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Table 2 Different fluorescent biosensors based on CSA for biomolecules detection

From: Recent advances of fluorescent biosensors based on cyclic signal amplification technology in biomedical detection

Biomarker

Analyte

Method

Time

Linear range

LOD

Real samples

Refs.

DNA

DNA

EAA (Nicking enzyme)

45 min

0–102 fM

50 fM

Human serum

[58]

DNA

EAA (RNase H)

1 h

0–50 pM

23 fM

–

[59]

DNA

SDR

40 min

0–3 pM

0.58 pM

–

[60]

RNA

mRNA

EAA (DSN)

2 h

10–4–1 nM

102 fM

Cell lysates

[68]

miRNA

SDR

2 h

4 × 10–3–40 nM

1.48 pM

Cell lysates

[72]

miRNA

RCA

4.5 h

6.4 7 × 104–102 nM

6.4 pM

Cell lysates and fetal bovine serum

[73]

lncRNA

EAA (DSN and APE1)

3 h

10–7–102 nM

8.1 × 10–2 fM

Cell lysates

[78]

circRNA

RCA

3.5 h

2 × 10–3–50 pM

1.1fM

Cell lysates

[84]

circRNA

EAA (DSN)

30 min

10–2–1 pM

10 fM

Cell lysates

[85]

Protein

CEA

EAA (T7 Exo)

65 min

5 × 10–5–50 ng mL−1

28.5 fg mL−1

Human serum

[96]

AVP

EAA (Nt.AIwI)

30 min

75–7 × 102 pM

75 pM

Fetal bovine serum

[88]

Insulin

EAA (Exo III)

40 min

4.8 × 10–2–2.15 U ml−1

4.8 × 10–2 U ml−1

Fetal bovine serum

[103]

PSA

EAA (DNAzyme)

2 h

1–100 pg mL−1

0.76 pg mL−1

Human serum

[104]

Enzyme

Telomerase

EAA (APE1)

3.5 h

1–105 cells

Single cell

Cell lysates

[110]

Telomerase

EAA (Nt.AlwI)

4.5 h

0–1.5 × 10–5 IU

8.93 × 10–11 IU

Cell lysates

[111]

UDG

RCA

 > 12 h

5 × 10–4– 5 × 10–2 U mL−1

1.4 × 10–4 U mL−1

–

[112]

UDG

SDR

3 h

2 × 10–4– 2 × 10–2 U mL−1

10–4 U mL−1

–

[114]

DNA MTase

SDR

4.5 h

10–5–1 U mL−1

3.3 × 10–6 U mL−1

Human serum

[115]

T4 PNK

EAA (Exo III)

5.5 h

5 × 10–3–2 × 10–1 U mL−1

3.3 × 10–4 U mL−1

Cell lysates and human serum

[35]

Biological small molecules

ATP

SDR and EAA (Nb.BbvCI)

2.5 h

5– 2 × 102 nM

2.2 nM

Human serum

[120]

ATP

EAA (Exo III)

4 h

20–6 × 102 nM

8.32 nM

–

[121]

ATP

RCA and EAA (Endo IV)

2.5 h

10–1–5 × 102 nM

9 × 10–2 nM

Human serum

[122]

GSH

RCA

3 h

102–108 pM

10 pM

Cell lysates

[126]

OTA

RCA

 > 12 h

5 × 10–2–102 ng mL−1

10–2 ng mL−1

Beer samples

[129]

NF-kB

EAA (Exo III)

1 h

50–103 pM

45.6 pM

Cell lysates

[132]

Adenosine

EAA (T7 Exo)

1 h

5 × 10−6–7 × 10−4 mol L−1

9.8 × 10−7 mol L−1

Artificial urine

[134]

Metal ions

Hg2+

EAA (Exo III)

1.5 h

10–5–102 nM

10 fM

River water

[140]

Hg2+

SDR

2 h

10–2–10 nM

7.9 pM

River water

[141]

Pb2+

SDR

30 min

10−6–1 mM

0.3 nM

Cell lysates

[144]

Pb2+

RCA

1.5 h

1 –102 nM

0.91 nM

Drinking water

[145]

Cd2+

SDR

2 h

10–8–102 mM

5 pM

Human urine and river water

[148]

Na+

SDR

4 h

10–1–12 mM

14 µM

Cell lysates

[136]

Exosomes

Exosome

RCA and EAA (Nb.BbvCI)

3 h

103–105 particles μL−1

102 particles μL−1

Cell lysates and human serum

[156]

Exosome

RCA

4.5 h

102–106 particles μL−1

42.7 particles μL−1

Plasma samples

[157]

Exosome

EAA (DNase I)

40 min

3 × 104–6 × 105 particles μL−1

2.1 × 104 particles μL−1

Human serum

[158]

Pathogens

Fn.n

RCA

7 h

7 × 10–1 − 7 × 104 ng L−1

0.7 ng L−1

Fecal specimens

[164]

S.Typhimurium

SDR

2 h

10–5 × 105 cfu mL−1

8 cfu mL−1

Milk sample

[166]

Chlamydia trachomatis

EAA (FEN1)

30 min

0–1 nM

6.7 pM

Human serum

[168]