Sensors 2011, 11(6), 5616-5629; doi:10.3390/s110605616
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Label-Free Electrochemical Detection of the Specific Oligonucleotide Sequence of Dengue Virus Type 1 on Pencil Graphite Electrodes

Elaine Souza 1,* email, Gustavo Nascimento 1 email, Nataly Santana 1 email, Danielly Ferreira 1 email, Manoel Lima 2 email, Edna Natividade 2 email, Danyelly Martins 1,3 email and José Lima-Filho 1,3 email
1 Laboratory of Immunopathology Keizo Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Av. Professor Moraes s/n, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil 2 Computer Science Institute, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Av. Professor Moraes s/n, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil 3 Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Av. Professor Moraes Rego s/n, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 25 April 2011; in revised form: 13 May 2011 / Accepted: 18 May 2011 / Published: 26 May 2011
(This article belongs to the Section Biosensors)
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Abstract: A biosensor that relies on the adsorption immobilization of the 18-mer single-stranded nucleic acid related to dengue virus gene 1 on activated pencil graphite was developed. Hybridization between the probe and its complementary oligonucleotides (the target) was investigated by monitoring guanine oxidation by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The pencil graphite electrode was made of ordinary pencil lead (type 4B). The polished surface of the working electrode was activated by applying a potential of 1.8 V for 5 min. Afterward, the dengue oligonucleotides probe was immobilized on the activated electrode by applying 0.5 V to the electrode in 0.5 M acetate buffer (pH 5.0) for 5 min. The hybridization process was carried out by incubating at the annealing temperature of the oligonucleotides. A time of five minutes and concentration of 1 μM were found to be the optimal conditions for probe immobilization. The electrochemical detection of annealing between the DNA probe (TS-1P) immobilized on the modified electrode, and the target (TS-1T) was achieved. The target could be quantified in a range from 1 to 40 nM with good linearity and a detection limit of 0.92 nM. The specificity of the electrochemical biosensor was tested using non-complementary sequences of dengue virus 2 and 3.
Keywords: dengue virus; nucleic acid biosensor; guanine oxidation

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Souza, E.; Nascimento, G.; Santana, N.; Ferreira, D.; Lima, M.; Natividade, E.; Martins, D.; Lima-Filho, J. Label-Free Electrochemical Detection of the Specific Oligonucleotide Sequence of Dengue Virus Type 1 on Pencil Graphite Electrodes. Sensors 2011, 11, 5616-5629.

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Souza E, Nascimento G, Santana N, Ferreira D, Lima M, Natividade E, Martins D, Lima-Filho J. Label-Free Electrochemical Detection of the Specific Oligonucleotide Sequence of Dengue Virus Type 1 on Pencil Graphite Electrodes. Sensors. 2011; 11(6):5616-5629.

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Souza, Elaine; Nascimento, Gustavo; Santana, Nataly; Ferreira, Danielly; Lima, Manoel; Natividade, Edna; Martins, Danyelly; Lima-Filho, José. 2011. "Label-Free Electrochemical Detection of the Specific Oligonucleotide Sequence of Dengue Virus Type 1 on Pencil Graphite Electrodes." Sensors 11, no. 6: 5616-5629.

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