Fluorescent and Colorimetric Dual-Readout Assay for Inorganic Pyrophosphatase with Cu(2+)-Triggered Oxidation of o-Phenylenediamine.

We demonstrate a rationally designed fluorescent and colorimetric dual-readout strategy for the highly sensitive, quantitative determination of inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) activity, a key hydrolytic enzyme involved in a variety of metabolic processes. Inspired by the selective oxidative and chromogenic reaction of o-phenylenediamine (OPD) with Cu(2+), the special inhibitory effects of pyrophosphate (PPi) on the oxidative ability of Cu(2+), and the specific hydrolysis of PPi into orthophosphate by PPase, a convenient small molecule OPD-based analytical system was developed for Cu(2+)/PPi recognition and PPase activity assay. We have confirmed that Cu(2+) acts as the oxidant in the reaction and the main chromogenic product of OPD is 2,3-diaminophenazine (usually called OPDox) in the assay by combining the ESI-MS, (1)H NMR, and XPS spectra analysis. Direct electrochemical insights into the Cu(2+)-triggered and PPi-inhibited mechanism were performed by cyclic voltammetry characterizations of the Cu(2+) in the absence and presence of PPi for the first time. Furthermore, the proposed analytical system with clear response mechanism exhibits a promising outlook for the PPase activity assay in real biological samples and inhibitor screening.

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