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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
S9.6 Antibody-Mediated Wireless Portable Biosensor with Multiple Affinity Enhancements for Comprehensive Detection of
Yi Wang1,2, Zeyu Ma2, Yingjing Li2
1College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Abstract:
Creating biosensors capable of facilely and entirely excluding the influence of interfering biomolecules in complex samples holds profound significance for advancing detection technology and diagnostics. Here, we develop a wireless portable biosensor (WPB) that prevents interference from abundant biomolecules in serum through homogeneous hybridization and S9.6 antibody-mediated multivalent capture. By transferring the hybridization environment from a heterogeneous chip surface to a homogeneous solution, the biosensor maintains consistent hybridization efficiency in serum as in buffer. Additionally, the use of S9.6 antibody-mediated multivalent capture ensures nearly unchanged binding affinity in serum compared to buffer. On the basis of the multiple affinity enhancements, S9.6 antibody-mediated WPB can achieve ultrasensitive detection of nucleic acid in 50% human serum. Specifically, a subtle blocker is designed to eliminate the competitive monovalent S9.6 antibody-heteroduplex binding, ensuring the efficiency of multivalent S9.6 antibody-heteroduplex interactions. The blocker also enables single-step detection. Moreover, the sensing platform utilizes interferents in serum as in situ antifouling biomolecules to prevent nonspecific adsorption. As a result, the proposed WPB achieves a similar limit of detection for nucleic acids in human serum (95 aM) and in buffer (86 aM). This approach inspires a new idea for complex interference elimination and usage and exhibits comprehensive detection performance in complex samples with potential future diagnostic applications.

