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Electrochemiluminescence from a biocatalysis accelerated N-(aminobutyl)-N-(ethylisoluminol)/dissolved O2 system for microRNA detection

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A kind of biocatalyst, laccase, has been employed as a biocompatible coreactant accelerator to efficiently catalyze coreactant (dissolved O2) for generating high local concentration of superoxide radical (O2•−), acquiring high-intense electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emission of ABEI (N-(aminobutyl)-N-(ethylisoluminol))/dissolved O2 system. Furthermore, a modified strand displacement reaction with excellent amplification efficiency was constructed by replacing traditional single strand DNA to the hairpin DNA as template for triggering the immobilization of more signal probes. As a result, the biosensor for microRNA-21 determination has preeminent selectivity and favorable sensitivity with detection limit down to 80.8 aM. Significantly, the devised strategy has blazed a new path for seeking more coreaction accelerators with splendid biocompatibility thus promoting the application of ternary ECL systems in biological analysis and clinical diagnosis.

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This work was financially supported by the NNSF of China (21974108, and 21775124), and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2019 M663418).

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    Ying Zhou, Hongxia Liao, Yaqin Chai & Ruo Yuan

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Zhou, Y., Liao, H., Chai, Y. et al. Electrochemiluminescence from a biocatalysis accelerated N-(aminobutyl)-N-(ethylisoluminol)/dissolved O2 system for microRNA detection. Microchim Acta 188, 205 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-021-04854-6

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