一种新型电化学胰岛素适体传感器:从玻碳电极到一次性使用的激光刻蚀石墨烯电极。
A novel electrochemical insulin aptasensor: From glassy carbon electrodes to disposable, single-use laser-scribed graphene electrodes.
机构信息
College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Polymer Biointerface Centre, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019 Auckland, New Zealand; MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
出版信息
Bioelectrochemistry. 2022 Feb;143:107995. doi: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.107995. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
Insulin, a peptide hormone secreted by pancreatic β cells, affects the development of diabetes and associated complications. Herein, we propose an electrochemical aptasensor for sensitive and selective detection of insulin using laser-scribed graphene electrodes (LSGEs). Before using disposable LSGEs, the development and proof-of-concept sensing experiments were firstly carried out on research-grade glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The aptasensor is based on using Exonuclease I (Exo I) that catalyses the hydrolysis of single-stranded aptamers attached to the electrode surface; however, the hydrolysis does not occur if the insulin is bound to the aptamer. Therefore, the unbound aptamers are cleaved by Exo I while insulin-bound aptamers remain on the electrode surface. In the next step, the gold nanoparticle - aptamer (AuNPs-Apt) probes are introduced to the electrode surface to form a 'sandwich' structure with the insulin on the surface-attached aptamer. The redox probe, methylene blue (MB), intercalates into the aptamers' guanine bases and the sandwich structure of AuNPs-Apt/insulin/surface-bound aptamer amplifies electrochemical signal from MBs. The signal can be well-correlated to the concentrations of insulin. A limit of detection of 22.7 fM was found for the LSGE-based sensors and 9.8 fM for GCE-based sensors used for comparison and initial sensor development. The results demonstrate successful fabrication of the single-use and sensitive LSGEs-based sensors for insulin detection.
胰岛素是一种由胰岛β细胞分泌的肽类激素,它影响糖尿病及其相关并发症的发展。在此,我们提出了一种基于激光刻蚀石墨烯电极(LSGE)的电化学适体传感器,用于灵敏和选择性地检测胰岛素。在使用一次性 LSGE 之前,首先在研究级玻碳电极(GCE)上进行了传感器的开发和概念验证传感实验。该适体传感器基于使用 Exonuclease I(Exo I),它催化附着在电极表面的单链适体的水解;然而,如果胰岛素与适体结合,则不会发生水解。因此,未结合的适体被 Exo I 切割,而与胰岛素结合的适体仍留在电极表面上。在下一个步骤中,金纳米粒子-适体(AuNPs-Apt)探针被引入到电极表面,与表面附着的适体上的胰岛素形成“三明治”结构。氧化还原探针,亚甲基蓝(MB),嵌入到适体的鸟嘌呤碱基中,并且 AuNPs-Apt/胰岛素/表面结合的适体的三明治结构放大来自 MB 的电化学信号。该信号可以与胰岛素的浓度很好地相关。基于 LSGE 的传感器的检测限为 22.7 fM,而基于 GCE 的传感器的检测限为 9.8 fM,用于比较和初始传感器开发。结果表明成功制备了用于胰岛素检测的一次性和灵敏的 LSGE 基传感器。