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In Situ Electrodeposited Synthesis of Electrochemiluminescent Ag Nanoclusters as Signal Probe for Ultrasensitive Detection of Cyclin-D1 from Cancer Cells
Metal
nanoclusters (NCs) as a new type of electrochemiluminescence
(ECL) nanomaterials have attracted great attention, but their applications
are limited due to relatively low luminescent efficiency and a complex
preparation process. Herein, an ultrasensitive ECL biosensor for the
detection of Cyclin-D1 (CCND1) was designed by utilizing in situ electrogenerated
silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) as ECL emitters and Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>–CeO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposites as a coreaction accelerator.
The ECL luminous efficiency of AgNCs on the electrode could be significantly
enhanced with the use of the Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>–CeO<sub>2</sub> for accelerating the reduction of S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub><sup>2–</sup> to generate the strong oxidizing intermediate
radical SO<sub>4</sub><sup>•–</sup>. As a result, the
assay for CCND1 detection achieved excellent sensitivity with a linear
range from 50 fg/mL to 50 ng/mL and limit of detection down to 28
fg/mL. Impressively, the efficiency of Traditional Chinese Medicines
(TCM), sophorae, toward MCF-7 cells was successfully investigated
due to the overexpression of CCND1 in relation to the growth and metastasis
of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. In general,
the proposed strategy provided an effective method for anticancer
drug screening and expanded the application of metal NCs in ultrasensitive
biodetection