Highly sensitive detection of proteins is essential to biomedical research as well as
clinical diagnosis. However, usual detecting methods are complicated operating,
time-costing and extensive label preparing. Here, we combined molecular beacon
(MB) track mediated DNA walker and nicking enzyme assisted signal amplification
method to develop a simple and ultrasensitive malachite green fluorescence biosensor
for specific detection cytokine, interferon-γ (IFN-γ). The association of the IFN-γ with
the corresponding aptamers of the dsDNA strands leads to free of DNA walker which
trigged the generation of DNA track at the help of Nicking endonuclease (Nb.BbvCI). The released MB track opens MB2 to form MB tr... More
Highly sensitive detection of proteins is essential to biomedical research as well as
clinical diagnosis. However, usual detecting methods are complicated operating,
time-costing and extensive label preparing. Here, we combined molecular beacon
(MB) track mediated DNA walker and nicking enzyme assisted signal amplification
method to develop a simple and ultrasensitive malachite green fluorescence biosensor
for specific detection cytokine, interferon-γ (IFN-γ). The association of the IFN-γ with
the corresponding aptamers of the dsDNA strands leads to free of DNA walker which
trigged the generation of DNA track at the help of Nicking endonuclease (Nb.BbvCI). The released MB track opens MB2 to form MB track/MB2 duplex and the duplex
cleaved the MB track with the help of Nb.BbvCI. The DNA track is subsequently
released to hybridize with another MB2. And the cleavage also generates the G-rich
oligomer, this released G-rich oligomer folds into a G-quadruplex structure and thus
allows the formation of a fluorescence transducer in the presence of Malachite green
(MG). The formed fluorescence transducer can give a high fluorescence intensity. So,
one IFN-γ can initiate the cleavage of numerous MB track and MB2, resulting in the
highly sensitive detection of IFN-γ with the detection limit of 7.65 fM. This new
methodology can be expected to provide a highly sensitive platform for the amplified
analysis of various target molecules.