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ArticleNucleic acids research2010

Blank peak current-suppressed electrochemical aptameric sensing platform for highly sensitive signal-on detection of small molecule.

Songbai Zhang, Rong Hu, Peng Hu, Zai-Sheng Wu, Guo-Li Shen, Ru-Qin Yu

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Songbai ZhangState Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China.
Rong Hu
Peng Hu
Zai-Sheng Wu
Guo-Li Shen
Ru-Qin Yu
Hunan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this contribution, an electrochemical aptameric sensing scheme for the sensitive detection of small molecules is proposed using adenosine as a target model. A ferrocene (Fc)-functionalized thiolated aptamer probe is adapted and immobilized onto an electrode surface. Introducing a recognition site for EcoRI into the aptamer sequence not only suppresses the peak current corresponding to blank sample but also provides a signal-on response mechanism. In the absence of adenosine, the aptamer can fold into a hairpin structure and form a cleavable double-stranded region. Fc is capable of being removed from electrode surface by treatment with endonuclease, and almost no peak current is observed. The adenosine/aptamer binding induces the conformational transition of designed aptamer, dissociating the cleavable double-stranded segment. Therefore, the integrated aptamer sequence is maintained when exposing to endonuclease, generating a peak current of Fc. Utilizing the present sensing scheme, adenosine even at a low concentration can give a detectable current signal. Thus, a detection limit of 10(-10) M and a linear response range from 3.74×10(-9) to 3.74×10(-5) M are achieved. The proposed proof-of-principle of a novel electrochemical sensing is expected to extend to establish various aptameric platforms for the analysis of a broad range of target molecules of interest.

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AdenosineAptamers, NucleotideBiosensing TechniquesElectric ConductivityElectric ImpedanceElectrochemical TechniquesNucleic Acid ConformationReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityAdenosineAptamers, Nucleotide

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PMCPMC2978380
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