title: Aptamer-based array electrodes for quantitative interferon-γ detection.
abstract: Present work describes the methylene blue tagged thiolated aptamer-modified gold micro-array based biosensor for specific detection of IFN-γ. The microchips with the microelectrode array were fabricated using standard silicon microfabrication technologies, and modified with methylene blue tagged aptamer using standard gold thiol chemistry. Electrodes were characterized and tested using Cyclic Voltammetric (CV) and Square Wave Voltammetry (SQW) measurements in a standard three-electrode format at room temperature. On an aptamer modified electrode, aptamer density was estimated to be about 4.4 × 10(12)molecules/cm(2). In IFN-γ studies, oxidation peak currents were found to decrease and more than 50% signal suppression was achieved at 500 ng/ml. Further, the magnitude of signal suppression was found to be logarithmically proportional to the IFN-γ in the concentration range of 1-500 ng/ml, with a detection limit of 1.3 ng/ml (i.e. 0.8 fmol in used sample volume of 10 µl). Biosensor showed negligible signal changes (5%) in a very high non-specific protein background, while still able to differentiate target protein IFN-γ at 5 ng/ml. The results indicated that our sensor binds selectively to target molecules, and the non-specific binding where adsorption of BSA protein molecules may be effectively omitted from consideration.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) Singapore, 11 Science Park Road, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117685, Singapore. Electronic address: cheny1@ime.a-star.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tze Sian
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Pui
authors.forename: Patthara
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kongsuphol
authors.forename: Kum Cheong
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Arya
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D057230:Limit of Detection; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D006046:Gold; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D008751:Methylene Blue
keywords: Aptamer; Biosensor; IFN-γ; Micro-electrode array; Square Wave Voltammetry