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Specific chiroptical sensing of cysteine via ultrasound-assisted formation of disulfide bonds in aqueous solution.

ABSTRACT: Cysteine (Cys) can serve as a biomarker to indicate diseases or disorders, and its chiral sensing has attracted increasing attention. Herein, we established an ultrasound-facilitated chiral sensing method for Cys using 4-chloro-7-nitro-1,2,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-Cl) and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy. The formation of chiral disulfide bonds induced degenerate exciton coupling between two NBD chromophores, resulting in intense Cotton effects (CEs) of the sensing product. The anisotropy factor (g) was linearly correlated with the enantiomeric excess of Cys across the visible region (400-500 nm), and other natural amino acids or biothiols did not interfere with the detection. This ultrasound-promoted efficient and specific chiral sensing method of Cys has potential for application in the diagnosis of related diseases.

SUBMITTER: Zhang JY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9036132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Specific chiroptical sensing of cysteine via ultrasound-assisted formation of disulfide bonds in aqueous solution.

Zhang Jun-Yao JY Yang Bei-Bei BB Yang Ya-Dong YD Wang Ru R Li Li L

Ultrasonics sonochemistry 20220414

Cysteine (Cys) can serve as a biomarker to indicate diseases or disorders, and its chiral sensing has attracted increasing attention. Herein, we established an ultrasound-facilitated chiral sensing method for Cys using 4-chloro-7-nitro-1,2,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-Cl) and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy. The formation of chiral disulfide bonds induced degenerate exciton coupling between two NBD chromophores, resulting in intense Cotton effects (CEs) of the sensing product. The anis ...[more]

PMID: 35436673

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