Journal
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 185, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-2924-1
Keywords
Aptamer; Thrombin; Microelectrode; Graphene oxide; Silver nanoparticles
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- National Science Foundations of China [81302706]
- National undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship training program [201611840026]
- Shaanxi Science and Technology Fund [2017SF-345]
- Scientific Research Fund of Xi'an Medical University [2016YXXK09, 2016DXS1-08, 2018 DC-12, 201825012]
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A sensitive electrochemical aptasensor was developed for the determination of thrombin. It is based on signal amplification by using graphene oxide (GO) decorated with silver nanoparticles (AgNP) and placed on a microelectrode. The graphene oxide decorated with silver nanoparticles (AgNP-GO) was synthesized by chemical reduction and then modified with a thrombin-binding aptamer 1 (TBA1; a 29-mer) carrying a 3'-terminal thiol group. It was immobilized on the AgNP-GO by self-assembled monolayer technique to form the signaling probe (TBA1-AgNP-G0). A capture thrombin-binding aptamer 2 (TBA-2; a 15-mer) carrying a 3'-terminal thiol group was self-assembled onto the surface of the gold electrode. After binding of thrombin and the signaling probe, a sandwich of type TBA2-thrombin-TBA1-AgNP-GO is formed. The square wave voltammetric signal of the AgNP is then recorded. The electrochemical oxidation signal (measured at 0.21 V vs. Ag/AgCI) increases linearly with the concentration of thrombin in the range from 0.05 nmol.L-1 to 5 nmol.L-1 with a detection limit of 0.03 nmol.L-1 (at S/N= 3). The aptasensor is highly specific and not affected by other proteins. It was successfully applied to the determination of thrombin in spiked human serum samples.
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