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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 2428-2433Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2008.12.025
Keywords
Polymethyl methacrylate; Interdigitated ultramicroelectrode array; Liposome; Cryptosporidium parvum; Biosensor
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- National Science Foundation [ECS-0335765, ECS-9876771]
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This paper discusses the design, microfabrication and use of an electrochemical biosensor based on a polymer substrate for cost effectiveness and disposability. As model analyte, amplified hsp70 mRNA from Cryptosporidium parvum was chosen. Microfluidic channels were fabricated in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) using hot embossing with a copper master. The electrochemical transducer, an interdigitated ultra microelectrode array (IDUA) was also realized directly on the PMMA surface. First, the unstructured PMMA surface was UV functionalized. An 8 min UV treatment resulted in a carboxylic acid density of approximately 8 nmol/cm(2) on the PMMA surface. The surface carboxylic acid groups were then conjugated to cystamine using water-soluble carbodiimide chemistry. Cold (200 nm) was then evaporated onto the thiol-functionalized surface. Using standard photolithography techniques, the IDUA containing 10 mu m wide electrodes with 5 mu m gaps was then formed followed by a gold etch. The PMMA surface containing the microchannel was subsequently bonded to the PMMA surface containing the IDUA using UV-assisted thermal bonding. The additional UV treatment also served to decrease the water contact angle of the surface from 62.5 degrees +/- 0.7 degrees to 48.4 degrees +/- 0.2 degrees thus, aiding with the capillary flow in the device. The hsp70 mRNA was isolated from C. parvum oocysts and amplified using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA). The amplicon was detected in a sandwich hybridization assay with capture probe-coated superparamagnetic beads and reporter probe-tagged liposomes. The liposomes entrapped potassium ferro/ferrihexacyanide to enable amperometric quantification of the amplicon on the IDUA. Amplified mRNA from only I oocyst was detectable with this PMMA biosensor. The final detection device measured approximately 10 mm x 40 mm x 3 mm and contained two detection channels for dual analyses. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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