Sensitive electrochemical aptasensor for thrombin detection based on graphene served as platform and graphene oxide as enhancer

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2014 Jan;172(2):1018-26. doi: 10.1007/s12010-013-0588-1. Epub 2013 Oct 19.

Abstract

A sensitive electrochemical aptasensor was developed with conductive graphene served as platform and inert graphene oxide (GO) as enhancer. An electrodeposited nano-Au layer was firstly formed on conductive graphene modified glass carbon electrode surface for further immobilizing of electrochemical redox probe hexacyanoferrates nanoparticles (NiHCFNPs). Subsequently, another nano-Au layer was formed for immobilizing of thrombin aptamer (TBA). In the presence of thrombin, the TBA on the electrode surface could bind with thrombin, which made a barrier for electrons and inhibited the electro-transfer, resulting in the decreased electrochemical signals of NiHCFNPs. Owing to the non-conductivity property of graphene oxide, further decreased electrochemical signals of NiHCFNPs could be obtained via the sandwich reaction with GO-labeled TBA. According to the signal changes before the thrombin recognition and after sandwich reaction, trace detection of thrombin could be achieved. As a result, the proposed approach showed a high sensitivity and a wider linearity to thrombin in the range from 0.005 nM to 50 nM with a detection limit of 1 pM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / chemistry*
  • Calibration
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Electrochemical Techniques / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Glass / chemistry
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Thrombin / analysis*

Substances

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Oxides
  • thrombin aptamer
  • Carbon
  • Gold
  • Graphite
  • Thrombin