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    Specific detection of stable single nucleobase mismatch using SU-8 coated silicon nanowires platform

    Year: 2018

    Journal: Talanta, Volume 185, AUG 1, page 281–290

    Authors: Banu, Melania; Simion, Monica; Popescu, Marian C.; Varasteanu, Pericle; Kusko, Mihaela; Farcasanu, Ileana C.

    Organizations: Romanian Ministry of Education and Research through the contract MiMoSa [36/2017]

    Keywords: Microarray platform; Silicon nanowires; SU-8; APTES-GAD; BRCA1; Biochip specificity

    Novel microarray platform for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) detection has been developed using silicon nanowires (SiNWs) as support and two different surface modification methods for attaining the necessary functional groups. Accordingly, we compared the detection specificity and stability over time of the probes printed on SiNWs modified with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) and glutaraldehyde (GAD), or coated with a simpler procedure using epoxy-based SU-8 photoresist. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were used for comparative characterization of the unmodified and coated SiNWs. The hybridization efficiency was assessed by comprehensive statistical analysis of the acquired data from confocal fluorescence scanning of the manufactured biochips. The high detection specificity between the hybridized probes containing different mismatch types was demonstrated on SU-8 coating by one way ANOVA test (adjusted p value *** <.0001). The stability over time of the probes tethered on SiNWs coated with SU-8 was evaluated after 1, 4, 8 and 21 days of probe incubation, revealing values for coefficient of variation (CV) between 2.4% and 5.6%. The signal-to-both-standard-deviations ratio measured for SU-8 coated SiNWs platform was similar to the commercial support, while the APTES-GAD coated SiNWs exhibited the highest values.
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