Avidin-gated mesoporous silica nanoparticles for signal amplification in electrochemical biosensor

[EN] We report herein a novel sensing strategy for electrochemical biosensors, by using mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with the redox probe methylene blue and capped with an avidin/imminobiotin stimulus-responsive gate-like ensemble as signal amplification element. As a proof of concept, an...

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Autores: Jimenez-Falcao, Sandra, Parra-Nieto, Jorge, Pérez-Cuadrado, Hugo, Martínez-Ruiz, Paloma, Villalonga, Reynaldo, Martínez-Máñez, Ramón|||0000-0001-5873-9674
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/195816
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/195816
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aptamer
Biosensor
Carcinoembryonic antigen
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Signal amplification
QUIMICA INORGANICA
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Sumario:[EN] We report herein a novel sensing strategy for electrochemical biosensors, by using mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with the redox probe methylene blue and capped with an avidin/imminobiotin stimulus-responsive gate-like ensemble as signal amplification element. As a proof of concept, an aptasensor for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was constructed by attaching a biotin and thiol-functionalized anti-CEA DNA hairpin aptamer on gold nanoparticles modified carbon screen-printed electrodes. The biosensing approach relied on the unfolding of the aptamer molecule after specific recognition of CEA, unmasking the biotin residue and allowing further association with the avidin-capped mesoporous nanocarrier. Incubation with H2SO4 trigger the release of the encapsulated redox probe allowing the detection of the cancer biomarker from 1.0 pg/mL to 160 ng/mL.