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Controlled Sensing of User-Defined Aptamer-Based Targets Using Scanning Ionic Conductance Spectroscopy

Miljkovic, Helena  
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Feletti, Lely  
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Pistoletti Blanchet, Gordanna
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2025
ACS Nano

Solid-state nanopores offer the possibility of detecting disease biomarkers in early diagnostic applications. Standard approaches harness fingerprinting, where protein targets are bound to DNA carriers and detected in free translocation with a solid-state nanopore. However, they suffer from several drawbacks, including uncontrolled fast translocations, which lead to low detection accuracy and a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This has hampered their application in clinical settings. Here, we propose a nanopore-based system capable of sensing selected molecules of interest from biological fluids by harnessing programmable aptamer sequences attached to DNA carrier systems that are tethered to glass surfaces. This allows for spatial and velocity control over translocation in the x, y, and z directions and enables the repeated scanning of the same analyte. The scanning ion conductance spectroscopy (SICS) based approach distinguishes itself from standard nanopore-based approaches with its ability to repeatedly scan the same aptamer molecule target site more than 5 times. We designed a DNA carrier with multiple binding sites for different aptamers to increase the yield of the experiment. Our approach achieves a detection rate of up to 74%, significantly higher than the 14% achieved with standard solid-state nanopore measurements. The strong spatial control also allows for significantly increased densities of aptamer target sites along the same DNA carrier, thereby paving the way for multiplexed sensing. The system offers user-defined programmability with different aptamer sequences, potentially expanding the use of our system to sense other disease biomarkers.

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DOI
10.1021/acsnano.4c18509
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105001479266

Author(s)
Miljkovic, Helena  
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Feletti, Lely  
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Pistoletti Blanchet, Gordanna
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Penedo, Marcos  
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Ayar, Zahra  
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Drake, Barney  
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Kuhn, Alexandre
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Yang, Wayne  
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Fantner, Georg E.  
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Radenovic, Aleksandra  
Date Issued

2025

Published in
ACS Nano
Subjects

aptamer

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protein

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SICS

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single molecule detection

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solid-state nanopore

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LBEN  
LBNI  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

ERC-2017-CoG InCell

European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

National Center of Competence in Research

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April 8, 2025
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