title: Fluorescence detection of adenosine triphosphate through an aptamer-molecular beacon multiple probe.
abstract: An aptamer-molecular beacon (MB) multiple fluorescent probe for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay is proposed in this article. The ATP aptamer was used as a molecular recognition part, and an oligonucleotide (short strand, SS) partially complementary with the aptamer and an MB was used as the other part. In the presence of ATP, the aptamer bound with it, accompanied by the hybridization of MB and SS and the fluorescence recovering. Wherever there is only very weak fluorescence can be measured in the absence of ATP. Based on the relationship of recovering fluorescence and the concentration of ATP, a method for quantifying ATP has been developed. The fluorescence intensity was proportional to the concentration of ATP in the range of 10 to 500 nM with a detection limit of 0.1 nM. Moreover, this method was able to detect ATP with high selectivity in the presence of guanosine triphosphate (GTP), cytidine triphosphate (CTP), and uridine triphosphate (UTP). This method is proved to be simple with high sensitivity, selectivity, and specificity.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaodan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xiaoling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hongying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Yamin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003570:Cytidine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000032:analysis; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D015335:Molecular Probes; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D003570:Cytidine Triphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate