A low-cost 3D-printable differential scanning fluorometer for protein and RNA melting experiments.

Biophysical chemistry Differential scanning fluorimetry ESP32 Protein melting point Thermal shift assay

Journal

HardwareX
ISSN: 2468-0672
Titre abrégé: HardwareX
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101710262

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Historique:
received: 26 10 2021
revised: 02 12 2021
accepted: 01 01 2022
entrez: 5 5 2022
pubmed: 6 5 2022
medline: 6 5 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) is a widely used biophysical technique with applications to drug discovery and protein biochemistry. DSF experiments are commonly performed in commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) thermal cyclers or nanoDSF instruments. Here, we report the construction, validation, and example applications of an open-source DSF system for 176 €, which, in addition to protein-DSF experiments, also proved to be a versatile biophysical instrument for less conventional RNA-DSF experiments. Using 3D-printed parts made of polyoxymethylene, we were able to fabricate a thermostable machine chassis for protein-melting experiments. The combination of blue high-power LEDs as the light source and stage light foil as filter components was proven to be a reliable and affordable alternative to conventional optics equipment for the detection of SYPRO Orange or Sybr Gold fluorescence. The ESP32 microcontroller is the core piece of this openDSF instrument, while the in-built I

Identifiants

pubmed: 35509940
doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00256
pii: S2468-0672(22)00001-3
pmc: PMC9058602
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e00256

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Author(s).

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Auteurs

Fabian Barthels (F)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Stefan J Hammerschmidt (SJ)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Tim R Fischer (TR)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Collin Zimmer (C)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Elisabeth Kallert (E)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Mark Helm (M)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Christian Kersten (C)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

Tanja Schirmeister (T)

Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

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