An electrochemical DNA biosensor for trace amounts of mercury ion quantification | Zendy

Ferdaous Maâtouk | Zendy; Mouna Maâtouk | Zendy; Karima Békir | Zendy; Houcine Barhoumi | Zendy; Abderrazak Maaref | Zendy; Hédi Ben Mansour | Zendy

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An electrochemical DNA biosensor for trace amounts of mercury ion quantification

Author(s) -

Ferdaous Maâtouk,

Mouna Maâtouk,

Karima Békir,

Houcine Barhoumi,

Abderrazak Maaref,

Hédi Ben Mansour

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of water and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1996-7829

pISSN - 1477-8920

DOI - 10.2166/wh.2016.293

Subject(s) - differential pulse voltammetry , detection limit , biosensor , metal ions in aqueous solution , mercury (programming language) , chemistry , electrochemistry , dielectric spectroscopy , thymine , analytical chemistry (journal) , oligonucleotide , ion , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , cyclic voltammetry , electrode , chromatography , dna , organic chemistry , biochemistry , computer science , programming language

In this work we report the development of an electrochemical DNA biosensor with high sensitivity for mercury ion detection. A new matrix based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-glutathione (GSH)/cysteine was investigated. The interaction between DNA oligonucleotides and Hg 2+ ions followed by the formation of Thymine-Hg 2+ -Thymine (T-Hg 2+ -T) structures was quantified using different electrochemical methods. It has been shown that the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements and the differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) confirmed the specific interaction between the oligonucleotide receptor layer and the Hg 2+ ions. Besides, the developed sensor exhibited high sensitivity towards mercury among some examined metal ions such as Pb 2+ , Cu 2+ and Cd 2+ . As a result, a high electrochemical response and low detection limit of 50 pM were estimated in the case of Hg 2+ ions. The developed DNA biosensor was applied successfully to the determination of Hg 2+ ions in wastewater samples.

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