This invention discloses a
microRNA-responsive 1,2-dioxane-based chemiluminescent compound, its dual-probe
system, kit, synthesis method, and applications. The compound's core is an o-
acrylate-substituted phenoxyadamantane-1,2-dioxane, with the phenolic hydroxyl group protected by an
azide benzyl group. The two-component probe
system constructed based on this compound comprises an
azide-modified first probe and a
phosphine-modified second probe, each complementary to different segments of the target
microRNA. Hybridization brings the two probes closer, triggering a Staudinger reaction to remove the
protecting group and activate the chemiluminescent
signal. This probe
system requires no
enzyme amplification or
nucleic acid extraction, achieves a
detection limit of 1.37 fM, and a
signal-to-
noise ratio as high as 157-fold. It can be successfully used for real-time imaging of endogenous
microRNA-21 in live cells, showing broad application prospects in early tumor screening, auxiliary diagnosis, and prognostic assessment.