Journal
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 182, Issue 11-12, Pages 1911-1916Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1525-5
Keywords
Gold nanoclusters; Particle stabilization; Bovine serum albumin; Quenching; Ferrous ion; Fenton reaction; Cerebrospinal fluids
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21105057]
- Promotive Research Fund for Excellent Young and Middle-aged Scientist of Shandong Province [BS2013SW002]
- Innovative Training Project for Undergraduate Students of Shandong Normal University
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Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) stabilized with bovine serum albumin were utilized as a fluorescent probe for ferrous ion. The detection scheme is based on the quenching of the fluorescence of the modified AuNCs by hydroxyl radical (aEuro cent OH) that is generated in the Fenton reaction between Fe(II) and H2O2. Fe(II) can be quantified in the 0.08 to 100 mu M concentration range, and the limit of detection is as low as 24 nM. The method also displays good accuracy and high sensitivity when employed to the determination of Fe(II) in rat cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs). When applied to CSFs of a rat model of Alzheimer's disease, it revealed enhanced levels of Fe(II) compared to a control, thereby showing the important physiological role of iron(II) in this disease.
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