TiO2/g-C3N4/CdS Nanocomposite-Based Photoelectrochemical Biosensor for Ultrasensitive Evaluation of T4 Polynucleotide Kinase Activity

Anal Chem. 2019 Jan 15;91(2):1563-1570. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04823. Epub 2019 Jan 2.

Abstract

Herein, an efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) platform was constructed by a cosensitization strategy with a cascade energy level arrangement for the ultrasensitive evaluation of T4 polynucleotide kinase (T4 PNK). Based on CdSe quantum dots (QDs) with an extremely narrow bandgap, this cosensitization strategy offered a highly efficient sensitizer with a matching band-edge level of a ternary TiO2/g-C3N4/CdS nanocomposite. In this protocol, the ternary nanocomposite was first prepared to serve as the matrix to construct the PEC sensing platform. On the other hand, a well-designed hairpin DNA1 probe with 5'-hydroxyl termini was specifically phosphorylated by T4 PNK which would be selectively cleaved with lambda exonuclease (λ-Exo) outputting the 3'-thiol end ssDNA2. After tagged with CdSe QDs, ssDNA2 was captured by the complementary capture DNA3 on the electrode surface. As a result, CdSe QDs were in close contact with the ternary nanocomposite matrix, leading to an enhanced photocurrent response. Therefore, this proposed PEC platform displayed an analytical performance with a wide linear range from 0.0001 to 0.02 U mL-1 and a low detection limit down to 6.9 × 10-5 U mL-1. Moreover, this ternary nanocomposite-based platform exhibited excellent selectivity, good reproducibility, and remarkable storage stability, which shows great potential for T4 PNK detection and inhibitor screening.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Cadmium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Limit of Detection*
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Nitriles / chemistry*
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-Kinase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-Kinase / metabolism*
  • Sulfides / chemistry*
  • Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cadmium Compounds
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Nitriles
  • Sulfides
  • cadmium sulfide
  • titanium dioxide
  • cyanogen
  • Titanium
  • Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-Kinase