Integrated microfluidic electrochemical DNA sensor

Anal Chem. 2009 Aug 1;81(15):6503-8. doi: 10.1021/ac900923e.

Abstract

Effective systems for rapid, sequence-specific nucleic acid detection at the point of care would be valuable for a wide variety of applications, including clinical diagnostics, food safety, forensics, and environmental monitoring. Electrochemical detection offers many advantages as a basis for such platforms, including portability and ready integration with electronics. Toward this end, we report the Integrated Microfluidic Electrochemical DNA (IMED) sensor, which combines three key biochemical functionalities--symmetric PCR, enzymatic single-stranded DNA generation, and sequence-specific electrochemical detection--in a disposable, monolithic chip. Using this platform, we demonstrate detection of genomic DNA from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 with a limit of detection of <10 aM, which is approximately 2 orders of magnitude lower than that from previously reported electrochemical chip-based methods.

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • Electrochemical Techniques*
  • Limit of Detection
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Salmonella typhimurium / growth & development
  • Salmonella typhimurium / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial