DNA-based one-pot rapid biosensing platform integrating turn-back loop primer-accelerated LAMP and Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute for meat visual authentication

Meat adulteration is a significant global food safety challenge, creating a pressing need for rapid and on-site detection technologies. Herein, we present an intelligent one-pot biosensing platform termed one-pot TLAMP-PfAgo assay (OTPA) that integrates the rapid amplification of turn-back loop primer-accelerated loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) (TLAMP) with the sequence-specific detection of Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute (PfAgo). This system features a clever heat-activatable design using microcrystalline wax to spatially separate reactions within a single tube, enabling contamination-free and streamlined operation. The OTPA assay achieves sensitive and specific detection, with limits of detection as low as 3×10 −4 ng/µL for pork DNA and 2×10 −4 ng/µL for beef DNA within 30 min. It successfully enables duplex target identification and has been validated with commercial meat products, showing perfect concordance with standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based qualitative detection. Notably, the result can be directly visualized under blue light, underscoring the substantial potential of this cost-effective and simple platform for point-of-care testing (POCT) and intelligent biosensing in food safety surveillance.