Spacer-Programmed Two-Dimensional DNA Origami Assembly

作者：Yongjun Liu, Zheze Dai, Xiaodong Xie, Bochen Li, Sisi Jia, Qian Li, Mingqiang Li, Chunhai Fan, Xiaoguo Liu · 发表于：Journal of the American Chemical Society · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1021/jacs.3c13180 · 被引用次数：17 · 研究领域：Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques、RNA Interference and Gene Delivery、Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

Two-dimensional (2D) DNA origami assembly represents a powerful approach to the programmable design and construction of advanced 2D materials. Within the context of hybridization-mediated 2D DNA origami assembly, DNA spacers play a pivotal role as essential connectors between sticky-end regions and DNA origami units. Here, we demonstrated that programming the spacer length, which determines the binding radius of DNA origami units, could effectively tune sticky-end hybridization reactions to produce distinct 2D DNA origami arrays. Using DNA-PAINT super-resolution imaging, we unveiled the significant impact of spacer length on the hybridization efficiency of sticky ends for assembling square DNA origami (SDO) units. We also found that the assembly efficiency and pattern diversity of 2D DNA origami assemblies were critically dependent on the spacer length. Remarkably, we realized a near-unity yield of ∼98% for the assembly of SDO trimers and tetramers via this spacer-programmed strategy. At last, we revealed that spacer lengths and thermodynamic fluctuations of SDO are positively correlated, using molecular dynamics simulations. Our study thus paves the way for the precision assembly of DNA nanostructures toward higher complexity.