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ANALYST
Volume 137, Issue 23, Pages 5565-5570Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2an35952a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [21035005]
- Natural Science Foundation Project of China SWU [SWU208037]
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It is a challenge to detect molecules lacking a chromophore, such as polyamines, by optical methods since they are insensitive to light. In order to detect the optical signals, it is compulsory to derive these molecules with optical labels, which, however, is complicated, time-consuming and may be expensive. In this work, a highly specific strategy for spermine detection is developed on the basis of the iodide-induced conformational change of polythiophene. By using the triplex complex of negatively charged double-stranded calf thymus DNA (ctDNA)-stabilized cationic polythiophene as a fluorescent probe, the highly specific detection of spermine could be realized since polythiophene, which will be released from the triplex complex owing to the condensation and aggregation of ctDNA with spermine, undergoes a conformational change from the random-coiled non-planar state to the highly conjugated planar form in the presence of iodide, resulting in a yellow-to-red color conversion and fluorescence quenching. The quenched fluorescence was found to be proportional to the spermine concentrations in the range of 1.2-50 mu M with the limit of detection (LOD) being 0.5 mu M (3 sigma/k).
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