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A new label-free DNA sensing protocol was designed for fluorescent detection of mercury(II) (Hg2+), coupling hairpin DNA-scaffolded silver nanocluster (DNA-AgNC) with exonuclease III-assisted target recycling amplification. The assay was carried out through target-induced conformational change of hairpin DNA, while the signal derived from the formed silver nanoclusters on hairpin DNA probes. Initially, target Hg2+ was specifically coordinated with thymine-thymine (T-T) mismatches to form an intact hairpin DNA. Then, the newly formed hairpin DNA was digested through exonuclease III from blunt 3' termini and restrained at 3' protruding terminus, thus resulting in the release of target Hg2+ from hairpin DNA. The liberated target Hg2+ initiated the next cycling, thereby causing the conformational change of numerous hairpin probes from the stem-loop DNA structure to single-stranded DNA. Under the optimal conditions, the fluorescent intensity of the as-produced DNA-AgNCs decreased with the increasing Hg2+ concentration within a dynamic range from 0.1nM to 10nM with a detection limit (LOD) of 24pM. Moreover, the low-cost fluorescent sensing system exhibited high reproducibility and good specificity, thus representing an optional sensing platform for rapid screening of Hg2+ in environmental water samples. © 2015 Elsevier B.V..
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Biosensors and Bioelectronics
ISSN: 0956-5663
Year: 2016
Volume: 79
Page: 411-415
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