Design and fabrication of nanoscale immunosensor for detection of ROR-1 cancer biomarker

Abstract

In the present article, we developed a highly sensitive label-free electrochemical immunosensor based on NiFe-layered double hydroxides (LDH)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) modified glassy carbon electrode for the determination of receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor (ROR)-1. In this electrochemical immunoassay platform, NiFe-LDH/rGO was used due to great electron mobility, high specific surface area and flexible structures, while Au nanoparticles were prepared and coated on the modified electrodes to improve the detection sensitivity and ROR1 antibody immobilizing (ROR1Ab). The modification procedure was approved by using of cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) based on the response of peak current to the step by step modifications. Under optimum conditions, the experimental results showed that the immunosensor revealed a sensitive response to ROR1 in the range of 0.01 fg ml-1 to 1 pg ml-1, and with a lower limit of quantification of 10 atto gram/mL (10 ag ml-1). Furthermore, the designed immunosensor was applied for the analysis of ROR1 in several serum samples of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) suffering patients with acceptable results in comparison with common ELISA method, and it also exhibited good selectivity, reproducibility and stability.