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Figure 6. (A) SPR angle-time curves of the separation products obtained after Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer conjugates are reacted<br />

with different concentrations of adenosine for 30 min. Inset: The linear relationship between the logarithms of adenosine concentrations and the<br />

SPR angle shift resulting from the binding of Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer conjugates. (B) SPR angle-time curves of 1 µM antiadenosine<br />

aptamer without adenosine (red line) and after react with 1 mM adenosine for 30 min (black line).<br />

10 nM adenosine because parts of aptamers on Fe3O4 MNPs<br />

react with adenosine and form its tertiary structure, which<br />

cannot hybridize with its complementary ss-DNA. With the<br />

further increase of the concentration of adenosine added to<br />

the Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer conjugate solution,<br />

the SPR angle shift continuously decreases until most of the<br />

antiadenosine aptamer binds with adenosine. By analyzing<br />

the change of SPR angle shift with the concentrations of<br />

adenosine, a good linear relationship between the logarithms<br />

of adenosine concentrations and the SPR angle shift is<br />

obtained with a range of 10-1 × 10 4 nM (shown in the insert<br />

of Figure 6A). This detection result is comparable with most<br />

other aptasensors 44 and is a little lower than that of detection<br />

results from SPR aptasensor which utilize Au NPs as an<br />

amplification reagent 20,29 but much superior to the detection<br />

results obtained by a general SPR sensor based on a molecularly<br />

imprinted technique. 45,46 It should be pointed out that the<br />

SPR angle shift only decreases to ∼107.33 m° even when the<br />

aptamer reacts with 1 mM adenosine. This nonspecific adsorption<br />

may come from the stereohindrance effect of aptamer<br />

possessing different structures. After adenosine is added to<br />

Fe3O4 MNP-aptamer conjugates, most free-coiled aptamers<br />

react with adenosine and form its tertiary structure. However,<br />

the formation of a tertiary structure of an aptamer may<br />

inhibit the further reaction between its adjacent free-coiled<br />

aptamer and adenosine. To clearly show the amplification<br />

effect of Fe3O4 MNPs, as a comparison, the SPR response<br />

resulting from the binding of aptamer without MNP is also<br />

studied. The black line in Figure 6B is the SPR angle shift<br />

resulting from the binding of 1 µM antiadenosine aptamer after<br />

antiadenosine aptamer reactes with 1 mM adenosine for 0.5 h.<br />

Only a 24.6 m° SPR angle shift is observed. Although the SPR<br />

angle shift resulting from the binding of antiadenosine aptamer<br />

could increase to 65.7 m° (Red line in Figure 6B) in the absence<br />

of adenosine, this value is still much lower than that of the<br />

(44) Wang, Y. L.; Wei, H.; Li, B. L.; Ren, W.; Guo, S. J.; Dong, S. J.; Wang, E. K.<br />

Chem. Commun. 2007, 5220–5222.<br />

(45) Taniwaki, K.; Hyakutake, A.; Aoki, T.; Yoshikawa, M.; Guiver, M. D.;<br />

Robertson, G. P. Anal. Chim. Acta 2003, 489, 191–198.<br />

(46) Yoshikawa, M.; Guiver, M. D.; Robertson, G. P. J. Mol. Struct. 2005, 739,<br />

41–46.<br />

6788 <strong>Analytical</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, Vol. 82, No. 16, August 15, 2010<br />

Figure 7. SPR angle-time curves of the separation products<br />

obtained after Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer conjugates are<br />

reacted with different analytes for 30 min.<br />

value resulting from the binding of Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine<br />

aptamer conjugates (1082.94 m°). Besides sensitivity, the<br />

specification of aptamer promises the selectivity of the<br />

present SPR sensor for adenosine. Figure 7 exhibits SPR<br />

angle-time curves of the separation products obtained after<br />

Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer conjugates are reacted<br />

with different analytes for 30 min. It could be easily seen<br />

that the addition of Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer<br />

conjugates which are reacted with 1 × 10 6 nM cytidine,<br />

guanosine, and uridine result in big SPR angle shifts.<br />

However, The SPR angle shift only increases a little after<br />

Fe3O4 MNP-antiadenosine aptamer conjugates are reacted<br />

with 1 × 10 6 nM adenosine. These results not only demonstrate<br />

that Fe3O4 MNPs could greatly enhance the SPR signal<br />

but also, more importantly, give us an important indication<br />

that SPR spectroscopy could be an excellent candidate for<br />

detecting an MNP-based separation product.<br />

CONCLUSION<br />

In summary, the SPR response of the carboxyl group<br />

modified Fe3O4 MNPs of two different sizes onto an amino<br />

group modified SPR gold substrate has been studied. The<br />

results show the monolayer adsorption of Fe3O4 MNPs could

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