Nanoscale Research Letters (Apr 2018)

A Graphene Oxide-Based Fluorescent Aptasensor for the Turn-on Detection of CCRF-CEM

  • Jie Tan,
  • Zongqiang Lai,
  • Liping Zhong,
  • Zhenghua Zhang,
  • Rong Zheng,
  • Jing Su,
  • Yong Huang,
  • Panpan Huang,
  • Hui Song,
  • Nuo Yang,
  • Sufang Zhou,
  • Yongxiang Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2403-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abstract A convenient, low-cost, and highly sensitive fluorescent aptasensor for detection of leukemia has been developed based on graphene oxide-aptamer complex (GO-apt). Graphene oxide (GO) can absorb carboxyfluorescein-labeled Sgc8 aptamer (FAM-apt) by π-π stacking and quench the fluorescence through fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). In the absence of Sgc8 target cell CCRF-CEM, the fluorescence is almost all quenched. Conversely, when the CCRF-CEM cells are added, the quenched fluorescence can be recovered rapidly and significantly. Therefore, based on the change of fluorescence signals, we can detect the number of CCRF-CEM cells in a wide range from 1 × 102 to 1 × 107 cells/mL with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 cells/mL. Therefore, this strategy of graphene oxide-based fluorescent aptasensor may be promising for the detection of cancer.

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