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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages 775-784Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700031
Keywords
acetylcholinesterase; enzyme inhibitors; enzyme-capped nanoparticles; neostigmine; nerve agent simulants
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- Spanish Government
- FEDER funds [MAT2015-64139-C4-1-R, AGL2015-70235-C2-2-R]
- Generalitat Valencia [PROMETEOII/2014/047]
- Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
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Two different acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), S1-AChE and S2-AChE, were prepared and characterized. MSNs were loaded with rhodamine B and the external surface was functionalized with either pyridostigmine derivative P1 (to yield solid S1) or neostigmine derivative P2 (to obtain S2). The final capped materials were obtained by coordinating grafted P1 or P2 with AChE ' s active sites (to give S1-AChE and S2-AChE, respectively). Both materials were able to release rho-damine B in the presence of diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) or neostigmine in a concentration-dependent manner via the competitive displacement of AChE through DFP and neostigmine coordination with the AChE ' s active sites. The responses of S1-AChE and S2-AChE were also tested with other enzyme inhibitors and substrates. These studies suggest that S1-AChE nanoparticles can be used for the selective detection of nerve agent simulant DFP and paraoxon.
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