Surface modification of SOI-FET sensors for label-free and specific detection of short RNA analyte.

Aim: A new type of surface modification of SOI-FET sensors with ultrathin sensor-probe transition layer and uncharged probes for highly specific detection of short RNA (saRNA) was suggested.

Materials & Methods: Carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) or glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane were used as precursors of sensor-probe interface layers, together with peptide nucleic acids and new NA analogues - phosphoryl guanidine oligo(2'-OMe)ribonucleotides (PGO) as probes for RNA hybridization. RNA sequences corresponding to mRNA NELFA (NM_005663) and microRNA-29a (cancer markers) were used as saRNA targets.