Journal
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 85, Issue 19, Pages 9378-9382Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac402295y
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21275009, 20805002]
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, MOE. China
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We first developed a label-free and immobilization-free homogeneous electrochemical aptasensor, which combined a smart functional DNA hairpin and a designed miniaturized electrochemical device. Cocaine was chosen as a model target. The anticocaine aptamer and peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme were integrated into one single-stranded DNA hairpin. Both aptamer and G-quadruplex were elaborately blocked by the stem region. The conformation switching induced by the affinity interaction between aptamer and cocaine released G-quadruplex part and turned on DNAzyme activity. The designed electrochemical device, constructed by a disposable micropipet tip and a reproducible carbon fiber ultramicroelectrode, was applied to the detection of homogeneous DNAzyme catalytic activity at the microliter level. The aptasensor realized the quantification of cocaine ranging from 1 to 500 mu M with high specificity. The clever combination of the functional DNA hairpin and the novel device achieved an absolutely label-free electrochemical aptasensor, which showed excellent performance like low cost, easy operation, rapid detection, and high repeatability.
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