Issue 23, 2019

SERS-based sandwich bioassay protocol of miRNA-21 using Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles and a Ag/TiO2 nanowires substrate

Abstract

Based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology, Au@Ag@4MBA@5′-NH2-ssDNA probes and a Ag/TiO2@3′-NH2-ssDNA substrate were prepared and constructed into a sandwich structure to develop a high sensitivity bioassay of miRNA-21. The Au@Ag@4MBA@5′-NH2-ssDNA probes were prepared by immobilizing 5′-NH2-ssDNA onto the surfaces of 4MBA-labelled Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles, and the Ag/TiO2@3′-NH2-ssDNA substrate was prepared by immobilizing 3′-NH2-ssDNA on the surface of Ag/TiO2 nanowires SERS-active substrates. The experimental results showed that the SERS-based sandwich bioassay of miRNA-21 presented a low limit of detection of 0.75 fM and a broad dynamic range from 1.0 fM to 1.0 nM. Also, the test data for the SERS-based sandwich bioassay were not only consistent with that of the real-time fluorescence quantitative polynucleotide chain reaction (RT-qPCR) method but also displayed higher detection sensitivity. It was shown that the SERS-based sandwich bioassay of miRNA-21 has importance for use in potential applications involving diagnosing clinical cancer patients.

Graphical abstract: SERS-based sandwich bioassay protocol of miRNA-21 using Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles and a Ag/TiO2 nanowires substrate

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Mar 2019
Accepted
07 May 2019
First published
28 May 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Anal. Methods, 2019,11, 2960-2968

SERS-based sandwich bioassay protocol of miRNA-21 using Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles and a Ag/TiO2 nanowires substrate

L. Peng, J. Zhou, Z. Liang, Y. Zhang, L. Petti, T. Jiang, C. Gu, D. Yang and P. Mormile, Anal. Methods, 2019, 11, 2960 DOI: 10.1039/C9AY00573K

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