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. 2021 Feb 2;21(3):979. doi: 10.3390/s21030979

Table 1.

Examples of application of aptasensors for quantitative detection.

Sensor Type Target Aptamer Sequence Detection Range LOD Ref.
Colorimetric E. coli Fp: TAGGGAAGAGAAGGACATATGAT, Rp: TTGACTAGTACATGACCACTTGA) 101–108 cells/mL 101 cells/mL [84]
Malathion 5′-TAT ACA CAA TTG TTT TTC TCT TAA CTT CTT GAC TGC-3′ 0–4000 ng/L 5.24 ng/L [85]
Cd2+ 5′-CTCAGGACGACGGGTTCACAGTCCGTTGTC-3′ 1–400 ng/L 1 ng/L [86]
Salmonella typhimurium Apt1: 5′-biotin-GAGGAAAGTCTATAGCAGAGGAGATGTGTGAACCGAGTAA-3′ 3.3 × 101–3.3 × 106 CFU/mL 33 CFU/mL [87]
Apt2: 5′-CTCCTCTGACTGTAACCACGGAGTTAATCAATACAAGGCGGGAACATCCTTGGCGGTGCCGCATAGGTAGTCCAGAAGCC-3′
Salmonella typhimurium NH2-GCGCTCGGCCTCCTCTGCCATCTCATTCGCGAGCGC 100–109 CFU/mL 16 CFU/mL [88]
AFM1 5-Biotin-ACTGCTAGAGATTTTCCACAT-3′ 0.3–75 ng/mL 0.03 ng/mL [89]
AFB1 5′-GTTGGGCACGTGTTGTCTCTCTGTGTCTCGTGCCCTTCGCTAGGCCCACA-3′ 1–6 ng/mL 0.18 ng/mL [90]
Salmonella typhimurium Apt1 5′-AGT AAT GCC CGG TAG TTA TTC AAA GAT GAG TAG GAA AAG A-C6-SH-3′ 101–106 CFU mL−1 1 CFU/mL [97]
Apt2 5′-TAT GGC GGC GTC ACC CGA CGG GGA CTT GAC ATT ATG ACA G-C6-SH-3′
ABA AAAATGGGTTAGGTGGAGGTGGTTATTCCGGGAATTCGCCCTAAATACGAGCAAC 1 nM to 10 μM 0.51 nM [98]
Cortisol 5′-GGA ATG GAT CCA CAT CCA TGG ATG GGC AAT GCG GGG TGG AGA ATG GTT GCC GCA CTT CGG CTT CAC TGC AGA CTT GAC GAA GCT T-3′ 0.1–1000 nM 0.1 nM [99]
Thrombin TBA1 (5′-thiolated-TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT GGT TGG TGT GGT TGG-3′) 0–10 μg/mL 1.33 μg/mL [100]
TBA2 (5′-thiolated-TTT TTA GTC CGT GGT AGG GCA GGT TGG GGT GAC T-3′)
Cd2+ 5′-biotin-ACC GAC CGT GCT GGA CTC TGG ACT GTT GTG GTA TTA TTT TTG GTT GTG CAG TAT GAG CGA GCG TTG CG-3 1–500 ng/mL 0.7 ng/mL [101]
PDGF-BB 5′-CAGGCTACGGCACGTAGAGCATCACCATGATCCTG-3′ 1–25 pM 0.94 pM [103]
ATP 5′-ACC TGG GGG AGT ATT GCG GAG GAA GGT-3′ 0.50–100 μM 0.09 μM [106]
Pb2+ 5′-biotin-GGGTGGGTGGGTGGGT-3′ 1–300 ng/mL 0.63 ng/mL [107]
E. coli Apt1: 5′-biotin-TGAGCCCAAGCCCTGGTATGCGGATAACGAGGTATTCACGACTGGTCGTCAGGTATGGTTGGCAGGTCTACTTTGGGATC-3′ 16 to 1.6 × 106 CFU/mL 2 CFU/mL [108]
Apt1: 5′-biotin-TGAGCCCAAGCCCTGGTATGAGCCCACGGAACACTGGTCGCGCCCACTGGTTTCTATATTGGCAGGTCTACTTTGGGATC-3′
17β-E2 5′-GCTTCCAGCTTATTGAATTACACGCAGAGGGTAGCGGCTCTGCGCATTCAATTGCTGCGCGCTGAAGCGCGGAAGC-3′ 1.5–50 nM 1.5 nM [109]
AFB1 5′-biotin-GTT GGG CAC GTG TTG TCT CTC TGT GTC TCG TGC CCT TCG CTA GGC CCA CA-3′ ND 0.1 ng/mL [110]
PSA 5′-Biotin-ATTAAAGCTCGCCATCAAATAGC-3′ 0–2.1 ng/mL 0.15 ng/mL [111]
E.coli O157: H7 5′-ATCCGTCACACCTGCTCTGTCTGCGAGCGGGGCG 500–5 × 107 CFU/mL 250 CFU/mL [112]
CGGGCCCGGCGGGGGATGCGTGGTGTTGGCTCCCGTAT-3′
Fluorometric T-2 5′-CAGCTCAGAAGCTTGATCCTGTATATCAAGCATCGCGTGTTTACACATGCGAGAGGTGAAGACTCGAAGTCGTGCATCTG-3′ 0.001−100 ng/mL 0.57 pg/mL [119]
DGX 5′-AGCGAGGGCGGTGTCCAACAGCGGTTTTTTCACGAGGAGGTTGGCGGTGG-3′ 0.001 to 0.5 ng/mL 0.0032 ng/mL [120]
ZEN 5′-NH2-AGCAGCACAGAGGTCAGATGTCATCTATCTATGGTACATTACTATCTGTAATGTGATATGCCTATGCGTGCTACCGTGAA-3′ 31.4–628 nM 7.5 nM [121]
PAT 5′-GGC CCG CCA ACC CGC ATC ATC TAC ACT GAT ATT TTA CCT T-3′CFL 5–300 ng/mL 0.13 ng/mL [130]
AFB1 TARMA-5′-GTT GGG CAC GTG TTG TCT CTC TGT GTC TCG TGC CCT TCG CTA GGC CCA CA-3′ 0–180 ng/mL 0.35 ng/mL [123]
AMP 5′-CACGGCATGGTGGGCGTCGTG-Thiol-3′ 100–1000 pM 29.2 pM [131]
IFN-γ Apt1: 5′-H2N-C6-CCGCCCAAATCCCTAAGAGAAGACTGTAATGAC ATCAAACCAGACACACACTACACACGCA-3′ 2.0 × 10−18–5.0 × 10−8 M 0.178 fM [132]
Apt2: 5′-TGGGGTTGGTTGTGTTGGGTGTTGTG-Azide(N3)-3′
MUC1 5′-Cy3-GCAGTTGATCCTTTGGATACCCTGG-NH2-3′ 0–50 nM 0.8 nM [133]
Isocarbophos 5′-AGCT2GCTGCAGCGAT2CT2GATCGC2ACAGAGCT-3’ 10–500 nM 3.38 nM [134]
Hg2+ 5′-FAM-TTC TTT CTT CCC CTT GTT TGT T-3′ 20–150 nM 15 nM [135]
E. coli 5′-CCG GAC GCT TAT GCC TTG CCA TCT ACA GAG CAG GTG TGA CGG-C6 NH2-3′ 85 to 85 × 107 CFU/mL 17 CFU/mL [140]
E. coli ATCC8739 5′-ATCCGTCACACCTGCTCTGTCTGCGAGCGGGGCGCGGGCCCGGCGGGGGATGCGTGGTGTTGGCTCCCGTAT-3′ 58–58 × 106 CFU/mL 10 CFU/mL [141]
Malathion 5′-ATCCGTCACACCTGCTCTTATACACAATTGTTTTTCTCTTAACT TCTTGACTGCTGGTGTTGGCTCCCGTAT-3′ of 0.01–1 μM 1.42 nM [142]
Pb2+ Apt1: 5′-Biotin-CGA TCA CTA ACT ATr AGG AAG AGA TG-HS-3′ 25–1400 nM 5.7 nM [143]
Apt2: 5′-NH2-TGA GTG ATA AAG CTG GCC GAG CCT CTT CTC TAC-3′
Chlorpyrifos 5′-CCTGCCACGCTCCGCAAGCTTAGGGTTACGCCTGCAGCGATTCTTGATCGCGCTGCTGGTAATCCTTCTTTAAGCTTGGCACCCGCATCGT-3′ 5–600 nM 3.8 nM [144]
ATP 5′-CCCCAACTCCTTCCCGAAACCTACCTGGGGGAGTATTGCGGAGGAAGGTTTCGGG-3′ 20–220 μM 0.38 μM [145]
ATP 5′-CCCCCCCCCCCCCACCTGGGGGAGTATTGCGGAGGAAGGT-3′ 50 pM–1.0 nM 26 pM [152]
AFB1 5′-GTT GGG CAC GTG TTG TCT CTC TGT GTC TCG TGC CCT TCG CTA GGC CCA CA-3′ 2–400 ng/mL 1.82 ng/mL [153]
Acetamiprid 5′-TGT AAT TTG TCT GCA GCG GTT CTT GAT CGC TGA CAC CAT ATT ATG AAG A-3′ 5 nM–1.2 μM 3 nM [154]
Exosomes 5′-CATCCATGGGAATTCGTCGACCCTGCAGGCATGCAAGCTTTCCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTACTGCCTAGGCTCGAGCTCG-3′ 0.68–30.4 pM 0.57 pM [121]
ATP 5′-FAM-AATTCTGGGGGAGCCTTTTGT GGG TAGGGC GGG TTG GTT TTG CCC CGG AGG AGG AATT-BHQ1-3′ 1−500,000 μM ND [159]
Cd2+ 5′-AGTGACGTGCTGGACTCCGGACTATTGTGGTATGATCTGGTTGTGACTATGCAGTGCGTGCA-(CH2)3-SH-3′ 20 pM–12 nM 1.2 pM [161]
MC-LR 5′-GGC GCC AAA CAG GAC CAC CAT GAC AAT TAC CCA TAC CAC CTC ATT ATG CCC CAT CTC CGC-3′ 0.01 to 1000 μg/L 4.8 ng/L [162]
Chloramphenicol 5′-AGCAGCACAGAGGTCAGATGACTTCAGTGAGTTGTCCCACGGTCGGCGAGTCGGTGGTAGCCTATGCGTGCTACCGTGAA-3′ 10–107 pg/mL 0.987 pg/mL [163]
Electrochemical OTA 5′-triple SH-GAT CGG GTG TGG GTG GCG TAA AGG GAG CAT CGG ACA-3′ 1 × 10−5–10 nM 3.3 × 10−3 pM [190]
Amoxicillin 5′-(SH)-TTA GTT GGG GTT CAG TTG G-3′ 0.5–3 nM 0.2 nM [191]
Thrombin Apt1: 5′-COOH-(CH2)10-GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG-3′. 1 pM–10 nM 0.64 pM [192]
Apt2: 5′-NH2-(CH2)6-AGTCCGTGGTAGGGCAGGTTGGGGTGACT-3′
PSA 5′-NH2-TTT TTA ATT AAA GCT CGC CAT CAA ATA GCT TT-3′ 0.0001–100 ng/mL 0.085 pg/mL [169]
OTC 5′-SH-GGA ATT CGC TAG CAC GTT GAC GCT GGT GCC CGG TTG TGG TGC GAG TGT TGT GTG GAT CCG AGC TCC ACG TG-3′ 1 × 10−13 to 1 × 10−5 g/mL 3.1 × 10−14 g/mL [196]
PAT 5′-NH2-GGCCCGCCAACCCGCATCATCTACACTGATATTTTACCTT-3′ 5 × 10−8–5 × 10−1 μg/ 1.46 × 10−8 μg/mL [43]
Thrombin 5′-AGTCCGTGGTAGGGCAGGTTGGGGTGACT-3′ 1 fM–1 nM 0.57 fM [13]
Pb2+ 5′-GGGTGGGTGGGTGGGT-3′ and its complementary strand 5′-CCACCCACCC–(CH2)6–SH-3′ 0.5–25 ppb 0.6 ppb [197]
H5N1 5′-biotin-GTGTGCATGGATAGCACGTAACGGTGTAGTAGTAACGTGCGGGTAGGAAGAAAGGGAAATAGTTGTCGTGTTG-3′ 0.001 to 1 HAU 8 × 10–4 HAU [201]
Sulfadimethoxine 5′-GAG GGC AAC GAG TGT TTA TAG A-3′, DNA probe, 5′–SH–TCT ATA AAC ACT CGT TGC CCT C-3′ 0.1–500 nM 0.038 nM [203]
Malathion 5′-COOH-ATCCGTCACACCTGCTCTTATACACAATTGTTTTTCTCTT AACTTCTTGACTGCTGGTGTTGGCT-3′ 0.5–600 ng/L 0.5 ng/L [204]
ATZ 5′-TGT-ACC-GTC-TGA-GCG-ATT-CGT-ACG-AAC-GGC-TTT-GTA-CTG-TTT-GCA-CTG-GCG-GAT-TTA-GCC-AGT-CAG-TGT-TAA-GGA-GTG-C-3′ 50-fM–0.3 nM 12.0 fM [206]
OTA 5′-AAAGATCGGGTGTGGGTGGCGTAA AGGGAGCATCGGACA-3′ 0.01–1 ng/mL 0.004 ng/mL [205]