Abstract
This communication reports on a new electrochemical method to detect the hybridization specificity by using host–guest recognition technique. A hairpin DNA with dabcyl-labeled at its 3′ and NH 2 group at 5′ terminal was combined with CdS nanoparticle to construct a double-labeled probe (DLP), which could selectively hybridize with its target DNA in homogeneous solution. A β-CD modified Poly( N-acetylaniline) glassy carbon electrode was used for capturing the dabcyl label in DLP. When without binding with target DNA, the DLP kept its stem-loop structure which shielded the dabcyl molecule due to the loop of the hairpin DNA and CdS nanoparticle blocking dabcyl enter into the cavity of these β-CD molecules on the electrode. However, in present of complementary sequence, the target-binding DLP was incorporated into double stranded DNA, causing the DLP’s loop-stem structure opened and then the dabcyl was easily captured by the β-CD modified electrode. During electrochemical measurement, the signal from the dissolved Cd 2+ was used for target DNA quantitative analysis.
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