title: Unusual sequence length-dependent gold nanoparticles aggregation of the ssDNA sticky end and its application for enzyme-free and signal amplified colorimetric DNA detection.
abstract: It is known that the adsorption of short single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) on unmodified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is much faster than that for long ssDNA, and thus leads to length-dependent AuNPs aggregation after addition of salt, the color of the solutions sequentially changed from red to blue in accordance with the increase of ssDNA length. However, we found herein that the ssDNA sticky end of hairpin DNA exhibited a completely different adsorption behavior compared to ssDNA, an inverse blue-to-red color variation was observed in the colloid solution with the increase of sticky end length when the length is within a certain range. This unusual sequence length-dependent AuNPs aggregation might be ascribed to the effect of the stem of hairpin DNA. On the basis of this unique phenomenon and catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) based signal amplification, a novel AuNPs-based colorimetric DNA assay with picomolar sensitivity and specificity was developed. This unusual sequence length-dependent AuNPs aggregation of the ssDNA sticky end introduces a new direction for the AuNPs-based colorimetric assays.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongfei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhijuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Baozhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.|College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, People's Republic of China.
authors.lastname: Dan Xiao
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D006046:Gold