Label-free detection of Staphylococcus aureus in skin using real-time potentiometric biosensors based on carbon nanotubes and aptamers

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• 作者：Gustavo A. Zelada-Guillé ; n ^{gustavozelada@gmail.com} ; José ; Luis Sebastiá ; n-Avila¹ ; ^{jlsebastianavila@gmail.com} ; Pascal Blondeau ^{pascal.blondeau@urv.cat} ; Jordi Riu ; ^{jordi.riu@urv.cat} ; F. Xavier Rius ^{fxavier.rius@urv.cat}
• 关键词：Staphylococcus aureus ; Real-time ; Carbon nanotubes ; Aptamers ; Label-free ; Potentiometry
• 刊名：Biosensors and Bioelectronics
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：15 January, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：31
• 期：1
• 页码：226-232
• 全文大小：673 K

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In this paper we report the first biosensor that is able to detect Staphylococcus aureus in real-time. A network of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) acts as an ion-to-electron potentiometric transducer and anti-S. aureus aptamers are the recognition element. Carbon nanotubes were functionalized with aptamers using two different approaches: (1) non-covalent adsorption of drop-casted pyrenil-modified aptamers onto the external walls of the SWCNTs; and (2) covalent bond formation between amine-modified aptamers and carboxylic groups previously introduced by oxidation at the ends of the SWCNTs. Both of these approaches yielded functional biosensors but there were large differences in the minimum detectable bacteria concentration and sensitivity values. With covalent functionalization, the minimum concentration detected was 8 ¡Á 10² colony-forming units (CFU)/mL and the sensitivity was 0.36 mV/Decade. With the non-covalent approach, the sensitivity was higher (1.52 mV/Decade) but the minimum concentration detected was greatly affected (10⁷ CFU/mL). In both cases, potential as a function of Decade of bacteria concentration was linear. Functional biosensors were used to test real samples from freshly excised pig skin, contaminated with the target microorganism, as a surrogate for human skin.