Issue 2, 2020

Target-activated DNA nanomachines for the ATP detection based on the SERS of plasmonic coupling from gold nanoparticle aggregation

Abstract

The self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles provides a powerful approach to generate surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which promotes the actual applications in chemical and biomolecular analyses. Herein, we developed a facile SERS sensing strategy for an ATP assay with a 3-D DNA nanomachine that walks by the Exo III cleavage, leading to the formation of AuNP aggregates, which resulted in the enhancement of the electromagnetic field. Depending on the target-activated Exo III cleavage, the 3-D nanomachine can walk along the 3-D track on the surface of AuNPs and generate self-assembled hot-spots to enhance the SERS signal of a Raman dye, allowing a homogenous assay of the ATP concentration with high sensitivity and reproducibility. Under optimized experimental conditions, the biosensor detected ATP with a widened dynamic range from 1 pM to 1 × 105 pM with a limit of detection of up to 0.29 pM. Hence, the novel strategy provides a useful and practical platform for the SERS assay of ATP with high sensitivity and repeatability. Besides, this platform shows great potential for applications in high-throughput assays for drug screening and clinical diagnostics.

Graphical abstract: Target-activated DNA nanomachines for the ATP detection based on the SERS of plasmonic coupling from gold nanoparticle aggregation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Oct 2019
Accepted
12 Nov 2019
First published
21 Nov 2019

Analyst, 2020,145, 445-452

Target-activated DNA nanomachines for the ATP detection based on the SERS of plasmonic coupling from gold nanoparticle aggregation

Y. Cui, H. Wang, S. Liu, Y. Wang and J. Huang, Analyst, 2020, 145, 445 DOI: 10.1039/C9AN02051A

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