Wang Mengqi, Fu Xiuli, Liu Yixuan, Zhang Zhiyang, Jiang Chenyu, Song Dean
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China.
Coastal Zone Ecological Environment Monitoring Technology and Equipment Shan-dong Engineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environ-mental Processes, CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China.
Biosensors (Basel). 2025 Mar 31;15(4):223. doi: 10.3390/bios15040223.
Herein, we proposed a versatile G-quadruplex (G4)-tetrahedral DNA framework (G4-TDF) nanostructure functionalized origami microfluidic paper-based device (μPADs) for fluorescence detection of K by lighting up thioflavin T (ThT). In this work, TDF provided robust structural support for G-rich sequence in well-defined orientation and spacing to ensure high recognition efficiency, enabling sensitive fluorescence sensing on origami μPAD. After introducing ThT, the G-rich sequences extended from TDF vertices formed a parallel G4 structure, showing weak fluorescence signal output. Upon the presence of target K, this parallel G4 structure transitioned to antiparallel G4 structure, leading to a significantly increase in fluorescence signal of ThT. Benefiting from the outstanding fluorescence enhancement characteristic of the G4 structure for ThT and excellent specificity of the G4 structure to K plus satisfactory recognition efficiency with the aid of TDF, this origami paper-based fluorescence sensing strategy exhibited an impressive detection limit as low as 0.2 mM with a wide range of 0.5-5.5 mM. This innovative G4-TDF fluorescence sensing was applied for the first time on μPAD, providing a simple, effective, and rapid method for K detection in human serum with significant potential for clinical diagnostics.
在此,我们提出了一种多功能的富含鸟嘌呤的四重螺旋结构(G4)-四面体DNA框架(G4-TDF)纳米结构功能化的折纸微流控纸基器件(μPADs),用于通过点亮硫黄素T(ThT)对钾进行荧光检测。在这项工作中,TDF为富含鸟嘌呤的序列提供了强大的结构支持,使其具有明确的取向和间距,以确保高识别效率,从而能够在折纸μPAD上进行灵敏的荧光传感。引入ThT后,从TDF顶点延伸出的富含鸟嘌呤的序列形成了平行G4结构,显示出微弱的荧光信号输出。当存在目标钾时,这种平行G4结构转变为反平行G4结构,导致ThT的荧光信号显著增加。得益于G4结构对ThT出色的荧光增强特性以及G4结构对钾的优异特异性,再加上借助TDF实现的令人满意的识别效率,这种基于折纸纸基的荧光传感策略展现出了低至0.2 mM的令人印象深刻的检测限,线性范围为0.5 - 5.5 mM。这种创新的G4-TDF荧光传感首次应用于μPAD,为检测人血清中的钾提供了一种简单、有效且快速的方法,在临床诊断方面具有巨大潜力。