Ultrasensitive, high temperature and ionic strength variation-tolerant Cu²⁺ fluorescent sensor based on reconstructed Cu²⁺-dependent DNAzyme/substrate complex

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A previously reported Cu²⁺-dependent DNAzyme/substrate complex was reconstructed in this work, which makes possible the use of an intramolecular stem-loop structure and is, therefore, a good choice for the design of Cu²⁺ sensors. To demonstrate this, a fluorescent sensor was designed on the basis of the reconstructed complex. In this sensor, the fluorophore/quencher pair was caged tightly in an intramolecular double-helix structure; thus, the background signal was greatly suppressed. Cu²⁺-dependent cleavage of the complex could cause the release of the fluorophore, leading to restoration of the fluorescence signal. High quenching efficiency provides the sensor with three important characteristics: high sensitivity, high temperature variation tolerance and high ionic strength tolerance. The proposed sensor allows specific detection of aqueous Cu²⁺ down to a limit of 0.6 nM, and the performance is independent of temperature and ionic strength in the range of 4-40 °C and 0.8-3.0 M NaCl, respectively. This work identifies a good choice for sensor design on the basis of DNAzymes containing triple-helix structures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

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Biosensors & bioelectronics - 42(2013) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 225-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xiao-Xi [VerfasserIn]
Kong, De-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Han-Xi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yue [VerfasserIn]

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789U1901C5
Copper
DNA, Catalytic
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 03.09.2013

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bios.2012.10.070

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM223142891