in a nanopore (steps (B 1 )~(B4)) and forms speed bump-test DNA complex with multiple speed bumps (step (B5)).
[00591 A set of electrical signals of the ss test DNA are obtained each time the ss test DNA is stalled by a speed bump-test DNA duplex segment in the nanopore for a dwelling time, and then the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment dissociates and the ss test DNA moves forward until stalled by the next speed bump-test DNA duplex segment. This stall- detect-disassociate-stall process is repeated until the ss test DNA is stopped by the bulky structure of' one end. An example of electrical signals obtained is shown in Figure 8.
(0060) In certain embodiments, a random speed bump pool is present mainly on one side of the nanopore (e.g., Cis side as shown in Figure 4), and the method further comprising:
( 10) applying another electric potential to move the test DNA at a reversed direction of the test DNA flow in step (B5) until the ss test DNA is stopped by the other bulky structure before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(B l I ) repeating steps (B4)~(B 10) at least 1 time, at least 5 times, at least 10 times, at least 1 5 time, at least 20 time, at least 25 times, at least 30 times, at least 50 times, or at least 100 limes and
(B 1 2) constructing the lest DNA sequence by overlapping the collected nucleotide sequence information.
[0061 1 Step (B I O) are carried out under a working condition described supra. The electric potential applied can be at a reduced value or a reverse polarity compared to the electric potential applied in step (B4)~(B9) to reverse the flow of the test DNA. The electric potential applied in each step can be the same or different or continuously changing.
(0062) In certain embodiments, a random speed bump pool is present in both sides of the nanopore and speed bumps bind to the ss test DNA at the segment exposed to the speed bump pool in both sides of the nanopore (Cis and Trans sides as shown in Figure 9). The method of identifying a nucleotide sequence of an unknown DNA in a ss test DNA described herein further comprising:
( 1 ) repeating steps (B4)~(B8) under a second working condition until the ss test DNA is stopped by the other bulky structure before the constriction area of the nanopore.
(2) repeating steps (B9) and ( 1 ) at least 1 time, at least 5 times, at least 10 times, at least 1 5 time, at least 20 time, at least 25 times, at least 30 times, at least 50 times, at least 1 00 times; and
(3) constructing the nucleic acid sequence of the unknown DNA by overlapping the collected nucleotide sequence information.
[0063] The second working condition is a working condition as described supra. The second working condition can have the same or different parameters compared to the first working condition. The electric potential applied in step ( 1 ) can be at a reduced value or a reversed polarity compared to the electric potential applied in step (B9). The electric potential appl ied in each step can be the same as applied in the earlier step, or different compared to the earlier step, or continuously changing.
|0064j Because a random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps that can bind to random sections of the ss test DNA, each time when the ss test DNA goes from one end stopped by BS 1 BS2 to the other end according to the process described herein, speed bumps may bind to different combinations of ss test DNA duplex segments (Figure 5), and can provide sequence information of different segments in the ss test DNA (Figure 6). Thus, when step (B8) and/or step (B9) are/is repeated such that sequence information of each and every nucleotide of the unknown DNA in the ss lest DNA has been obtained, the unknown DNA can be constructed by overlapping the collected nucleotide sequence information.
(0065| In certain embodiments, a ss test DNA comprises known identifier segments as described supra. The ss test DNA can be constructed such that the identifier segments will not be bound by the random speed bump pool. For example, an identi fier segment can have isodG and isodC bases which preferably bind to each other. If speed bumps of the random speed bump pool do not have isodG or isodC base, speed bumps from the random speed bump pool will more preferably bind to section of the test DNA that is outside of the identifier segments. Thus, fewer electrical signals will be collected relating to the sequence
information of the identifier, which makes the collected electrical signals easier to characterize.
10066) In certain embodiments, more than one speed bump is linked by a non-biding linker (e.g. abasic oligonucleotide) to form speed bump train (Figure 10) such that the dissociation of each speed bump-test DNA duplex segment will not cause the dissociation of the whole speed bump train from the ss test DNA. In certain embodiments, the non-binding linker is designed to be spaced by about 1 base, about 2 bases, about 3 bases, about 4 bases or about 5 bases. Thus, the gap between known segments shown in Figure 6 will be more likely to be the same as the length of the linker (e.g. about 1 base, about 2 bases, about 3 bases, about 4 bases or about 5 bases). It will be easier to construct the nucleic acid sequence of the unknown DNA in this case.
|0067| In one embodiment, a method as described herein is carried out according to a flowchart shown in Figure 1 1 . A ss lest DNA comprising PB 1 , PB2, Dl l , DI2 and an unknown DNA has been constructed and placed on nanopore array (Block 10, Figure 1 1 ). Then BS I is formed from PB 1 on one end of the ss test DNA at ΊΊ (Block 20, Figure 1 1 ). A first electric potential is applied to thread the ss test DNA through a nanopore until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS 1 wherein a set of electrical signals characterizing Dl l are collected (Block 30, Figure 1 1 ). The temperature is then lowered to T2 to form BS2 from PB2 (Block 40, Figure I I ). A second electric potential that is lower than the first electric potential or opposite in polarity to the first electric potential is applied until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS2 wherein a set of electrical signals characterizing D12 are collected (Block 50, Figure 1 1 ). The temperature is further lowered to Tw (Block 60, Figure 1 1 ), then contact a random speed bump pool with the ss test DNA under a first working condition as described supra to form randomly bound speed bump-test DNA complex (Block 70, Figure 1 1 ). A third electric potential is applied, moving the speed bump-test DNA complex through the nanopore until the ss test DNA is stalled by a first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment. The ss test DNA is stalled for a dwelling time during which a set of electrical signals are obtained, which will be used to characterize the sequence in front of the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and the first base pair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment in the flow direction of the ss test DNA. Then the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is dissociated and the ss test DNA continues through the nanopore until stopped by the next speed bump-test DNA duplex segment or BS 1 . A set of electrical signals designated to DI I are collected when the ss test DNA is stopped by BS 1 in the nanopore (Block 80, Figure 1 1 ). Then a fourth electric potential that is at a reduced value or a reverse polarity to the third
electric potential is applied until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS2 wherein a set of electrical signals characterizing DI2 arc collected (Block 90, Figure 1 1 ). Then the steps in Blocks 70~90 are repeated until sufficient sequence information has been collected to characterize the sequence of the unknown DNA.
Detection of a segment of known structure and identification of an unknown segment adjacent to a known structu re in a test DNA molecule
|0068| Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of obtaining sequence information of a ss test DNA molecule as described supra. The method comprises:
(B 1 ) forming a first bulky structure on a first end of the test DNA molecule, (C I ) contacting a pool of speed bumps (speed bump pool) with the test DNA molecule to form a speed bump-test DNA molecule complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA molecule segment,
(C2) applying an electric potential to flow the speed bump-test DNA molecule complex through a nanoporc until a first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled before the constriction area of the nanoporc,
(C3) obtaining a first set of electrical signals when the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled inside the nanopore for a dwelling time, in the flow direction of the test DNA molecule,
(C4) dissociating the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment and continuing the flow of the molecule through the nanopore, and
(C5) repeating steps (C I )~{C4) until the test DNA molecule is stopped by BS I .
[0069] In one embodiment, the test DNA molecule is a ss test DNA comprising one or more nucleotides as described supra, and the speed bumps comprise one or more nucleotides as described supra. The ss test DNA comprises PB 1 as described supra.
[0070 J In certain embodiments, step (C I ) forms a speed bump-test DNA complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, wherein the speed bump forms a duplex with the test DNA duplex segment that is up to 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 , 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 basepairs.
[00711 Steps (C 1 )~(C5) are carried out at a working condition as described supra.
|0072| A dwelling time required for a nanoporc detector to collect relevant sequence information is the same as described supra.
|0073| In certain embodiments, the method further comprising:
(C6) according to the first set of electrical signals obtained in step (C3) and/or the electrical signals obtained from step (C5),
indicating the ss test DNA comprises the identifier segment, and/or characterizing the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump- identifier duplex segment and the nucleotide sequence of the first basepair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, in the flow direction of the ss test DNA.
|0074 | In certain embodiments, the method described herein is used to detect an identifier exists in the ss lest DNA. An identifier can serve as e.g. direction identifier (e.g. verifying the formation of BS I and showing the ss test DNA has reached to the end having BS I ), reference signal identifier (a reference or calibration read to base line other electrical signals obtained in the same nanopore), sample source identifier (identifying the source of the lest DNA). or sample identifier for the test DNA (identifying the test DNA). In certain embodiments, a speed bump pool comprises a first speed bump (Figure 7) which can bind to a first identifier (identifier 1 in Figure 7), and is substantially free of other speed bumps lhat can bind to the ss test DNA (preferably less than 10%, more preferably less than 5%, and most preferably less than 1 %). When a ss test DNA comprising identifier 1 contacts the first speed bump, a first speed bump-identifier 1 duplex segment is formed to form a first speed bump-test DNA complex. In the presence of an appropriate electrical field, the first speed bump-test DNA complex goes through a nanopore until stalled by the first speed bump- identi fier 1 duplex segment. The nanopore detector obtains a first set of electrical signals. Then the first speed bump-test DNA complex dissociates and Ihe ss test DNA goes through the nanopore until stopped by BS I at the first end (i.e. in step (C4), the ss test DNA flow through the nanopore smoothly until stopped by BS I without being stalled again in the nanopore). The nanopore detector will obtain another set of electrical signals when the ss test DNA is stopped by the BS I structure. Thus, compared to a ss test DNA that does not comprise identifier 1 sequence, the ss test DNA that comprises identifier 1 sequence provides two sets of electrical signals showing that it is stalled twice in the nanopore, while the ss test DNA that does not comprise identifier 1 sequence provides one set of electrical signals showing it is stalled once in the nanopore (by BS I ).
|0075| In another embodiment, the ss test DNA and/or the speed bumps can be constructed such that the first set of electrical signal obtained in step (C3) is distinctive from a set of electrical signals obtained when a primary nucleotide sequence is detected by the nanopore. For example, the known identifier sequence can comprise one or more nucleotide analogs having isodG and/or IsodC. In front of this identifier sequence is a known reading
sequence that would be in the constriction zone of a pore if a speed bump was hybridized to the identifier sequence and stopped in the pore. The reading sequence may comprise IsodC, IsodG and/or abasic nucleotides that do hot bind to natural nucleotides. Additionally, both the identifier sequence and the specific; antisense speed bump sequence to the identifier would contain appropriate IsodG and IsodC so that only the specific speed bump to the identifier would hybridize to that location. Natural nucleotide speed bumps would not interfere or bind to the IsodG, IsodC-containing identifier sequence and natural nucleotide speed bumps would not interfere with the reading sequence. The resulting identification of the strand in the pore would occur independent of the presence of other natural or man-made nucleotide speed bumps. In this case, the speed bump pool does not have to be substantially free of other speed bumps that can form complex with the ss test DNA. When another speed bump binds to a segment of the ss test DNA other than identifier 1 segment, the first set of electrical signal obtained while the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled in the nanopore is distinctive from the other set of electrical signal obtained while the other speed bump-test DNA duplex segments are stalled in the nanopore. Thus, the presence of other speed bumps that can form complex with the ss test DNA does not interfere with the detection of the distinctive signals generated from binding of the first speed bump with identifier I of the ss test DNA. The ss test DNA and/or the speed bumps can be further constructed such that no other speed bumps binds to the identifier 1 segment as described supra. Thus, other speed bumps that do not comprise isodG or isodC bases will not bind to the identi fier 1 segment.
|0076| In another embodiment, the ss test DNA comprises more than one identifier, and the ss lest DNA and/or the speed bumps (SBN, N = 1 , 2, ... ) that bind to the identifier segments (identifier N) respectively arc designed such that when each SBN-identifier N duplex segment is stalled in the nanopore, the set of electrical signal obtained from the nanopore is distinctive from a primary nucleotide sequence and from when other SBN- identi fier N duplex segment is stalled in the nanopore. The speed bump pool comprises the speed bumps specific for the identifier(s) that is(arc) to be delected, and optionally include speed bumps for other identifiers and/or other speed bumps that can bind to the ss test DNA. |0077| In another embodiment, the identifier that binds to the identifier-specific speed bump and the sequence in front of the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA are both known. Thus, the set of electrical signals obtained in step C3 can also be used to identify the sequence in front of the identifier in the flow direction of the ss test DNA, which can in turn be used to identify of the identifier.
|0078| In another embodiment, an identifier is placed adjacent to an unknown segment in the ss test DNA. In one embodiment, the identifier is adjacent to the 5' end of the unknown segment in the ss lest DNA. BS 1 is on the 5' end such that the ss test DNA can only enter the nanopore from its 3' end. The speed bump-identifier duplex segment is formed and stalled in the nanopore under the application of an electric potential, and a set of electrical signal can be obtained to provide sequence information of the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment and the first basepair of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment. In another embodiment, the identifier is adjacent to the 3' end of the unknown segment in the ss test DNA. BS 1 is on the 3' end such that the ss test DNA can only enter the nanopore from its 5' end. The speed bump-identifier duplex segment is formed and stalled in the nanopore under the application of an electric potential, and a set of electrical signal can be obtained to provide sequence information of the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment and the first basepair of the speed bump-identifier duplex segment. In certain embodiments, the unknown sequence has up I base, 2 bases, 3 bases, 4 bases, or 5 bases.
[0079| In another embodiment, the method further comprises applying a first electric potential to flow the ss test DNA through a nanopore, and forming a second bulky structure (BS2) on a second end of the ss test DNA under a second condition as described supra. In one embodiment, the temperature of the first condition (TI ) is higher than the temperature of the second condition (T2), which is higher than the working temperature Tw. In a preferred embodiment, the temperature of the first condition (T l ) is at least 10 °C higher or at least 20 °C higher than the temperature of the second condition (T2), which is at least about I °C higher, at least about 5 °C higher, at least about 10 °C higher, at least about 15 °C higher, at least about 20 °C higher, or at least about 25 °C higher than the working temperature Tw. |0080] In certain embodiments, the identifier sequence that is adjacent to the unknown DNA is contacted with a first known speed bump (e.g. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 bases long), and the unknown DNA sequence that is in front of the identifier-speed bump duplex in the first flow direction of the ss test DNA molecule can be identified. Extending the sequence of the known speed bump in the flow direction of the ss test DNA allows identification of longer sequences in the unknown DNA. This method comprises the following steps:
(El ) contacting a first known speed bump with the test DNA molecule to form a first known speed bump-test DNA molecule complex having a first known speed bumpiest DNA molecule segment,
(E2) applying an electric potential lo flow the first known speed bump-test DNA molecule complex through a nanopore until the first known speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(E3) obtaining a first set of electrical signals when the first known speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled inside the nanopore for a dwelling time, in the flow direction of the test DNA molecule,
(E4) dissociating the first known speed bump-test DNA molecule segment and continuing the flow of the molecule through the nanopore,
(E5) removing the first known speed bumps from the nanopore detector system and reversing the flow of the test DNA until stopped by the bulky structure at the end, and (E6) repeating steps (E 1 )~(E5) with another known speed bump having a sequence of the first known speed bump plus a known number of bases longer in the flow direction of the test DNA molecule of step (E3), wherein:
E-a) the known number is 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10,
E-b) the known number of bases can be universal bases or bases that are complementary to the bases at the corresponding positions of the unknown DNA, and E-c) the condition of step (E4) may be adjusted, e.g. raising the working temperature and/or increasing the electric potential value applied in step (E4) to dissociate the speed bump-test DNA molecule segment successfully
|00811 Although the method described supra can only identify a sequence of the unknown DNA not longer than 15 bases. Such knowledge may faci litate identification/sequencing of the rest of the unknown sequence of the unknown DNA using the method described supra (e.g. using a random speed bump pool). Furthermore, the same process can be used lo identify a sequence of the unknown DNA from another end. Thus, up to 30 bases of an unknown DNA can be identi fied, which will provide a good reference in further identification/sequencing of the whole sequence of the unknown DNA.
Design and construction of a test DNA molecule
|0082| A test DNA comprising an Unknown sequence can be designed as described supra to comprise one or more functional moieties such as PB I , PB2, and identifiers as described supra.
|0083| PB I , PB2 and identifiers have been described supra.
|0084| The unknown sequence may be a synthesized DNA or DNA obtained from a biological sample as described supra. The test DNA molecule is constructed by ligating the
unknown DNA with other segments as desired using conventional organic and/or biological methods.
|0085) The test DNA can be formed by linking multiple functional moieties to an unknown DNA using conventional ligation methods (e.g. formation of covalent bonds (e.g. ligase assisted ligation or other covalent bonds, wherein the ligation can be accomplished by paired end sequencing chemistry, blunt-ended DNA ligation, and/or sticky-end ligation) or non-covalent interactions).
|0086| In certain embodiments, the unknown DNA obtained is a double-stranded (ds) unknown DNA. The ds unknown DNA can be ligated with one or more ds functional moieties (e.g. ds FB I , ds PB2, ds identifiers etc.) all in one step, or sequentially, or all functional moieties on one end of the unknown DNA are constructed together First and then ligated to the end of the unknown DNA. Examples of the conventional ligation methods includes, without limitation, ligase assisted ligation following blunt end, dangling end, and/or linker ligation; paired end sequencing protocols; mate-paired and end-paired protocols. Then the obtained ds test DNA is denatured to provide ss test DNA using conventional methods. |0087| In certain embodiments, the unknown DNA obtained is a ds unknown DNA, and is linked to one or more ds functional moieties (e.g. ds FB I , ds PB2, ds identifiers etc.) via covalent bonds other than the phosphodicster bonds. Examples of such linkage include, without limitation, the linkage in glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides. |0088| In certain embodiments, the unknown DNA obtained is a ss unknown DNA, and its complementary strand can be created to anneal with the ss unknown DNA to form a ds unknown DNA using conventional methods, and then ligate to one or more ds functional moieties as described supra.
[0089] In certain embodiment, a ss unknown DNA is linked to one or more ss functional moieties (e.g. ss PB 1 , ss FB2, ss identifiers etc.) using ligase assisted ligation. In certain embodiments, a ss unknown DNA is linked to one or more ss functional moieties via covalent bonds other than the phosphodiester bonds. Examples of such linkage include, without limitation, the linkage in glycol nucleotides, morpholinos, and locked nucleotides.
|0090| In certain embodiment, the unknown DNA obtained is a ds unknown DNA and can be denatured to provide a ss unknown DNA to be linked to one or more ss functional moieties as described supra.
|0091 | In certain embodiments, the functional moieties are linked by cleavable bonds such that one or more individual functional moieties can be cleaved from the ss test DNA. In one embodiment, a bulky structure can be removed from a ss test DNA by cleaving a
functional moieties positioned between the unknown DNA and the bulky structure. Then, the ss test DNA can be released from the nanopore it is in by applying an electric potential to move the ss test DNA through the nanopore in the direction at which it is no longer stopped by the cleaved bulky structure.
|0092| The invention is illustrated further by the following examples that are not be construed as limiting the invention in scope to the specific procedures or products described therein.
EXAM PLES
[00931 Example I . PB2 structure (I).
|0094| A ss test DNA having a BS2 on one end was captured in a nanopore at a temperature lower than T2 and released at a temperature higher than T2 (Figure 12).
|0095] The BS2 (BS2- 1 ) was a DNA 5-basc duplex hairpin structure formed from a PB2 having a sequence of 5'-CCCCC CCCCC ΤΓΑΤΑ CCCCT ATAA-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 1 , PB2- I ). BS2- 1 had melting temperature of about 1 5 °C, and a AG of about -0.96 kcal/mol at 5 °C according to the simulation using UNAFOLD program. This moderately low AG indicated that BS2- 1 had a relatively low binding energy.
(0096) In Figure 12, the solid line showed the change in temperature from 2 °C to 14 °C. The dots represented individual DNA captures, meaning that PB2- 1 formed BS2- 1 at the corresponding temperature and was captured in the nanopore. The captures were present when the temperature was about or lower than T2 (about 5 °C), indicating that BS2- 1 was formed from PB2- 1 and the DNA was stalled in the nanopore. The capture of the DNA disappeared when the temperature increased to about 5~10 °C over T2, indicating that BS2- I melted and was no longer stalled in the nanopore.
|0097J Thus, PB2- 1 formed BS2- 1 which stopped the ss DNA in the pore at temperaturcs-about 10 °C lower than its melting temperature. This may be due to the relatively low AG BS2- 1 had. Thus, the DNA duplex structure in BS2- 1 was relatively easy to dissociate in the nanopore. Thus, a BS2 having a higher AG may be more difficult to dcstruct and may provide longer dwelling time at the nanopore at a temperature closer to the melting temperature of the BS2.
10098) Example 2. PB1 and PB2 structure (I I).
[0099| A PB 1 forms a BS 1 at a first temperature (Tl ) that is higher than the second temperature (T2) at which a BS2 is formed from a PB2. T2 is higher than a working
temperature (Tw). In this example, Tw is below room temperature. Thus, PB I is designed to have a relative long DNA duplex segment (either in a DNA duplex with an anti-sense DNA segment, or in a hairpin structure) such that the desired melting temperature of the relative long DNA duplex segment is achieved.
(00100] PB2 is designed to have a lower melting temperature and a high binding energy (AG = about - 1—5 kcal/mol, about -4— 6 kcal/mol, about -4—5 kcal/mol, about -4.5 kcal/mol, or about -4.0 kcal/mol at the working condition). A molly bolt or branched molecule has been designed to provide a BS2 having low T2 while not easily dissociated at the working condition.
[00101 1 An example of PB I has a sequence of 1 5 bases and a 4 base A loop; 5'-CGTCT AGCGT TGCCG AAAAC GGCAA CGCTA GACG-3' (SEQ I D NO. 2, PB l -1 ). This sequence has a delta G of -22.7 kcal/mole and a melt temperature of 91 .4 °C in 1 M KG, and 1 μΜ sequence concentration according to the simulation using UNAFOLD program.
1001021 An example of PB2 has a sequence of 5'-GACCC TGCCC CCAGC TTTCC CCAAA CGTCA AAAAA-3' (SEQ ID NO. 3, PB2-2) and the formed BS2-2 is a 3 stem, 3 duplex, 2 loop molecule as shown below according to the simulation using UNAFOLD program:
BS2-2
The following characteristics of the BS2-2 were provided using UNAFOLD
AG = -4.5140 kcal/mol at 5 °C ( 100% folded),
ΔΗ = -67.90 kcal/mol,
AS = -227.9 cal/(K»mol) and
Tm = 24.8083 °C.
[001041 Λ calculated melting curve of BS2- 1 was obtained using UNAFOLD and shown in Figure 1 3. This melting curve illustrates that at above 30 °C about 90% of the structures are linear (PB2-2) and at below 20 °C about 90% of the structures form BS2-2. Such a steep melting curve shows well controlled bulky structure formation of BS2-2, which is highly desired. The AG of BS2-2 at 5 °C is -4.5 kcal/mol, which indicates a stronger binding affinity than the 5 base hairpin molecule BS2- 1 in Example 1 .
|00105) Example 3. Stalling DNA by 4-basc duplex segments
|00106) This example illustrates a 4-bascr duplex segment stalled the ss test DNA in a nanopore for a dwelling time sufficient to obtain desired sequence information.
[00107) The test DNAs were the fol lowing:
[001081 A test DNA was formed by self-hybridization of DNA- 1 : 5'-CCCCC CCCCC GCGC-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 4). DNA- 1 was dissolved in biology grade water, heated to 90 °C and then left to cool to room temperature for self-hybridization. A DNA- 1 molecule hybridized with another DNA- 1 molecule to form a self-hybridized DNA- 1 structure having a 4-basc GCGC duplex segment at the 3' ends and two overhanging ss 10-C tails at the 5' ends thereof. At the working condition, the self-hybridized DNA- 1 structure entered a nanopore with one of the two overhanging ss 10-C tails, stalled in the nanopore by the 4-basc duplex segment at the 3' end for a dwelling time, and then when the 4-base duplex segment dissociated, the self-hybridized DNA- 1 structure was converted to two ss DNA- 1 molecules which went through the nanopore like ss test DNAs. Thus, when flowing through a nanopore, the self-hybridi/.ed DNA- 1 structure simulated a ss test DNA having a 4-base duplex segment Conned by a speed bump and the ss test DNA.
|00109) Another test DNA, self-hybridized DNA-2 structure, was formed by self- hybridization of DNA-2: 5 '-TTTTT TTTTT GCGC-3 ' (SEQ ID NO. 5) using the same process described supra regarding the formation of the self-hybridized DNA- 1 . The self- hybridized DNA-2 structure had a 4-base GCGC duplex at the 3' ends and two overhanging ss 10-T tails at the 5' ends.
1001 10) Another test DNA was streptavidin-DNA-3 complex formed by incubation of DNA-3 : 5 '-TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT TTTTT ΤΤΊΊΤ TTTTT TTTTT-biotin-3 ' (SEQ
ID NO. 6) and streptavidin at a condition described below. When flowing through a nanopore under a electric potential, streptavidin-DNA-3 complex stalled in the nanopore until the electric potential was changed/reversed. Thus, streptavidin-DNA-3 complex served as a positive control showing that the nanopore detector system was working properly. The dwell time of this molecule was long, represented by the points at the far right side of the x-axis (time) in Figure 1 4.
lOO l l l J The working condition was 20 mM 1-IEPKs buffer and 1 M KCI at 0 °C. The electric potential applied was about 128 mV.
(001 121 The nanopores were created from 10 ng/mL alpha hemolysin deposited onto the surface of a bilayer at a final concentration of 0.2 ng/mL and with the application of electrical stimul us as described in US Appl ication Publication No. 201 1 /01 93570. The bilayers were created with the painting method from 1 0 mg/mL of DPhPC in Decane across the essentially planar AgCI electrode on a Teflon surface as described in US Application Publication No. 20 ! 1 /0193570.
|001 13 | Self-hybridized DNA- 1 (2 μΜ), self-hybridized DNA-2 (2 μΜ), DNA-3 (2 μΜ), and streptavidin ( I μΜ) were incubated with multiple nanopores constructed as described supra for about 2 h at the working condition described supra in this example. An electric potential of about 1 28 mV was appl ied to the nanopore arid electrical signals were col lected and shown in Figure 1 . Figure 1 showed that the 4-base duplex segments were able to stall DNA- 1 and DNA-2 in the nanopore for a dwelling time of about 1 00 ms to 200 ms. These data showed thai speed bumps as short as 4 bases worked to stall a ss test DNA long enough to obtain relevant sequence information.
(001 14] Example 4. Stalling DNA by 6-base random speed bump pool
[001 15| This example illustrates a 6-base random speed bump pool successfully bound to, stalled in a nanopore detector and d issociated from a test DNA.
[001 16] In this example, the ss test DNA was ss female genomic DNA. The random speed bump pool comprised hexamer DNA oligonucleotides having all combinations of the primary DNA nucleotides, which was purchased from Invitrogen.
1001 17] The working condition was 20 mtvl HEPEs buffer and 1 M KCI at 0 °C. The electric potential applied was about 128 mV .
(001 18] The nanopores were created from I 0 ng/mL alpha hemolysin deposited onto the surface of a bilayer at a final concentration of 0.2 ng/mL and with the application of electrical stimulus as described in US Appl ication Publication No. 201 1 /01 93570. The bilayers were
created with the painting method from 10 mg/mL of DPhPC in Decane across the essentially planar AgCI electrode on a Teflon surface as described in US Application Publication No. 201 1 /0193570.
|00119] The ss test DNA ( 1 μΜ) was incubated with the 6-basc random speed bump pool ( 100 μΜ) were incubated with multiple nanopores constructed as described supra for about 2 h at the working condition described supra in this example. An electric potential of about 1 28 mV was applied to the nanopore and electrical signals were collected. The signals showed that the 6-base random speed bump pool was able to bind to the ss lest DNA, stall the ss test DNA in the nanopore long enough to obtain relevant sequence information, and dissociate from the ss test DNA as described herein.
Claims
1 . A method of obtaining sequence information of an unknown sequence in a ss test DNA, comprising:
(B 1 ) forming a first bulky structure (BS 1 ) on a first end of the ss lest DNA at a first temperature,
(B2) applying a first electric potential to flow the ss test DNA through a nanopore, (B3) forming a second bulky structure (BS2) on a second end of the ss test DNA at a second temperature,
(B4) optionally applying another electric potential to reverse the flow of the ss test DNA until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS2 before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(B5) contacting a random speed bump pool with the ss test DNA to form a speed bump-test DNA complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA duplex segment at a working temperature,
(B6) applying a third electric potential to flow the speed bump-test DNA complex through the nanopore until a first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stopped before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(B7) obtaining a first set of electrical signals when the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is stalled inside the nanopore for a dwelling time, and characterizing the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and the first basepair of the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, in the flow direction of the ss lest DNA,
(B8) dissociating the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment and continuing the flow of the DNA through the nanopore,
(B9) repeating steps (B4)~(B8) until the ss test DNA is stopped by BS I or BS2, (B I O) applying another electric potential to move the test DNA at a reversed direction of the test DNA flow in step (B5) until the ss test DNA is stopped by the other bulky structure before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(B 1 1 ) repeating steps (B9)~(B 10) at least 1 time, and
(B 12) constructing the ss unknown DNA sequence by overlapping the collected nucleotide sequence information,
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is higher than the second temperature, which is higher lhan the working temperature.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the working temperature is at about - 10 to about 20 °C.
4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the working temperature is about - 10 to about 1 5 °C.
5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the speed bumps have a length of up to 8 bases.
6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the speed bumps have a length of up to 6 bases.
7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the speed bumps have a length of up to 4 bases.
8. The method according to claim 2, wherein PB2 has a sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 .
9. The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (Β Π ), steps (B9)~(B 10) arc repealed at least 1 0 times.
10. The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (B l l ), steps (B9)~(B 10)are repeated at least 20 times.
1 1 The method according to claim 2, wherein the ss unknown DNA has a length of 5 to about 10,000 bases.
1 2 The method according to claim 2, wherein the ss unknown DNA has a length of 15 to about 10,000 bases.
1 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the nanopore is an alpha hemolysin nanopore detector.
14. The method according to claim 2, wherein the amount of the electric potentials applied in steps (B4)~(B 1 1 ) arc the same or different, or are continuously changing.
1 5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps having universal base at 3' end and/or 5' end .
16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps which form duplex sections with ss test DNA, and the duplex sections have about the same melting temperatures.
17. The method according to claim I , wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps having universal bases.
18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps composed of locked nucleotides.
19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps composed of locked nucleotides having universal bases.
20. The method according to claim I , wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bumps having dideoxynucleosides at the 3' end and/or the 5' end.
21 . The method according to claim 1. wherein the random speed bump pool comprises speed bump trains formed by linking multiple speed bumps with non-binding linkers.
22. The method according to claim 1 , wherein BS 1 and/or BS2 comprisc(s) structures that are non-binding to the random speed bump pool.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the non^binding structures are selected from the group consisting of isodG, isodC, abasic site and combination thereof.
24. A method of obtaining sequence information of a single-stranded (ss) test DNA having an identifier segment having a known sequence, comprising:
(B l ) forming a first bulky structure on a first end of the test DNA molecule, (C I ) contacting a pool of speed bumps (speed bump pool) with the test DNA molecule to form a speed bump-test DNA molecule complex having at least one speed bump-test DNA molecule segment,
(C2) applying an electric potential to flow the speed bump-test DNA molecule complex through a nanopore until a first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled before the constriction area of the nanopore,
(C3) obtaining a first set of electrical signals when the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment is stalled inside the nanopore for a dwelling time, in the flow direction of the test DNA molecule,
(C4) dissociating the first speed bump-test DNA molecule segment and continuing the (low of the molecule through the nanopore, and
(C5) repeating steps (C I )~(C4) Until the test DNA molecule is stopped by BS 1 and (C6) according to the first set of electrical signals obtained in step (C3) and/or the electrical signals obtained from step (C5),
indicating the ss test DNA comprises the identifier segment, and/or characterizing the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the speed bump- identi fier duplex segment and the nucleotide sequence of the first basepair of the speed bump-test DNA duplex segment, in the flow direction of the ss test DNA.
25. The method according lo claim 24, wherein the nucleotide sequence that is in front of the first speed bump-test DNA duplex segment is a 1 , 2, 3, 4, or 5-base sequence.
26. The method according to claim 25, further comprising the following steps:
(B2) applying a second electric potential to flow the ss test DNA through a nanopore, and (B3) forming a second bulky structure (BS2) on a second end of the ss test DNA al a second temperature, wherein:
the first temperature is at least 10 °C higher than the second temperature, and the second temperature is at least 5 °C higher than the working temperature.
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