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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 84, Issue 12, Pages 5170-5174Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac3006268
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB933502]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50972058, 21121091]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Canada Research Chairs Program, Alberta Health and Wellness
- China Scholarship Council
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We present here a binding-induced fluorescence turn-on assay for protein detection. Key features of this assay include affinity binding-induced DNA hybridization and fluorescence enhancement of silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) using guanine-rich DNA sequences. In an example of an assay for human a-thrombin, two aptamers (Apt15 and Apt29) were used and were modified by including additional sequence elements. A 12-nucleotide (nt) sequence was used to link the first aptamer with a nanocluster nucleation sequence at the S'-end. The second aptamer was linked through a complementary sequence (12-nt) to a G-rich overhang at the 3'-end. Binding of the two aptamer probes to the target protein initiates hybridization between the complementary linker sequences attached to each aptamer and thereby bring the end of the G-rich overhang to close proximity to Ag NCs, resulting in a significant fluorescence enhancement. With this approach, a detection limit of 1 nM and a linear dynamic range of 5 nM-2 mu M were achieved for human a-thrombin. This fluorescence assay is performed in a single tube, and it does not require washing or separation steps. The principle of the binding-induced DNA hybridization and fluorescence enhancement of Ag NCs can be extended to other homogeneous assay applications provided that two appropriate probes are available to bind with the same target molecule.
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