Construction of MOF@COF composite-based electrochemical aptasensor for detection of Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

In this work, a biological metal–organic framework@conductive covalent organic framework composite (bio-MOF@con-COF, denoted as Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF, here, Glu indicates L-glutamic acid, PT indicates 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarbaldehyde, and BD indicates benzene-1,4-diamine) was prepared and used as sensing material to fabricate aptasensor for trace detection of Staphylococcus aureus (SA). The Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF integrates the mesoporous structure and abundant defects of the MOF framework, the excellent conductivity of the COF framework, and high stability of the composite, providing abundant active sites to effectively anchor aptamers. As a result, the Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF-based aptasensor shows high sensitivity to detect SA via specific recognition between aptamer and SA, as well as the formation of aptamer–SA complex. Low detection limits of 2.0 and 1.0 CFU·mL−1 are deduced from the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and differential pulse voltammetry within a wide linear range of 10–108 CFU·mL−1 for SA, respectively. The Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF-based aptasensor also shows good selectivity, reproducibility, stability, regenerability, and applicability for real milk and honey samples. Therefore, the Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF-based aptasensor will be promising for fast screening of foodborne bacteria in food service industry. Graphical abstract: Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF composite was prepared and used as sensing material to fabricate aptasensor for trace detection of Staphylococcus aureus (SA). Low detection limits of 2.0 and 1.0 CFU·mL−1 are deduced from the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and differential pulse voltammetry within a wide linear range of 10–108 CFU·mL−1 for SA, respectively. The Zn-Glu@PTBD-COF-based aptasensor also shows good selectivity, reproducibility, stability, regenerability, and applicability for real milk and honey samples. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].