Label-free and reagentless aptamer-based sensors for small molecules

Maya Zayats, Ye Huang, Ron Gill, Chun An Ma, Itamar Willner*

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Abstract

A label free, reagentless aptasensor for adenosine is developed on an ISFET device. The separation of an aptamer/nucleic acid duplex by adenosine leads to the aptamer/adenosine complex that alters the gate potential of the ISFET. The sensitivity limit of the device is 5 × 10-5 M. Also, the immobilization of the aptamer/nucleic acid duplex on an Au-electrode and the separation of the duplex by adenosine mono-phosphate (AMP) enable the electrochemical detection of adenosine by faradaic impedance spectroscopy. The separation of the aptamer/nucleic acid duplex by adenosine and the formation of the aptamer/adenosine complex results in a decrease in the interfacial electron-transfer resistance in the presence of [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- as redox active substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13666-13667
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume128
Issue number42
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Oct 2006

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