title: Sensing phenothiazine drugs at a gold electrode co-modified with DNA and gold nanoparticles.
abstract: DNA and gold nanoparticles are co-immobilized at a gold electrode through elaborate self-assembly processes. This configuration has proven to be useful as a sensor for phenothiazine drugs, taking advantage of the well-known, relatively large surface area of gold nanoparticles and the strong intercalation between dsDNA and phenothiazine drugs. This modified electrode has demonstrated good sensitivity and stability towards the oxidation of two model phenothiazine drugs: promethazine and chlorpromazine. A linear dependence between the concentration of phenothiazine drugs and the peak current is observed, with a concentration range of 2.0 x 10(-5)-1.6 x 10(-4) M and 1.0 x 10(-5)-1.2 x 10(-4) M, and a detection limit of 1.0 x 10(-5) M and 7.0 x 10(-6) M, for promethazine and chlorpromazine, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and National Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Zhimei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Chunhai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Genxi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004566:Electrodes; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010640:Phenothiazines / Q000032:analysis*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D010640:Phenothiazines; D006046:Gold; D004247:DNA