Abstract
In this paper, it was found that OliGreen emitted much stronger fluorescence in rigid T-Hg2+-T DNA structure than that in the presence of poly T. Thus, an OliGreen-responsive label-free fluorescent sensor was proposed for sensitive detection of organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) by constructing T-Hg2+-T DNA structure. OliGreen emits strong fluorescence in T-Hg2+-T structures. The rigid DNA structure of T-Hg2+-T is prone to be destroyed by thiocholine (TCh) that hydrolyzed by acetylcholinesterase (AChE) because of the high affinity of TCh with Hg2+. As a result, T-Hg2+-T DNA structure broke down and the fluorescence intensity of OliGreen decreased greatly. With the inhibition of AChE by OPs, fluorescence intensity of OliGreen remained strong because of the rigid T-Hg2+-T DNA structure. Thus, a “turn-on” fluorescent sensor which avoids synthesis of nanomaterials and complex label procedures is proposed based on the fluorescence intensity of OliGreen. DDVP were detected with a wide linear range from 0.005 to 25.0 ng/mL and the detection limit was 2.9 pg/mL, which is more sensitive than previously reported methods.
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