PMID- 30029434 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181018 LR - 20181018 IS - 1873-3573 (Electronic) IS - 0039-9140 (Linking) VI - 188 DP - 2018 Oct 1 TI - Fluorescent reversible regulation based on photoinduced electron transfer from DNA to quantum dots and intercalation binding of DNA intercalator to DNA. PG - 7-16 LID - S0039-9140(18)30500-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.05.034 [doi] AB - Based on the fluorescent reversible regulation, a novel sensor platform was designed for the detection of DNA intercalators utilizing the intercalation binding of DNA intercalators to DNA as an inherent exhibition and the fluorescence change of quantum dots (QDs) as an external manifestation. To prove its feasibility, acridine orange (AO) was chosen as an example of DNA intercalator. When different concentrations of herring sperm DNA (hsDNA) were added to cysteamine (CA)-capped ZnSe QDs solution, the hsDNA bound with the QDs through electrostatic interaction due to the photoinduced electron transfer from hsDNA to QDs and formed QDs-hsDNA complexes with 1:1 ratio, leading to the fluorescence quenching of the QDs; and upon addition of different concentrations of AO to the QDs-hsDNA complex system, the AO first caused the release of the hsDNA from the complexes and concomitantly bound with them through intercalation binding and formed AO-hsDNA complexes with 1:3 ratio on account of the fact that the intercalation binding constant between AO and hsDNA (1.932 x 10(5) L/mol) was greater than the electrostatic interaction constant between QDs and hsDNA (7.874 x 10(4) L/mol), resulting in the fluorescence recovery of the QDs. Therefore, the detection of AO could be achieved through the relationship between the fluorescence recovery yield of the QDs and the concentration of AO added. The results illustrated that the fluorescence recovery yield of the QDs-hsDNA system was linearly dependent to the concentration of AO in the range of 5.0-75.0 x 10(-5) mol/L with a detection limit (3sigma/K) of 1.5 x 10(-5) mol/L. This dual-directional fluorescent regulation provided a novel method for the detection of DNA intercalators such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and drugs interfering with DNA-synthesis and possessed some potential applications in the investigation of the interactions between DNA intercalators and DNA. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Yeli AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Yan AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Wenhui AU - Yang W AD - College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, People's Republic of China. FAU - Bian, Liujiao AU - Bian L AD - College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: bianliujiao@sohu.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180509 PL - Netherlands TA - Talanta JT - Talanta JID - 2984816R RN - 0 (Intercalating Agents) RN - 5UX2SD1KE2 (Cysteamine) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) RN - H6241UJ22B (Selenium) RN - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/*analysis MH - Animals MH - Cysteamine/chemistry MH - DNA/*chemistry/radiation effects MH - *Electrons MH - Fishes/genetics MH - Fluorescence MH - Intercalating Agents/*analysis MH - Light MH - Limit of Detection MH - Male MH - Quantum Dots/*chemistry MH - Selenium/chemistry MH - Spectrometry, Fluorescence/*methods MH - Spermatozoa/chemistry MH - Zinc/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA OT - DNA intercalator OT - Fluorescence OT - Quantum dots OT - Reversible regulation EDAT- 2018/07/22 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/20 06:00 CRDT- 2018/07/22 06:00 PHST- 2017/11/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/05/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/07/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/07/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:00 [medline] AID - S0039-9140(18)30500-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.05.034 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Talanta. 2018 Oct 1;188:7-16. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.05.034. Epub 2018 May 9.