Gold nanoparticles/water-soluble carbon nanotubes/aromatic diamine polymer composite films for highly sensitive detection of cellobiose dehydrogenase gene

► Gold nanoparticles/multiwalled carbon nanotubes/poly (1,5-naphthalenediamine) modified electrode was fabricated. ► The sensor was applied for the detection of cellobiose dehydrogenase genes. ► An effective method to distribute MWCNTs and attach to the electrode was proposed. ► The composite films...

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Published in:Electrochimica acta 2011-05, Vol.56 (13), p.4775-4782
Main Authors: Zeng, Guangming, Li, Zhen, Tang, Lin, Wu, Mengshi, Lei, Xiaoxia, Liu, Yuanyuan, Liu, Can, Pang, Ya, Zhang, Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical chemistry
Bonding
Cellobiose dehydrogenase
Cellobiose dehydrogenase gene
Chemistry
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Electrochemical methods
Electrochemical sensor
Electrodes
Exact sciences and technology
Genes
Gold nanoparticles
Nanostructure
Poly (1,5-naphthalenediamine)
Scanning electron microscopy
Sensors
Water-soluble multiwalled carbon nanotubes
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Summary:► Gold nanoparticles/multiwalled carbon nanotubes/poly (1,5-naphthalenediamine) modified electrode was fabricated. ► The sensor was applied for the detection of cellobiose dehydrogenase genes. ► An effective method to distribute MWCNTs and attach to the electrode was proposed. ► The composite films greatly improved the sensitivity and enhanced the DNA immobilization. ► The DNA biosensor exhibited fairly high sensitivity and quite low detection limit. An electrochemical sensor based on gold nanoparticles (GNPs)/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/poly (1,5-naphthalenediamine) films modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was fabricated. The effectiveness of the sensor was confirmed by sensitive detection of cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) gene which was extracted from Phanerochaete chrysosporium using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The monomer of 1,5-naphthalenediamine was electropolymerized on the GCE surface with abundant free amino groups which enhanced the stability of MWCNTs modified electrode. Congo red (CR)-functionalized MWCNTs possess excellent conductivity as well as high solubility in water which enabled to form the uniform and stable network nanostructures easily and created a large number of binding sites for electrodeposition of GNPs. The continuous GNPs together with MWCNTs greatly increased the surface area, conductivity and electrocatalytic activity. This electrode structure significantly improved the sensitivity of sensor and enhanced the DNA immobilization and hybridization. The thiol modified capture probes were immobilized onto the composite films-modified GCE by a direct formation of thiol–Au bond and horseradish peroxidase–streptavidin (HRP–SA) conjugates were labeled to the biotinylated detection probes through biotin–streptavidin bond. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) were used to investigate the film assembly and DNA hybridization processes. The amperometric current response to HRP-catalyzed reaction was linearly related to the common logarithm of the target nucleic acid concentration in the range of 1.0 × 10 −15–1.0 × 10 −10 M, with the detection limit of 1.2 × 10 −16 M. In addition, the electrochemical biosensor exhibited high sensitivity, selectivity, stability and reproducibility.
ISSN:0013-4686
1873-3859
DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2011.03.035