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A label-free electrochemical immunosensor for CA125 detection based on CMK-3(Au/Fc@MgAl-LDH)n multilayer
Mengdie Wu1, Simin Liu2, Feifan Qi2
1Collaborative Research Center, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, 201318, China; Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Abstract:
A label-free electrochemical immunosensor was constructed for cancer antigen 125 (CA125) detection based on multiple-enlargement means of layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3), gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) and MgAl layered double hydroxides containing ferrocenecarboxylic acid (Fc@MgAl-LDH). A CMK-3(Au/Fc@MgAl-LDH)n multilaminate nanocomposites was designed using technology of LBL self-assembly among negatively charged Au NPs, positively charged CMK-3 and Fc@MgAl-LDH nanosheets. The CMK-3(Au/Fc@MgAl-LDH)n multilaminate nanocomposites was used as carriers to increase the immobilization of antibody and the number of loading Fc, conductors to strengthen conductivity and enhancers to amplify signal of Fc step-by-step. Besides, this special and excellent way of LBL assembly can immensely amplify the signal of immunosensor and more immobilize the biomolecules, and label-free method is a more simple the measuring way and the procedure. The immunosensor displayed a wider linear range of 0.01 U ml-1-1000 U ml-1 and a lower detection limit of 0.004 U ml-1. Therefore, the sensor can stablely and accurately be applied for CA125 detection in clinical cancer diagnosis.
