ANALYST
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2015
·Vol. 140
·期 5
·1672-1677
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IF 4.107
Wei Wang,Na Zhao,Xiaoxiao Li,Jun Wan,Xiliang Luo
A novel controlled-release biosensor for isothermal amplified detection of ATP using Au nanocages (AuNCs) capped with a DNA molecular gate is reported for the first time, and has been successfully tested in intracellular ATP detection. Two kinds of SH-modified short strand DNAs S1 and S2 were assembled on the surface of the AuNCs by means of Au–thiolate bonding. The hybridization of a long-strand DNA S3 with the two immobilized SH-DNAs leads to the formation of molecular gates. The molecular gates were designed to inhibit the release of the fluorescent molecules such as Rhodamine-B (RhB), which were filled in the hollow interiors of AuNCs. The primer S4 was employed to play the role of a recognition moiety. The specificity recognition reaction between ATP and ATP aptamer gave rise to the primer S4 released from a double-stranded hybrid formed with the ATP aptamer. The released S4 will initiate the autonomous replication–scission–displacement process with the assistance of DNA polymerase and nicking endonuclease. As a result, the DNA synthesis and the DNA cycle achieved the opening of the DNA-based molecular gates and the significant amplification of the release of the guest molecules from AuNCs. In order to realize the cyclic enzymatic amplification of the release of the guest molecules from AuNCs, the long-strand S3 is ingeniously designed in such a way that it contains a Nb.Bpu10I nicking endonuclease recognition sequence and a sequence complementary to the primer S4. The fabricated system was demonstrated to be an efficient biosensor for target molecule detection qualitatively and quantitatively.
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生物传感
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纳米技术
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分子生物学
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ANALYST
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2019
·Vol. 145
·期 4
·1279-1287
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IF 4.019
Min Gao,Pengli An,Honghong Rao,Zhengrong Niu,Xin Xue,Mingyue Luo,Xiuhui Liu,Zhonghua Xue,Xiaoquan Lu
Herein, a simple strategy for constructing activity-controllable nanozymes is proposed based on the glutathione (GSH)-gated surface chemistry of citrate-capped Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs). PtNPs have been shown to have oxidase-like activity that can effectively catalyze the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tertamethylbenzidine (TMB) by O2, resulting in a typical color reaction from colorless to blue. We found that GSH can inhibit the oxidase-like activity of PtNPs as a molecule-gated surface chemistry element, resulting in a dramatic decrease of the oxidation of TMB. The addition of copper ions (Cu2+) could oxidize GSH into glutathione disulfide (GSSG), resulting in the distinct suppression of GSH-modulated PtNP surface chemistry and oxidase-like activity inhibition, which further results in a significant acceleration of TMB oxidation and the obvious recovery of intense blue color. Furthermore, the color-based detection signal associated with the redox of TMB indicator here was found to show good fluorescence and a photothermal effect and exhibit sensitive and selective response toward the proposed molecule-gated surface chemistry and Cu2+ target. On the basis of this phenomenon, we successfully constructed a three-in-one sensor for Cu2+ with a triple signal readout, colorimetric, photothermal (temperature), and fluorescence, depending on the proposed in situ modulation method for PtNP catalysis. The applicability of the three-in-one sensor was also demonstrated by measuring Cu2+ in human serum with a standard addition method, and the results are of satisfactory accuracy as confirmed by ICP-MS measurements.
研究领域:
生物化学
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分析化学
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纳米科学
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2017
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IF 4.95
Wei Wang,Xiaoshan Hou,Xin Li,Chen Chen,Xiliang Luo
In this work, an effective controlled-release biosensor based on Au nanocages (AuNCs) capped with disulfide-containing DNA molecular gates was developed for ultra-sensitive and highly selective detection of glutathione (GSH). Oligonucleotides containing the S-S bonds were assembled on the surface of the AuNCs by means of electrostatic interactions in order to inhibit the release of fluorescent molecules such as Rhodamine B (RhB) loaded by AuNCs. In the presence of GSH, due to the specific cleavage of S-S bonds in disulfide-containing single-stranded DNAs (ssDNAs) as well as their subsequent departure from the surface of AuNCs, the pores could be opened, and then the dye molecules would be released from AuNCs. The concentration of GSH ranged from 1.0 × 10 −12 to 6.0 × 10 −10 M could be detected. The developed amplification strategy based on the controlled-release of fluorescent molecules reached an extraordinary sensitivity of GSH. A detection limit of as low as 4.8 × 10 −13 M with an excellent selectivity toward GSH could be achieved. The results of fluorescence microscopy imaging of GSH in living cells indicate that the fabricated system is an efficient controlled-release biosensor in response to intracellular target molecules and predict its potential use for in situ molecular imaging in living systems.
研究领域:
生物化学
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纳米医学
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分析化学
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Small
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2015
·Vol. 11
·期 31
·3807-3813
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IF 8.368
Li-Li Tan,Haiwei Li,Yue Zhou,Yuanyuan Zhang,Xiao Feng,Bo Wang,Ying-Wei Yang
A new theranostic nanoplatform, comprising of monodisperse zirconium metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as drug carriers and carboxylatopillar[5]arene-based supramolecular switches as gating entities, is constructed, and controlled drug release triggered by bio-friendly Zn 2+ ions (abundant in synaptic vesicles) and auxiliary thermal stimulus is realized. This on-command drug delivery system exhibits large pore sizes for drug encapsulation, excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, extremely low cytotoxicity and premature drug release, and superior dual-stimuli responsiveness, opening a new avenue in targeted drug delivery and controlled release of therapeutic agents, especially in the treatment of central nervous system diseases.
研究领域:
材料科学
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生物医学工程
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药学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2022
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IF 5.999
Rui Li,Cong Feng,Runqian Yang,Xiangfeng Li,Liping Ruan
In this study, a filter-like blocking system based on MSN with small gatekeeper 5- mercapto-2 nitrobenzoic acid (MNBA) has developed. The MNBA grafted nanoparticle MSN-SS-MNBA shows excellent blocking performance with negligible leakage when loaded with doxorubicin (DOX), and the release profiles illustrate stimuli-responsive property when triggered by GSH. Viability experiments indicate that MSN-SS-MNBA has obvious inhibition for both Hela cells and HCT116 cells, while showing good biocompatibility for L929 cells, which suggests that the modified MNBA has a synergistic effect on cancer cells-killing. Since the small grafted molecule MNBA cannot block the channels of MSN via self-assembly, a filter-like blocking model that the loaded drug bridged with modified MNBA to fulfill the blocking process is proposed. The novel blocking strategy provides a new possible way for pore blocking, and the small nanovalve can be used as synergistic molecule for cancer therapy.
研究领域:
纳米医学
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药物化学
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生物材料
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Nature Communications
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2023
·Vol. 14
·期 1
·1-10
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IF 16.6
Zhang Qian,Gao Bo,Zhang Ling,Liu Xiaopeng,Cui Jixiang,Cao Yijun,Zeng Hongbo,Xu Qun,Cui Xinwei,Jiang Lei
The pressing crisis of clean water shortage requires membranes to possess effective ion sieving as well as fast water flux. However, effective ion sieving demands reduction of pore size, which inevitably hinders water flux in hydrophilic membranes, posing a major challenge for efficient water/ion separation. Herein, we introduce anomalous water molecular gating based on nanofiltration membranes full of graphene capillaries at 6 Å, which were fabricated from spontaneous π-π restacking of island-on-nanosheet graphitic microstructures. We found that the membrane can provide effective ion sieving by suppressing osmosis-driven ion diffusion to negligible levels (~10 –4 mol m –2 h –1 ); unexpectedly, ultrafast bulk flow of water (45.4 L m –2 h –1 ) was still functional with ease, as gated on/off by adjusting hydrostatic pressures within only 10 –2 bar. We attribute this seemingly incompatible observation to graphene nanoconfinement effect, where crystal-like water confined within the capillaries hinders diffusion under osmosis but facilitates high-speed, diffusion-free water transport in the way analogous to Newton’s cradle-like Grotthus conduction. This strategy establishes a type of liquid-solid-liquid, phase-changing molecular transport for precise and ultrafast molecular sieving.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米技术
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水处理
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膜技术
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2016
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IF 7.145
Lei Cheng,Yao Jiang,Ni Yan,Shu-Feng Shan,Xiao-Qin Liu,Lin-Bing Sun
Selective adsorption and efficient regeneration are two crucial issues for adsorption processes; unfortunately, only one of them instead of both is favored by traditional adsorbents with fixed pore orifices. Herein, we fabricated a new generation of smart adsorbents through grafting photoresponsive molecules, namely, 4-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl-ureido)azobenzene (AB-TPI), onto pore orifices of the support mesoporous silica. The azobenzene (AB) derivatives serve as the molecular gates of mesopores and are reversibly opened and closed upon light irradiation. Irradiation with visible light (450 nm) causes AB molecules to isomerize from cis to trans configuration, and the molecular gates are closed. It is easy for smaller adsorbates to enter while difficult for the larger ones, and the selective adsorption is consequently facilitated. Upon irradiation with UV light (365 nm), the AB molecules are transformed from trans to cis isomers, promoting the desorption of adsorbates due to the opened molecular gates. The present smart adsorbents can consequently benefit not only selective adsorption but also efficient desorption, which are exceedingly desirable for adsorptive separation but impossible for traditional adsorbents with fixed pore orifices.
研究领域:
材料科学
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化学工程
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纳米技术
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物理化学
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分离技术
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