Journal
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 77, Issue -, Pages 220-226Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.09.041
Keywords
Homogeneous photoelectrochemical assay; Catalytic hairpin assembly; Hybridization chain reaction; DNAzyme; Catalytic precipitation
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31501570, 21445002, 21575074]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2014BQ011]
- Research Foundation for Distinguished Scholars of Qingdao Agricultural University [663-1115003]
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In this work, an ultrasensitive immobilization-free photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor was successfully developed for the first time based on a novel enzyme-free cascaded quadratic signal amplification strategy. This rationally designed homogeneous dual amplification strategy consists of a target-analog recycling circuit based on catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) and a hybridization chain reaction (HCR) mediated amplification circuit. In the presence of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a proof-of-concept target, target-analog is released to trigger the upstream CHA recycling circuit. The generated dsDNA complexes from CHA recycling could further induce the downstream HCR amplification, leading to the formation of numerous hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzymes. This would accordingly stimulate the biocatalytic precipitation of 4-chloro-1-naphthol, inducing a distinct decrease in the photocurrent signal due to the formed insoluble/insulating products on electrode surface. Under the optimal conditions, this PEC biosensor achieved ultrasensitive detection of CEA down to the atto-gram level. The introduction of this aptamer-based cascaded quadratic amplification strategy not only remarkably improves the selectivity and sensitivity of CEA assay, but also allows the ultrasensitive detection of other proteins by designing specific aptamers, providing a universal, isothermal and label-free PEC biosensing platform for ultrasensitive detection of different kinds of cancer biomarkers and holding a great potential for early-diagnosis of cancer. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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