Issue 20, 2022

An electrochemical biosensor based on few-layer MoS2 nanosheets for highly sensitive detection of tumor marker ctDNA

Abstract

An electrochemical biosensor based on few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets was fabricated for the highly sensitive detection of tumor marker circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in this paper. The MoS2 nanosheets with few layers were prepared by the shear stripping. Compared with the mechanical stripping method and the lithium ion intercalation method, this method is simpler to operate, and the prepared MoS2 nanosheets had good electrochemical activity. The biosensing platform was fabricated based on the discriminative affinity of MoS2 nanosheets towards single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Methylene blue (MB) was used as the signal molecule. The results showed that the detection of ctDNA by this sensor showed an excellent linear relationship in the concentration range of 1.0 × 10−7 M to 1.0 × 10−16 M, and the detection limit was 2.5 × 10−18 M. In addition, this sensor exhibited outstanding stability and specificity. This strategy provides an alternative approach for ctDNA detection and an effective sensing strategy for future in vitro cancer diagnosis by label-free detection.

Graphical abstract: An electrochemical biosensor based on few-layer MoS2 nanosheets for highly sensitive detection of tumor marker ctDNA

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Mac 2022
Accepted
02 Mei 2022
First published
02 Mei 2022

Anal. Methods, 2022,14, 1956-1962

An electrochemical biosensor based on few-layer MoS2 nanosheets for highly sensitive detection of tumor marker ctDNA

Z. Cui, D. Li, W. Yang, K. Fan, H. Liu, F. Wen, L. Li, L. Dong, G. Wang and W. Wu, Anal. Methods, 2022, 14, 1956 DOI: 10.1039/D2AY00467D

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