根據報導統計心血管疾病 (Cardiovascular diseases, CVD)佔全球總死亡人數的 31%,並且逐年的攀升且年輕化,是目前第一大的死亡原因,然而心血管疾病若能提早受到診斷並接受藥物治療是有助於患者提高存活率。因此,本研究在開發用於診斷 CVD 的生物感測平台。許多研究證實 miR-208a 與 CVD 有相當大的關聯,並且作為 CVD 的潛在標記。透過 DNA 探針官能化修飾及易於分離的磁性奈米粒子建構了非酵素型光學生物感測平台。我們準備了不同修飾方法的磁性奈米粒子,並研究出最佳化的修飾條件,來作為 DNA 探針的模板,再透過富含鳥嘌呤 (Guanine)的產物來催化四甲基聯苯胺 (Tetramethyl benzidine TMB),並利用此氧化還原反應所得的比色訊號來分析目標 miR208a。透過訊號差異能使我們區分目標 miR-208a 是否存在。然而,此感測平台還需要改善對低濃度檢測的靈敏度。
According to the reports, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) accounts for 31% of the global death, and the number is not only rising, but also the patient age is decreasing. With early detection and proper treatment, the survival rate can be greatly improved. In response, this thesis aims to develop a biosensing platform for diagnosing CVD. MiR-208a, found to be associated with CVD, is selected as the potential target. A enzyme-free optical biosensing platform is constructed based on DNA probe-functionalized, easy-separable magnetic particles. We prepare different modified-magentic particles to study the optimal carrier to maximize the efficient loading of DNA probes, take advantage of guanine-rich-containing products to catalyze the oxidation of tetramethyl benzidine (TMB), and avail the resulting colorimetric signal for the analysis of the target miR-208a. For the time being, the signal difference allows us to distinguish the presence of target miR-208a; however, improvements still need for lowconcentration detection.