Hydrazine-Catalyzed Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA and Proteins
- 8 August 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 79 (17), 6886-6890
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0710127
Abstract
A sensitive electrochemical assay of DNA and proteins employing electrocatalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide by labeled hydrazine on the probe immobilized surfaces was developed. The method utilizes a conducting polymer, poly-5, 2‘:5‘, 2‘ ‘-terthiophene-3‘-carboxylic acid (pTTCA), covalently linked to the dendrimer (DEN) and hydrazine. The detection signal was amplified by the pTTCA/DEN assembly loaded with Au nanoparticles (particle size, ∼3.5 nm) onto which huge target DNA- or proteins-linked hydrazine labels (avidin-hydrazine) were adsorbed. The linear dynamic ranges for the electrocatalytic detection of DNA and proteins, extending from 1.0 fM to 10 μM and 10 fg/mL to 10 ng/mL, were observed, along with the detection limits of 450 aM (2700 DNA molecules in a 10-μL sample) and 4.0 fg/mL, respectively. The method eliminates the use of enzymes for DNA and protein detection and opens a way for DNA-free detection of proteins. The simplicity, good reproducibility (RSD, n = 10), and low detection limit of the method offer a good promise for practical DNA and protein analyses.Keywords
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