Reusable impedimetric aptasensor

Anal Chem. 2005 Oct 1;77(19):6320-3. doi: 10.1021/ac0505775.

Abstract

A novel impedimetric aptasensor using a mixed self-assembled monolayer composed of thiol-modified thrombin binding aptamer and 2-mercaptoethanol on a gold electrode is reported. The changes of interfacial features of the electrode were probed in the presence of the reversible redox couple, Fe(CN)6(3-/4-), using impedance measurements. The electrode surface was partially blocked due to the self-assembly of aptamer or the formation of the aptamer-thrombin complex, resulting in an increase of the interfacial electron-transfer resistance detected by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy or cyclic voltammetry. The aptasensor was regenerated by breaking the complex formed between the aptamer and thrombin using 2.0 M NaCl solution, and the immobilized aptamer subsequently was used for repeated detection of thrombin. The aptamer-functionalized electrode showed a linear response of the charge-transfer resistance to the increase of thrombin concentration in the range of 5.0-35.0 nM and the thrombin was easily detectable to a concentration of 2.0 nM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / genetics*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Electric Impedance
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrodes

Substances

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide