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Accurate and reliable detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) activity is crucial for clinical diagnosis and prognosis assessment. However, current techniques for accurately monitoring UDG activity still face significant challenges due to the single input or output signal modes. Here, we develop a sequentially activated-dumbbell DNA nanodevice (SEAD) that enables precise and reliable evaluation of UDG activity through primer exchange reactions (PER)-based orthogonal signal output. The SEAD incorporates a double-hairpin structure with a stem containing two deoxyuridine (dU) sites for target recognition and two preblocked primer binding regions for target amplification and signal output. Upon UDG recognition of dU, the SEAD can be cleaved by apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1), generating two different hairpins with exposed primer binding regions. These hairpins serve as templates to initiate the parallel PER, enabling the extending of two different amplification products: a long single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) with repetitive sequences and a short ferrocene-labeled ssDNA with complementary sequences. These products further self-assemble into DNA nano-strings in an orthogonal manner that act as an electrochemiluminescence signal switch, enabling precise detection of low-abundance UDG. This work develops a sequential input and orthogonal output strategy for accurately monitoring UDG activity, highlighting the significant potential in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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