Abstract
A novel "turn-on" aptasensor for kanamycin (Kana) detection based on a new Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) pair is reported. A new organic small molecule was employed as a high-efficiency quencher for fluorophore. Based on specific interactions between ssDNA and the quencher, an ingenious and amplified strategy was designed. In the absence of the target, the fluorescence of the fluorophore labeled at the end of the aptamer was quenched. After the binding of the aptamer to the target, the fluorescence was recovered and amplified. The proposed aptasensor showed high specificity, selectivity, and stability in complicated systems. With the P3-based strategy, the limit of detection for Kana is estimated to be 10nM, which is much lower than the maximum allowable concentration in milk. The recoveries of spiked Kana in milk were in the range 99.8 ~ 105.3% (n = 3). Fortunately, this novel method can be easily extended to other antibiotics such as tobramycin by simply replacing the aptamer, showing great potential as a universal platform for selective, sensitive, and rapid detection of hazardous analytes in food samples.
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