Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 30, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/30/305502
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21075112]
- Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province [2009R10058]
- Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry [SKLEAC2010001]
- Scientific Research Foundation for Returning Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry
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DNA single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection has attracted much attention due to mutation related diseases. Various methods for SNP detection have been proposed and many are already in use. Here, we find that the abasic site (AP site) in the DNA duplex can be developed as a capping scaffold for the generation of fluorescent silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs). As a proof of concept, the DNA sequences from fragments near codon 177 of cancer supression gene p53 were used as a model for SNP detection by in situ formed Ag NCs. The formation of fluorescent Ag NCs in the AP site-containing DNA duplex is highly selective for cytosine facing the AP site and guanines flanking the site and can be employed in situ as readout for SNP detection. The fluorescent signal-on sensing for SNP based on this inorganic fluorophore is substantially advantageous over the previously reported signal-off responses using low-molecular-weight organic ligands. The strong dependence of fluorescent Ag NC formation on the sequences surrounding the AP site was successfully used to identify mutations in codon 177 of cancer supression gene p53. We anticipate that this approach will be employed to develop a practical SNP detection method by locating an AP site toward the midway cytosine in a target strand containing more than three consecutive cytosines.
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