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Development of an Electrochemical DNA Biosensor to Detect a Foodborne Pathogen
Published on: June 3, 2018
Electrochemical nanobiosensor based on reduced graphene oxide and gold nanoparticles for ultrasensitive detection of
Javad Mohammadnejad1, Niki Basirhaghighi1, Fatemeh Yazdian1
1Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran 14395-1561, Iran.
Abstract:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most prevalent cancers in children and microRNA-128 is amongst the most useful biomarkers not only for diagnosis of ALL, but also for discriminating ALL from acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study, a novel electrochemical nanobiosensor based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been fabricated to detect miRNA-128. Cyclic Voltametery (CV), Square Wave Voltametery (SWV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) have been applied to characterize the nanobiosensor. Hexacyanoferrate as a label-free and methylene blue as a labeling material were used in the design of the nanobiosensors. It was found that the modified electrode has excellent selectivity and sensitivity to miR-128, with a limit of detection of 0.08761 fM in label-free and 0.00956 fM in labeling assay. Additionally, the examination of real serum samples of ALL and AML patients and control cases confirms that the designed nanobiosensor has the potential to detect and discriminate these two cancers and the control samples.
