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Fluorescent carbon nanoparticle-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA.

ABSTRACT: We report a fluorescent carbon nanoparticle (FCN)-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA. Fluorescent carbon nanoparticle with a diameter of around 15nm was used as a tag to label a detection DNA probe, which was complementary with the part of target DNA. A capture DNA probe was immobilized on the test zone of the lateral flow biosensor. Sandwich-type hybridization reactions among the FCN-labeled DNA probe, target DNA and capture DNA probe were performed on the lateral flow biosensor. In the presence of target DNA, FCNs were captured on the test zone of the biosensor and the fluorescent intensity of the captured FCNs was measured with a portable fluorescent reader. After systematic optimizations of experimental parameters (the components of running buffers, the concentration of detection DNA probe used in the preparation of FCN-DNA conjugates, the amount of FCN-DNA dispensed on the conjugate pad and the dispensing cycles of the capture DNA probes on the test-zone), the biosensor could detect a minimum concentration of 0.4 fM DNA. This study provides a rapid and low-cost approach for DNA detection with high sensitivity, showing great promise for clinical application and biomedical diagnosis.

SUBMITTER: Takalkar S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5556692 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fluorescent carbon nanoparticle-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA.

Takalkar Sunitha S Baryeh Kwaku K Liu Guodong G

Biosensors & bioelectronics 20170623

We report a fluorescent carbon nanoparticle (FCN)-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA. Fluorescent carbon nanoparticle with a diameter of around 15nm was used as a tag to label a detection DNA probe, which was complementary with the part of target DNA. A capture DNA probe was immobilized on the test zone of the lateral flow biosensor. Sandwich-type hybridization reactions among the FCN-labeled DNA probe, target DNA and capture DNA probe were performed on the lateral ...[more]

PMID: 28668773

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Fluorescent carbon nanoparticle-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA.

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Fluorescent carbon nanoparticle-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA.

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