Sensor nucleic acid

Mao, Y., Luo, C., Ouyang, Q. (2003). Studies of temperature-dependent electronic transduction on DNA hairpin loop sensor. Nucleic Acids Res 31, el08. 

Several other approaches for detecting nucleic acids are reported in the literature, based, for example, on the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) (Kung et al. 1990) or on acoustic wave devices (Su et al. 1996). 

The development of DNA sensors and high-density DNA arrays has been prompted by the tremendous demands for innovative analytical tools capable of delivering the genetic information in a faster, simpler, and cheaper manner at the sample source, compared to traditional nucleic acid assays. Nanoparticle-biopolymer conjugates offer great potential for DNA diagnostics and can have a profound impact upon bioanalytical chemistry. Nanoparticle/polynucleotide assemblies for advanced electrical detection of DNA sequences have been reviewed by Wang [145]. 

The initial hurdle to overcome in the biosensor application of a nucleic acid is that involving its stable attachment on a transducing element which commonly includes a metallic electrode. In the first part of this chapter, we wish to introduce our approach for DNA immobilization (Scheme 1). A detailed characterization of the immobilization chemistry is also presented. In the second part, we follow the development of work from our laboratory on chemical sensor applications of the DNA-modified electrode involving a biosensor for DNA-binding molecules and an electrochemical gene sensor. 

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Cell components or metabolites capable of recognizing individual and specific molecules can be used as the sensory elements in molecular sensors [11]. The sensors may be enzymes, sequences of nucleic acids (RNA or DNA), antibodies, polysaccharides, or other reporter molecules. Antibodies, specific for a microorganism used in the biotreatment, can be coupled to fluorochromes to increase sensitivity of detection. Such antibodies are useful in monitoring the fate of bacteria released into the environment for the treatment of a polluted site. Fluorescent or enzyme-linked immunoassays have been derived and can be used for a variety of contaminants, including pesticides and chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbons. Enzymes specific for pollutants and attached to matrices detecting interactions between enzyme and pollutant are used in online biosensors of water and gas biotreatment [20,21]. 

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Currently, there is a need for high-throughput determination of nucleic acid sequences. At present, detection systems most commonly employ fluorescence-based methods. However, wide spread applications of such methods are limited by low speed, high cost, size, and number of incubations steps, among other factors. Application of electrochemical methods in affinity DNA sensors presents likely a promising alternative, allowing miniaturization and cost reduction, and potentially allowing application in point-of-care assays. 

It is not surprising that wide range of aptamer-based sensors (aptasensors) have been reported in the literature.118-120 Recently, electrochemical aptamer sensors gained considerable attention.121,122 Since, nucleic acids aptamers fold their structure upon binding to the target molecule, formation of the aptamer-target complex can be... 

E. Palecek, F. Jelen, Electrochemistry of nucleic acids, in E. Palecek, F. Scheller, J. Wang (Eds.), Electrochemistry of nucleic acids and proteins. Towards electrochemical sensors for genomics and proteomics, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005, p. 74. 

The intercalation of polycyclic aromatic compounds into duplex DNA structures was used to develop nucleic acid-based electrochemical sensors.66 For example, the bis-ferrocene-tethered naphthalene diimide (16) was used as a redox-active intercalator to probe DNA hybridization.67 The thiolated probe was assembled on a Au electrode, and the formation of the duplex DNA with the complementary analyte nucleic acid was probed by the intercalation of (16) into the double-stranded nucleic acid structure and by following the voltammetric response of the ferrocene units (Fig. 12.17a). The method enabled the analysis of the target DNA with a sensitivity that corresponded to ca. 1 x 10-20mol. 

We further addressed the use of the nucleic acids as biopolymers for the formation of supramolecular structures that enable the electronic or electrochemical detection of DNA. Specifically, we discussed the use of aptamer/low-molecular-weight molecules or aptamer/protein supramolecular complexes for the electrical analysis of the guest substrates in these complexes. Also, nucleic acid-NPs hybrid systems hold a great promise as sensing matrices for the electrical detection of DNA in composite three-dimensional assemblies. While sensitive and selective electrochemical sensors for DNA were fabricated, the integration of these sensor configurations in array formats (DNA chips) for the multiplexed analysis of many DNAs can also be envisaged. 

Further application involved collected of fluorescence from dansyl-labeled bovine serum albumin via TIRF optics 150), TIRF-immunoassay for specific dye-labeled antibodies binding from the solution to an antigen-coated surface 151), and a viro-meter — a optical sensor for viruses treated with a fluorescent probe bound to the virus nucleic acid 152,153). 

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