Nonenzyme Cascaded Amplification Biosensor Based on Effective Aggregation Luminescence Caused by Disintegration of Silver Nanoparticles.

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Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and T

Published: July 2020


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Sensitive and portable quantification of biomarkers has particular significance in the monitoring and treatment of clinical diseases. Conventional immunoassays were accustomed to introducing or incorporating enzymes for signal amplification, which commonly suffered from poor stability and inferior tolerance. Herein, we constructed a novel nonenzyme amplification methodology based on fluorogenic Ag-tetrazolate aggregation coupled with silver corrosion sensitization for biomarker determination. A significant cascade enhancement strategy was achieved by the valid aggregation luminescence caused by the potent disintegration of silver nanoparticles. Furthermore, efficient magnetic separation was also combined and performed for the rapidity and simplicity of operation. As the target, the detection limit of prostate-specific antigen was 15.66 pg/mL in our designed biosensor. Besides, a good linear relationship was obtained. The designed biosensor demonstrated good specificity and was successfully applied to clinical serum sample detection.

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