An electrochemical dopamine aptasensor incorporating silver nanoparticle, functionalized carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide for signal amplification

作者：Bahrami Shokoh; Abbasi Amir Reza; Roushani Mahmoud; Derikvand Zohreh; Azadbakht Azadeh^*

来源：Talanta, 2016, 159: 307-316.

DOI：10.1016/j.talanta.2016.05.060

• Aptasensor
• Graphene oxide
• Chitosan
• Silver nanoparticle
• Dopamine

In this work, immobilization of a dopamine (DA) aptamer was performed at the surface of an amino functionalized silver nanoparticle-carbon nanotube graphene oxide (AgNPs/CNTs/GO) nanocomposite. A 58-mer DA-aptamer was immobilized through the formation of phosphoramidate bonds between the amino group of chitosan and the phosphate group of the aptamer at the 5' end. An AgNPs/CNTs/GO nanocomposite was employed as a highly catalytic label for electrochemical detection of DA based on electrocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite toward hydrogen peroxide (H2O2 ). Interaction of DA with the aptamer caused conformational changes of the aptamer which, in turn, decreased H2O2 oxidation and reduction peak currents. On the other hand, the presumed folding of the DA-aptamer complexes on the sensing interface inhibited the electrocatalytic activity of AgNPs/CNTs/GO toward H2O2 . Sensitive quantitative detection of DA was carried out by monitoring the decrease of differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) responses of AgNPs/CNTs/GO nanocomposite toward H2O2 oxidation. The DPV signal linearly decreased with increased concentration of DA from 3 to 110 nmol L-1 with a detection limit of 700 +/- 19.23 pmol L-1. Simple preparation, low operation cost, speed and validity are the decisive factors of this method motivating its application to biosensing investigation.

• 出版日期2016-10-1