کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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179100 | 459336 | 2014 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• A universal electrochemical aptasensor fabrication strategy was developed.
• Binding-induced internal-displacement of inverted aptamer beacon
• Signal-on electrochemical aptasensor
• Sensitive detection of thrombin
• The aptasensor is regenerable and reusable.
In this paper, we reported a novel electrochemical aptasensor based on an inverted aptamer beacon (IAB). The IAB architecture with a hairpin structure consisted of an aptamer arm and a ferrocene (Fc)-labeling signal arm, and was inverted on the electrode through a thiol-linker on the middle site of its loop. The inverted immobilization strategy prevented the end-labeling of ferrocene tag from approaching the electrode, thus resulting in a weak electrochemical signal. In the presence of thrombin, binding of target with the aptamer arm displaced the signaling arm, producing a flexible single-stranded element, i.e. internal-displacement which allowed Fc tag to collide with the electrode, thereby producing a relatively strong electrochemical signal. By monitoring the increased signal, thrombin could be readily detected in the signal-on mode with a detection limit (LOD) of 0.21 nM. Inspiringly, the IAB-based strategy required no auxiliary strands and did not depend on structure-switching of specific aptamer/target couple, thus presenting as a generalized method for fabrication of other electrochemical aptasensors.
Journal: Electrochemistry Communications - Volume 47, October 2014, Pages 25–28