Impact Factor: 6.9

DOI number: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.02.072

Journal: Analytica Chimica Acta

Key Words: Aptamers, Nucleotide/*chemistry *Biosensing Techniques Insecticides/*analysis Organothiophosphates/*analysis Aptamer Label-free Microcantilever sensor Profenofos Surface stress

Abstract: Profenofos, a highly poisonous organophosphorus pesticide, has been widely used in agricultural production. These pesticide residues have seriously influenced food security and threatened human health, and new methods with high sensitivity are greatly needed to detect profenofos. Here, we developed an aptamer-based microcantilever-array sensor operated in stress mode to detect profenofos, with advantages of being a label-free, highly sensitive, one-step immobilization method capable of quantitative and real-time detection. The microcantilevers were functionalized with a profenofos-specific aptamer (SS2-55), and then the specific binding of profenofos to aptamer induced a deflection of the microcantilever, which was monitored using an optical method in a real-time manner. The microcantilever deflection showed a positive relationship with profenofos concentration, and the detection limit was low to 1.3ngmL(-1) (3.5nM) for profenofos, which was much lower than other aptamer-based detection methods. The selectivity of the sensor was verified with another organophosphorus pesticide. Additionally, we successfully detected profenofos dissolved in vegetable-soak solution. Our results showed that this aptamer-based microcantilever-array sensor is a convenient and label-free method for detecting profenofos in small amounts and has great potential for food-security applications.

Co-author: Zhang Guangping

First Author: Li Chao

Indexed by: Journal paper

Correspondence Author: Wu Shangquan*,Qingchuan Zhang*

Volume: 1020

Page Number: 116-122

Translation or Not: no

Date of Publication: 2018-08-22