• 文献标题:   Smart-Polymer-Functionalized Graphene Nanodevices for Thermo-Switch-Controlled Biodetection
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BALCIOGLU M, BUYUKBEKAR BZ, YAVUZ MS, YIGIT MV
  • 作者关键词:   nanodevice, graphene, thermoresponsive polymer, pegma, dna, mirna, thrombin, adenosine, aptamer
  • 出版物名称:   ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   2373-9878
  • 通讯作者地址:   SUNY Albany
  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1021/ab500029h
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we have developed a general methodology for constructing an activatable biosensor utilizing a thermoresponsive polymer and two-dimensional nanosheet. We have demonstrated the detection of four different types of biological compounds using the smart PEGMA (poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate), oligonucleotides, and graphene oxide nanoassembly. The activity of the functional nanodevice is controlled with a thermo-switch at 39 degrees C. In this design, the nanosized graphene oxide serves as a template for fluorophore labeled probe oligonucleotides while quenching the fluorescence intensities dramatically. On the other hand, the PEGMA polymer serves as an activatable protecting layer covering the graphene oxide and entrapping the probe oligonucleotides on the surface. The PEGMA polymers are hydrophobic above their lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and therefore interact strongly with the hydrophobic surface of graphene oxide, creating a closed configuration (OFF state) of the nanodevice. However, once the temperature decreases below the LCST, the polymer undergoes conformational change and becomes hydrophilic. This opens up the surface of the graphene oxide (open configuration, ON state), freeing the encapsulated payload on the surface. We have tuned the activity of the nanodevice for the detection of a sequence-specific DNA, miR-10b, thrombin, and adenosine. The activity of our functional system can be decreased by 80% with a thermo-switch at 39 C. Our approach can be extended to other antisense oligonucleotide, aptamer, or DNAzyme based sensing strategies.