The
recent surge of interest in metal–organic gels (MOGs)
has emerged for their soft porous structure, large surface area, and
abundant active metal sites, making them a promising candidate for
building catalyst matrices. In this work, facilely synthesized Fe(III)-organic
gel was directly used as a robust electrode matrix. Detailed studies
illustrated that their Fe(III) centers can speed up the electro-oxidation/reduction
of the H2O2 coreactant to produce reactive oxygen
species for enhancing a potential-resolved dual electrochemiluminescence
(ECL) emission. Among them, the anodic signal of luminol varied with
the cell concentration based on the impedance ECL mechanism, while
the cathodic signal of CdS quantum dots traced the VEGF165 subtype at cell surface by specific aptamer recognition. Based on
this, a ratiometric strategy was proposed for accurate cytosensing
by eliminating environmental interference. Moreover, by cooperating
these two signals, a novel strategy was developed for direct evaluation
of the VEGF165 subtype, further realizing rapid drug screening
and subtype assessment on different cell lines. This work not only
opens up the promising application of MOGs as an effective catalyst
matrix but also develops reliable cell assays and protein subtype
identification for clinical diagnosis and research.