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Rapid Detection of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Using Quantum Dot-Based Optical Aptasensor.
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience; Oct2018, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p417-423, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper reports an optical “TURN OFF” aptasensor, which is comprised of a deoxyribonucleic acid aptamer attached to a quantum dot on the $5^{\prime }$ terminus and gold nanoparticle on the $3^{\prime }$ terminus. The photoluminescence intensity is observed to decrease upon progressive addition of the target protein tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- $\alpha $) to the sensor. For PBS-based TNF- $\alpha $ samples, the beacon exhibited 19%–20% quenching at around 22 nM concentration. The photoluminescence intensity and the quenching efficiency showed a linear decrease and a linear increase, respectively, between 0 to 22.3 nM TNF- $\alpha $. The detection limit of the sensor was found to be 97.2 pM. Specificity test results determined that the sensor has higher selectivity toward TNF- $\alpha $ than other control proteins such as C—reactive protein, albumin, and transferrin. The beacon successfully detected different concentrations of TNF- $\alpha $ in human serum-based samples exhibiting around 10% quenching efficiency at 12.5 nM of the protein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15361241
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133049483
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TNB.2018.2852261