Aptamer-based photoelectrochemical assay for the determination of MCF-7.
Journal: 2020/April - Mikrochimica Acta
ISSN: 1436-5073
Abstract:
In this work, an aptamer-based photoelectrochemical (PEC) assay is reported for the determination of MCF-7 breast cancer cells using hexagonal carbon nitride tubes (HCNTs) as photoactive material. The aptamer immobilized on the HCNT surface can specifically bind with mucin 1 protein (MUC1) that is overexpressed on the surface of MCF-7 cell. Thus, the PEC assay has high specificity for the determination of MCF-7. The determination of MCF-7 is due to the binding of MCF-7 onto HCNT that suppressed the photocurrent intensity. The PEC assay displays good performances for MCF-7 determination with a linear range from 1 × 102 to 1 × 105 cell mL-1 and limit of detection down to 17 cells mL-1. Meanwhile, the PEC assay can distinguish MCF-7 from normal cells in blood samples, which may have potential applications in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
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