研究目的
Quantification of plasma membrane proteins (PMPs) is crucial for understanding the fundamentals of cellular signaling systems and their related diseases.
研究成果
This work reports a super-quadruplex scaffold for the controlled assembly of AIEgens for PMP detection. A green-emissive AIEgen was firstly synthesized and conjugated with oligonucleotide to achieve fluorescence-off state. Assembly of O1-TPEN with TP-G4 induced fluorescence enhancement to prove the universal AIE manipulation by G-quaduplex. The optimized THP-G4 could be efficiently cut by DNAzyme to activate TP-G4 conformation, resulting in hybridization with O1-TPEN to light-up fluorescence. The designed molecular switch was further applied to MUC1 detection on living cells. By replacing aptamer sequence, the proposed strategy offers a universal platform for detecting various PMPs and demonstrates a proof-of concept for AIE biosensing applications.
研究不足
The technical and application constraints of the experiments, as well as potential areas for optimization.