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Hydrogel based QCM aptasensor for detection of avian influenza virus

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Biosens Bioelectron. 2012 Oct 22;42C:148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2012.10.038. [Epub ahead of print]
Hydrogel based QCM aptasensor for detection of avian influenza virus.
Wang R, Li Y.
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Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310068, China.
Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) aptasensor based on ssDNA crosslinked polymeric hydrogel for rapid, sensitive and specific detection of avian influenza virus (AIV) H5N1. A selected aptamer with high affinity and specificity against AIV H5N1 surface protein was used, and hybridization between the aptamer and ssDNA formed the crosslinker in the polymer hydrogel. The aptamer hydrogel was immobilized on the gold surface of QCM sensor using a self-assembled monolayer method. The hydrogel remained in the state of shrink if no H5N1 virus was present in the sample because of the crosslinking between the aptamer and ssDNA in the polymer network. When it exposed to target virus, the binding reaction between the aptamer and H5N1 virus caused the dissolution of the linkage between the aptamer and ssDNA, resulting in the abrupt swelling of the hydrogel. The swollen hydrogel was monitored by the QCM sensor in terms of decreased frequency. Three polymeric hydrogels with different ratio (100:1 hydrogel I, 10:1 hydrogel II, 1:1 hydrogel III) of acrylamide and the aptamer monomer were synthesized, respectively, and then were used as the QCM sensor coating material. The results showed that the developed hydrogel QCM aptasensor was capable of detecting target H5N1 virus, and among the three developed aptamer hydrogels, hydrogel III coated QCM aptasensor achieved the highest sensitivity with the detection limit of 0.0128HAU (HA unit). The total detection time from sampling to detection was only 30min. In comparison with the anti-H5 antibody coated QCM immunosensor, the hydrogel QCM aptasensor lowered the detection limit and reduced the detection time.

Copyright ? 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PMID:
23202345
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23202345
 
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