Journal
ANALYTICAL METHODS
Volume 8, Issue 39, Pages 7260-7264Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ay01791f
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Funding
- National Key Scientific Program of China [2011CB911000]
- NSFC grants [NSFC 21221003, NSFC 21325520, NSFC 21327009, NSFC 21405039]
- China National Instrumentation Program [2011YQ03012412]
- Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities
- National Institutes of Health [GM079359, CA133086]
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA133086] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM079359] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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A promising biosensor for effective lead(II) ion detection in practical applications was developed by constructing a Pb2+-specific L-DNAzyme, the enantiomer of the natural nucleic acid-constructed D-DNAzyme. This fluorescence sensor contains the L-enzyme strand with a quencher at the 3' end, and the L-substrate strand with a fluorophore at the 5' and a quencher at the 30 ends that formed a complex. In the presence of Pb2+, the L-substrate is cut into two fragments, leading to the recovery of fluorescence. The sensor shows high sensitivity and selectivity for Pb2+ detection with a linear response in the range of 5-100 nM and a detection limit of 3 nM in aqueous solution. Importantly, based on the fact that L-DNAzyme consists of non-natural nucleic acids, which are insensitive to nuclease digestion, protein adsorption and D-DNA hybridization, our sensor shows a specific response to Pb2+ in practical water and serum samples. Therefore, it is expected that our L-DNAzyme-based strategy may offer a new method for developing simple, rapid and sensitive sensors in complex systems.
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