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A novel fluorescence aptasensor based on PCN-223 as an efficient quencher for sensitive determination of prostate-specific antigen

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A novel fluorescence aptasensor based on PCN-223 as an efficient quencher was developed to sensitively detect prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA)-labeled PSA aptamer was adsorbed on PCN-223 by π-π stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions, which contributed to fluorescence quenching because of the photoinduced electron transfer from TAMRA to PCN-223. In addition, the amount of quenched fluorescence of the PSA-binding aptamer complex-PCN-223 was lower than that of TAMRA aptamer-PCN-223 without PSA (at excitation/emission peaks of 545/582 nm), which can be explained by the fact that the PSA-binding aptamer complexes contributed to the separation of the aptamer from PCN-223. ∆F value of fluorescence intensities for TAMRA aptamer-PCN-223 with and without PSA showed a good linear relationship with PSA concentration over a range of 0.1 to 24 ng mL–1, with a detection limit of 0.05 ng mL–1. Compared with three metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) of UiO-66-NH2, ZIF-67, and Ni3(HITP)2 as quenchers, PCN-223 as a Zr-MOF exhibited the highest ∆F value for PSA detection. The advantage of PCN-223 could be attributed to its carboxyl, benzene, and porphyrin groups, the large specific surface area and good biocompatibility. This proposed aptasensor can be successfully used to detect PSA in sera of prostate cancer patients. The PSA detection results of this aptasensor were consistent with those which were obtained from hospital by Archtecti2000sr automatic chemiluminescence immunoanalyzer. The proposed aptasensor has potential clinical detection application.

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This work was supported by the Zhejiang Province Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project (No. LGF21B050004) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21507041, 21677060).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, People’s Republic of China

    Shijie Chen, Tianyi Zhu & Zhaosheng Qian

  2. Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, People’s Republic of China

    Shijie Chen, Yanbo Zeng, Yiwen Yang, Tianyi Zhu, Hailong Wang, Longhua Guo & Lei Li

  3. Clinical Laboratory of Zhejiang, Sian International Hospital, Jiaxing, 314000, People’s Republic of China

    Qiukai Tang

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Chen, S., Tang, Q., Zeng, Y. et al. A novel fluorescence aptasensor based on PCN-223 as an efficient quencher for sensitive determination of prostate-specific antigen. Microchim Acta 190, 70 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-023-05650-0

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