Integrating Reliable Pt-S Bond-Mediated 3D DNA Nanomachine with Magnetic Separation in a Homogeneous Electrochemical Strategy for Exosomal MicroRNA Detection with Low Background and High Sensitivity

Anal Chem. 2023 Dec 5;95(48):17834-17842. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03914. Epub 2023 Nov 21.

Abstract

Precise and sensitive analysis of exosomal microRNA (miRNA) is of great importance for noninvasive early disease diagnosis, but it remains a great challenge to detect exosomal miRNA in human blood samples because of their small size, high sequence homology, and low abundance. Herein, we integrated reliable Pt-S bond-mediated three-dimensional (3D) DNA nanomachine and magnetic separation in a homogeneous electrochemical strategy for the detection of exosomal miRNA with low background and high sensitivity. The 3D DNA nanomachine was easily prepared via a facile and rapid freezing method, and it was capable of resisting the influence of biothiols, thus endowing it with high stability. Notably, the as-developed magnetic 3D DNA nanomachine not only enabled the detection system to have a low background but also coupled with liposome nanocarriers to synergistically amplify the current signal. Consequently, by ingeniously combining the low background and multiple signal-amplification strategies in homogeneous electrochemical biosensing, highly sensitive detection of exosomal miRNA was successfully achieved. More significantly, with good anti-interference ability, the as-proposed method could effectively discriminate plasma samples from cancer patients and healthy subjects, thus showing a high potential for application in the nondestructive early clinical diagnosis of disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques* / methods
  • DNA / analysis
  • Electrochemical Techniques / methods
  • Humans
  • Limit of Detection
  • Liposomes
  • Magnetic Phenomena
  • MicroRNAs* / analysis
  • Physical Phenomena

Substances

  • MicroRNAs
  • DNA
  • Liposomes