Nucleic acid aptamers have been widely used as recognition elements on various biosensing interfaces, but quantitative kinetic/thermodynamic analysis for revealing the aptamer-ligand binding mechanism, which occurs on a liquid-solid interface, has not been realized due to a lack of usable biophysical tools. Herein we apply a resonant microcantilever sensor to continuously record the frequency shift according to the binding-induced mass change on the liquid-solid interface. The frequency-shift curve is used for tracing the reaction process and is fitted with classic equations to calculate a set of kinetic/thermodynamic parameters, such as rate constants ( = 902.95 M s, = 0.000141 s), equilibrium constants ( = 1.55 μM), the Gibbs free energy ( = -32.57 kJ/mol), and the activation energy ( = 38.03 kJ/mol) for the immobilized aptamer and free ATP. This quantitative analysis method is label-free, calibration-free, and highly sensitive. The kinetic/thermodynamic parameter detection method provides new resolution to the in-depth understanding of the ligand-aptamer interaction on the liquid-solid interface for biosensing or lab-on-a-chip applications.
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