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Dual emission fluorescent silver nanoclusters for sensitive detection of the biological coenzyme NAD+/NADH

  • Yufeng Yuan
  • , Kehan Huang
  • , Mengfang Chang
  • , Cuifang Qin
  • , Sanjun Zhang
  • , Haifeng Pan*
  • , Yan Chen
  • , Jianhua Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • East China Normal University
  • Tongji University

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Abstract

Fluorescent silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) displaying dual-excitation and dual-emission properties have been developed for the specific detection of NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, oxidized form). With the increase of NAD+ concentrations, the longer wavelength emission (with the peak at 550 nm) was gradually quenched due to the strong interactions between the NAD+ and Ag NCs, whereas the shorter wavelength emission (peaking at 395 nm) was linearly enhanced. More important, the dual-emission intensity ratio (I395/I550), fitting by a single-exponential decay function, can efficiently detect various NAD+ levels from 100 to 4000 μM, as well as label NAD+/NADH (reduced form of NAD) ratios in the range of 1-50.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)46-48
Number of pages3
JournalAnalytical Biochemistry
Volume494
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Biological coenzyme NAD
  • Dual-emission fluorescent silver nanoclusters
  • Dual-emission intensity ratio
  • NAD/NADH ratios

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