School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Biosensors (Basel). 2022 Sep 27;12(10):800. doi: 10.3390/bios12100800.
The design and engineering of effective electrode materials is critical in the development of electrochemical sensors. In the present study, HoO-TiO nanobelts were synthesized by an alkaline hydrothermal process. The structure and morphology were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) measurements. The HoO-TiO nanobelts showed a distinctly enhanced (004) reflection peak and rough surfaces and were used for the electrochemical selective sensing of various cancer miRNAs, such as prostate cancer miR-141, osteosarcoma miR-21, and pancreatic cancer miR-1290. Voltammetric measurements showed an oxidation peak at +0.4, +0.2, and +1.53 V for the three different cancer biomarkers, respectively, with the detection limit as low as 4.26 aM. The results suggest that the HoO-TiO nanobelts can be used as active materials to detect early cancers, for in vitro screening of anticancer drugs, and molecular biology research.
在电化学传感器的发展中,有效电极材料的设计和工程至关重要。本研究通过碱性水热法合成了 HoO-TiO 纳米带。通过 X 射线衍射(XRD)和场发射扫描电子显微镜(FESEM)测量对其结构和形态进行了研究。HoO-TiO 纳米带表现出明显增强的(004)反射峰和粗糙表面,可用于电化学选择性感测各种癌症 miRNA,如前列腺癌 miR-141、骨肉瘤 miR-21 和胰腺癌 miR-1290。伏安测量显示三种不同癌症生物标志物的氧化峰分别在+0.4、+0.2 和+1.53 V,检测限低至 4.26 aM。结果表明,HoO-TiO 纳米带可用作活性材料来检测早期癌症、体外筛选抗癌药物和分子生物学研究。