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Zhao W, Huang C, Guo X, Zhu Y, Li Y, Duan Y, Gao J. A Fluorescence Biosensor Based on Carbon Quantum Dots Prepared from Pomegranate Peel and T-Hg 2+-T Mismatch for Hg 2+ Detection. J Fluoresc 2024:10.1007/s10895-024-03645-5. [PMID: 38427224 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-024-03645-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Mercury ions (Hg2+) can cause damage to human health, and thus, the study of the detection of Hg2+ is extraordinarily important in daily life. This work reported a fluorescence biosensor for the detection of Hg2+. The key point of this strategy was that the fluorescence of carbon quantum dots made from pomegranate peel (P-CQDs) was quenched by hemin, and restored after G-quadruplex binding with hemin. The presence of Hg2+ caused thymine (T)-rich DNA fragments to form T-Hg2+-T mismatches, and this change allowed the release of G-quadruplex. G-quadruplex could change the fluorescence of hemin/P-CQDs. P-CQDs exhibited excellent properties through characterization analysis, such as transmission electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared. This proposed fluorescence detection strategy established the linear ranges of Hg2+ from 1 nM to 50 nM. In conclusion, this simple biosensor had the advantages of strong sensitivity, high selectivity, and low cost for Hg2+ detection in environmental water samples.
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- Weiqin Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
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- Department of Stomatology, Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital Affiliated to Northwest University, Xi'an, 710061, P. R. China
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Jiang N, Zhang C, Ge L, Huang S, Chen X. Unique three-dimensional ordered macroporous dealloyed gold-silver electrochemical sensing platforms for ultrasensitive mercury(II) monitoring. Analyst 2024; 149:1141-1150. [PMID: 38226552 DOI: 10.1039/d3an02075d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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To address the requirement of ultra-sensitive detection of trace mercury(II) (Hg2+) ions in the environment and food, we developed an electrochemical biosensor with super-sensitivity, extremely high selectivity, and reusability. This biosensor comprised two signal amplification components: a three-dimensional macroporous dealloyed (3DOMD) Au-Ag thin-film electrode and a multifunctional encoded Au@Pt nanocage (APNC). As a platform for immobilized capture DNA (cDNA), a 3DOMD Au-Ag thin film prepared by a dealloying method with an active surface area 4.8 times higher than that of 3D macroporous gold films generated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) with sulfuric acid was capable of increasing the sensing surface area while also strengthening the electron transport capacity of the sensing substrate due to its multilayered multi-porous framework. In the presence of Hg2+, probe DNA (pDNA) could be hybridized with the mismatched capture DNA (cDNA) through stable thymine-Hg2+-thymine (T-Hg2+-T) linkages, connecting thionine-APNC to the electrode surface and utilizing the large specific surface area to accomplish highly sensitive detection of Hg2+. With an extremely low Hg2+ detection limit of 2 pM and a detection range from 0.01 to 1000 nM, this technique opened up a new avenue for the ultrasensitive detection of a wider range of heavy metal ions or biomolecules.
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- Nan Jiang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, PR China.
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Liu J, Shi J, Zhong M, Wang Y, Zhang X, Wang W, Chen Z, Tan Y, Xu D, Yang S, Li L. A novel electrochemical sensing method based on an amino-functionalized MXene for the rapid and selective detection of Hg 2. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2024; 16:244-252. [PMID: 38105765 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01652h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Mercury is a highly toxic element that is widely present in all types of environmental media and can accumulate in living organisms. Prolonged exposure to high levels of mercury can lead to brain damage and death, so the detection of mercury is of great importance. In this study, a cost-effective and easy-to-operate electrochemical sensing method was successfully developed based on an amino-functionalized titanium-based MXene (NH2-Ti3C2Tx) for the rapid and selective detection of Hg2+ that could have a coordination effect with the -NH2 group of NH2-Ti3C2Tx to promote the efficient accumulation of Hg2+. In this strategy, the NH2-Ti3C2Tx was first modified on glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) to fabricate the electrochemical sensor. Benefiting from the excellent electrical conductivity, abundant active sites, and strong adsorption capacity performance of the NH2-Ti3C2Tx, the NH2-Ti3C2Tx modified GCE (NH2-Ti3C2Tx/GCE) exhibited satisfactory selectivity and enhanced square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) measurement for the rapid detection of trace amounts of Hg2+ in aqueous solutions. The electrochemical sensor was found to be capable of detecting Hg2+ with a low detection limit of 8.27 nmol L-1 and a linear range of 0.5 μmol L-1 to 50 μmol L-1. The response time of the electrochemical sensing method was 308 s. In addition, the electrochemical sensing method has good selectivity, repeatability and stability, and multiple heavy metal ions have no effect on its detection, with repeatability and stability RSDs of 1.68% and 1.43%, respectively. Furthermore, the analysis of practical water samples demonstrated that the developed method was highly practical for the actual determination of Hg2+ with recoveries in the range of 99.22-101.90%.
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- Jinquan Liu
- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Hengyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People's Republic of China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Typical Environment Pollution and Health Hazards, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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Sadeghi E, Rahimi F, Azizi Z, Kaki S, Babakhanian A. Fabrication of a sensitive electrochemical sensor based on hybrid polyamide/chromotropic acid nanofibers electrospun on glassy carbon electrode for Hg 2+ sensing in drinking water and canned fish samples. Food Chem 2023; 414:135467. [PMID: 36842206 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In this study, a new electrochemical sensor was designed based on a hybrid of polyamide (PA) and chromotropic acid (CA) nanofibers electrospun on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) configured as PANFs-CANFs/GCE. The electrochemical response of this sensor showed an excellent electrochemical activity for the detection of Hg2+ ions using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) methods. The proposed sensor exhibited the prominent electrocatalytic value of (α = 0.60, Log Ks = 3.45 s-1 and Γ = 3.30 × 10 -9 mmol/cm2) as a result of PANFs-CANFs/GCE response to Hg2+ ions. The recommended sensor also demonstrated a linear portion in the calibration curve over the concentration range of 30 to 450 nM with the limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 9.98 nM and 29.97 nM, respectively. The fabricated sensor revealed reproducible and repeatable responses with a high level of stability. Therefore, we highly recommend this new electro-spun based sensor for quantifying Hg2+ in drinking water and canned fish samples with the accurate and precise results and no side interferences.
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- Ehsan Sadeghi
- Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
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Liu T, Zhou R, Wu K, Zhu G. Colorimetric method transforms into highly sensitive homogeneous voltammetric sensing strategy for mercury ion based on mercury-stimulated Ti 3C 2T x MXene nanoribbons@gold nanozyme activity. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1250:340975. [PMID: 36898821 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.340975] [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: 01/07/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Nanozymes were emerged as the next generation of enzyme-mimics which exhibit great applications in various fields, but there is rarely report in the electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions. In this work, Ti3C2Tx MXene nanoribbons@gold (Ti3C2Tx MNR@Au) nanohybrid was prepared firstly via a simple self-reduction process and its nanozyme activity was studied. The results showed the peroxidase-like activity of bare Ti3C2Tx MNR@Au is extremely weak, while in the presence of Hg2+, the related nanozyme activity is stimulated and improved remarkably, which can easily catalyze oxidation of several colorless substrates (e.g., o-phenylenediamine) to form colored products. Interestingly, the product of o-phenylenediamine exhibits a strong reduction current which is considerably sensitive to the Hg2+ concentration. Based on this phenomenon, an innovative and highly sensitive homogeneous voltammetric (HVC) sensing strategy was then proposed to detect Hg2+ via transforming the colorimetric method into electrochemistry since it can exhibit several unique advantages (e.g., rapid responsiveness, high sensitivity and quantificational). Compared to the conventional electrochemical sensing methods for Hg2+, the designed HVC strategy can avoid the modification processes of electrode coupled with enhanced sensing performances. Therefore, we expect the as-proposed nanozyme-based HVC sensing strategy provides a new development direction for detecting Hg2+ and other heavy metals.
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- Tingting Liu
- School of Emergency Management, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR China
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- School of Emergency Management, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Functional Marine Sensing Materials, Minjiang University, PR China
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- School of Emergency Management, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Monitoring for Heavy Metal Pollutants, PR China; Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Ministry of Education, PR China.
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Recent progress in homogeneous electrochemical sensors and their designs and applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Lv Z, Zhang M, Jin H, Huang Y, Wei M. Screen‐printed electrode‐based homogeneous electrochemical aptasensor for mercury (
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) based on reduced graphene oxide and exonuclease
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‐driven cyclic reaction. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202200179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Zeping Lv
- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Cereal and Oil Food Safety Inspection and Control Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Cereal and Oil Food Safety Inspection and Control Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Cereal and Oil Food Safety Inspection and Control Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Cereal and Oil Food Safety Inspection and Control Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Key Laboratory of Cereal and Oil Food Safety Inspection and Control Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou People's Republic of China
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Peng Y, Xu M, Yang H, Zhou Y. A double signal amplification strategy for sensitive detection of Hg 2+ based on exonuclease III and PCR. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 271:120957. [PMID: 35121471 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A double signal amplification method was developed for sensitive detection of Hg2+ based on exonuclease III (Exo III) and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). In the presence of Hg2+, the ineffective primers could bind with helper DNA to form dsDNA by T-Hg(II)-T mismatch for the first signal amplification. Then, the ineffective primers were digested by Exo III to effective primers which initiate PCR reaction for the second signal amplification. This conversion from ineffective to effective primers for triggering PCR reaction has not been reported for the detection of Hg2+. Through the double signal amplification strategy, the sensitivity of this proposed method was significantly improved with the limit of detection 1.46 nM. With the specific T-Hg(II)-T recognition, the selectivity of this new method was satisfactory. And the recoveries were between 92.3 % and 109.0 %. These results suggested that the proposed method was reliable to detect Hg2+ in water samples.
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- Yu Peng
- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, 266 Jingmi Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, 266 Jingmi Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, 266 Jingmi Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Synergetic Control and Joint Remediation for Soil &Water Pollution, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China.
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, 266 Jingmi Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China; College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, 266 Jingmi Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China.
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Recent advances in the construction of functional nucleic acids with isothermal amplification for heavy metal ions sensor. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2021.107077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Wang S. Construction of DNA Biosensors for Mercury (II) Ion Detection Based on Enzyme-Driven Signal Amplification Strategy. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11030399. [PMID: 33800447 PMCID: PMC8001444 DOI: 10.3390/biom11030399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Mercury ion (Hg2+) is a well-known toxic heavy metal ion. It is harmful for human health even at low concentrations in the environment. Therefore, it is very important to measure the level of Hg2+. Many methods, reviewed in several papers, have been established on DNA biosensors for detecting Hg2+. However, few reviews on the strategy of enzyme-driven signal amplification have been reported. In this paper, we reviewed this topic by dividing the enzymes into nucleases and DNAzymes according to their chemical nature. Initially, we introduce the nucleases including Exo III, Exo I, Nickase, DSN, and DNase I. In this section, the Exo III-driven signal amplification strategy was described in detail. Because Hg2+ can help ssDNA fold into dsDNA by T-Hg-T, and the substrate of Exo III is dsDNA, Exo III can be used to design Hg2+ biosensor very flexibly. Then, the DNAzyme-assisted signal amplification strategies were reviewed in three categories, including UO22+-specific DNAzymes, Cu2+-specific DNAzymes and Mg2+-specific DNAzymes. In this section, the Mg2+-specific DNAzyme was introduced in detail, because this DNAzyme has highly catalytic activity, and Mg2+ is very common ion which is not harmful to the environment. Finally, the challenges and future perspectives were discussed.
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- Shuchang Wang
- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Electrochemical Behaviour of Real-Time Sensor for Determination Mercury in Cosmetic Products Based on PANI/MWCNTs/AuNPs/ITO. COSMETICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cosmetics8010017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mercury is a common ingredient found in skin lightening soaps, creams, and makeup-cleansing products. It may cause skin rashes, skin discolouration, and scarring, as well as a reduction in the skin’s resistance to bacterial and fungal infections. By looking at this scenario, developing a sensor that involved a simple procedure and fasts for real-time detection without affecting mercury sensitivity is urgently needed. For that reason, a fast and sensitive electrochemical method was developed to determine mercury in cosmetic products with the composition of polyaniline/multi-walled carbon nanotubes/gold nanoparticles/indium tin oxide sheet using methylene blue as a redox indicator. The significantly enhanced electrochemical performance was observed using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). In order to detect mercury qualitatively and quantitatively, deposition potential and deposition time were respectively optimised to be 0.10 V and 70 s. The modified sensor was revealed a wide detection range of mercury from 0.01 to 10.00 ppm with a limit of detection of 0.08 ppm. The modified sensor towards mercury with a correlation coefficient (r2) was of 0.9948. Multiple cycling, reproducibility, and consistency of different modified sensors were investigated to verify the modified sensor’s performance. The developed sensing platform was highly selective toward mercury among the pool of possible interferents, and the stability of the developed sensor was ensured for at least 21 days after 10 repeated uses. The proposed method is a fast and simple procedure technique for analysing the mercury levels in cosmetic products.
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Mahmoudian MR, Basirun WJ, Woi PM, Alias Y. Synthesis of polyaniline microtubes/Pt reduced N-graphene oxide in the presence of L-glutamine for the detection of Hg2+. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-020-01487-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Khoshbin Z, Housaindokht MR, Verdian A. A low-cost paper-based aptasensor for simultaneous trace-level monitoring of mercury (II) and silver (I) ions. Anal Biochem 2020; 597:113689. [PMID: 32199832 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2020.113689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Mercury (Hg2+) and silver (Ag+) ions possess the harmful effects on public health and environment that makes it essential to develop the sensing techniques with great sensitivity for the ions. Metal ions commonly coexist in the different biological and environmental systems. Hence, it is an urgent demand to design a simple method for the simultaneous detection of metal ions, peculiarly in the case of coexisting Hg2+ and Ag+. This study introduces a low-cost paper-based aptasensor to monitor Hg2+ and Ag+, simultaneously. The strategy of the sensing array is according to the conformational changes of Hg2+- and Ag+-specific aptamers and their release from the GO surface after the injection of the target sample on the sensing platform. Through monitoring the fluorescence recovery changes against the concentrations of the ions, Hg2+ and Ag+ can be determined as low as 1.33 and 1.01 pM. The paper-based aptasensor can simultaneously detect the ions within about 10 min. The aptasensor is applied prosperously to monitor Hg2+ and Ag+ in human serum, water, and milk. The designed aptasensor with the main advantages of simplicity and feasibility holds the supreme potential to develop a cost-effective sensing method for environmental monitoring, food control, and human diagnostics.
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- Zahra Khoshbin
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Safety and Quality Control, Research Institute of Food Science and Technology (RIFST), Mashhad, Iran
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Tao Y, Luo F, Guo L, Qiu B, Lin Z. Target-triggered aggregation of gold nanoparticles for photothermal quantitative detection of adenosine using a thermometer as readout. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1110:151-157. [PMID: 32278390 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Colorimetric platform using the aggregation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is a pretty simple method for biosensing, but advanced instruments such as specterophotometer is still needed to achieve accurately quantitative readout. Aggregated AuNPs exhibit excellent photothermal properties under near-infrared laser irradiation, which is significantly different from non-aggregated AuNPs. Herein, given the different photothermal effect, we translated the AuNPs-based colorimetric assay into a photothermal assay for the quantitative detection of adenosine using a thermometer as readout. Short single-stranded DNA (ssDNA, adenosine aptamer) was adsorbed on the surface of AuNPs and hence prevented the aggregation of AuNPs under high ionic concentration. The presence of adenosine caused the structural change of ssDNA and the AuNPs became aggregated. The enhanced temperature under NIR-laser irradiation has a linear response to the concentration of adenosine in the range of 2.0-50.0 μM. The detection limit was 1.7 μM. This proposed method is portable, easy and applicable to the quantitative assay of other targets by simply replacing of the sequence of ssDNA.
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- Yingzhou Tao
- Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China; College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China.
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- Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China.
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Jin H, Zhang M, Wei M, Cheng JH. A voltammetric biosensor for mercury(II) using reduced graphene oxide@gold nanorods and thymine-Hg(II)-thymine interaction. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:264. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3372-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Li Y, Yuan J, Xu Z. A Sensitive Fluorescence Biosensor for Silver Ions (Ag +) Detection Based on C-Ag +-C Structure and Exonuclease III-Assisted Dual-Recycling Amplification. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY 2019; 2019:3712032. [PMID: 30944752 PMCID: PMC6421803 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3712032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
A C-Ag+-C structure-based fluorescence biosensor with novel combination design of exonuclease III (Exo III) dual-recycling amplification is proposed for the application of silver ions (Ag+) detection. Since oligo-1 involves C-C mismatches, the presence of Ag+ can be captured to form C-Ag+-C base pairs, which results in a double-helix structure with a blunt terminus. The double-helix structure can be cleaved by EXO III to release short mononucleotide fragments (trigger DNA) and Ag+. Released Ag+ can form new bindings with oligo-1, and other trigger DNA can be produced in the digestion cycles. Hybridization with the signal DNA (oligo-2) transforms a trigger DNA into double-stranded DNA with blunt terminus which can be cleaved by Exo III to reproduce the trigger DNA and form guanine- (G-) quadruplex DNA. The trigger DNA returns free to the solution and hybridizes with another signal DNA, which realizes the dual-recycling amplification. The G-quadruplex DNA can be reported by N-methylmesoporphyrin IX (NMM), a specific G-quadruplex DNA fluorochrome. This method allows Ag+ to be determined in the 5 to 1500 pmol/L concentration range, with a 2 pmol/L detection limit, and it has been successfully applied to the detection of Ag+ in real samples.
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- Yubin Li
- School of Chemistry and Environment, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Liu T, Chu Z, Jin W. Electrochemical mercury biosensors based on advanced nanomaterials. J Mater Chem B 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00418a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This review presents an overview of the synthesis strategies and electrochemical performance of recently developed nanomaterials for the Hg2+ assay.
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- Tao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Material-Oriented Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 210009
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material-Oriented Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 210009
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material-Oriented Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 210009
- P. R. China
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