FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (20): 305-309.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-20201016-144

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A Fluorescent Sensing System Based on Genefinder and Aptamer for the Detection of Ochratoxin A

GUO Ting, YE Zhijie, ZHOU Hongyuan, ZHANG Yuhao, MA Liang   

  1. (1. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; 2. Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)
  • Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-11-12

Abstract: A fluorescence sensing system based on the nucleic acid dye Genefinder and aptamer was constructed for the detection of ochratoxin A (OTA) in this study. A double-stranded structure was formed by binding the OTA aptamer to its complementary strand. Binding of Genefinder to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) generated a strong fluorescent signal. In the presence of OTA, the aptamer bound to it to form a quadruplex structure, melting the double strands and leading to a decrease of the fluorescence intensity of Genefinder. The results showed that the linear range of the sensing system was 50 pg/L–300 ng/L, and the detection limit was 50 pg/L. The sensing system had a high selectivity for OTA and could be widely applied as a simple and fast method.

Key words: aptamer; ochratoxin A; Genefinder; fluorescence sensing system

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