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Xiong J, Sun B, Wang S, Zhang S, Qin L, Jiang H. Label-free direct detection of melamine using functionalized gold nanoparticles-based dual-fluorescence colorimetric nanoswitch sensing platform. Talanta 2024; 277:126335. [PMID: 38823323 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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Developing a simple, economical, sensitive, and selective method for label-free direct detection analytes is attractive, especially the strategies that could achieve signal amplification without complicated operations. Herein, a dual-fluorescence colorimetric nanoswitch sensing platform for label-free direct melamine (MEL) detection was established. We first explored the relationship between MEL-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and size and determined the optimal size to be 37 nm. Using surfactant Triton X-100 to modify AuNPs and clarify possible interaction mechanisms to improve detection performance. The dynamic changes of surface plasmon resonance absorption peaks in the dispersed and aggregated states of AuNPs were skillfully utilized to match the emission of multicolor gold nanoclusters to trigger the multi-inner filter effect. Accompanied by the addition of MEL-induced AuNPs to change from dispersed to aggregated state, the fluorescence of green-emitting and red-emitting gradually turned on and turned off, respectively. The fluorescence turn-on mode detection limit was 10 times higher than the colorimetric method and as low as 5.5 ng/mL; the detection took only 10 min. The sensor detected MEL in spiked milk samples with a good recovery in the range of 81.2-111.0 % with a coefficient of variation less than 11.4 % and achieved a good correlation with commercial kits. The proposed sensor integrates numerous merits of label-free, multi-signal readout, self-calibration, simple operations, and economical, which provides a promising tool for convenient on-site detection of MEL.
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- Jincheng Xiong
- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Chiou YR, Pang HM, Huang YF, Chen CF. A Semi-Automatic Environmental Monitoring Device for Mercury and Cobalt Ion Detection. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2303871. [PMID: 37817349 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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A syringe-based, semi-automatic environmental monitoring device is developed for on-site detection of harmful heavy metal ions in water. This portable device consists of a spring-embedded syringe and a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane-based flow regulator for semi-automatic fix-and-release fluidic valve actuation, and a paper-based analytical device (PAD) with two kinds of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) for sensitive Hg2+ and Co2+ ion detection, respectively. The thickness of the elastic PDMS membrane can be adjusted to stabilize and modulate the flow rates generated by the pushing force provided by the spring attached to the plunger. Also, different spring constants can drastically alter the response time. People of all ages can extract the fix-volume sample solutions and then release them to automatically complete the detection process, ensuring high reliability and repeatability. The PAD comprises two layers of modified paper, and each layer is immobilized with bovine serum albumin-capped gold nanoclusters (R-AuNCs) and glutathione-capped gold clusters (G-AuNCs), respectively. The ligands functionalized on the surface of the AuNCs not only can fine-tune the optical properties of the nanoclusters but also enable specific and simultaneous detection of Hg2+ and Co2+ ions via metallophilic Au+ -Hg2+ interaction and the Co2+ -thiol complexation effect, respectively. The feasibility of the device for detecting heavy metal ions at low concentrations in various environmental water samples is demonstrated. The Hg2+ and Co2+ ions can be seen simultaneously within 20 min with detection limits as low as 1.76 nm and 0.27 µm, respectively, lower than those of the regulatory restrictions on water by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union. we expect this sensitive, selective, portable, and easy-to-use device to be valid for on-site multiple heavy metal ion pollution screenings in resource-constrained settings.
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- Yi-Ru Chiou
- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
- Graduate School of Advanced Technology, National Taiwan University, 106, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Analytical and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Analytical and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
- Graduate School of Advanced Technology, National Taiwan University, 106, Taipei, Taiwan
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Zhuang QQ, Yang JL, Qiu HN, Huang KY, Yang Y, Peng HP, Deng HH, Jiang HQ, Chen W. Promoting the healing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-infected wound by a multi-target antimicrobial AIEgen of 6-Aza-2-thiothymine-decorated gold nanoclusters. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2023; 226:113336. [PMID: 37167770 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The use of conventional antibiotic therapies is in question owing to the emergence of drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, novel, highly efficient antibacterial agents to effectively overcome resistant bacteria are urgently needed. Accordingly, in this work, we described a novel class luminogen of 6-Aza-2-thiothymine-decorated gold nanoclusters (ATT-AuNCs) with aggregation-induced emission property that possessed potent antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Scanning electron microscopy was performed to investigate the interactions between ATT-AuNCs and MRSA. In addition, ATT-AuNCs exhibited excellent ROS generation efficiency and could effectively ablate MRSA via their internalization to the cells. Finally, tandem mass tag-labeling proteome analysis was carried out to investigate the differential expression proteins in MRSA strains. The results suggested that ATT-AuNCs killed MRSA cells through altering the expression of multiple target proteins involved in DNA replication, aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis, peptidoglycan and arginine biosynthesis metabolism. Parallel reaction monitoring technique was further used for the validation of these proteome results. ATT-AuNCs could also be served as a wound-healing agent and accelerate the healing process. Overall, we proposed ATT-AuNCs could serve as a robust antimicrobial aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgen) that shows the ability to alter the activities of multiple targets for the elimination of drug-resistant bacteria.
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- Quan-Quan Zhuang
- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Quanzhou First Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Quanzhou Infectious Disease Hospital, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
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- Department of Cardiac Function Examination Room, Affiliated Quanzhou First Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China.
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
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Protein-directed synthesis of fluorescent sulfur quantum dots for highly robust detection of pyrophosphate. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:104. [PMID: 36826596 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-05686-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Inorganic pyrophosphate anions (PPi) play a key role in various biological processes and act as an essential indicator for physiological function evaluation and disease diagnosis. However, there is still a lack of available approaches for straightforward, robust, and convenient PPi detection. Herein, we design an on-off-on fluorescent switching nanoprobe employing Fe3+-mediated fluorescent sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) for highly robust detection of PPi. The bovine serum protein (BSA)-capped SQDs with fine water dispersibility and good optical stability are synthesized by an H2O2-assisted chemical etching reaction. Specifically, Fe3+ can strongly induce the aggregation of the SQDs into relatively larger sizes, resulting in aggregation-induced fluorescence quenching behavior. PPi can selectively bind with Fe3+ via emulative coordination and in preventing the aggregation of SQDs this is accompanied by recovery of fluorescence. The physicochemical properties of aggregated and disaggregated SQDs have been systematically investigated. Aggregation and disaggregation of the SQDs and the corresponding quenching and recovery of fluorescence occurs and guarantees the high-contrast sensing performance of the SQD system in complex and challenging aquatic environments. Our designed on-off-on nanoswitch holds great potential for the design of elemental quantum dot-based biosensors for the highly robust detection of analytes in the near future.
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Zhang CX, Wang Y, Duan X, Chen K, Li HW, Wu Y. Development of cytidine 5′-monophosphate-protected gold-nanoclusters to be a direct luminescent substrate via aggregation-induced emission enhancement for ratiometric determination of alkaline phosphatase and inhibitor evaluation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lin X, Tian M, Cao C, Shu T, Wang J, Wen Y, Su L, Zhang X. Strongly phosphorescent and water-soluble gold(I)-silver(I)-cysteine nanoplatelets via versatile small biomolecule cysteine-assisted synthesis for intracellular hypochlorite detection. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 193:113571. [PMID: 34425519 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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In biological systems, abnormal levels of hypochlorite (ClO-) could result in cell dysfunctions. Herein, we report a facile, one-step and green approach based on the versatile small biomolecule cysteine both serving as reducing agent and ligand for synthesizing the strongly photoluminencent and water-soluble Au(I)-Ag(I)-cysteine complexes nanoplatelets (Au(I)-Ag(I)-Cys nanoplatelets) for intracellular hypochlorite detection. Multiple spectroscopic and microscopical tools have been used to characterize the resultant Au(I)-Ag(I)-Cys nanoplatelets. It was found that with the cysteine-assisted synthesis approach, the Ag(I) doping to the Au(I) complexes could form the supramolecular organometallic nanoplatelets. Inside, the Au(I)-Ag(I) metallophilic interactions showing an Au to Ag charge transfer property were formed, thereby enhancing the photoluminescence (PL) intensity via the charge transfer from the bioligand's S to the metal-metal center. The quantum yield (QY) was measured to show a maximum 16-fold enhancement (i.e., from 0.85 to 13.8%). Interestingly, in the presence of ClO-, the metal-thiolate ligand structure of the as-synthesized Au(I)-Ag(I)-Cys nanoplatelets could be oxidatively damaged, causing the PL quenching, thereby producing the effect of biorecognition towards ClO- anions. The ClO--induced PL quenching produced two linear regions at ClO- concentrations of 0.01-5.0 μM and 5.0-1000 μM with a limit of detection (LOD) of 8.0 nM (S/N = 3). The ClO--induced PL quenching was specific over the other typical reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the potential interfering substances in biological samples. In addition, the Au(I)-Ag(I)-Cys nanoplatelets had good biocompatibility. Thus, they could be further developed as a biosensor for detecting endogenous ClO- anions in living cells.
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- Xiangfang Lin
- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, PR China
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- Department of Biomedicine and Biopharmacology, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, PR China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, PR China
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Zhuang QQ, Chen RT, Zheng YJ, Huang KY, Peng HP, Lin Z, Xia XH, Chen W, Deng HH. Detection of tetanus toxoid with fluorescent tetanus human IgG-AuNC-based immunochromatography test strip. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 177:112977. [PMID: 33434779 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.112977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Assays for detecting tetanus toxoid are of great significance to be applied in the research of the safety testing of tetanus vaccine. Currently, guinea pigs or mice are usually used to evaluate the toxicity in these assays. Herein, a facile and quick biomineralization process was carried out to generate tetanus human immunoglobulin G (Tet-IgG)-functionalized Au nanoclusters (Tet-IgG-AuNCs). The obtained Tet-IgG-AuNCs exhibited strong red emission with a photoluminescence quantum yield of 13%. Based on surface plasmon resonance measurements, the apparent dissociation constant of the Tet-IgG-AuNC-tetanus toxoid complexes was measured to be 2.27 × 10-8 M. A facile detection approach was developed using a fluorescent Tet-IgG-AuNC-based immunochromatography test strip. By utilizing the high-brightness fluorescent Tet-IgG-AuNCs, this immunosensor showed favorable sensitivity with a detection limit at the level of 0.03 μg/mL. Further results demonstrated that this assay can reliably detect tetanus toxoid and therefore might provide a novel method to replace animal tests for the quantification of tetanus toxicity. Moreover, the antibody-AuNC-based immunochromatography test strip platform serves as a promising candidate to develop new approaches for detecting targeted antigens and biological events of interest.
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- Quan-Quan Zhuang
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China; Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Quanzhou First Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China.
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China.
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Lei Z, Zhou J, Liang M, Xiao Y, Liu Z. Aggregation-Induced Emission of Au/Ag Alloy Nanoclusters for Fluorescence Detection of Inorganic Pyrophosphate and Pyrophosphatase Activity. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 8:628181. [PMID: 33520975 PMCID: PMC7844307 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.628181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The development of sensitive and accurate detection of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and pyrophosphatase activity (PPase) is important as they play vital roles in biological systems. However, it is still not satisfactory for most of the analytical methods for PPi and PPase because of their Cu2+-dependence and poor accuracy. Although the metal ion triggered aggregation-induced emission (AIE) of metal nanoclusters (NCs) offers a new approach to design a Cu2+-free strategy for the accurate determination of PPi and PPase recently, current methods are all focused on utilizing pure metal NCs. Alloy NCs incorporating the advantages of diverse metal usually can achieve improved behaviors in the application, such as enhanced sensitivity and stability. In this work, glutathione stabilized alloy Au/Ag NCs were synthesized via a simple method and used for the fluorescence detection of PPi and PPase based on a Zn2+-regulated AIE strategy. The controlled release of Zn2+ by PPi and PPase could regulate the AIE of Au/Ag NCs and be employed to response PPi concentration and PPase activity. This method processes simple procedure, high sensitivity and stability, and low toxicity. In addition, we also studied the AIE behaviors of this Au/Ag NCs and offer some fundamental understanding of the AIE properties of water-soluble alloy NCs. This study not only provides a straightforward and new approach for PPi and PPase determination but a basis for further study on the AIE properties of alloy NCs and their application.
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- Zhongli Lei
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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Pang J, Lu Y, Gao X, He L, Sun J, Yang F, Liu Y. Single-strand DNA-scaffolded copper nanoclusters for the determination of inorganic pyrophosphatase activity and screening of its inhibitor. Mikrochim Acta 2020; 187:672. [PMID: 33225389 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04647-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A fluorescence method for the determination of inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity has been established based on copper nanoclusters (CuNCs). The polythymine of 40 mer (T40) acts as a template for the reduction reaction from Cu2+ to Cu0 by ascorbic acid (AA). This reaction leads to the formation of fluorescent CuNCs with excitation/emission peaks at 340/640 nm. However, the higher binding affinity between inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and Cu2+ hinders the effective formation of CuNCs. This shows low fluorescence intensity. PPase catalyzes the hydrolysis of PPi into Pi during which free Cu2+ ions are produced. This facilitates the formation of fluorescent CuNCs. Thus, the fluorescence intensity was restored. The fluorescence enhancement of the system has a linear relationship with PPase activity in the range 0.3 to 20 mU·mL-1, and the detection limit is0.2 mU·mL-1. The relative intensity (I/I0) at 640 nm for the analytical solution versus system is also employed to screen the inhibitor for PPase with high efficiency. Graphical abstract Schematic representation of a fluorescent assay for the determination of inorganic pyrophosphatase activity and screening its inhibitor based on single-strand polythymine-scaffolded copper nanoclusters.
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- Jiawei Pang
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuan North Rd. 105, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Beijing Key Lab of Radioactive Waste Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuan North Rd. 105, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuan North Rd. 105, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuan North Rd. 105, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuan North Rd. 105, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuan North Rd. 105, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China.
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El-Sayed N, Schneider M. Advances in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:8952-8971. [PMID: 32901648 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01610a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The interest in using gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) as imaging probes is growing, covering wide ranges of applications. The stabilization of AuNCs with protein ligands enhances their biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. This is due to the biocompatibility, water solubility and bioactivity of proteins. Different factors can control the optical properties of AuNCs such as protein size, amino acids content and conformational structure. Controlling the synthesis conditions can result in tuning the AuNCs excitation, emission, fluorescence intensity and physicochemical properties to fulfill different applications. NIR-emitting protein-stabilized AuNCs are promising as imaging agents for targeting and visualization of cancer in vitro and in vivo. They are promising to be included as an important part of multifunctional theranostic nanosystems, due to their potential dual functions as imaging and photosensitizing agent for photodynamic therapy. Additionally, the protein around AuNCs represents a rich environment of active functional groups that are susceptible for conjugation with various biomolecules. Protein-AuNCs can act as fluorescent probes for rapid and selective analysis of different analytes in solution, cells or biological fluids. In conclusion, the variability of protein-AuNC applications can advance research in different biomedical and pharmaceutical fields.
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- Nesma El-Sayed
- Department of Pharmacy, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Campus C4 1, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. and Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, 21521 Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Campus C4 1, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Cruz A, Núñez-Montenegro A, Mateus P, Delgado R. Monitoring inorganic pyrophosphatase activity with the fluorescent dizinc(ii) complex of a macrocycle bearing one dansylamidoethyl antenna. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:9487-9494. [PMID: 32608414 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01673j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The dizinc(ii) complexes of L were used for the recognition of anions by fluorescence spectroscopy (L is a heteroditopic hexaazamacrocycle with two diethylenetriamine coordination heads with 2-methylpyridyl and dansylamido ethyl arms, and m-xylyl spacers). The protonation of L and stability constants of its zinc(ii) complexes were determined in aqueous solution, at 298.2 ± 0.1 K and I = 0.10 ± 0.01 M in KNO3. At a 2 : 1 Zn2+/L ratio, the dinuclear complexes clearly dominate. The ligand alone does not display fluorescence changes upon increasing the pH value, but in the presence of Zn2+ the emission reaches a maximum at pH ≅ 7.5, at which 95% of the ligand is in the dinuclear complex form. The emission appears concomitantly with the [Zn2H-1L]3+ species formation, which supports that the latter complex corresponds to the metal-promoted deprotonation of dansylamide NH. The [Zn2H-1L]3+ complexes were used for the recognition of phosphate and polyphosphate anions in aqueous solution buffered at pH 7.5 with 2 mM PIPPS, at 298.2 K. The binding of anions causes a decrease of the emission. The association constant determination revealed that HPPi3- is the strongest bound anion (log Kapp = 5.57), followed by HATP3- (two times weaker), and the remaining anions show lower binding constants, with HPO42- having the weakest uptake by the receptor. The observed selectivity of the [Zn2H-1L]3+ receptor for PPi in relation to HPO42-, and the fact that the formation of the [Zn2H-1L]3+ complex is not disturbed by the presence of Mg2+, allowed monitoring of the PPi hydrolysis by using inorganic pyrophosphatase in real-time.
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- Ana Cruz
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Hong GL, Deng HH, Zhao HL, Zou ZY, Huang KY, Peng HP, Liu YH, Chen W. Gold nanoclusters/graphene quantum dots complex-based dual-emitting ratiometric fluorescence probe for the determination of glucose. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 189:113480. [PMID: 32688209 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Herein, we report the design of a single-excitation/double-emission ratiometric fluorescence nanosensor for the determination of glucose. The sensing system combines glucose oxidation catalyzed by glucose oxidase, Fenton chemistry, Fe3+-sensitive fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs), and Fe3+-inert fluorescent graphene quantum dots (GQDs). We used orange-fluorescent AuNCs co-modified with bovine serum albumin and 3-mercaptopropionic acid as the indicator probe, and GQDs with the same excitation wavelength as the BSA/MPA-AuNCs, but with different emission wavelength, as the reference probe. The fluorescence intensity-ratio between 420 nm and 575 nm (F420/F575) was used to quantitatively determine glucose with a low detection limit of 0.18 μM, and the nanosensor was successfully used to detect glucose in human serum. This ratiometric fluorescence sensing system, based on AuNCs and GQDs, ensures sensitive and convenient determination of glucose, and has broad application prospects for biomedical-analysis applications.
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- Guo-Lin Hong
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Genetic Testing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Genetic Testing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China; Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Fuzhou Second Hospital of Xiamen University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
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Sensitive and selective nitrite assay based on fluorescent gold nanoclusters and Fe2+/Fe3+ redox reaction. Food Chem 2020; 317:126456. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Deng HH, Deng Q, Li KL, Zhuang QQ, Zhuang YB, Peng HP, Xia XH, Chen W. Fluorescent gold nanocluster-based sensor for detection of alkaline phosphatase in human osteosarcoma cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 229:117875. [PMID: 31813715 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have attracted much attention as signal transducers in photoluminescence chemical/biological sensors. Herein, we employ bovine serum albumin/3-mercaptopropionic acid co-modified AuNCs as a fluorescence probe, Fe3+ as a quencher, and pyrophosphate as an alkaline phosphatase (ALP) substrate and Fe3+ chelator to design a novel biosensor for ALP detection, achieving a detection linear range of 0.8-16 U/L and a detection limit of 0.78 U/L. The developed method is successfully applied to the detection of ALP in human osteosarcoma cells and is shown to be suited for ALP inhibitor screening.
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- Hao-Hua Deng
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Laboratory Animal Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
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Peptide-capped functionalized Ag/Au bimetal nanoclusters with enhanced red fluorescence for lysosome-targeted imaging of hypochlorite in living cells. Talanta 2020; 216:120926. [PMID: 32456892 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Bioimaging probes for monitoring intracellular reactive oxygen species have important implications for cell biology research. Herein, we developed peptide-capped silver/gold nanoclusters (peptide@Ag/Au NCs) for lysosome-targeted imaging of hypochlorite (ClO-). The peptide@Ag/Au NCs were synthesized via a one-pot method using peptide as both a template and a reducing agent. The fluorescence intensity and absolute quantum yield of peptide@Ag/Au NCs were much higher than those of peptide-capped gold nanoclusters and silver nanoclusters. In the presence of ClO-, the fluorescence of peptide@Ag/Au NCs was quenched, accompanied by a redshift due to ClO--induced oxidation of the peptide ligand and decreased Ag content in Ag/Au NCs. The relative fluorescence intensity F0/F had favourable linearity for ClO- concentrations in the range 0.1-100 μmol/L (R2 = 0.9954), with a detection limit (LOD) of 80 nmol/L. The lysosome-targeted peptide@Ag/Au NCs were applied to detect ClO- in lysosomes in living cells via fluorescence imaging.
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Deng HH, Shi XQ, Balasubramanian P, Huang KY, Xu YY, Huang ZN, Peng HP, Chen W. 6-Aza-2-Thio-Thymine Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters as Photoluminescent Probe for Protein Detection. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E281. [PMID: 32045998 PMCID: PMC7075245 DOI: 10.3390/nano10020281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study puts forward an efficient method for protein detection in virtue of the tremendous fluorescence enhancement property of 6-aza-2-thio-thymine protected gold nanoclusters (ATT-AuNCs). In-depth studies of the protein-induced photoluminescence enhancement mechanism illustrate the mechanism of the interaction between ATT-AuNCs and protein. This new-established probe enables feasible and sensitive quantification of the concentrations of total protein in real samples, such as human serum, human plasma, milk, and cell extracts. The results of this proposed method are in good agreement with those determined by the classical bicinchoninic acid method (BCA method).
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China; (H.-H.D.); (X.-Q.S.); (P.B.); (K.-Y.H.); (Y.-Y.X.); (Z.-N.H.); (H.-P.P.)
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Wang H, Rao H, Xue X, An P, Gao M, Luo M, Liu X, Xue Z. Target-mediated surface chemistry of gold nanorods for breaking the low color resolution limitation of monocolorimetric sensor. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1097:222-229. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sun D, Li P, Liu Q, Liu T, Gu M, Wang GL. Versatile enzymatic assays by switching on the fluorescence of gold nanoclusters. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1095:219-225. [PMID: 31864626 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Herein we present a general and turn-on strategy for enzymatic bioassays on the basis of redox state dependent emission of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs). The photoluminescence of AuNCs was quenched obviously by the oxidative ferricyanide while unaffected by its corresponding reduced state, i.e., ferrocyanide. The distinctive quenching abilities for AuNCs by the redox couple (ferricyanide/ferrocyanide) enabled their utility as new fluorescent sensing platforms to detect redox-related phenomena. The proposed protocols were conducted by using the model oxidoreductases of glucose oxidase (GOx) and the enzyme cascade of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)/diaphorase to catalytically convert ferricyanide to ferrocyanide, which switched on fluorescence of the detection systems. The detection limit for glucose and lactate was found to be as low as 0.12 and 0.09 μM, respectively. This work features the first use of the redox couple of ferricyanide/ferrocyanide in fluorescent bioanalysis, which enables versatile, signal on and highly sensitive/selective detections as compared to the state of the art fluorescently enzymatic sensing platforms. Importantly, considering the significance of ferricyanide/ferrocyanide involves in numerous other oxidoreductases mediated biocatalysis, this protocol has wide versatility that enables combination with oxidoreductases related reactions for biosensing.
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- Dongxue Sun
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
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Li F, Liu Y, Li Z, Li Q, Liu X, Cui H. Cu(II)-Regulated On-Site Assembly of Highly Chemiluminescent Multifunctionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Inorganic Pyrophosphatase Activity Determination. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:2903-2909. [PMID: 31851480 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b20259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel signal-on chemiluminescence (CL) assay for pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity determination was innovatively developed based on the Cu(II)-regulated on-site assembly of highly chemiluminescent Cu(II), N-(aminobutyl)-N-(ethylisoluminol) (ABEI), gold nanodot, and chitosan multifunctionalized carbon nanotubes (Cu(II)/ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs). First, ABEI-functionalized gold nanodots (ABEI-Au) were assembled on the surface of chitosan-modified carbon nanotubes (cs-CNTs) via the reduction of HAuCl4 with ABEI in a cs-CNT suspension to form ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs. Then, it was found that the catalyst Cu(II) can be selectively, efficiently, and quickly adsorbed onto ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs via the high-affinity interactions between Cu(II) and cs-CNTs to form novel hybrid nanomaterials Cu(II)/ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs. The CL intensity of Cu(II)/ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs was enhanced by about 2 orders of magnitude compared with that of ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs. Furthermore, it was found that in the presence of pyrophosphate ions (PPi), PPi could coordinate with Cu(II) to form a stable PPi-Cu(II) complex and block the assembly of Cu(II)/ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs. After the addition of PPase, PPase could catalyze the hydrolysis of PPi into Pi and release Cu(II) from the PPi-Cu(II) complex. The released free Cu(II) could trigger the on-site assembly of highly chemiluminescent Cu(II)/ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs, resulting in an enhanced CL intensity. The enhanced CL intensity had a good linear relationship with the activity units of PPase ranging from 0.025 to 0.5 U, with a detection limit of 9 mU. The method was employed to monitor the PPase inhibitor efficiently. Cu(II)/ABEI-Au/cs-CNTs with excellent CL may also find more applications in the development of novel CL analytical methods.
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- Fang Li
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hefei University of Technology , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hefei University of Technology , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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Deng HH, Huang KY, He SB, Xue LP, Peng HP, Zha DJ, Sun WM, Xia XH, Chen W. Rational Design of High-Performance Donor-Linker-Acceptor Hybrids Using a Schiff Base for Enabling Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Anal Chem 2020; 92:2019-2026. [PMID: 31854983 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Donor-linker-acceptor (D-L-A)-based photoinduced electron transfer (PET) has been frequently used for the construction of versatile fluorescent chemo/biosensors. However, sophisticated and tedious processes are generally required for the synthesis of these probes, which leads to poor design flexibility. In this work, by exploiting a Schiff base as a linker unit, a covalently bound D-L-A system was established and subsequently utilized for the development of a PET sensor. Cysteamine (Cys) and N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) costabilized gold nanoclusters (Cys/NAC-AuNCs) were synthesized and adopted as an electron acceptor, and pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) was selected as an electron donor. PLP can form a Schiff base (an aldimine) with the primary amino group of Cys/NAC-AuNC through its aldehyde group and thereby suppresses the fluorescence of Cys/NAC-AuNC. The Rehm-Weller formula results and a HOMO-LUMO orbital study revealed that a reductive PET mechanism is responsible for the observed fluorescence quenching. Since the pyridoxal (PL) produced by the acid phosphatase (ACP)-catalyzed cleavage of PLP has a weak interaction with Cys/NAC-AuNC, a novel turn-on fluorescent method for selective detection of ACP was successfully realized. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of the development of a covalently bound D-L-A system for fluorescent PET sensing of enzyme activity based on AuNC nanoprobes using a Schiff base.
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- Hao-Hua Deng
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210093 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350004 , China
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A novel gold nanocluster-based fluorometric biosensor for measuring prooxidant activity with a large Stokes shift. Talanta 2019; 208:120425. [PMID: 31816696 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.120425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A chicken egg white protein-protected gold nanocluster (CEW-AuNC) based fluorogenic biosensor, where protein was used as both reducing and protecting agent, was developed to determine the Cu(II)-induced prooxidant activity of natural antioxidants abundant in food and biological samples. Gold nanoclusters, prepared using egg white proteins, exhibited strong fluorescence. The prooxidant activity of the tested antioxidants was indirectly measured by their reducing action on Cu(II) to Cu(I), and the reduced cuprous ion was bound to the thiol groups in the CEW-AuNC structure, causing a decrease in fluorescence intensity. Epicatechin, catechin, epigallocatechin gallate, morin, rutin, quercetin, gallic, chlorogenic, and rosmarinic acids, glutathione, cysteine, N-acetyl cysteine, bilirubin, resveratrol, and α-tocopherol were studied as natural antioxidants. A fluorometric method showing a large Stokes shift with excitation/emission maxima at 360∕640 nm was developed to sensitively measure the decrease in the fluorescence of CEW-AuNC associated with the binding of copper(I) to the protein structure. Total prooxidant activities of the binary, ternary, and quaternary synthetic mixtures and of some food and synthetic serum samples were determined. The biosensor response was statistically compared to that of its spectrophotometric counterpart. This method can be used for the control of the oxidative stability of foods with a prolonged shelf life.
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Zhuang QQ, Deng HH, He SB, Peng HP, Lin Z, Xia XH, Chen W. Immunoglobulin G-Encapsulated Gold Nanoclusters as Fluorescent Tags for Dot-Blot Immunoassays. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:31729-31734. [PMID: 31411018 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b11599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Few-atom gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have been fabricated and used for various fields owing to their remarkable optical and photophysical features. However, the rational design for the antibody-mediated synthesis of fluorescent AuNCs for direct antigen-antibody reactions remains unexplored. In this work, immunoglobulin G (IgG)-functionalized AuNCs (IgG-AuNCs) were successfully prepared via a facile and fast biomineralization process. The generated IgG-AuNCs can emit intense red fluorescence with a high photoluminescence quantum yield. Besides strong emission, the bioactivity of IgG on the IgG-AuNCs can be retained. Surface plasmon resonance measurements suggested that IgG-AuNCs can bind to goat anti-human IgG with an affinity constant of 6.21 × 10-8 M. A simple detection method was then developed using a dot-blot immunoassay with IgG-AuNCs as fluorescent tags. Experimental results confirmed that the IgG-AuNC-based fluorescent reporters had many advantages such as low nonspecific adsorption and good photostability, offering immense potential for the development of efficient biosensors. This work can be extended to other specific antibodies to produce multifunctional AuNCs and utilized to detect and monitor targeted analytes and biological events of interest.
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- Quan-Quan Zhuang
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004 , China
- Department of Pharmacy , Affiliated Quanzhou First Hospital of Fujian Medical University , Quanzhou 362000 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093 , China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004 , China
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Zhan C, Huang Y, Lin G, Huang S, Zeng F, Wu S. A Gold Nanocage/Cluster Hybrid Structure for Whole-Body Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography Imaging, EGFR Inhibitor Delivery, and Photothermal Therapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1900309. [PMID: 31245925 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Gold nanocages (AuNCs) and gold nanoclusters (AuClusters) are two classes of advantageous nanostructures with special optical properties, and many other attractive properties. Integrating them into one nanosystem may achieve greater and smarter performance. Herein, a hybrid gold nanostructure for fluorescent and optoacoustic tomography imaging, controlled release of drugs, and photothermal therapy (PTT) is demonstrated. For this nanodrug (EA-AB), an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor erlotinib (EB) is loaded into AuNCs, which are then capped and functionalized by biocompatible AuCluster@BSA (BSA = bovine serum albumin) conjugates via electrostatic interaction. Upon cell internalization, the lysosomal proteases and low pH cause the release of EB from EA-AB, and also induce fluorescence restoration of the AuCluster for imaging. Irradiation with near-infrared light further promotes the drug release and affords a PTT effect as well. The AuNC-based nanodrug is optoacoustically active, and its biodistribution and metabolic process have been successfully monitored by whole-body and 3D multispectral optoacoustic tomography imaging. Owing to the combined actions of PTT and EGFR pathway blockage, EA-AB exhibits marked tumor inhibition efficacy in vivo.
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- Chenyue Zhan
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Azman AR, Mahat NA, Wahab RA, Ahmad WA, Huri MAM, Hamzah HH. Relevant visualization technologies for latent fingerprints on wet objects and its challenges: a review. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1186/s41935-019-0129-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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In situ formation of fluorescent polydopamine catalyzed by peroxidase-mimicking FeCo-LDH for pyrophosphate ion and pyrophosphatase activity detection. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1053:89-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A simple and rapid fluorescent approach for flavonoids sensor based on gold nanoclusters. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 539:175-183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Deng HH, Peng HP, Huang KY, He SB, Yuan QF, Lin Z, Chen RT, Xia XH, Chen W. Self-Referenced Ratiometric Detection of Sulfatase Activity with Dual-Emissive Urease-Encapsulated Gold Nanoclusters. ACS Sens 2019; 4:344-352. [PMID: 30652857 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b01130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In this study, on the basis of the biomineralization capability of urease, a facile, one-step, and green synthetic method has been proposed for the fabrication of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs). The prepared urease-encapsulated AuNCs (U-AuNCs) exhibited strong red fluorescence emission (λem = 630 nm) with a quantum yield as high as 17%. Interestingly, at a low concentration, the U-AuNC solution was found to be a dual-emissive system with the blue emission of the dityrosine (diTyr) residues of urease and the red emission of the embedded AuNCs. Further experiments demonstrated that p-nitrophenol (PNP) can selectively suppress the 410 nm emission of the diTyr residues of U-AuNCs without affecting the red emission of the U-AuNCs. The fluorescence quenching mechanism between U-AuNCs and PNP was systematically studied, and the leading role of the inner filter effect (IFE) was identified. Additionally, based on the sulfatase-catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl sulfate (PNPS) to release PNP, a self-referenced ratiometric detection method for sulfatase, which plays a crucial role in sulfur cycling, degradation of sulfated glycosaminoglycans and glycolipids, and extracellular remodeling of sulfated glycosaminoglycans, was developed by using dual-emissive U-AuNCs as the signal readout, in which the diTyr residues served as the probe and the AuNCs functioned as the internal reference. This IFE-based ratiometric sensing strategy showed a good linear relationship over the range of 0.01-1 U/mL ( R2 = 0.997). The detection limit for sulfatase activity was 0.01 U/mL. The developed protocol was successfully used to detect sulfatase activity in human serum samples. The simplicity, rapidity, low cost, high credibility, good reproducibility, and excellent selectivity of the detection platform serve as an inspiration for further applications of fluorescent AuNCs in chemo/biosensing.
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- Hao-Hua Deng
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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Ye C, Wang Y, Wang S, Wang Z. Fabrication of cefotaxime sodium-functionalized gold nanoclusters for the detection of copper ions in Chinese herbal medicines. RSC Adv 2019; 9:5037-5044. [PMID: 35514662 PMCID: PMC9060655 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09987a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Antibiotic-based gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are a good sensing platform for specific recognition; however, the related studies are few. Herein, a simple and facile strategy was proposed for the fabrication of bright blue fluorescent AuNCs through the degradation product (DCTX) of cefotaxime sodium that induced the reduction of HAuCl4. Various analytical techniques were applied to characterize the prepared AuNCs@DCTX. AuNCs@DCTX exhibited a strong emission peak centered at 420 nm and a quantum yield of 11.8%. Furthermore, an aggregation-induced fluorescence quenching mode endowed the AuNCs@DCTX probe with good specificity and sensitivity for Cu2+ detection. The proposed probe had a linear range of 0.01–40 μM, a precision with a relative standard deviation of 1.2% (n = 8), and a detection limit of 8 nM (signal/noise = 3). Interestingly, the probe could be reused through switching the “off” and “on” states by the addition of Cu2+ and EDTA. The practicality of the sensing platform was investigated for the determination of Cu2+ in four Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs), and the results were in accordance with those obtained by the FAAS method. This study has provided an alternate way for the fabrication of thiolate-protected AuNCs for sensing applications. Antibiotic-based gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are a good sensing platform for specific recognition; however, the related studies are few.![]()
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- Cunling Ye
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- School of Environment
- Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control
- Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control
- Ministry of Education
- Henan Normal University
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Fu DY, Xue YR, Guo Y, Qu Z, Li HW, Wu H, Wu Y. Strong red-emitting gold nanoclusters protected by glutathione S-transferase. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:23141-23148. [PMID: 30515506 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr05691a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is distributed widely in tissues and has been proven to be vital in the body. For example, it catalyzes reduced glutathione (GSH) to a variety of electrophilic substances and thus protects cells against many toxic chemicals. Therefore, GST-related investigations have always been significant for medical and/or life sciences. In the present study, a new material of gold nanoclusters (Au-NCs) protected by GST, Au-NCs@GST, was fabricated via an improved one-step heating method. The products were fully characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectra. The results confirmed that around 10 gold atoms are encapsulated in one intact GST, forming Au-NCs@GST with strong (QY = 13.5%) red emission at 670 nm. Therefore, a new nanomaterial possessing both strong luminescence and bio-functions of GST was developed, and it has great potential in GST-related investigations. To prove the concept, Au-NCs@GST was successfully applied to detect metronidazole (MNZ) both in solution and in living cells. Therefore, in the present study, we report not only a new nanomaterial of Au-NCs@GST but also a feasible fluorescence probe for antibiotic detection. Both the improved synthetic method and the design concept can be extended to the fabrication of other kinds of metal nanoclusters using different functional proteins for various purposes.
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- Ding-Yi Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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Wang M, Su D, Wang G, Su X. A fluorometric sensing method for sensitive detection of trypsin and its inhibitor based on gold nanoclusters and gold nanoparticles. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 410:6891-6900. [PMID: 30105625 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1292-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this work, a facile, label-free, and sensitive fluorometric strategy for detection of trypsin and its inhibitor was established on the basis of the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between mercaptoundecanoic acid functionalized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) via protamine as a bridge. Protamine can trigger the aggregation of AuNPs and link AuNCs with aggregated AuNPs through electrostatic interaction. Compared with monodisperse AuNPs, the UV-vis absorption band of aggregated AuNPs overlapped considerably with the emission spectrum of AuNCs. Thus, the fluorescence of AuNCs was obviously quenched by the aggregated AuNPs through FRET. In the presence of trypsin, protamine was hydrolyzed into small fragments, leading to the deaggregation of AuNPs and breaking of the short distance between AuNPs and AuNCs, so the FRET process was inhibited, and the fluorescence of AuNCs was recovered. The increase in the fluorescence intensity of AuNCs was directly related to the amount of trypsin. Hence trypsin can be determined on the basis of the variation of fluorescence intensity, with a linear range of 5-5000 ng mL-1 and a detection limit of 1.9 ng mL-1. In addition, this system was used for the detection of trypsin inhibitor by application of the inhibitor isolated from soybean as a model. The sensing method was applied for trypsin detection in human urine and commercial multienzyme tablet samples with satisfactory results. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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- Mengke Wang
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China
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- Department of Chemistry& The Key Laboratory for Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, 121001, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China.
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Wang Y, Mao L, Liu W, Ding F, Zou P, Wang X, Zhao Q, Rao H. A ratiometric fluorometric and colorimetric probe for the β-thalassemia drug deferiprone based on the use of gold nanoclusters and carbon dots. Mikrochim Acta 2018; 185:442. [PMID: 30173359 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-2982-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A turn-on fluorometric probe is described for the β-thalassemia drug deferiprone (DFP). The probe is making use of carbon dots (C-dots) and gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) which, under 340-nm excitation, display dual emission with peaks at 445 and 592 nm. The orange fluorescence of AuNCs is quenched after the addition of Fe(III), but recovered on addition of DFP. The blue fluorescence of the C-dots, in contrast, remains unchanged. The Fe(III)-DFP complex undergoes intermolecular electron transfer under UV excitation and displays only weak peaks in the UV region. The ratio of the two fluorescences is measured which makes the probe intrinsically self-calibrated. Colorimetry is best performed at a wavelength of 280 nm. The ratio of fluorescences increases linearly in the 0.1-80 μM DFP concentration range, and the detection limit is 0.1 μM. The respective figures for colorimetry are 2.5-120 μM and 0.3 μM. The probe is highly selective for DFP. Thus, it possesses a large potential for detection of DFP in serum. Graphical abstract The orange fluorescence of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) is quenched by Fe3+ ions but recovered on addition of deferiprone (DFP), while the change of blue fluorescence in carbon dots (C-dots) is minimal. Moreover, the Fe(III)-DFP complex undergoes intermolecular electron transfer under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, and absorption spectra can be observed in the presence of Fe(III)-DFP detected by UV scanning. Thus, a ratiometric fluorometric and colorimetric assay is developed for DFP.
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- Yanying Wang
- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Xin Kang Road, Yucheng, District, Ya'an, 625014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Xin Kang Road, Yucheng, District, Ya'an, 625014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Xin Kang Road, Yucheng, District, Ya'an, 625014, People's Republic of China
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- Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Xin Kang Road, Yucheng, District, Ya'an, 625014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Xin Kang Road, Yucheng, District, Ya'an, 625014, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Xin Kang Road, Yucheng, District, Ya'an, 625014, People's Republic of China.
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Preparation of strongly fluorescent water-soluble dithiothreitol modified gold nanoclusters coated with carboxychitosan, and their application to fluorometric determination of the immunosuppressive 6-mercaptopurine. Mikrochim Acta 2018; 185:400. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-2933-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Huang T, Sun ZH, Pan GQ. Selective Synthesis of Different-Sized Gold Nanoclusters through HCl-Etching and -Growth Effect. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1707142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Ting Huang
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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A novel fluorescent and colorimetric probe for cascade selective detection of Fe(III) and pyrophosphate based on a click generated cyclic steroid–rhodamine conjugate. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hou W, Chen Y, Lu Q, Liu M, Zhang Y, Yao S. Silver ions enhanced AuNCs fluorescence as a turn-off nanoprobe for ultrasensitive detection of iodide. Talanta 2018; 180:144-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Chen Y, Qiao J, Liu Q, Qi L. Ovalbumin-stabilized gold nanoclusters with ascorbic acid as reducing agent for detection of serum copper. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Liu Q, Lai Q, Li N, Su X. Copper nanoclusters capped with tannic acid as a fluorescent probe for real-time determination of the activity of pyrophosphatase. Mikrochim Acta 2018; 185:182. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-017-2599-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Deng HH, Shi XQ, Peng HP, Zhuang QQ, Yang Y, Liu AL, Xia XH, Chen W. Gold Nanoparticle-Based Photoluminescent Nanoswitch Controlled by Host-Guest Recognition and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Arginase Activity Assay. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:5358-5364. [PMID: 29373021 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The development of simple yet powerful methods for monitoring enzyme activity is of great significance. Herein, a facile, convenient, cost-effective, and continuous fluorescent method for the detection of arginase and its inhibitor has been reported based on a host-guest interaction-controlled and enzymatic hydrolysis-controlled luminescent nanoswitch. The fluorescence intensity of 6-aza-2-thiothymine-stabilized gold nanoparticle (ATT-AuNP) is enhanced by l-arginine, owing to the formation of a supramolecular host-guest assembly between the guanidine group of l-arginine and ATT molecules capped on the AuNP surface. However, hydrolysis of l-arginine, catalyzed by arginase, leads to a decrease in the fluorescence intensity of l-arginine/ATT-AuNPs hybrids. Upon incorporation of the arginase inhibitor l-norvaline, the fluorescence of the ATT-AuNP-based detecting system is restored. The linear range of arginase activity determination is from 0.0625 to 1.15 U/mL and the limit of detection is 0.056 U/mL. The half-maximal inhibition value IC50 of l-norvaline is determined to be 5.6 mM. The practicability of this luminescent nanoswitch is validated by assaying the arginase activity in rat liver and monitoring the response of rat liver arginase to pharmacological agent. Compared to the existing fluorescent method of arginase activity assay, the approach demonstrated here does not involve any complicated technical manipulation, thereby greatly simplifying the detection steps. We propose that this AuNP-based luminescent nanoswitch would find wide applications in the field of life sciences and medicine.
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- Hao-Hua Deng
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou 350004, China
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Zhang Q, Yang M, Zhu Y, Mao C. Metallic Nanoclusters for Cancer Imaging and Therapy. Curr Med Chem 2018; 25:1379-1396. [PMID: 28393695 PMCID: PMC6349033 DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666170331122757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nanoclusters are made of a few to tens of atoms with a size below 2 nm. Compared with nanoparticles, they exhibited excellent properties, such as tunable fluorescence, ease of conjugation, high quantum yield and biocompatibility, which are highly desired in the development of cancer nanotheranostics. Hence, the metallic nanoclusters have emerged as a newcomer in cancer nanomedicines. This review aims to summarize recently developed approaches to preparing metallic nanoclusters, highlight their applications in cancer theranostics, and provide a brief outlook for the future developments of nanoclusters in nanomedicine. METHOD We carried out a thorough literature search using online databases. The search was focused on a centered question. Irrelevant articles were excluded after further examination and directly relevant articles were included. The relevant articles were classified by the subjects and the information from these articles was synthesized. RESULTS One hundred and forty-three articles were included in this review. About eighty articles outlined the development in the synthetic methods of nanoclusters. The synthesis approaches include chemical reduction, photoreduction and so on. The progress in the application of gold and silver nanoclusters to cancer theranostics was described in fifteen and eight articles, respectively. The rest articles were about the advancements in the use of other metal nanoclusters and nanocluster nanocomposites as cancer theranostic agents. CONCLUSION This review summarizes the synthesis and use of metallic nanoclusters or their nanocomposites as cancer theranostic agents. It confirms their importance, advantages and potentials in serving as a new generation of cancer theranostics in clinics.
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- Qing Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Institute of Applied Bioresource Research, College of
Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, Zhejiang,
310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Stephenson Life
Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman,
OK, 73019, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Stephenson Life
Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman,
OK, 73019, USA
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Transformation from gold nanoclusters to plasmonic nanoparticles: A general strategy towards selective detection of organophosphorothioate pesticides. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 99:274-280. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mansouri A, Mousavi M, Attar F, Saboury AA, Falahati M. Interaction of manganese nanoparticle with cytochrome c: A multi-spectroscopic study. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 106:78-86. [PMID: 28818722 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this paper, the conformational changes of cytochrome c (cyt c) upon interaction with manganese nanoparticle (Mn-NP) were examined using dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), zeta potential, fluorescence spectroscopy, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy methods. DLS and TEM analysis exhibited the structure of Mn-NP was less than 50nm. FTIR bands were similar to those reported for Mn-NP. Zeta potential measurements showed positive charge distribution for Mn-NP (4.71±0.71mV) at pH 7.8. It was revealed that the mechanism of fluorescence quenching incorporated both dynamic and static quenching. Also, binding site and binding constant increased as the temperature is raised. The positive sign of ΔH° and ΔS° suggested that hydrophobic forces are indicative forces in the interaction between cyt c and Mn-NP. Synchronous fluorescence spectra revealed that the conformation of protein was not perturbed around tryptophan (Trp) and tyrosine (Tyr) residues. CD analysis suggested that there was a conformational change at tertiary structure levels of cyt c in the vicinity of phenylalanine (Phe) residues, while the secondary structure of protein was not altered. This study facilitates a deeper insight on the interaction mechanisms between NPs and biological macromolecules.
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- Anali Mansouri
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advance Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advance Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Food Industry & Agriculture, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advance Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS), Tehran, Iran.
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Tang C, Feng H, Huang Y, Qian Z. Reversible Luminescent Nanoswitches Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement of Silver Nanoclusters for Luminescence Turn-on Assay of Inorganic Pyrophosphatase Activity. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4994-5002. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Cong Tang
- College of Chemistry and
Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People’s Public of China
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- College of Chemistry and
Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People’s Public of China
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- College of Chemistry and
Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People’s Public of China
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- College of Chemistry and
Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People’s Public of China
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Ungor D, Csapó E, Kismárton B, Juhász Á, Dékány I. Nucleotide-directed syntheses of gold nanohybrid systems with structure-dependent optical features: Selective fluorescence sensing of Fe 3+ ions. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 155:135-141. [PMID: 28419942 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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This study demonstrates a one-step synthesis for the preparation of both adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-stabilized colloidal gold nanoparticles (AMP-Au NPs) and fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AMP-Au NCs). The dominant role of AMP:AuCl4- molar ratios in the formation of diverse nanosized Au products was proved. The size, the structure and the unique structure-dependent optical properties of the NPs and NCs were determined based on the results of numerous spectroscopic (UV-vis, fluorescence, infrared, x-ray photoelectron), high resolution electron microscopy (HRTEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques. Stabile AMP-Au NPs with diameter of ca. 11nm and ultra-small AMP-Au NCs having blue fluorescence (λem=480nm) were identified. In addition, the AMP-Au NCs have been utilized to develop a selective sensor for the detection of Fe3+ ions in aqueous medium based on fluorescence quenching. Several essential metal ions and anions have been tested but our results clearly supported that dominant quenching was observed only for Fe3+ ions. Based on the determined limit of detection (LOD=2.0μM) our system is capable of detecting Fe3+ ions in drinking water. The Stern-Volmer constants (KSV) and various thermodynamic parameters (ΔG, ΔH°, ΔS°, ΔCp) of the quenching process have also been determined by the Stern-Volmer fitting of the fluorescence data in order to better understand the quenching mechanism.
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- Ditta Ungor
- MTA-SZTE Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials Research Group, Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Dóm square 8, Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA-SZTE Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials Research Group, Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Dóm square 8, Szeged, Hungary; Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Szeged, H-6720, Aradi v.t.1, Szeged, Hungary.
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- MTA-SZTE Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials Research Group, Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Dóm square 8, Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA-SZTE Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials Research Group, Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Dóm square 8, Szeged, Hungary; Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Szeged, H-6720, Aradi v.t.1, Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA-SZTE Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials Research Group, Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Dóm square 8, Szeged, Hungary.
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Yuan XX, Jia XY, Li HW, Yu X, Wu Y. Red-emitting p53-protected gold nanoclusters and their screening of anti-tumor agents from Chinese medicine. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra05630c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The synthesis route of red-emitting p53–AuNCs is straightforward and the products can be used to test for the anti-tumor agent myricetin.
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- Xin-Xin Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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Huang T, Huang L, Jiang Y, Hu F, Sun Z, Pan G, Wei S. Direct self-focusing synthesis of monodisperse [Au8(PPh3)7]2+ nanoclusters. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:12239-12244. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02657a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Direct synthesis of atomically monodisperse Au8 nanoclusters via the self-focusing process during NaBH4 reduction of Au(PPh3)2Cl.
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- Ting Huang
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230029
- P. R. China
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Xu S, Feng X, Gao T, Wang R, Mao Y, Lin J, Yu X, Luo X. A novel dual-functional biosensor for fluorometric detection of inorganic pyrophosphate and pyrophosphatase activity based on globulin stabilized gold nanoclusters. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 958:22-29. [PMID: 28110681 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A novel ultrasensitive dual-functional biosensor for highly sensitive detection of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity was developed based on the fluorescent variation of globulin protected gold nanoclusters (Glo@Au NCs) with the assistance of Cu2+. Glo@Au NCs and PPi were used as the fluorescent indicator and substrate for PPase activity evaluation, respectively. In the presence of Cu2+, the fluorescence of the Glo@Au NCs will be quenched owing to the formation of Cu2+-Glo@Au NCs complex, while PPi can restore the fluorescence of the Cu2+-Glo@Au NCs complex because of its higher binding affinity with Cu2+. As PPase can catalyze the hydrolysis of PPi, it will lead to the release of Cu2+ and re-quench the fluorescence of the Glo@Au NCs. Based on this mechanism, quantitative evaluation of the PPi and PPase activity can be achieved ranging from 0.05 μM to 218.125 μM for PPi and from 0.1 to 8 mU for PPase, with detection limits of 0.02 μM and 0.04 mU, respectively, which is much lower than that of other PPi and PPase assay methods. More importantly, this ultrasensitive dual-functional biosensor can also be successfully applied to evaluate the PPase activity in human serum, showing great promise for practical diagnostic applications.
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- Shenghao Xu
- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China; College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
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Zhao L, Zhao L, Miao Y, Liu C, Zhang C. Construction of a Turn Off-On-Off Fluorescent System Based on Competitive Coordination of Cu 2+ between 6,7-Dihydroxycoumarin and Pyrophosphate Ion for Sensitive Assay of Pyrophosphatase Activity. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY 2016; 2016:4306838. [PMID: 27766179 PMCID: PMC5059578 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4306838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The detection of pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity is of great significance in diagnosing diseases and understanding the function of PPase-related biological events. This study constructed a turn off-on-off fluorescent system for PPase activity assay based on PPase-regulated competitive coordination of Cu2+ between a water-soluble fluorescent probe 6,7-dihydroxycoumarin (DHC) and pyrophosphate (PPi). The probe DHC can coordinate with Cu2+ and consequently display on-off type fluorescence response. Furthermore, the in situ formed nonfluorescent Cu2+-DHC complex can act as an effective off-on type fluorescent probe for sensing PPi due to the higher coordination reactivity between Cu2+ and PPi than that between Cu2+ and DHC. The subsequent addition of PPase to the mixture containing Cu2+, DHC, and PPi leads to the fluorescence requenching of the system again (an off state) because PPase catalyzes the hydrolysis of PPi into orthophosphate in the reaction system. Under the optimum conditions, the decrease of the fluorescence intensity of DHC-Cu2+-PPi system was linear with the increase of the PPase activity in the range from 0.1 to 0.3 U. The detection limit was down to 0.028 U PPase (S/N = 3). Moreover, the as-established system was also applied to evaluate PPase inhibitor. This study offers a simple yet effective method for the detection of PPase activity.
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- Lingzhi Zhao
- Department of Pharmacy, Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an 710021, China
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Beijing Research Center of Agricultural Standards and Testing, Beijing 100097, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an 710021, China
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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