A novel label-free electrochemical miRNA biosensor using methylene blue as redox indicator: application to breast cancer biomarker miRNA-21

نویسندگانHossain-Ali Rafiee-Pour, Mohsen Behpour, Mahin Keshavarz
نشریهBiosensors and Bioelectronics
شماره صفحات202–207
شماره مجلد77
نوع مقالهFull Paper
تاریخ انتشار2016-1-01
رتبه نشریهISI
نوع نشریهچاپی
کشور محل چاپبریتانیا
نمایه نشریهISI ,SCOPUS ,PubMed

چکیده مقاله

Small noncodingmicroRNAs(miRNAs)haveemergedasidealnoninvasivebiomarkersforearly-phase
cancer detection.Inthisreport,alabel-freeandsimpleelectrochemicalmiRNAbiosensorisdeveloped
based onemployingmethyleneblue(MB)asaredoxindicator.Thesuccessfullyimmobilizationofthe
single strandDNA(ss-DNA)probeandhybridizationwiththetargetmiRNAsequencewereconfirmed by
electrochemical impedancespectroscopy(EIS)andcyclicvoltammetry(CV)methods.Differentialpulse
voltammetry (DPV)techniquewasusedtorecordtheoxidationpeakcurrentofMBunderoptimal
condition andanincreaseinthepeakcurrentwasobservedafterhybridization.Byemployingthis
strategy,miRNAcandetectinarangefrom0.1to500.0pMwitharelativelylowdetectionlimitof
84.3 fM.TheelectrochemicalresponseofMBonss-DNAandduplexofmiRNA/DNAwascharacterizedby
CV andchronocoulometrymethod.Thelinearrelationbetweentheredoxpeakcurrents(Ip) andscanrate
(ν) indicatesthattheelectrontransfer(ET)betweenMBandtheelectrodesurfacewasmediatedbythe
miRNA/DNA π-stackedduplex.Thevalueofsurfacecoverage(Γ) wascalculatedthatindicatedincrease
amount ofMBonthesurfaceofmodified electrodeafterhybridizationeventandrevealedtheadsorption
of MBatmodified electrodeismonolayer.Also,theelectrontransferrateconstants(ks) ofMBwere
estimated. Theresultsofkineticanalysiswereconfirmed bychronocoulometrymethod.Thedis-
crimination abilityofmiRNAbiosensorevenagainstanoncomplementarytargetwasalsostudied.
Consequently,thisstrategywillbevaluableforsensitive,selectiveandlabel-freedetectionofmiRNA.