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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 104, Issue 9, Pages 3947-3957Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10520-3
Keywords
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV); Au nanowires; peroxidase-like activity; FA-functionalized AT composite (ATF); Detection of cancer cells
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51678120]
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A sensing methodology that combines Au, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), and folic acid for selective, sensitive, and colorimetric detection of tumor cells based on the peroxidase-like activity was reported in this study. Gold nanowires with a high aspect ratio were synthesized using TMV as a template. Au@TMV nanowire (AT) complex was obtained with diameter of 4 nm and length between 200 and 300 nm. In addition, since TMV was biocompatible and had many amino and carboxyl groups on its surface, AT was conjugated by folate to form a folic acid (FA)-conjugated AT composite (ATF) and tested by FTIR measurements. Furthermore, the peroxidase-like properties were studied and the optimal conditions for mimic enzyme activity were optimized. Finally, HeLa and other tumor cells expressed excessive receptors of folate on the surface, which can specifically bind to folic acid. As the specific binding of ATF with HeLa cells, the peroxidase properties of ATF were used for detection of cancer cells (Scheme 1). The cancer cells were detected not only qualitatively but also quantitatively. In this study, as low as 2000 cancer cells/mL could be detected using the current method.
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