Abstract
In this paper, we report a highly selective sandwich-type fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assay for ATP detection by combining the unique optical properties of silica coated photon upconverting NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanoparticles (Si@UCNPs) with the high specific recognition ability of ATP aptamer. In the protocol, a single aptamer of ATP was split into two fragments. One of which was covalently attached to the Si@UCNPs at the 5′ end, and the other was labeled with Black Hole Quencher-1 (BHQ1) at the 3′ end. In the presence of ATP, the two fragments bound ATP with high affinity to form the sandwich complexes on the surface of Si@UCNPs. ATP induced association of the two fragments, thus bringing the Si@UCNPs and BHQ1 into close proximity. Under the illumination of 980nm laser, energy transfer took place between the Si@UCNPs as the donor and BHQ1 as the acceptor, creating an optical “sandwich-type” assay for ATP detection. By monitoring the fluorescence change of the Si@UCNPs at 550nm, the presence of the ATP could be quantitatively detected with a detection limit of 1.70μM. The linear response range was 2μM–16μM. The background of this assay was ignorable because the fluorescence intensity of Si@UCNPs at 550nm was not changed in the absence of ATP. This assay was also able to discriminate ATP from its analogs.
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