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Highly sensitive and selective aptasensor for detection of adenosine based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Xu Wang1, Guanhong Xu1, Fangdi Wei1
1School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, PR China.
Abstract:
In this article, a novel aptasensor was fabricated by modifying carbon dots (CDs) with adenosine aptamer (CDs-aptamer) for sensitive, selective and quantitative detection of adenosine (AD). When nano-graphite (NG) as an energy acceptor was added into the CDs-aptamer (energy donor) solution, the fluorescence of CDs-aptamer was quenched due to fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). When AD was present in the solution of CDs-aptamer/NG, the process of FRET was inhibited because of the specific combination between AD and AD aptamer. As a result, the fluorescence of CDs-aptamer was restored due to the dissociation of CDs-aptamer from NG and its change was proportional to the AD concentration. Under the optimized conditions, a linear range was found to be 2-50nM for the detection of AD with a detection limit of 0.63nM. Furthermore, the application of the proposed approach was demonstrated in real sample with satisfying results and it showed promise in diagnostic purpose.
