PMID- 25637306 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151228 LR - 20150414 IS - 1096-0309 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2697 (Linking) VI - 475 DP - 2015 Apr 15 TI - "Turn off-on" phosphorescent biosensors for detection of DNA based on quantum dots/acridine orange. PG - 32-9 LID - S0003-2697(15)00024-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ab.2015.01.011 [doi] AB - A "turn off-on" switch mode was established by using the interaction between acridine orange (AO) and DNA as an input signal and using the room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) reversible change of 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA)-capped Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots (QDs) as an output signal in biological fluids. AO was absorbed into the surface of Mn-doped ZnS QDs via electrostatic attraction and, thus, formed a ground-state complex through photoinduced electron transfer (PIET). This complex quenched the phosphorescence of Mn-doped ZnS QDs and then rendered the system into the "turn-off" mode. Along with the addition of DNA and embedded binding with DNA, AO was competitively induced to fall off from the surface of Mn-doped ZnS QDs and embed into the double helix structure of DNA. As a result, the RTP of Mn-doped ZnS QDs was recovered and the system consequently was rendered into "turn-on" mode. In this case, a new biosensor for DNA detection was built and has a detection limit of 0.033mgL(-1) and a detection range from 0.033 to 20mgL(-1). What is more, this kind of biosensor does not require complex pretreatments and is free from the interference from autofluorescence and scattering light. Thus, this biosensor can be used to detect DNA in biological fluids. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Miao, Yanming AU - Miao Y AD - Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: mym8207@126.com. FAU - Li, Yuting AU - Li Y AD - Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Zhifeng AU - Zhang Z AD - Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yan, Guiqin AU - Yan G AD - Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People's Republic of China. FAU - Bi, Yi AU - Bi Y AD - Yantai University, Yantai 264005, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150127 PL - United States TA - Anal Biochem JT - Analytical biochemistry JID - 0370535 RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Molecular Probes) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/*chemistry MH - Biosensing Techniques/*methods MH - DNA/*chemistry MH - Fluorescent Dyes/*chemistry MH - Molecular Probes/*chemistry MH - Quantum Dots/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acridine orange OT - Biological fluids OT - DNA OT - Turn off-on EDAT- 2015/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/29 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/01/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/01/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/29 06:00 [medline] AID - S0003-2697(15)00024-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ab.2015.01.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Biochem. 2015 Apr 15;475:32-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.01.011. Epub 2015 Jan 27.