利用铜离子与荧光素标记的寡核苷酸链、氰根离子结合能力的差异, 发展了一种水相中氰根离子检测的新方法。研究表明, 该检测方法可以较灵敏地检测水相中的氰根离子, 其检测下限达到0.02 μmol/L, 且具有较好的选择性和潜在的实际应用价值。
In this paper, a new fluorescence turn-on sensor for cyanide in aqueous solution was established with fluo- rescein-labeled oligo DNA. The design rationale is explained as follows: (1) Fluorescein-labeled oligoDNA (FAM-DNA) shows strong fluorescence in aqueous solution. But, it is expected that the fluorescence of FAM-DNA will be quenched be- cause of the formation of stable complex of FAM-DNA with Cu^2+; (2) Demetallation from the complex of FAM-DNA with Cu^2+ because of the reaction of CN and Cu^2+ and formation Cu(CN)2 ; as a result the fluorescence of FAM-DNA emerges again. Therefore, it is anticipated that the fluorescence of the ensemble of FAM-DNA and Cu^2+ increases by in- creasing the concentration ofCN . Thus, the ensemble of FAM-DNA and Cu^2+ can be utilized for the detection ofCN . The results revealed that the fluorescence of FAM-DNA were quenched efficiently in the presence of Cu^2+ (1.35 μmol/L) due to the intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer within the ensemble of FAM-DNA and Cu^2+. Other metal ions, such as K^+, Ca^2+, Ba^2+, Mg^2+, Fe^3+, Hg^2+, Ni^2+, Pb^2+, Zn^2+ and Ag^+, induced negligible fluorescence quenching for FAM-DNA under the same conditions. However, fluorescence of the system increased gradually by increasing the concentration of CN-in the ensemble solution, and the fluorescence intensity varies almost linearly vs. the concentration of CN . The detection limit of CN- with the ensemble of FAM-DNA and Cu^2+ was estimated to be 0.02 μmol/L, which is much lower than the maximum level (1.9 μmol/L) of CN- in drinking water permitted by the World Health Organization (WHO). Moreover, the response of the ensemble of FAM-DNA and Cu^2+ to solutions containing CN- (40 μmol/L) in the presence of relevant ionic species, including F^-, CI^-, Br^-, I^-, NO3^-, HSO4^-,CO3^2-, CH3COO^-, H2PO4^-, SCN^-, and N3^- (at a concentration level over 10 times higher to that of CN-), was investigated. The results indicate