A stem-loop like aptasensor for sensitive detection of aflatoxin based on graphene oxide/AuNPs nanocomposite platform

Autor: Mehdi Dadmehr, Sahar Cheraghi Shahi, Mitra Malekkiani, Behnaz Korouzhdehi, Abolfazl Tavassoli
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Food Chemistry. 402:134212
ISSN: 0308-8146
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134212
Popis: Aflatoxin as the potent carcinogenic mycotoxin had been received great attention for detection in food industry and safety. Due to low quantity of aflatoxin in food samples, there is a need to develop a sensitive method toward its detection. In the present study, an aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) specific aptasensor with internal complementary sequence was developed for detection of AFB1. The FAM-functionalized aptamer was deposited on the surface of graphene oxide decorated with gold nanoparticles (GO/AuNPs) and following formation of heteroduplex stem-loop structure led to fluorescence quenching of FAM-labeled aptamer. After incubation of proposed aptasensor with AFB1, the aptamer-AFB1 complex resulted to denaturation in stem-loop structure of aptamer which caused restoration of single strand aptamer and recovery of fluorescence. The assay showed a convenient detection response in the range of 0.5-20 pg/mL with a very low detection limit (0.1 pg/mL) and it was highly selective for AFB1 over other mycotoxins.
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