This invention discloses a poly-T double-stranded chimeric
DNA-
copper nanoparticle and its synthesis method, belonging to the field of
DNA-
metal nanomaterials technology. This invention uses a poly-T double-stranded
DNA chimeric structure as a template to construct
a DNA tetrahedron.
Copper ions are reduced in situ with
ascorbic acid to prepare DNA-
copper nanoparticles exhibiting both
fluorescence and
peroxidase-like activity. The DNA
tetrahedron template is formed by the self-
assembly of four single-stranded DNA strands, containing six double-stranded edges and four single-stranded vertices. Two of the single strands are poly-T sequences, and two are
aptamer sequences targeting bacterial
cell wall
peptidoglycan. The prepared DNA-
copper nanoparticles emit characteristic
fluorescence under 340 nm excitation and exhibit
peroxidase-like activity. This material is used for bacterial detection and eradication, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 25 nM and 5 nM against *
Escherichia coli* and methicillin-resistant *
Staphylococcus aureus*, respectively. 3 Up to 10 8 The ability to detect
Escherichia coli within the CFU / L concentration range demonstrates its potential for immediate clinical antibacterial applications.