College of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China.
College of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China.
Anal Chim Acta. 2024 May 22;1304:342579. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342579. Epub 2024 Apr 4.
Plasmon enhanced fluorescent (PEF) with more "hot spots" play a critical role in signal amplified technology to avoid the intrinsic limitation of fluorophore which ascribed to a strong electromagnetic field at the tip structure. However, application of PEF technique to obtain a highly sensitive analysis of medicine was still at a very early stage. Herein, a simple but versatile Ag nanocubes (Agcubes)-based PEF sensor combined with aptamer (Agcubes@SiO-QDs-Apt) was proposed for highly sensitive detection of berberine hydrochloride (BH). The distance between the plasma Agcubes and the red-emitted CdTe quantum dots (QDs) were regulated by the thickness of silica spacer. The three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (3D-FDTD) simulation further revealed that Agcubes have a higher electromagnetic field than Ag nanospheres. Compared with PEF sensor, signal QDs-modified aptamer without Agcubes (QDs-Apt) showed a 10-fold higher detection limit. The linear range and detection limit of the Agcubes@SiO-QDs-Apt were 0.1-100 μM, 87.3 nM, respectively. Furthermore, the PEF sensor was applied to analysis BH in the berberine hydrochloride tablets, compound berberine tablet and urine with good recoveries of 98.25-102.05%. These results demonstrated that the prepared PEF sensor has great potential for drug quality control and clinical analysis.
等离子体增强荧光(PEF)具有更多的“热点”,在信号放大技术中发挥着关键作用,可以避免荧光团由于尖端结构中的强电磁场而产生的固有限制。然而,将 PEF 技术应用于获得对药物的高灵敏度分析仍处于早期阶段。在此,提出了一种简单但多功能的基于银纳米立方体(Agcubes)的 PEF 传感器,该传感器结合了适体(Agcubes@SiO-QDs-Apt),用于盐酸小檗碱(BH)的高灵敏度检测。等离子体 Agcubes 和红色发射的碲化镉量子点(QDs)之间的距离通过二氧化硅间隔层的厚度来调节。三维有限差分时域(3D-FDTD)模拟进一步表明,Agcubes 具有比 Ag 纳米球更高的电磁场。与 PEF 传感器相比,没有 Agcubes 的信号 QDs-适体(QDs-Apt)的检测限高出 10 倍。Agcubes@SiO-QDs-Apt 的线性范围和检测限分别为 0.1-100 μM 和 87.3 nM。此外,该 PEF 传感器被用于盐酸小檗碱片、复方黄连素片和尿液中 BH 的分析,回收率为 98.25-102.05%。这些结果表明,所制备的 PEF 传感器在药物质量控制和临床分析方面具有很大的潜力。