Chemistry-An Asian Journal
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2025
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IF 3.3
Xiaoqian Zhou,Haicheng Song,Xinying Zhang,Lifei Chen,Yingying Chen,Zhenzhen Li,Lingyan Feng
MXene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial, has metal conductivity, high electronegativity, functionalized with surface groups, which make it widely applicable in catalysis and biosensing. However, studies on the principle of enhanced electrochemiluminescence (ECL) by MXene composites and the improvement of their performance in catalyzing the ECL reaction are still in their infancy. In this study, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are obtained by mild reductive reduction and loaded in situ on the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene surface to form the composites (AuNPs@MXene). In oxygenated PBS test buffer, AuNPs@MXene enhance the ECL emission of silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) with aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence (AIECL) properties as luminophore. Approximately 7.5-fold enhancement of ECL signals is obtained by using two ECL enhancement strategies: an efficient AIECL emitter and a co-reaction accelerator. The special nucleic acid structure with “Three Way Junction (TWJ)” enables an ultra-sensitive detection of microRNA, providing an efficient and ultra-sensitive method for microRNA detection. The biosensor achieves a wide detection range of microRNA-21 from 100 aM to 1 nM, with a low detection limit of 31 aM, and exhibits excellent stability, selectivity and high reproducibility in real samples.
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材料科学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Lu Shi,Wei Liu,Baoxin Li,Chaoyong James Yang,Yan Jin
Simultaneous detection of multi-biomarkers not only enhances the accuracy of disease diagnosis but also improves detection efficiency and reduces cost. It is vital to achieve portable, simple, low-cost, and simultaneous detection of biomarkers for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics in a low-resource setting. Herein, a multichannel paper chip-based gas pressure bioassay was developed for the simultaneous detection of multiple biomarkers by combining multichannel paper chips with a portable gas pressure meter. Four DNA tetrahedral probes (DTPs) were used as capture probes and were immobilized in different detection zones of the paper chips to improve hybridization efficiency and reduce nonspecific adsorption. The formation of a sandwich structure between target microRNAs (miRNAs), the capture probe, and platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs)-modified complementary DNA (PtNPs-cDNA) transformed biomolecular recognition into quantitative detection of gas pressure. Four lung cancer-related miRNAs were detected simultaneously by a portable gas pressure meter. There is a good linear relationship between gas pressure and the logarithm of miRNA concentration in the range of 10 pM to 100 nM. Compared with single-stranded DNA capture probe, the signal-to-noise (S/N) of DNA tetrahedral probes improved more than 3 times. Using ring-oven washing, the unbound reagents in all channels of the paper chip were simultaneously and continuously washed away, leading to a more cheap, simple, and fast separation than magnetic separation. Therefore, it offers a promising multichannel paper chip-based gas pressure bioassay for portable and simultaneous detection of multiple biomarkers.
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生物医学工程
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分子诊断学
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纳米技术
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2015
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IF 4.504
Mo Wang,Bingchen Li,Qing Zhou,Huanshun Yin,Yunlei Zhou,Shiyun Ai
In this work, we proposed a selective and sensitive biosensor for microRNA detection based on the high specificity and affinity of anti-DNA:RNA hybrids antibody (S9.6 antibody) and alkaline phosphatase catalytic signal amplification. Briefly, after the hybridization of probe DNA and the target microRNA, the S9.6 antibody can be captured on the electrode surface through antigen-antibody immunoreaction. Then, alkaline phosphatase labeled goat anti-mouse IgG (ALP-IgG) was further captured on the electrode surface through the specific recognition effect between the primary antibody and the secondary antibody. Finally, ALP catalyzed the hydrolysis reaction of p -nitrophenyl phosphate to generate p -nitrophenol, resulting in a electrochemical oxidation signal. The simple signal amplification assay performed a successful linear range from 0.5-500 fM with a detection limit of 0.40 fM. Moreover, this biosensor exhibited high selectivity with discriminating only single-base mismatched microRNA sequence. Additionally, the simplicity of this method hold a great promise for further investigation of the role of microRNAs in phytohormone signaling transduction.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2025
·Vol. 192
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IF 5.3
Hao Weiyuan,Chen Cheng,Cao Fei,Xu Min,Zheng Jiaping
This study presents an integrated approach combining photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensing, density functional theory (DFT), and machine learning (ML) to address diagnostic and mechanistic challenges in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). A novel Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 /WS 2 heterojunction was engineered as a high-performance PEC platform, exhibiting broad-spectrum absorption extending to 850 nm and a 70% reduction in photoluminescence intensity due to suppressed electron–hole recombination. The optimized biosensor achieved ultrasensitive miR-29a detection with a linear range of 1 fM–200 nM, a detection limit of 0.19 fM, and 98.2–102.5% recovery in spiked serum, alongside robust specificity and reproducibility (1.3% RSD over 16 cycles). DFT calculations revealed interfacial electronic coupling between Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 and WS 2 , narrowing the bandgap to 1.571 eV and establishing a type-II charge transfer pathway, which synergistically enhanced photocurrent generation compared with pristine WS 2 . Parallel ML analysis of multi-omics datasets uncovered consistent miR-29a upregulation in CCA tumors and identified integrins COL4A1/CDK6 as top discriminative targets. The Random Forest classifier integrating miR-29a and targets achieved 0.890 AUC for tumor diagnosis, revealing pathway-specific regulatory networks. The bridging nanomaterial innovation with computational biology not only advances ultrasensitive miRNA detection but also deciphers miR-29a’s dual role in CCA pathogenesis, offering a novel framework for precision oncology. Graphical
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Juntao Chen,Qiang Zeng,Yiyang Zhang,Ying Xu,Yuting Yang,Hui Yu
Interference from nonspecific binding imposes a fundamental limit in the sensitivity of biosensors that is dependent on the affinity and specificity of the available sensing probes. The dynamic single-molecule sensing (DSMS) strategy allows ultrasensitive detection of biomarkers at the femtomolar level by identifying specific binding according to molecular binding traces. However, the accuracy in classifying binding traces is not sufficient from separate features, such as the bound lifetime. Here, we establish a DSMS workflow to improve the sensitivity and linearity by classifying molecular binding traces in surface plasmon resonance microscopy with multiple kinetic features. The improvement is achieved by correlation analysis to select key features of binding traces, followed by unsupervised k-clustering. The results show that this unsupervised classification approach improves the sensitivity and linearity in microRNA (hsa-miR155-5p, hsa-miR21-5p, and hsa-miR362-5p) detection to achieve a limit of detection at the subfemtomolar level.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 5.1
Zhengfang Liang,Yunzhan Xie,Hongbing Zhou,Zilu Zhang,Yuanxun Gong,Jiayi Zhang,Yue Huang,Qianli Tang,Kai Zhang,Xianjiu Liao
MicroRNA-21 (miR-21) is a critical biomarker involved in various pathological processes, yet its low abundance in biological fluids poses challenges for accurate detection. Herein, we present a highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor for miR-21 detection. The system integrates a multi-stage amplification cascade that begins with toehold-mediated strand displacement (TMSD) and continues through T7 RNA polymerase transcription and CRISPR/Cas13a-mediated collateral cleavage. The sensing interface was constructed by immobilizing ferrocene-labeled DNA probes onto a conductive AuNPs/Ti₃C₂Tx/Ru(II)-PEI nanohybrid-modified electrode. In the absence of miR-21, ferrocene effectively quenched the ECL signal. Upon target recognition, TMSD activates a split T7 promoter/template system, triggering RNA transcription. The resulting single-stranded RNAs activate Cas13a, which cleaves DNA probes and restores the ECL emission. Under optimized conditions, the biosensor exhibited a wide dynamic range from 10 aM to 500 fM and a detection limit as low as 5.23 aM. It also demonstrated excellent specificity, repeatability (RSD = 4.3 %), and recovery (99.93–106.20 %) in spiked serum samples. This work provides a versatile and modular ECL sensing platform for ultrasensitive miRNA detection, offering promising applications in clinical diagnostics and precision medicine.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2015
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IF 6.723
Sai Bi,Bao Xiu,Jiayan Ye,Ying Dong
Here we report a target-catalyzed DNA four-way junction (DNA-4WJ) on the basis of toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement reaction (TM-SDR), which is readily applied in enzyme-free amplified chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) imaging of microRNA. In this system, the introduction of target microRNA-let-7a (miR-let-7a) activates a cascade of assembly steps with four DNA hairpins, followed by a disassembly step in which the target microRNA is displaced and released from DNA-4WJ to catalyze the self-assembly of additional branched junctions. As a result, G-quadruplex subunit sequences and fluorophore fluorescein amidite (FAM) are encoded in DNA-4WJ in a close proximity, stimulating a CRET process in the presence of hemin/K+ to form horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimicking DNAzyme that catalyzes the generation of luminol/H2O2 chemiluminescence (CL), which further transfers to FAM. The background signal is easily reduced using magnetic graphene oxide (MGO) to remove unreacted species through magnetic separation, which makes a great contribution to improve the detection sensitivity and achieves a detection limit as low as 6.9 fM microRNA-let-7a (miR-let-7a). In addition, four-input concatenated logic circuits with an automatic reset function have been successfully constructed relying on the architecture of the proposed DNA-4WJ. More importantly, DNA nanohydrogels are self-assembled using DNA-4WJs as building units after centrifugation, which are driven by liquid crystallization and dense packaging of building units. Moreover, the DNA nanohydrogels are readily functionalized by incorporating with aptamers, bioimaging agents, and drug loading sites, which thus are served as efficient nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery and cancer therapy with high loading capacity and excellent biocompatibility.
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TALANTA
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2021
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IF 6.057
Min-Xi Li,Yao Chen,Zeng-Ping Chen,Ru-Qin Yu
Herein, a label free and sensitive miRNA detection method with enhanced practical applicability was developed based on the locked nucleic acid (LNA) assisted repeated fishing amplification strategy. The working mechanism of the proposed method is as follows: 1) a DNA probe (i.e, L-DNA) with LNA bases is immobilized onto the surface of a gold foil. The L-DNA hybridizes with the 3′ terminus of the first strands of complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) of the target miRNA in the test samples; 2) The protruding 5′ terminus of the cDNA serves as a ‘fishhook’ to repeatedly fish the products of a hybridization chain reaction (HCR) out from a ‘reaction tube’; 3) The HCR products can be unloaded from the gold foil into a ‘product tube’ through temperature-controlled dehybridization; 4) The concentration of the target miRNA is determined based on the fluorescence intensity generated by the addition of SYBR-Green I (SG) into the ‘product tube’. The proposed platform was applied to the detection of miRNA-122 in cell lysate samples and obtained quantitative results with accuracy comparable to the quantitative reverse transcription PCR method (qRT-PCR). It is worth pointing out that the proposed platform achieved a limit of detection value of 2.9 fM for miRNA-122 by a simple but effective LNA-assisted repeated fishing amplification strategy instead of complicated enzyme-based amplification techniques. It is reasonable to expect that the proposed method provides a competitive alternative for designing practically applicable, cost-effective and label-free miRNA detection methods.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2013
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IF 5.437
Mo Wang,Huanshun Yin,Nannan Shen,Zhenning Xu,Bing Sun,Shiyun Ai
In this work, a photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor was fabricated for sensitive and specific detection of microRNA based on Bi 2 S 3 nanorods and enzymatic signal amplification . Using the catalytic effect of alkaline phosphatase on l -ascorbic acid 2-phosphate trisodium salt (AAP), ascorbic acid (AA) was in situ generated and used as electron donor . Based on this, a signal-on protocol was successively achieved for microRNAs detection due to the dependence of photocurrent response on the concentration of electron donor of AA. The results demonstrated that the photocurrent response enhanced with increasing the hybridized concentration of microRNA. Under the amplification of the immunogold labeled streptavidin (SA-AuNPs), a low detection limit of 1.67 fM was obtained. The fabricated biosensor showed good detection stability and specificity, and it could discriminate only one-base mismatched microRNA sequence. Moreover, the down-regulated expression of microRNA-21 in DF-1 chicken fibroblast cells infected with subgroup J avian leukemia virus (ALVs) was confirmed by the developed method, indicating that microRNA-21 might be a new biomarker for avian leukemia. This work opens a different perspective for microRNAs detection and early diagnose of avian leukemia.
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病毒学
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癌症研究
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ACS Sensors
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2019
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IF 6.944
Lin Shi,Yudie Sun,Lan Mi,Tao Li
Portable chemiluminescence (CL) imaging with a smartphone has shown a great promise for point-of-care testing of diseases, especially for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), which may occur abruptly. A challenge remains how to improve the imaging sensitivity that usually is several orders of magnitude lower than those of counterpart methodologies using the sophisticated equipment. Toward this goal, here, we report the target-triggered in situ growth of AuNP@hairpin-DNA nanoprobes into spherical nucleic acid enzymes (SNAzymes), which serve as both nanolabels and amplifiers for portable CL imaging of microRNAs (miRNAs) with an ultrahigh sensitivity comparable to that of the instrumental measurement under same conditions. A G-quadruplex (G4) DNA dense layer is dynamically produced on the gold nanocore via a DNAzyme machine-driven hairpin cleaving and captures the cofactor hemin to form the SNAzymes with higher peroxidase activity and stronger nuclease resistance than the commonly used G4 DNAzymes. The matured SNAzymes are then utilized as catalytic labels in a luminol-artesunate CL system for miRNA imaging with a smartphone as the portable detector. In this way, two AMI-related miRNAs, miRNA-499 and miRNA-133a, are successfully detected in real patients’ serum with a naked eye-visualized CL change at 10 fM, showing a 5 order of magnitude improvement on the sensitivity of visualizing the same disease markers in clinical circulating blood as compared to the reported strategy. In addition, a good selectivity of our developed CL imaging platform is demonstrated. These unique features make it promising to employ this portable imaging platform for clinical AMI diagnosis.
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生物技术
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生物化学
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纳米技术
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即时诊断
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医疗器械
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JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE
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2025
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Xue Jinxiong,Huang Jingping,Lin Xue,Pan Wuyuan,Ke Fang
MicroRNA-183-5p is a clinically relevant biomarker, yet its detection is hindered by short sequence length, high homology, and low abundance in complex biological fluids. We report a hydrothermally synthesized nickel chloride-decorated graphitic carbon nitride (NiCl 2 @g-C 3 N 4 ) with intrinsic peroxidase-like and fluorescence activities for label-free dual-mode detection. Characterized by multiple spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, the nanocomposite enables quantitative analysis via π-π stacking and van der Waals interactions between the probe and target, eliminating the need for enzymes or fluorescent labels. Under optimal conditions, using the formula LOD = 3Sb/b, the detection limit was calculated as 0.69. This material with broad linear ranges, excellent selectivity, month-long stability, and recovery rates of 97.7-101.6% in spiked serum. This facile and cost-effective platform offers a promising tool for sensitive miRNA quantification in clinical diagnostics.
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生物传感器
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临床诊断
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microRNA检测
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