Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 412, Issue 23, Pages 5627-5635Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02778-3
Keywords
Zearalenone; Mesoporous silica nanoparticles; Fluorescein-labeled aptamer; Fluorometric assay
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [XDJK2020B044]
- Venture & Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees [cx2018032]
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Zearalenone (ZEN) is a type of estrogenic mycotoxin commonly occurring in cereals. The aim of this study was to design a simple, rapid, inexpensive and ultrasensitive fluorescence assay for the determination of ZEN. Here, amino-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs-NH2) were synthesized to be the positive charge-rich reactor. A 6-carboxy-fluorescein-labeled aptamer (aptamer-FAM) was designed as the signal probe, ZEN-capture probe and negative charge reactor. In the absence of ZEN, the negatively charged aptamer-FAM combined with the positively charged MSNs-NH2 in an electrostatic manner. In the presence of ZEN, the fluorescence intensity in the supernatant increased significantly because the aptamer-FAM could bind to ZEN instead of MSNs-NH2. Under the optimal experimental conditions, this assay exhibited excellent specificity, repeatability and a wide linearity range of 0.005-150 ng/mL, with a detection limit of 0.012 ng/mL. Additionally, it showed high recovery (83.3-101.5%) for the spiked samples. There was no statistically significant difference in the ZEN concentrations detected by the proposed assay and HPLC in naturally contaminated samples. Overall, this design provides a new strategy for the rapid, inexpensive and sensitive detection of ZEN, and it could be applied to develop fluorometric assays for different targets by the selection of appropriate aptamers.
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