Issue 3, 2021

A label-free electrochemical aptasensor based on the core–shell Cu-MOF@TpBD hybrid nanoarchitecture for the sensitive detection of PDGF-BB

Abstract

As one of the significant serum cytokines, platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) is a crucial protein biomarker overexpressed in human life-threatening tumors, the sensitive identification and quantification of which are urgently desired but challenging. Herein we report a novel core–shell nanoarchitecture consisting of Cu-based metal–organic frameworks (Cu-MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (denoted as TpBD-COFs), which was used to prepare an aptasensor for the detection of platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). The central Cu-MOFs function as signal labels with no need for extra redox media, whereas the porous TpBD serves as the shell to immobilize the PDGF-BB-targeted aptamer strands in abundance via strong interactions involving π–π stacking, electrostatic, and hydrogen bonding interactions. The proposed aptasensor based on Cu-MOF@TpBD can achieve a detection limit as low as 0.034 pg mL−1 within the dynamic detection range from 0.0001 to 60 ng mL−1. The hybridization of MOFs and COFs, together with the immobilization with the specific analyte targeted aptamer, provides a promising and propagable approach to prepare an aptasensor for the simple, sensitive, and selective detection of a specific biomarker in clinical diagnosis.

Graphical abstract: A label-free electrochemical aptasensor based on the core–shell Cu-MOF@TpBD hybrid nanoarchitecture for the sensitive detection of PDGF-BB

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Sep 2020
Accepted
09 Nov 2020
First published
23 Nov 2020

Analyst, 2021,146, 979-988

A label-free electrochemical aptasensor based on the core–shell Cu-MOF@TpBD hybrid nanoarchitecture for the sensitive detection of PDGF-BB

Y. Li, Z. Liu, W. Lu, M. Zhao, H. Xiao, T. Hu, J. Ma, Z. Zheng, J. Jia and H. Wu, Analyst, 2021, 146, 979 DOI: 10.1039/D0AN01885F

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