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TOPS-CRISPR: Thermally-regulated and oligonucleotide-mediated one-pot CRISPR-Cas12a assay for ultra-sensitive and rapid on-site diagnostics
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DOI：10.1016/j.bios.2026.118998.png)
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CRISPR-Cas12a has emerged as a powerful tool in molecular diagnostics, owing to its robust signal amplification and compact crRNA design. However, its uncontrolled enzymatic activity often hampers application in streamlined one-pot assays. Although existing temporal or spatial regulation strategies can mitigate this issue, they typically introduce operational complexity or increased cost. Here, we designed a Thermally regulated, Oligonucleotide-mediated one-Pot System for CRISPR-Cas12a (TOPS-CRISPR), which employs a programmable inhibition strategy based on complementary RNA blockers with tunable length and binding sites, enabling efficient and reversible steric inhibition of the LbCas12a-crRNA ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex, resolving the inherent contradiction between amplification and cleavage in one-pot assay. TOPS-CRISPR not only is operational simple and cost-effective but also achieves over 60-fold higher sensitivity than conventional one-pot platforms. We demonstrated the clinical applicability of TOPS-CRISPR by accurately detecting Brucella and Streptococcus in both spiked and clinical samples. Moreover, the system integrates seamlessly with rapid sample processing, lyophilized reagents, and miniaturized workflows, enabling field-deployable pathogen identification within 50 min.
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