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Fabrication of Electrochemical-DNA Biosensors for the Reagentless Detection of Nucleic Acids, Proteins and Small Molecules
Published on: June 1, 2011
A novel DNA binding protein-based platform for electrochemical detection of miRNA
Muhammad Umer1, Nahian B Aziz2, Rabbee G Mahmudunnabi3
1Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC), Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia. m.umer@griffith.edu.au.
Abstract:
We present a novel amplification-free sandwich type platform assay for electrochemical detection of miRNA. The assay is based on T4 DNA polymerase mediated synthesis of the p53 binding DNA sequence at the 3' end of target miRNA. The resulting miRNA-DNA chimera is detected via an electrochemical sandwich hybridization assay where HRP-labelled p53 binds to its recognition sequence and an amperometric signal is generated by hydroquinone-mediated enzymatic reduction of H2O2. The limit of detection of our assay was estimated to be 22 fM with a linear dynamic range of 100 fM-1 nM. This new platform method of detecting miRNA shows superior performance to conventional electrochemical miRNA biosensors and has the potential for amplification-free analysis of miRNA with high specificity and sensitivity.
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