Fanfan Xiao,Yuting Yu,Yang Wu,Lili Tian,Guoyan Zhao,Hailong Pang,Jie Du
In this paper, we propose a simple colorimetric method for the sensitive and selective detection of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity based on the turn off/turn on oxidase mimic activity of[email protected][email protected]/graphene oxide hybrids ([email protected]/GO) were easily obtained using the self-assembly method with poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA)-coated GO and showed high oxidase-like activity compared with[email protected]We found that the pyrophosphate ion (P2O74−, PPi) could effectively inhibit the oxidase mimic activity of[email protected]/GO, and the hydrolysis of PPi by ALP restored the inhibited activity of[email protected]/GO, enabling them to efficiently catalyze the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to generate the blue oxidized product oxTMB. The intensity of the color showed a linear dependency with the ALP activity. ALP was detected in the linear range of 0–40 mU/mL with a low detection limit (LOD) of 0.26 mU/mL (S/N = 3). The proposed method is fast, easy, and can be applied to monitor the ALP activity in serum samples accurately and effectively, which suggests its practicability and reliability in the detection of ALP activity in clinical practice.Keywords:[email protected]/GO;oxidase-like activity;PPi;ALP;colorimetric detection
Liu Lu,Du Jie,Liu Wen-e,Guo Yongliang,Wu Guofan,Qi Weinan,Lu Xiaoquan
Enzyme-mimicking (nanozyme)-based biosensors are attractive owing to their unique catalytic efficiency, multifunctionality, and tunable activity, but examples of oxidase-like nanozymes are quite rare. Herein, we demonstrated that histidine-capped gold nanoclusters (His@AuNCs) possessed intrinsic oxidase-like activity, which could directly oxidize 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to blue colored ox-TMB without H 2 O 2 . The assembly of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) with His@AuNCs could further improve its oxidase-like activity and the His@AuNCs/RGO nanocomposites had a lower Michaelis constant ( K m ) and higher catalytic constant ( K cat ) for TMB oxidation. Furthermore, compared to other nanomaterials, the as-prepared His@AuNCs/RGO also exhibited enhanced electrocatalytic activity toward TMB. Interestingly, nitrite inhibited the catalytic (chromogenic) and electrocatalytic processes of His@AuNCs/RGO in the oxidation of TMB. The oxidase-like and electrocatalytic activity of His@AuNCs/RGO was evaluated with nitrite and TMB as substrates, and the results indicated that TMB and nitrite might share the same catalytic active sites. On the basis of these findings, a colorimetric and electrochemical sensor was developed with the His@AuNCs/RGO composite as an oxidase mimic for determination of nitrite with linear ranges of 10–500 μM and 2.5–5700 μM, respectively. The developed method was successfully applied to the detection of nitrites in real samples. The present work suggests that the oxidase-like nanozyme is not only suitable for colorimetric assay but also for development of electrochemical sensors in bioanalysis.
The colorimetric and electrochemical detection of nitrite using His@AuNCs/RGO.