title: Molecular sensing with magnetic nanoparticles using magnetic spectroscopy of nanoparticle Brownian motion.
abstract: Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) have shown promise in biosensing and other biomedical applications. Here we use functionalized mNPs to develop a highly sensitive, versatile sensing strategy required in practical biological assays and potentially in vivo analysis. We demonstrate a new sensing scheme based on magnetic spectroscopy of nanoparticle Brownian motion (MSB) to quantitatively detect molecular targets. MSB uses the harmonics of oscillating mNPs as a metric for the freedom of rotational motion, thus reflecting the bound state of the mNP. The harmonics can be detected in vivo from nanogram quantities of iron within 5s. Using a streptavidin-biotin binding system, we show that the detection limit of the current MSB technique is lower than 150 pM (0.075 pmole), which is much more sensitive than previously reported techniques based on mNP detection. Using mNPs conjugated with two anti-thrombin DNA aptamers, we show that thrombin can be detected with high sensitivity (4 nM or 2 pmole). A DNA-DNA interaction was also investigated. The results demonstrated that sequence selective DNA detection can be achieved with 100 pM (0.05 pmole) sensitivity. The results of using MSB to sense these interactions, show that the MSB based sensing technique can achieve rapid measurement (within 10s), and is suitable for detecting and quantifying a wide range of biomarkers or analytes. It has the potential to be applied in variety of biomedical applications or diagnostic analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, 1 Rope Ferry Road. Hanover, NH 03755-1404, United States.
authors.forename: Xiaojuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Irina M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Perreard
authors.forename: Warren C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kett
authors.forename: Karl E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Griswold
authors.forename: Barjor
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gimi
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D057230:Limit of Detection; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009038:Motion; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D019809:Streptavidin / Q000032:analysis; D013917:Thrombin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; C081676:thrombin aptamer; D004247:DNA; D019809:Streptavidin; D013917:Thrombin
keywords: Biosensing; Brownian motion; Magnetic nanoparticles; Relaxation time
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