Issue 18, 2015

An electrochemical sensor based on iron(ii,iii)@graphene oxide@molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for interleukin-8 detection in saliva

Abstract

A novel electrochemical sensor for interleukin-8 (IL-8) detection based on Fe3O4@graphene oxide (GO)@molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanoparticles was constructed. IL-8 was surface imprinted on GO modified super-paramagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles and the synthesized Fe3O4@GO@MIP nanoparticles were self-assembled onto a Au film electrode under a magnetic field. Scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy was used to characterize the core–shell structure of the nanoparticles. Cyclic voltammetry measurements were used to monitor the electrochemical process and its optimization, which illustrated that IL-8 could selectively bind to the Fe3O4@GO@MIP nanoparticle based sensor and cause a decrease of the measured current (the higher the concentration of IL-8, the larger the decrease of the current). The results revealed that the sensor displayed superb resistance to non-specific binding, a very attractive detection limit as low as 0.04 pM, and a wide linear range from 0.1 to 10 pM towards IL-8. Furthermore, the sensor was also successfully used for the detection of IL-8 in saliva. Therefore, the Fe3O4@GO@MIP nanoparticle based sensor might provide a sensitive, rapid, selective and cost-effective method for IL-8 determination and related cancer marker analysis.

Graphical abstract: An electrochemical sensor based on iron(ii,iii)@graphene oxide@molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for interleukin-8 detection in saliva

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 May 2015
Accepted
30 Jul 2015
First published
30 Jul 2015

Anal. Methods, 2015,7, 7784-7791

An electrochemical sensor based on iron(II,III)@graphene oxide@molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for interleukin-8 detection in saliva

P. Tang, H. Zhang, J. Huo and X. Lin, Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 7784 DOI: 10.1039/C5AY01361E

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