Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China.
Anal Chem. 2021 Oct 19;93(41):13928-13934. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02965. Epub 2021 Oct 5.
Herein, a new field-free and highly ordered spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanostructure was self-assembled directly by ferrocene (Fc)-labeled DNA tweezers and DNA linkers based on the Watson-Crick base pairing rule, which was employed as an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) quenching switch with improved recognition efficiency due to the high local concentration of the ordered nanostructure. Moreover, with a collaborative strategy combined with the advantages of both self-accelerated approach and pore confinement-enhanced ECL effect, the mesoporous silica nanospheres (mSiO NSs) were prepared to be filled with rubrene (Rub) as ECL emitters and Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs) as coreaction accelerators (Rub-Pt@mSiO NSs), which demonstrated high ECL response in the aqueous media (dissolved O as coreactant). When the SNA nanostructure was immobilized on the Rub-Pt@mSiO NSs-modified electrode, it presented a "signal off" state owing to the quenching effect of the Fc molecules. As a proof of concept, the SNA-based ECL switch platform was applied in the detection of microRNA let-7b (let-7b). Impressively, in the presence of the target let-7b, a deconstruction of the SNA nanostructure was actuated, causing the Fc to leave the electrode surface and achieved an extremely high ECL recovery ("signal on" state). Hence, a sensitive determination for let-7b was realized with a low detection limit of 1.8 aM ranging from 10 aM to 1 nM by employing the Rub-Pt@mSiO NSs-based ECL platform combined with the target-triggered SNA deconstruction, which also offered an ingenious method for the further applications of biomarker analyses.
在此,基于沃森-克里克碱基配对规则,通过二茂铁(Fc)标记的 DNA 镊子和 DNA 连接子直接自组装了一种新型无磁场且高度有序的球形核酸(SNA)纳米结构,由于有序纳米结构的局部浓度高,该纳米结构可用作电化学发光(ECL)猝灭开关,从而提高了识别效率。此外,采用自加速方法和孔限制增强 ECL 效应相结合的协同策略,制备了介孔硅纳米球(mSiO NSs),并用作为 ECL 发射器的芘(Rub)和作为核心反应加速剂的 Pt 纳米颗粒(PtNPs)(Rub-Pt@mSiO NSs)填充,在水性介质(溶解氧作为核心反应物)中表现出高 ECL 响应。当 SNA 纳米结构固定在 Rub-Pt@mSiO NSs 修饰的电极上时,由于 Fc 分子的猝灭效应,呈现出“信号关闭”状态。作为概念验证,基于 SNA 的 ECL 开关平台被应用于 microRNA let-7b(let-7b)的检测。令人印象深刻的是,在存在靶标 let-7b 的情况下,SNA 纳米结构的解构被触发,导致 Fc 离开电极表面,并实现了极高的 ECL 恢复(“信号开启”状态)。因此,通过采用基于 Rub-Pt@mSiO NSs 的 ECL 平台结合靶标触发的 SNA 解构,实现了对 let-7b 的灵敏检测,检测限低至 1.8 aM,检测范围为 10 aM 至 1 nM,这也为生物标志物分析的进一步应用提供了一种巧妙的方法。
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