Amplified surface plasmon resonance immunosensor for interferon-Gamma based on a streptavidin-incorporated aptamer

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• 作者：Chia-Chen Chang^a ; Shenhsiung Lin^b ; Chung-Han Lee^a ; Tsung-Liang Chuang^a ; Po-Ren Hsueh^c ; Hsin-Chih Lai^d ; Chii-Wann Lin^a ; ^e ; ^{cwlin@ntu.edu.tw} ; ^{cwlinx@ntu.edu.tw}
• 关键词：Aptamer ; Surface plasmon resonance ; Interferon-gamma ; Streptavidin
• 刊名：Biosensors and Bioelectronics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：12_09565663
• 类别：ch
• 出版时间：August-September, 2012
• 卷：37
• 期：1
• 页码：68-74
• 文件大小：529 K

摘要

Interferon-gamma (IFN-纬) is associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis, which is a major public health problem worldwide. Although significant progress has been made with regard to the design of enzyme immunoassays for IFN-纬, this assay is still labor-intensive and time-consuming. We therefore designed a DNA aptamer hairpin structure for the detection of IFN-纬 with high sensitivity and selectivity. A streptavidin DNA aptamer was incorporated into the IFN-纬 binding aptamer probe for the amplified detection of the target molecules. Initially, the probe remained in the inactive configuration. The addition of IFN-纬 induced the rearrangement of the aptamer structure, allowing the self-assembly of the active streptavidin aptamer conformation for the streptavidin molecular recognition. Under optimized conditions, the detection limit was determined to be 33 pM, with a dynamic range from 0.3 to 333 nM, both of which were superior to those of corresponding optical sensors. Because combined aptamers are composed of nucleic acids, this optical aptasensor provided the advantages of high sensitivity, simplicity, reusability, and no further labeling or sample pre-treatment.