Issue 21, 2019

Ultrasensitive fluorescent aptasensor for CRP detection based on the RNase H assisted DNA recycling signal amplification strategy

Abstract

An aptamer-based method for the ultrasensitive fluorescence detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) was developed using the ribonuclease H (RNase H) assisted DNA recycling signal amplification strategy. In this assay, CRP can specifically bind to the aptamer of CRP and the DNA chain of P1 is released from the aptamer/P1 (Ap/P1) complexes. After the addition of the fluorescence labeled (5-FAM) RNA, P1 hybridizes with fluorescence labeled RNA to form a P1/RNA double strand. When RNase H is added, the RNA with fluorescence labeling in the double strand is specifically cut into nucleotide fragments, which cannot be adsorbed on the surface of the GO, so as to generate a fluorescence signal. In the absence of CRP, fluorescence labeled RNA cannot hybridize with P1 to form double strands, which is able to directly adsorb on the surface of GO, resulting in no fluorescence signal. The detection limit is as low as 0.01 ng mL−1, with a linear dynamic range from 50 pg mL−1 to 100 ng mL−1. This sensor is able to detect CRP in spiked human serum, urine and saliva. Thus, it shows a great application prospect in disease diagnosis and prognosis.

Graphical abstract: Ultrasensitive fluorescent aptasensor for CRP detection based on the RNase H assisted DNA recycling signal amplification strategy

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 feb. 2019
Accepted
09 apr. 2019
First published
16 apr. 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 11960-11967

Ultrasensitive fluorescent aptasensor for CRP detection based on the RNase H assisted DNA recycling signal amplification strategy

Z. Liu, D. Luo, F. Ren, F. Ran, W. Chen, B. Zhang, C. Wang, H. Chen, J. Wei and Q. Chen, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 11960 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA01352K

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