Abstract
Vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF165) is a crucial regulator of angiogenesis and works as a major protein biomarker of cancer metastasis. Therefore, its quantitative detection is pivotal in clinic. In this work, CuS/ZnIn2S4 flower-like heterojunctions had strong and stable photocurrents, which behaved as photoactive material to construct a photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor for detecting VEGF165, combined by home-prepared (MnCo)Fe2O4 nanozyme-mediated signal amplification. The interfacial photo-induced electron transfer mechanism was chiefly discussed by UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in details. Specifically, the (MnCo)Fe2O4 modified VEGF165 aptamer was released from the PEC aptasensing platform for its highly specific affinity to target VEGF165, which terminated the color precipitation reaction, ultimately recovering the PEC signals. The developed sensor displayed a wider linear range from 1 × 10−2 to 1 × 104 pg mL−1 with a smaller limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 fg mL−1. This study provides some valuable insights for building other ultrasensitive aptasensors for clinical assays of cancer biomarkers in practice.
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