Target-catalyzed hairpin assembly and metal-organic frameworks mediated nonenzymatic co-reaction for multiple signal amplification detection of miR-122 in human serum.

Herein, a new type of multifunctional iron based metal-organic frameworks (PdNPs@Fe-MOFs) has been synthesized by assembly palladium nanoparticles on the surface of Fe-MIL-88NH2 MOFs microcrystals, and first applied in electrochemical biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of microRNA-122 (miR-122, a biomarker of drug-induced liver injury). The nanohybrids have not only been utilized as ideal nanocarriers for immobilization of signal probes, but also used as redox probes and electrocatalysts. In this biosensor, two hairpin probes were designed as capture probes and signal probes, respectively. The nanohybrids conjugated with streptavidin and biotinylated signal probes were used as the tracer labels, target miR-122 was sandwiched between the tracer labels and thiol-terminated capture probes inserted in MCH monolayer on the gold nanoparticles-functionalized nitrogen-doped graphene sheets (AuNPs@N-G) modified electrode. Based on target-catalyzed hairpin assembly, target miR-122 could trigger the hybridization of capture probes and signal probes to further be released to initiate the next reaction process resulted in numerous tracer indicators anchored onto the sensing interfaces. Thus, the detection signal could be dramatically enhanced towards the electrocatalytic oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine in the presence of H2O2 owing to the intrinsic and intriguing peroxidase-like activity of the nanohybrids. With the assist of target-catalyzed hairpin assembly and PdNPs@Fe-MOFs mimetic co-reaction for signal amplification, a wide detection range from 0.01fM to 10pM was achieved with a low detection limit of 0.003fM (S/N =3). Furthermore, the proposed biosensor exhibited excellent specificity and recovery in spiked serum samples, and was successfully used for detecting miR-122 in real biological samples, which provided a rapid and efficient method for detecting drug-induced liver injury at an early stage.

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