Chen Jiexia, Liu Yifan, Zhao Guang-Chao
Anhui Key Laboratory of Chem-Biosensing, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China.
Departement of Chemistry, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, China.
Sensors (Basel). 2016 Jan 21;16(1):135. doi: 10.3390/s16010135.
A novel photoelectrochemical biosensor for step-by-step assay of tyrosinase and thrombin was fabricated based on the specific interactions between the designed peptide and the target enzymes. A peptide chain with a special sequence which contains a positively charged lysine-labeled terminal, tyrosine at the other end and a cleavage site recognized by thrombin between them was designed. The designed peptide can be fixed on surface of the CdTe quantum dots (QDs)-modified indium-tin oxide (ITO) electrode through electrostatic attraction to construct the photoelectrochemical biosensor. The tyrosinase target can catalyze the oxidization of tyrosine by oxygen into ortho-benzoquinone residues, which results in a decrease in the sensor photocurrent. Subsequently, the cleavage site could be recognized and cut off by another thrombin target, restoring the sensor photocurrent. The decrease or increase of photocurrent in the sensor enables us to assay tyrosinase and thrombin. Thus, the detection of tyrosinase and thrombin can be achieved in the linear range from 2.6 to 32 μg/mL and from 4.5 to 100 μg/mL with detection limits of 1.5 μg/mL and 1.9 μg/mL, respectively. Most importantly, this strategy shall allow us to detect different classes of enzymes simultaneously by designing various enzyme-specific peptide substrates.
基于所设计的肽与目标酶之间的特异性相互作用,构建了一种用于逐步检测酪氨酸酶和凝血酶的新型光电化学生物传感器。设计了一种具有特殊序列的肽链,其一端含有带正电荷的赖氨酸标记末端,另一端为酪氨酸,两者之间有一个凝血酶识别的切割位点。通过静电吸引作用,可将所设计的肽固定在碲化镉量子点(QDs)修饰的氧化铟锡(ITO)电极表面,从而构建光电化学生物传感器。酪氨酸酶靶标可催化酪氨酸被氧气氧化为邻苯醌残基,导致传感器光电流降低。随后,另一个凝血酶靶标可识别并切割该切割位点,使传感器光电流恢复。传感器光电流的降低或增加使我们能够检测酪氨酸酶和凝血酶。因此,酪氨酸酶和凝血酶的检测线性范围分别为2.6至32μg/mL和4.5至100μg/mL,检测限分别为1.5μg/mL和1.9μg/mL。最重要的是,该策略将使我们能够通过设计各种酶特异性肽底物同时检测不同种类的酶。