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Table 2 Performance of colorimetric-based DNAzyme-assisted aptasensors for cancer detection

From: The recent advancements in the early detection of cancer biomarkers by DNAzyme-assisted aptasensors

Biomarkers/cells

Strategy

Sample

Aptamer Sequence

(5′ → 3′)

NM/NPs

LOD

LR

Refs.

PDGF

PGM-based DNAzyme

Saliva

CAGGCTACGGCACGTAGAGCATCACCATGATCCTGTTTT

Fe3O4 NPs

0.11 fM

3.16 × 10− 16 M to 3.16 × 10− 12 M

[86]

CEA

Split DNAzyme/Hemin/ABTS

Saliva

GGGTAGGGCGGGTTGGG

-

1 ng mL− 1

1–50 ng mL− 1

[87]

MUC1

Magnetic NPs/DNAzyme/hemin/H2O2/ABTS

Serum

TGGGTAGGGCGGGTTGGGAAA

Magnetic NPs

5.08 nM in a PBS

5.60 nM in serum

50-1000 nM

[93]

VEGF

DNAzyme/hemin/H2O2/ABTS

Serum

CAGACAAGAGTGCAGGGTTT

TTTTTTT

-

1.70 pM

24 pM to 11.25 nM

[94]

K-ras gene

DFA-machine/DNAzyme/hemin/H2O2/ABTS

Cell suspension

Sense primer: CCTGCTGAAAATGACTGAA

Anti-sense primer: CATATTCGTCCACAAAATG

-

10 pM

0.01 to 150 nM

[96]

BRCA1 gene

Pb2+-DNAzyme/RCA/HP

Buffer

Target DNA: GAACAAAAGGAAGAAAATC

Hairpin probe: AGAAAATCATCTCTTCTCC

GAGCCGGTCGAAATAGTGGGTGATTTTCTTCCTTTTGTTC

Magnetic beads (MBs)

3.3 fM

-

[97]

PTK7-positive CCRF-CEM cell/

aptamer sgc8c/HRP-DNAzyme/ABTS

suspension

ssDNA-1: ATCTAACTGCTGCGCCGCCGGG

AAAATACTGTACGGTTAGACCCAACCC

ssDNA-2: TGGGTAGGGCGGGTTGGGTC

TAACCGTACAGTA-3’

-

500 cells

-

[99]