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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 93, Issue 6, Pages 3308-3314Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05440
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- Youth Science Fund of Jilin Province [20140520081JH]
- Thirteenth Five Year Project of the Science and Technology Research in the Education Department of Jilin Province, China
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In this study, a DNA-mediated Au-Au dimer was constructed to enhance the ECL signal of GCN QDs. By regulating the dimer gap distance, the signal amplification effect was achieved, showing good analytical performance for detecting breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 with a detection limit of 0.83 fM.
Herein, we constructed a DNA-mediated Au-Au dimer-based surface plasmon coupling electrochemiluminescence (SPC-ECL) sensor. In the SPC-ECL sensing system, graphite phase carbon nitride quantum dots (GCN QDs) worked as an ECL emitter. A DNA rigid chain structure was employed to connect two Au NPs in an equilateral triangle configuration to form the Au-Au dimers. Due to the hot spot effect, the designed Au-Au dimers had a strong electromagnetic field intensity, which can greatly enhance the ECL signal of GCN QDs than a single Au nanoparticle. The gap distance of dimers can be effectively regulated by the DNA length, which resulted in different electromagnetic field intensities. Therefore, the different SPC-ECL amplification effects on the GCN QD signal by Au-Au dimers have been revealed. The maximum ECL signal of GCN QDs can be enhanced fourfold based on the Au-Au dimers with a gap distance of 2 nm. Furthermore, the biosensor showed good analytical performance for the detection of breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1 genes) (1 fM-1 nM) with a detection limit of 0.83 fM. This work provided an effective and precise SPC-ECL sensing mode for the diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer.
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