The invention discloses an EV
membrane protein single molecule detection method based on
droplet microfluidics and application thereof. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an Ab-oligo compound which is formed by sequentially connecting an
antibody,
Linker,
Linker connection
DNA,
RNA capable of being specifically
cut by
RNA enzyme and template
DNA for starting
signal amplification; then capturing the
extracellular vesicles in the
plasma by using the CD9 / CD63 / CD81 functionalized magnetic beads; the method comprises the following steps: adding an Ab-oligo compound and a sealing
buffer solution into
extracellular vesicles, incubating, removing the uncombined Ab-oligo compound, adding
RNA enzyme for incubating and
enzyme digestion, collecting template
DNA for starting
signal amplification, and performing microdroplet digital
PCR analysis to realize single molecule analysis of EV
membrane protein. According to the invention, the one-to-one correspondence relationship between the
antibody and
oligonucleotide is established through
Linker for the first time, single
protein information is converted into single
nucleic acid chain information, and EV
membrane protein single molecule detection is realized. The method is simple to operate, can qualitatively and quantitatively detect the single EV membrane
protein, and is beneficial to further research on the relationship between the EV membrane
protein and diseases.