Polymethyldopa Nanoparticles-Based Fluorescent Sensor for Detection of Tyrosinase Activity.

Being a typical copper-containing oxidase, tyrosinase plays critical roles in biological activity, and its aberrant expression might cause diverse skin diseases. Herein, we, for the first time, have found an interesting green fluorogenic reaction between methyldopa and ethanolamine. By combining transmission electron microscopy, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrum analysis, we have confirmed that there is a reliable method for preparing the bright green fluorescent polymethyldopa nanoparticles (PMNPs) by simply mixing methyldopa and ethanolamine at room temperature. Inspired by such a simple and convenient fluorogenic reaction, a novel polymethyldopa nanoparticles-based fluorescent sensor for detection of tyrosinase activity was developed by using the commercially available metyrosine as a substrate, accompanied by the tyrosinase-catalyzed specific conversion of metyrosine into methyldopa. According to the intrinsic sensitivity/selectivity of fluorescence technology and unambiguous response mechanism, our fluorescent sensor exhibits excellent sensing performance and can be utilized in the determination of the tyrosinase activity in real biological samples and inhibitor screening.

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