PMID- 35423732 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230921 IS - 2046-2069 (Electronic) IS - 2046-2069 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 20 DP - 2021 Mar 23 TI - A Turn-ON fluorometric biosensor based on ssDNA immobilized with a metal phenolic nanomaterial for the sequential detection of Pb(ii) and epirubicin cancer drug. PG - 12361-12373 LID - 10.1039/d1ra00939g [doi] AB - In this paper, we propose a fluorescent biosensor for the sequential detection of Pb(2+) ions and the cancer drug epirubicin (Epn) using the interactions between label-free guanine-rich ssDNA (LFGr-ssDNA), acridine orange (AO), and a metal-phenolic nanomaterial (i.e., nano-monoclinic copper-tannic acid (NMc-CuTA)). An exploration of the sensing mechanism shows that LFGr-ssDNA and AO strongly adsorb on NMc-CuTA through pi-pi stacking and electrostatic interactions, and this results in the fluorescence quenching of AO. In order to sense the target Pb(2+), initially, LFGr-ssDNA specifically binds with Pb(2+) ions to form a G4 complex (G-Pb(2+)-G base pair), which was released from the surface of NMc-CuTA with strong AO fluorescence enhancement (Turn-ON). The subsequent addition of a biothiol, like cysteine (Cys), to the G4 complex decreases the fluorescence, as the Pb(2+) ions released from the G4 complex have a higher interaction affinity with the sulfur atoms of Cys; this further induces the unwinding of the G4 complex to form LFGr-ssDNA. Finally, Epn was added to this, which intercalates with LFGr-ssDNA to form a G4 complex via G-Epn-G, resulting in fluorescence recovery (Turn-ON). Accordingly, the Turn-ON fluorescent probe had subsequent limits of detection of 1.5 and 5.6 nM for Pb(2+) and Epn, respectively. Hence, the reported NMc-CuTA-based sensing platform has potential applications for the detection of Pb(2+) and Epn in real samples with good sensitivity and selectivity. CI - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry. FAU - Arunjegan, A AU - Arunjegan A AD - Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur Tamil Nadu 603 203 India panneerp1@srmist.edu.in panneerchem82@gmail.com +91 9688538842. FAU - Rajaji, P AU - Rajaji P AD - Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur Tamil Nadu 603 203 India panneerp1@srmist.edu.in panneerchem82@gmail.com +91 9688538842. FAU - Sivanesan, S AU - Sivanesan S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2103-4862 AD - Department of Applied Science and Technology, A. C Technology, Anna University Chennai Tamil Nadu 600 025 India. FAU - Panneerselvam, P AU - Panneerselvam P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2647-6835 AD - Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur Tamil Nadu 603 203 India panneerp1@srmist.edu.in panneerchem82@gmail.com +91 9688538842. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210329 PL - England TA - RSC Adv JT - RSC advances JID - 101581657 PMC - PMC8696957 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2022/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/16 06:01 PMCR- 2021/03/29 CRDT- 2022/04/15 05:26 PHST- 2021/02/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/15 05:26 [entrez] PHST- 2022/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - d1ra00939g [pii] AID - 10.1039/d1ra00939g [doi] PST - epublish SO - RSC Adv. 2021 Mar 29;11(20):12361-12373. doi: 10.1039/d1ra00939g. eCollection 2021 Mar 23.