A resonance Rayleigh scattering sensor for detection of Pb2+ ions via cleavage-induced G-wire formation

作者:Ren, Wang; Zhang, Ying; Fan, Yu Zhu; Dong, Jiang Xue; Li, Nian Bing*; Luo, Hong Qun*
来源:Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 336: 195-201.
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.04.039

摘要

A resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) aptasensor was fabricated for detection of Pb2+ via hairpin-like label-free substrate and G-wire for signal amplification. A hairpin-like DNA substrate contains a sequence in the loop labeled with ribonucleobase A and c-myc sequence in the stem. When hybridized with 8-17 DNAzyme in the presence of Pb2+, the sequence in the loop was activated and cleaved. Hundreds of c-myc sequences departing from the 8-17 DNAzyme yield nanowires superstructure called G-wire in the presence of Mg2+. The polymer G-wire was demonstrated by the RRS spectrum, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and AFM. The RRS intensity was enhanced by the product G-wires, and the RRS signal at 370 nm was linear with the logarithm of Pb2+ concentration in the range of 2.0 nM to 5.0 mu M. This method was selective for Pb2+ even coexisting with other metal ions at high concentrations and was successfully applied to the determination of Pb2+ in real samples. The aptasensor holds a great promise for universal RRS sensing platform for sensitive detection of various metal ions just by changing the sequence of the probe in the loop and DNAzyme.

  • 出版日期2017-8-15
  • 单位四川轻化工大学; 西南大学