Homogenous electrogenerated chemiluminescence immunoassay for human immunoglobulin G using N-(aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol as luminescence label at gold nanoparticles modified paraffin-impregnated graphite electrode

A homogeneous electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) immunoassay for human immunoglobulin G (hIgG) has been developed using a N-(aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol (ABEI) as luminescence label at gold nanoparticles modified paraffin-impregnated graphite electrode (PIGE). ECL emission was electrochemically generated from the ABEI-labeled anti-hIgG antibody and markedly increased in the presence of hIgG antigen due to forming a more rigid structure of the ABEI moiety. The concentration of hIgG antigen was determined by the increase of ECL intensity at a gold nanoparticles modified PIGE. It was found that the ECL intensity of ABEI in presence of hydrogen peroxide was dramatically enhanced at gold nanoparticles modified PIGE in neutral aqueous solution and the detection limit of ABEI was 2 x 10(-14)mol/L (S/N=3). The integral ECL intensity was linearly related to the concentration of hIgG antigen from 3.0 x 10(-11) to 1.0 x 10(-9)g/mL with a detection limit of 1 x 10(-11)g/mL (S/N=3). The relative standard deviation was 3.1% at 1.0 x 10(-10)g/mL (n=11). This work demonstrates that the enhancement of the sensitivity of ECL and ECL immunoassay at a nanoparticles modified electrode is a promising strategy.     

基于工具酶信号放大技术电化学发光法检测凝血酶

利用巯基乙胺将合成的金纳米粒子氨基化;基于纳米粒子负载羧基化的联吡啶钌和巯基DNA制得电化学发光信号探针;采用酶循环信号放大技术,获得大量含新增DNA的溶液来捕获信号探针;以金电极为载体,将巯基DNA自组装到电极表面,依次杂交互补DNA和信号探针,构建电化学发光生物传感器.在优化的条件下,此传感器对凝血酶具有良好的响应,在3.0× 10-13～6.0×10-11 mol/L范围内,凝血酶的浓度与发光强度呈良好的线性关系,检出限为1.8× 10-13 mol/L(3a).采用酶切循环放大技术制备的生物传感器具有灵敏度高,选择性和重现性良好等特点.     

Detection of DNA hybridization by ABEI electrochemiluminescence in DNA-chip compatible assembly

The electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of a luminol derivate (ABEI) generated both by a carbon electrode and a polypyrrole-coated carbon electrode was examined. It was found that the polypyrrole film (ppy) did not inhibit the ECL. After that, ABEI anchored on a single stranded DNA target (ODNt) has been used for the ECL detection of the hybridization between a complementary single stranded DNA probe (ODNp) covalently linked to a polypyrrole support and the ODNt. The ECL detection has been performed using a DNA sensor having a low surface concentration of ODNp probes, constituted of a polypyrrole copolymer electrosynthesized from a pyrrole-ODNp/pyrrole monomer ratio of 1/20,000.     

Preparation of Luminol-doped Nanoparticle and Its Application in DNA Hybridization Analysis

Introduction The analysis of DNA sequence and DNA mutant detection play fundamental roles in the rapid development of molecular diagnostics and in the anticancer drug screening. Therefor many detection techniques of DNA sequence have been developed in recent years. These techniques mainly depend on the nucleic acid hybridization1 and their sensitivities are related to the specific activity of the label linked to the DNA probe. The degree of hybridization of probe to its complementary DN…     

量子点双标记的Fe3O4@Au磁性纳米DNA电致发光型传感器

合成了Fe3O4@Au磁性纳米粒子,并根据单链寡聚核苷酸(ss-DNA)杂交原理,利用量子点电化学发光,构建了DNA电化学传感器.在磁控玻碳电极(MCGCE)表面,将5′-SH-ssDNA捕获探针自组装在Fe3O4@Au磁性纳米粒子上,然后与目标DNA互补的一端杂交形成dsDNA,再与双标记了量子点的5′-NH2-ssDNA-NH2-3′信号探针杂交形成三明治杂交的DNA.应用循环伏安法对DNA的固定与杂交进行了表征.目标DNA浓度在1.0×10-13～1.0×10-11 mol/L范围与其响应的ECL信号呈线性关系,检出限为1.8×10-14mol/L.由于采用量子点双标记法,检测的灵敏度显著提高.     

A novel route for immobilization of oligonucleotides onto modified silica nanoparticles

A novel approach for immobilization of probe oligonucleotides that uses zirconium phosphate modified silica nanoparticles is proposed. The surface modification of nanoparticles was carried out in two stages. Initially binding of Zr4+ to the surface of silica nanoparticles and later treated with phosphoric acid for terminal phosphate groups. Oligonucleotide probes modified with amine group at 5'-end were strongly binds to the phosphate terminated silica nanoparticles with imidazole in presence of 0.1 mol L(-1) EDC [N-ethyl-N'-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide], as phosphate groups are more reactive towards amine group. Various studies, i.e., synthesis of silica nanoparticles, their surface modification, probe immobilization, measurement of hybridization and effect of bovine serum albumin (BSA) were carried out during optimization of reaction conditions. The significant reduction in the background signal was observed by treating the probe modified silica nanoparticles with bovine serum albumin prior to hybridization. The probe modified silica nanoparticles were retained their properties and the hybridization was induced by exposure of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) containing silica nanoparticles to the complementary DNA in solution. The decrease in the fluorescence signal for one mismatch and three mismatch was observed upon hybridization of probe with target DNAs, while there was no response for the random target ssDNA under the same experimental conditions. The intensity of fluorescence signal was linear to the concentration of target DNA ranging from 3.9 x 10(-9) to 3.0 x 10(-6)mol L(-1). A detection limit of 1.22 x 10(-9) mol L(-1) of oligonucleotides can be estimated. The proposed hybridization assay is simple and possesses good analytical characteristics and it can provide an effective and efficient route in the development of DNA biosensors and biochips.     

Electrochemiluminescent aptamer biosensor for the determination of ochratoxin A at a gold-nanoparticles-modified gold electrode using N-(aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol as a luminescent label

A highly selective electrochemiluminescent biosensor for the detection of target nephrotoxic toxin, ochratoxin A (OTA), was developed using a DNA aptamer as the recognition element and N-(4-aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol (ABEI) as the signal-producing compound. The electrochemiluminescent aptamer biosensor was fabricated by immobilizing aptamer complementary DNA 1 sequence onto the surface of a gold-nanoparticle (AuNP)-modified gold electrode. ABEI-labeled aptamer DNA 2 sequence hybridized to DNA 1 and was utilized as an electrochemiluminescent probe. A decreased electrochemiluminescence (ECL) signal was generated upon aptamer recognition of the target OTA, which induced the dissociation of DNA 2 (ABEI-labeled aptamer electrochemiluminescent probe) from DNA 1 and moved it far away from the electrode surface. Under the optimal conditions, the decreased ECL intensity was proportional to an OTA concentration ranging from 0.02 to 3.0 ng mL^-1, with a detection limit of 0.007 ng mL^-1. The relative standard deviation was 3.8% at 0.2 ng mL^-1 (n = 7). The proposed method has been applied to measure OTA in naturally contaminated wheat samples and validated by an official method. This work demonstrates the combination of a highly binding aptamer with a highly sensitive ECL technique to design an electrochemiluminescent biosensor, which is a very promising approach for the determination of small-molecule toxins.     

微囊藻属DNA电化学传感器的研制

利用自组装法将巯基修饰的DNA探针与6-巯基-1-己醇(MCH)固定到金电极表面,制备了微囊藻属特定DNA传感器,将该传感器与完全互补的微囊藻DNA序列、完全不互补序列,以及单碱基错配序列进行杂交,以Hoechst 33258为杂交指示剂,应用循环伏安法和线性扫描伏安法研究了该传感器对目标DNA的电化学检测行为.研究表明,当与完全互补DNA杂交后,Hoechst 33258氧化信号有明显的增强.实验对自组装时间、MCH浸泡时间及杂交液离子浓度进行了优化.结果表明,当自组装时间为90 min,MCH浸泡时间为1 h,杂交溶液中NaCl浓度为0.3 mol/L时,电化学信号最好.目标DNA的氧化峰电流值与其浓度在1×10~(-8) ～1×10~(-6) mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,检出限为8.1×10~(-9) mol/L.     

Electrochemiluminescence DNA sensor based on Ru(bpy) 3 2+ -doped silica nanoparticle labeling and proximity-dependent surface hybridization assay

A new electrochemiluminescence (ECL) method based on the proximity-dependent surface hybridization assay and Ru(bpy)₃²⁺-doped silica nanoparticles (Ru-DSNPs) as labels were proposed for detecting DNA. The hybridization process involves two steps: firstly, the 3′ thiolated capture probe was self-assembled on the gold electrode. Secondly, the proximity-dependent surface hybridization assay was carried out. This proximity-dependent surface hybridization assay depended on the simultaneous recognition of a target DNA by a capture probe and Ru-DSNP-labeled probe and the formation of a duplex complex, which results in the luminophor approach to the electrode surface. Thus, sensitive ECL signals were obtained. Under optimum conditions, the intensity of the ECL of Ru-DSNPs was linearly related to the concentration of the target sequence in the range of 2.0 × 10⁻¹⁵ to 2.0 × 10⁻¹¹ mol/L. The detection limit was 1.0 × 10⁻¹⁵ mol/L (S/N = 3).     

Detection of DNA immobilized on bare gold electrodes and gold nanoparticle-modified electrodes via electrogenerated chemiluminescence using a ruthenium complex as a tag

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) for DNA hybridization detection is demonstrated based on DNA that was self-assembled onto a bare gold electrode and onto a gold nanoparticles modified gold electrode. A ruthenium complex served as an ECL tag. Gold nanoparticles were self-assembled on a gold electrode associated with a 1,6-hexanedithiol monolayer. The surface density of single stranded DNA (ssDNA) on the gold nanoparticle modified gold electrode was 4.8?×?10¹⁴ molecules per square centimeter which was 12-fold higher than that on the bare gold electrode. Hybridization was induced by exposure of the target ssDNA gold electrode to the solution of ECL probe consisting of complementary ssDNA tagged with ruthenium complex. The detection limit of target ssDNA on a gold nanoparticle modified gold electrode (6.7?×?10^?12 mol L^?1) is much lower than that on a bare gold electrode (1.2?×?10^?10 mol L^?1). The method has been applied to the detection of the DNA sequence related to cystic fibrosis. This work demonstrates that employment of gold nanoparticles self-assembled on a gold electrode is a promising strategy for the enhancement of the sensitivity of ECL detection of DNA.     

A method to determine quercetin by enhanced luminol electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) and quercetin autoxidation

Quercetin greatly enhanced luminol electrochemiluminescence of quercetin in alkaline solution. When the concentration of luminol was 0.1 mol L(-1), the detection limit for quercetin was 2.0x10(-8) mol L(-1) with a linear range from 1.0x10(-7) to 2x10(-5) mol L(-1). The pH and buffer substantially affected ECL intensity. Quercetin was autoxidized in alkaline aqueous solution. The rate of autoxidation of quercetin in various pH buffers and borate concentrations were measured. Borate was found to inhibit quercetin autoxidation and compromise quercetin enhancement effect on luminol ECL to some extent. Two final autoxidation products were identified with LC-MS methods. Autoxidation process was associated with enhancement of ECL intensity. The ROS generated during quercetin autoxidation enhanced the ECL intensity.     

Flow-injection electrogenerated chemiluminescence determination of isoniazid using luminol.

Based on a new electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) analytical idea, this paper explains a sensitive and selective flow-injection ECL method using luminol for the determination of isoniazid, based on the sensitizing effect of isoniazid for the weak ECL emission of electrochemically oxidized luminol. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the relative ECL intensity was linear with isoniazid concentration in the range of 4.0 x 10(-8) mol/L to 8.0 x 10(-6) mol/L and with a detecting limit of 2.8 x 10(-8) mol/L.     

An on-line galvanic cell-generated electrochemiluminescence and flow injection determination of calcium in milk and vegetables.

An on-line Ag/Al galvanic cell was studied and employed to generate electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of calcein blue. The potential of the galvanic cell could be adjusted by varying the components of flow reagent or by using different metals to substitute for Ag or Al. The reported cell exhibited perfect capability of supplying a stable potential for ECL generation. Because the weak ECL of calcein blue could be greatly sensitized in the presence of calcium in alkaline solution, calcium contents in milk and vegetable samples were assayed; the results were validated with ICP-AES method. The method gave linear results in 1.0 x 10(-4) mol L(-1) to 8.0 x 10(-6) mol L(-1) calcium concentration range and the 3(sigma)limit of detection was to be 2.0 x 10(-6) mol L(-1). Experiment results imply that this model of ECL detection could be applied for instrument miniaturization with easy fabrication.     

Tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)-zirconia-Nafion composite films applied as solid-state electrochemiluminescence detector for capillary electrophoresis

The major goal of this work was to develop a new solid-state electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detector suitable for capillary electrophoresis (CE). The detector was fabricated by coating a sol-gel derived zirconia (ZrO(2))-Nafion composite film on a graphite electrode, then the zirconia-Nafion modified electrode was immersed in tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) (Ru(bpy)(3) (2+)) solution to immobilize this active chemiluminescence reagent. The voltammetric and ECL behaviors of the detector were investigated and optimized in tripropylamine solution. The ratio of 53% for zirconia in the zirconia-Nafion composite provided the highest luminescence intensity of immobilized Ru(bpy)(3) (2+). The ECL can maintain its stability very well in the phosphate solution in the period of 5-90 h when the solid-state ECL detector was immersed in the solution all the time. The optimum distance of capillary outlet to the solid-state ECL detector has been found to be ca. 50-80 microm for a 75 microm capillary. The effects of ionic strength and pH of ECL solution on peak height were investigated. The CE with solid-state ECL detector system was successfully used to detect tripropylamine, lidocaine, and proline. The detection limits (S/N = 3) were 5 x 10(-9) mol.L(-1) for tripropylamine, 1 x 10(-8) mol.L(-1) for lidocaine and 5 x 10(-6) mol.L(-1) for proline, and the linear ranges were from 1.0 x 10(-8) to 1.0 x 10(-5) mol.L(-1) for tripropylamine, 5.0 x 10(-7) mol.L(-1) to 1.0 x 10(-5) mol.L(-1) for lidocaine and 1.0 x 10(-5) to 1.0 x 10(-3) mol.L(-1) for proline, respectively.     

Flow-injection electrogenerated chemiluminescence detection of hydrazine based on its in-situ electrochemical modification at a pre-anodized platinum electrode

In this paper. it was found that the enhancing effect of hydrazine on the weak electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) signal of the electrooxidation of luminol at a pre-anodized platinum electrode was stronger than that of hydrazine at a bare platinum electrode. Based on this finding and the combination of this finding with a flow-injection technique, a novel, sensitive and selective ECL method for hydrazine was developed. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the relative ECL intensity was linear with hydrazine concentration over the range 2.0 x 10(-8) - 5.0 x 10(-5) mol L(-1), with a detection limit of 6.0 x 10(-9) mol L(-1).     

A PDDA/poly(2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid)-CNTs composite film DNA electrochemical sensor and its application for the detection of specific sequences related to PAT gene and NOS gene

2,6-Pyridinedicarboxylic acid (PDC) was electropolymerized on the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface combined with carboxylic group-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by cyclic voltammetry (CV) to form PDC-SWNTs composite film, which was rich in negatively charged carboxylic group. Then, poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA), a linear cationic polyelectrolyte, was electrostatically adsorbed on the PDC-SWNTs/GCE surface. DNA probes with negatively charged phosphate group at the 5' end were immobilized on the PDDA/PDC-SWNTs/GCE due to the strong electrostatic attraction between PDDA and phosphate group of DNA. It has been found that modification of the electrode with PDC-SWNTs film has enhanced the effective electrode surface area and electron-transfer ability, in addition to providing negatively charged groups for the electrostatic assembly of cationic polyelectrolyte. PDDA plays a key role in the attachment of DNA probes to the PDC-SWNTs composite film and acts as a bridge to connect DNA with PDC-SWNTs film. The cathodic peak current of methylene blue (MB), an electroactive label, decreased obviously after the hybridization of DNA probe (ssDNA) with the complementary DNA (cDNA). This peak current change was used to monitor the recognition of the specific sequences related to PAT gene in the transgenic corn and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of NOS gene from the sample of transgenic soybean with satisfactory results. Under optimal conditions, the dynamic detection range of the sensor to PAT gene target sequence was from 1.0x10(-11) to 1.0x10(-6) mol/L with the detection limit of 2.6x10(-12) mol/L.     

New technique for capillary electrophoresis directly coupled with end-column electrochemiluminescence detection

A new end-column electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection technique coupling to capillary electrophoresis (CE) is characterized. A 300 microm diameter Pt working electrode was used to directly couple with a 75 microm inner diameter separation capillary without an electric field decoupler. The hydrodynamic cyclic voltammogram (CV) of Ru(bpy) 3 2+ showed that electrophoretic current did not affect the ECL reaction. The presence of high-voltage (HV) field only resulted in the shift of the ECL detection potential. The distance of capillary to electrode was an important parameter for optimizing detection performance as it determined the characteristics of mass transport toward the electrode and the actual concentration of Ru(bpy) 3 2+ in the detection region. The optimum distance of capillary to electrode was decided by the inner diameter of the capillary, too. For a 75 microm capillary, the working electrode should be placed away from the capillary outlet at a distance within the range of 220-260 microm. The effects of pH value of ECL solution and molecular structure of analytes on peak height and theoretical plate numbers were discussed. Using the 75 microm capillary, under the optimum conditions, the method provided a linear range for tripropylamine (TPA) between 1 x 10(-10) and 1 x 10(-5) mol/L with correlation coefficient of 0.998. The detection limit (signal-to-noise ratio S/N = 3) was 5.0 x 10(-11) mol/L. The relative standard deviation in peak height for eight consecutive injections was 5.6%. By this new technique lidocaine spiked in a urine sample was determined. The method exhibited the linear range for lidocaine from 5.0 x 10(-8) to 1.0 x 10(-5) mol/L with correlation efficient of 0.998. The limit of detection (S/N = 3) was 2.0 x 10(-8) mol/L.     

Application of diazo-thiourea and gold nano-particles in the design of a highly sensitive and selective DNA biosensor

An effective procedure for constructing a DNA biosensor is developed based on covalent immobilization of NH_2 labeled,single strand DNA(NH_2-ssDNA) onto a self-assembled diazo-thiourea and gold nanoparticles modified Au electrode(diazo-thiourea/GNM/Au).Gold nano-particles expand the electrode surface area and increase the amount of immobilized thiourea and single stranded DNA(ssDNA) onto the electrode surface.Diazo-thiourea film provides a surface with high conductibility for electron transfer and a bed for the covalent coupling of NH_2-ssDNA onto the electrode surface.The immobilization and hybridization of the probe DNA on the modified electrode is studied by differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) using methylene blue(MB) as a well-known electrochemical hybridization indicator.The linear range for the determination of complementary target ssDNA is from 9.5(±0.1) × 10~(-13) mol/L to1.2(±0.2) x 10~(-9) mol/L with a detection limit of 1.2(±0.1) 10~(-13) mol/L.     

The enhanced electrochemiluminescence of luminol on the nickel phthalocyanine modified electrode

A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with nickel(II) tetrasulfophthalocyanine (NiTSPc) and Nafion was used for the investigation of the catalytic oxidation of luminol. The modified electrode was found to much more effectively improve the emission of electrochemiluminescence(ECL) of luminol in a solution containing hydrogen peroxide. The enhanced ECL signal corresponded to the catalytic oxidation of both luminol and H(2)O(2) by NiTSPc. Attached Ni(II) on GCE was oxidised to Ni(III) and then used as the catalyst for the chemiluminescence of luminol. The enhanced stability of the ECL signal with Nafion would mainly result from the prevention of the dissolution of NiTSPc and the adsorption of the oxidation product of luminol on the electrode surface. The proposed method enables a detection limit for luminal of 6.0 x 10(-8) mol L(-1) to be achieved in the presence of H(2)O(2) in the neutral solution. The enhanced ECL intensity had a linear relationship with the concentration of luminol in the range of 1.0 x 10(-7)-8.0 x 10(-6) mol L(-1).     

Reaction of Cd(II)-Morin with dsDNA for biosensing of ssDNA oligomers with complementary, GCE-immobilized ssDNA

In this work, the complex cadmium(II)-morin was synthesized and its interaction with double-stranded salmon sperm DNA was studied by electrochemical methods on glassy carbon electrode (GCE). It was shown that Cd(II)-Morin with high electrochemical activity can intercalate into the double-helix DNA, and the binding stoichiometry and equilibrium dissociation constant according to the Hill model for cooperative binding were calculated to be 1.761 and 2.5 x 10(-5) M, respectively. Using Cd(II)-Morin as a novel hybridization indicator, the hybridization between the probe and its complementary and mismatched sequence was investigated by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), which was to access the selectivity of the developed electrochemical DNA biosensor. The complementary target ssDNA could be quantified over the range from 2.69 x 10(-8) M to 9.16 x 10(-7) M with a linear correlation of 0.9971 and a detection limit of 9.30 x 10(-9) M. These results demonstrated that the Cd(II)-Morin indicator provides great promise for the rapid and selective measurement of the target DNA.