The determination of the level of Cu2+ plays important roles in disease diagnosis and environmental monitoring. By coupling Cu+-catalyzed click chemistry and metal ion-dependent DNAzyme cyclic amplification, we have developed a convenient and sensitive colorimetric sensing method for the detection of Cu2+ in human serums. The target Cu2+ can be reduced by ascorbate to form Cu+, which catalyzes the azide-alkyne cycloaddition between the azide- and alkyne-modified DNAs to form Mg2+-dependent DNAzymes. Subsequently, the Mg2+ ions catalyze the cleavage of the hairpin DNA substrate sequences of the DNAzymes and trigger cyclic generation of a large number of free G-quadruplex sequences, which bind hemin to form the G-quadruplex/hemin artificial peroxidase to cause significant color transition of the sensing solution for sensitive colorimetric detection of Cu2+. This method shows a dynamic range of 5 to 500 nM and a detection limit of 2 nM for Cu2+ detection. Besides, the level of Cu2+ in human serums can also be determined by using this sensing approach. With the advantages of simplicity and high sensitivity, such sensing method thus holds great potential for on-site determination of Cu2+ in different samples.
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Li, D., Xie, J., Zhou, W., Jiang, B., Yuan, R., & Xiang, Y. (2017). Click chemistry-mediated cyclic cleavage of metal ion-dependent DNAzymes for amplified and colorimetric detection of human serum copper (II). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 409(27), 6421–6427. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-017-0587-0
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