Fabrication of a Deoxyribonuclease Sensor Based on the Electrical Characteristics of DNA Molecules

Autor: Takahiro Himuro, Shota Tsukamoto, Yoji Saito
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ACS Omega. 7:23549-23554
ISSN: 2470-1343
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02069
Popis: In this study, we developed a sensing device that can detect deoxyribonuclease (DNase) based on the electrical properties of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). We estimated the equivalent circuit between the electrodes with immobilized DNA and investigated whether the characteristics of the electrodes change before and after the DNase reaction. This method detects DNase by simply evaluating the electrical properties of DNA without using a fluorescent reagent. Therefore, inexpensive and highly accurate measurements can be performed with simple operations. However, detection sensitivity must be increased for practical feasibility. Hence, we investigated whether DNA immobilization is restricted by changing the shape of the electrode to a triangle with sharp edges, which may improve the sensitivity of DNase. Additionally, we attempted to detect DNase from an extremely small amount of sample solution using a microchannel. The device was able to quantitatively analyze DNase I activity with a detection limit of 5.5 × 10
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