DNA-Mediated Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks for Ultrasensitive Photoelectrochemical Enzyme-Free Immunoassay

Anal Chem. 2018 Oct 16;90(20):12284-12291. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03762. Epub 2018 Oct 2.

Abstract

A novel enzyme-free photoelectrochemical (PEC) immunoassay was developed for the ultrasensitive detection of prostate specific antigen (PSA) based on the DNA-mediated nanoscale zirconium-porphyrin MOFs (NMOFs). By virtue of the intrinsic coordination between unsaturated zirconium sites of the NMOFs frameworks and phosphonate groups, the 5'-phosphorylared ss-DNA-tagged antibody (Ab-DNA) conjugate with a consecutive stretch of guanines as a spacer could be loaded on the NMOFs easily, obtaining a novel type of Ab-DNA-functionalized NMOFs complex. Additionally, as a photocathode PEC active nanomaterial, NMOFs exhibited a significant enhanced photocurrent response with the presence of dopamine under oxygen-containing aqueous media at -0.3 V (vs Ag/AgCl). Furthermore, with the aid of the electrochemical grafting of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers functionalized interface, the novel type of Ab-DNA-NMOFs further served as a PEC signal nanoprobe for the ultrasensitive PSA immunoassay. Under optimal conditions, the corresponding immunosensor possessed a wide calibration range of 1 pg mL-1 to 10 ng mL-1 and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.2 pg mL-1. This present work demonstrated the promising application of DNA-mediated NMOFs in developing highly sensitive, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective PEC biosensors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Electrochemical Techniques*
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay*
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemistry*
  • Photochemical Processes*
  • Porphyrins / chemistry*
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / analysis*
  • Zirconium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Porphyrins
  • DNA
  • Zirconium
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen