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Aptamer based turn-off fluorescent ATP assay using DNA concatamers

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We describe a turn-off fluorescence-based strategy for the detection of ATP by making use of aptamer-triggered dsDNA concatamers. This sensitive and easily controlled method is based on consecutive hybridization induced by ATP aptamers and their sectional complementary DNAs to form dsDNA concatamers. The intercalator SYBR Green I (SGI) was employed as a fluorescent probe. In the absence of ATP, the probe produces a strong signal. However, on addition of ATP, the binding of aptamer and ATP cause the concatamers to collapse and to release SGI whose fluorescence then is quenched. The effect was exploited to design a selective ATP assay by relating the decrease in fluorescence to the ATP concentration. A lower detection limit of 6.1 μM and a linear response in the 0 to 5000 μM concentration range was accomplished. The strategy was applied to cellular ATP assays, and the results obtained by this strategy and by the gold standard method are in good agreement. The method is sensitive, simple and cost efficient, and hence is promising in terms of future applications to determine ATP in cellular and other systems.

A turn-off fluorescence-based strategy for the selective detection of ATP by using aptamer-triggered dsDNA concatamers.

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Acknowledgments

We are thankful for financial support from the National High Technology and Development of China (2012AA022604), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21405016, 21275028), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (2015 J01043), the Major Program of Medical and Health Foundation of Nanjing Military Region (12Z39), and Program to Young talents of Fujian Province Health System (2013-ZQN-JC-16).

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  1. Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China

    Huazhang Qiu, Zong’en Liu, Zhengjun Huang, Xiaohui Cai, Shaohuang Weng & Xinhua Lin

  2. Nano Medical Technology Research Institute, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China

    Huazhang Qiu, Zong’en Liu, Zhengjun Huang, Xiaohui Cai, Shaohuang Weng & Xinhua Lin

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, People’s Republic of China

    Min Chen

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Qiu, H., Liu, Z., Huang, Z. et al. Aptamer based turn-off fluorescent ATP assay using DNA concatamers. Microchim Acta 182, 2387–2393 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-015-1578-5

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