Issue 46, 2023

Self-assembly of Au nanocubes for ultrasensitive detection of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers by SERS

Abstract

Since presently Alzheimer's disease (AD) is incurable, early diagnosis of AD is crucial. Aβ 1–42 and tau-441 proteins are promising core biomarkers for early diagnosis and early therapeutic intervention in AD. Here we constructed a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) biosensor for highly sensitive quantitative detection of Aβ 1–42 and tau proteins by preparing gold nanocube (AuNC) superlattices through evaporation self-assembly. The results showed that the method has a wide response range (0.1–10 000 ng mL−1 and 0.01–1000 ng mL−1, respectively) and high sensitivity. The detection limits of Aβ1–42 and tau protein were 0.0416 ng mL−1 and 0.0087 ng mL−1, respectively. In addition, the method was able to rapidly and simultaneously detect the two biomarkers in serum, which showed the feasibility of the method in complex biological environments. The detection of Aβ 1–42 and tau protein has great potential for the accurate prediction and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of Au nanocubes for ultrasensitive detection of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers by SERS

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Sep 2023
Accepted
01 Nov 2023
First published
07 Nov 2023

Anal. Methods, 2023,15, 6385-6393

Self-assembly of Au nanocubes for ultrasensitive detection of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers by SERS

L. Wang, M. Chang, P. Ma, H. Chen, S. Ma, N. Chen and X. Zhang, Anal. Methods, 2023, 15, 6385 DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01667F

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