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Cetinkaya A, Kaya SI, Budak F, Ozkan SA. Current Analytical Methods for the Sensitive Assay of New-Generation Ovarian Cancer Drugs in Pharmaceutical and Biological Samples. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2024:1-17. [PMID: 38630637 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2024.2339962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Ovarian cancer, which affects the female reproductive organs, is one of the most common types of cancer. Since this type of cancer has a high mortality rate from gynaecological cancers, the scientific community shows great interest in studies on its treatment. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical treatment methods are used in its treatment. In the absence of targeted treatments in these treatment methods, side effects occur in patients, and patients show resistance to the drug. In addition, the underlying causes of ovarian cancer are still not fully known. The scientific world thinks that genetic factors, environmental conditions, and consumed foods may cause this cancer. The most important factor in the treatment of ovarian cancer is early diagnosis. Therefore, the drugs used in the treatment of ovarian cancer are platinum-based anticancer drugs. In addition to these drugs, the most preferred treatment method recently is targeted treatment approaches using poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. In this review, studies on the sensitive analysis of the treatment methods of these new-generation drugs used in the treatment of ovarian cancer have been comprehensively examined. In addition, the basic features, structural aspects, and biological data of analytical methods used in treatments with new-generation drugs are explained. Analytical studies carried out in the literature in recent years aim to show future developments in how these new-generation drugs are used today and to guide future studies by comprehensively examining and explaining the structure-activity relationship, mechanism of action, toxicity, and pharmacokinetic studies. Finally, in this study, the methods used in the analysis of drugs used in the treatment of ovarian cancer and the studies conducted between 2015 and 2023 were discussed in detail.
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- Ahmet Cetinkaya
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Gulhane Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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Paziewska-Nowak A, Urbanowicz M, Sadowska K, Pijanowska DG. DNA-based molecular recognition system for lactoferrin biosensing. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:126747. [PMID: 37699464 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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The paper describes the development of a novel DNA oligonucleotide-based affinity bioreceptor that binds to lactoferrin, a glycoprotein-type immunomodulator. The research was performed using surface plasmon resonance method to investigate affinity of various types of oligonucleotides to the target protein. The 72 base pair-long 5'[(TAGAGGATCAAA)AAA]4TAGAGGATCAAA3' sequence with the highest affinity to lactoferrin was selected for further investigations. Kinetic analysis of the interaction between selected DNA and lactoferrin provided rate and equilibrium constants: ka = (2.49 ± 0.03)∙104 M-1∙s-1, kd = (1.89 ± 0.02)∙10-3 s-1, KA = (0.13 ± 0.05)∙108 M-1, and KD = (7.61 ± 0.18)∙10-8 M. Thermodynamic study conducted to determine the ΔH0, ΔS0, and ΔG0 for van't Hoff characteristic in the temperature range of 291.15-305.15 K, revealed the complex formation as endothermic and entropically driven. The chosen DNA sequence's selectivity towards lactoferrin was confirmed with interferents' response constituting <3 % of the response to lactoferrin. SPR analysis justified utility of the designed DNA oligonucleotide for Lf determination, with LOD of 4.42∙10-9 M. Finally, the interaction between lactoferrin and DNA was confirmed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, providing the basis for further quantitative assay of lactoferrin using the developed DNA-based bioreceptor. The interactions were performed under immobilized DNA ligand conditions, thus reflecting the sensor's surface, which facilitates their transfer to other label-free biosensor technologies.
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- Agnieszka Paziewska-Nowak
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4 St., 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4 St., 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4 St., 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4 St., 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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Eksin E, Senturk H, Erdem A. Aptasensor for Impedimetric Detection of Lysozyme. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2570:197-204. [PMID: 36156784 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2695-5_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The impedimetric detection of a protein, lysozyme (LYS), was carried out herein by aptamer-immobilized single-use pencil graphite electrodes (PGEs). The aptamer was immobilized onto electrochemically activated surface of electrode without using any chemical agents, or any types of nanomaterials. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques were applied to analyze the electrochemical behavior of unmodified PGE and aptamer immobilized PGE. The interaction of aptamer with its target protein, LYS, was then investigated by EIS. The limit of detection for LYS was found to be 1.44 μg/mL (equals to 100.65 nM). The developed aptasensor specific to LYS presented high selectivity against to bovine serum albumin and thrombin.
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- Ece Eksin
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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Senturk H, Eksin E, Işık Ö, İlaslan Z, Mısırlı F, Erdem A. Impedimetric aptasensor for lysozyme detection based on carbon nanofibres enriched screen-printed electrodes. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Koyun S, Akgönüllü S, Yavuz H, Erdem A, Denizli A. Surface plasmon resonance aptasensor for detection of human activated protein C. Talanta 2018; 194:528-533. [PMID: 30609568 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The aim of this study is a highly sensitive and selective label-free surface plasmon resonance (SPR) aptasensor preparation for the specific detection of human activated protein C (APC). In the first step, DNA aptamer was complexed with N-methacryloyl-L-cysteine (MAC) monomer. Then, cyanamide and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate solution was mixed with the DNA-Apt/MAC complex. Two different SPR sensors (Random-DNA and HEMA-MAC polymeric films) were also prepared by following the same experimental procedure. The characterization of SPR aptasensors was done by contact angle, atomic force microscopy, and ellipsometer analysis. Selectivity studies of SPR aptasensors were performed in the presence of bovine serum albumin, hemoglobin and myoglobin. Desorption studies were performed by using 0.025 M NaCl solution. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values of DNA-Apt SPR aptasensor was determined as 1.5 ng/mL and 5.2 ng/mL.
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- Seda Koyun
- Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, 35100, Izmir, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
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Bai Y, Zhao R, Feng F, He X. Determination of Lysozyme by Thiol-Terminated Aptamer-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance. ANAL LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2016.1190737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Yunfeng Bai
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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Voltammetric Aptasensor Based on Magnetic Beads Assay for Detection of Human Activated Protein C. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1380:163-70. [PMID: 26552824 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3197-2_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Aptamers are defined as new generation of nucleic acids, which has recently presented promising specifications over to antibodies. An increasing number of electrochemical studies related to aptamer-based sensors, so-called aptasensors have been introduced in the literature. Herein, the interaction between human activated protein C (APC) and its cognate DNA aptamer (DNA APT) was performed at the surface of magnetic beads (MBs), followed by voltammetric detection using disposable graphite electrodes (PGEs).
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Meirinho SG, Dias LG, Peres AM, Rodrigues LR. Voltammetric aptasensors for protein disease biomarkers detection: A review. Biotechnol Adv 2016; 34:941-953. [PMID: 27235188 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An electrochemical aptasensor is a compact analytical device where the bioreceptor (aptamer) is coupled to a transducer surface to convert a biological interaction into a measurable signal (current) that can be easily processed, recorded and displayed. Since the discovery of the Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Enrichment (SELEX) methodology, the selection of aptamers and their application as bioreceptors has become a promising tool in the design of electrochemical aptasensors. Aptamers present several advantages that highlight their usefulness as bioreceptors such as chemical stability, cost effectiveness and ease of modification towards detection and immobilization at different transducer surfaces. In this review, a special emphasis is given to the potential use of electrochemical aptasensors for the detection of protein disease biomarkers using voltammetry techniques. Methods for the immobilization of aptamers onto electrode surfaces are discussed, as well as different electrochemical strategies that can be used for the design of aptasensors.
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- Sofia G Meirinho
- Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- ESA, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal; CQ-VR, Centro de Química - Vila Real, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Enginerring - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), ESA, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Erdem A, Congur G, Mayer G. Aptasensor platform based on carbon nanofibers enriched screen printed electrodes for impedimetric detection of thrombin. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Electrochemical assay for determination of gluten in flour samples. Food Chem 2015; 184:183-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Eksin E, Erdem A, Kuruc AP, Kayi H, Öğünç A. Impedimetric Aptasensor Based on Disposable Graphite Electrodes Developed for Thrombin Detection. ELECTROANAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201500226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Eksin E, Erdem A. Electrochemical detection of N-homocysteinylated BSA in the fetal bovine serum medium. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra13303j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The immobilization of bovine serum albumin (BSA), homocysteine-thiolactone (HTL) andN-homocysteinylated BSA (N-Hcy-BSA) onto the surface of each PGE was performed by passive adsorption and the electrochemical detection of these components was investigated individually.
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- Ece Eksin
- Ege University
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Analytical Chemistry Department
- Izmir
- Turkey
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- Ege University
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Analytical Chemistry Department
- Izmir
- Turkey
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Eksin E, Erdem A. Electrochemical Determination of Homocysteine at Disposable Graphite Electrodes. ELECTROANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201400203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Erdem A, Congur G. Voltammetric aptasensor combined with magnetic beads assay developed for detection of human activated protein C. Talanta 2014; 128:428-33. [PMID: 25059182 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2014.04.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A sensitive and selective label free voltammetric aptasensor based on magnetic beads assay was performed for the first time in our study for monitoring of human activated protein C (APC), which is a serine protease (i.e., key enzyme of the protein C pathway). An amino modified DNA aptamer (DNA APT) was covalently immobilized onto the surface of carboxylated magnetic beads (MBs), and then, the specific interaction between DNA APT and its cognate protein, APC, was performed at the surface of MBs. Similarly a biotinylated DNA APT was immobilized onto the surface of streptavidin coated MBs. Before and after interaction process, the oxidation signal of guanine was measured at disposable pencil graphite electrode (PGE) surface in combination with differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) technique and accordingly, the decrease at the guanine signal was evaluated. The biomolecular recognition of APC was successfully achieved with a low detection limit found as 2.35 µg mL(-1) by using MB-COOH based assay. Moreover, the selectivity of this aptasensor assay was tested in the presence of numerous proteins and other biomolecules: protein C (PC), thrombin (THR), bovine serum albumin (BSA), factor Va (FVa) and chromogenic substrate (KS).
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- Arzum Erdem
- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey; Ege University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Biotechnology Department, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
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- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey; Ege University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Biotechnology Department, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey
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Erdem A, Congur G. Dendrimer enriched single-use aptasensor for impedimetric detection of activated protein C. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2014; 117:338-45. [PMID: 24681393 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A novel impedimetric aptasensor for detection of human activated protein C (APC) was introduced for the first time in the present study. An enhanced sensor response was obtained using poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer having 16 succinamic acid surface groups (generation 2, G2-PS), that was modified onto the surface of screen printed graphite electrode (G2-PS/SPE). An amino modified DNA aptamer was then immobilized onto the surface of G2-PS modified SPE. The selective interaction of APT with its cognate protein, APC was investigated using different electrochemical techniques; differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The microscopic characterization was consecutively performed before/after each modification/interaction step using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The selectivity of aptasensor was tested in the presence of numerous proteins; protein C, thrombin, bovine serum albumin, factor Va and chromogenic substrate in different buffer mediums. The APC detection in the artificial serum; fetal bovine serum (FBS) was also performed impedimetrically. This dendrimer modified aptasensor technology brings several advantages: being single-use, fast screening with low-cost per measurement and resulting in sensitive detection of APC with the detection limits of 0.74 μg/mL (0.46 pmol in 35 μL sample) in buffer medium, and 2.03 μg/mL (1.27 pmol in 35 μL sample) in serum.
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- Arzum Erdem
- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey; Ege University, The Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Biotechnology Department, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry Department, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey; Ege University, The Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Biotechnology Department, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Loo AH, Bonanni A, Pumera M. Thrombin aptasensing with inherently electroactive graphene oxide nanoplatelets as labels. NANOSCALE 2013; 5:4758-4762. [PMID: 23604556 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr00511a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Graphene and its associated materials are commonly used as the transducing platform in biosensing. We propose a different approach for the application of graphene in biosensing. Here, we utilized graphene oxide nanoplatelets as the inherently electroactive labels for the aptasensing of thrombin. The basis of detection lies in the ability of graphene oxide to be electrochemically reduced, thereby providing a well-defined reduction wave; one graphene oxide nanoplatelet of dimension 50 × 50 nm can provide a reduction signal by accepting ~22,000 electrons. We demonstrate that by using graphene oxide nanoplatelets as an inherently electroactive label, we can detect thrombin in the concentration range of 3 pM-0.3 μM, with good selectivity of the aptamer towards interferences by bovine serum albumin, immunoglobulin G and avidin. Therefore, the inherently electroactive graphene oxide nanoplatelets are a material which can serve as an electroactive label, in a manner similar to metallic nanoparticles.
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- Adeline Huiling Loo
- Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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Erdem A, Duruksu G, Congur G, Karaoz E. Genomagnetic assay for electrochemical detection of osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells. Analyst 2013; 138:5424-30. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an00912b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Tippkötter N, Al-Kaidy H, Wollny S, Ulber R. Functionalized Magnetizable Particles for Downstream Processing in Single-Use Systems. CHEM-ING-TECH 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201200130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Aptamers comprise a range of molecular recognition scaffolds that can be engineered to bind to a legion of different proteins and other targets with excellent specificity and affinity. Because these non-natural oligonucleotides are accessible entirely synthetically, aptamers can be equipped with all sorts of reporter groups and can be coupled to many different carriers, surfaces, nanoparticles, or other biomolecules. They can be used in a highly modular fashion and often recognize their targets by a mechanism in which the aptamer undergoes considerable structural rearrangement, which can be exploited for transducing a binding event into a signal. As a consequence, aptamers have been adapted to a huge variety of "read-out configurations" and are increasingly used as capture agents in many different bioanalytical methods. But despite considerable success with these applications, many remaining challenges must still be overcome for the more widespread incorporation of aptasensors in clinical and environmental biosensing and diagnostics to take place. Some particularly noteworthy progress on this front is currently being made with aptasensor configurations that can be used for the multiplexed sensing of many analytes in parallel. In this Account, we describe some of the concepts involved in transducing the binding of a ligand into a signal through various physico-chemical interactions. Research in this area usually involves the combination of the molecular biology of proteins and nucleic acids with biotechnology, synthetic chemistry, physical chemistry, and surface physics. We begin with a brief introduction of the properties and characteristics that qualify aptamers as capture agents for many different analytes and their suitability as highly versatile biosensor components. We then address approaches that apply to surface acoustic wave configurations, drawing largely from our own contributions to aptasensor development, before moving on to describe previous and recent progress in multiplexed aptasensors. Obtaining proteome-wide profiles in cells, organs, organisms, or full populations requires the ability to accurately measure many different analytes in small sample volumes over a broad dynamic range. Multiplexed sensing is an invaluable tool in this endeavor. We discuss what we consider the biggest obstacles to the broader clinical use of aptasensor-based diagnostics and our perspective on how they can be surmounted. Finally,we explore the tremendous potential of aptamer-based sensors that can specifically discriminate between diseased and healthy cells. Progress in these areas will greatly expand the range of aptasensor applications, leading to enhanced diagnosis of diseases in clinical practice and, ultimately, improved patient care.
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- Michael Famulok
- LIMES Institute, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- LIMES Institute, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Rohrbach F, Karadeniz H, Erdem A, Famulok M, Mayer G. Label-free impedimetric aptasensor for lysozyme detection based on carbon nanotube-modified screen-printed electrodes. Anal Biochem 2011; 421:454-9. [PMID: 22200651 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 11/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We report on the direct electrochemical detection of aptamer-protein interactions, namely between a DNA aptamer and lysozyme (LYS) based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique. First, the affinity of the aptamer to LYS and control proteins was presented by using filter retention assay. An amino-modified version of the DNA aptamer-recognizing lysozyme was covalently immobilized on the surface of multiwalled carbon nanotube-modified screen-printed electrodes (MWCNT-SPEs), which were employed for measurements and have improved properties compared with bare SPEs. This carbon nanotube setup enabled the reliable monitoring of the interaction of lysozyme with its cognate aptamer by EIS transduction of the resistance to charge transfer (R(ct)) in the presence of 2.5 mM [Fe(CN)₆]³⁻/⁴⁻. This assay system provides a means for the label-free, concentration-dependent, and selective detection of lysozyme with an observed detection limit of 12.09 μg/ml (equal to 862 nM).
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- Falk Rohrbach
- LIMES Institute, Program Unit Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Evtugyn G, Kostyleva V, Sitdikov R, Porfireva A, Savelieva M, Stoikov I, Antipin I, Hianik T. Electrochemical Aptasensor Based on a Macrocyclic Ligand Bearing Neutral Red. ELECTROANAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201100435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cass AEG, Zhang Y. Nucleic acid aptamers: ideal reagents for point-of-care diagnostics? Faraday Discuss 2011; 149:49-61; discussion 63-77. [PMID: 21413174 DOI: 10.1039/c005487a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nucleic acid aptamers have many of the properties that make for effective reagents in point-of-care diagnostic devices and whilst superficially similar to antibodies as affinity reagents the scope for engineering them to fit this role is considerable. Synthesis of aptamers allows for the incorporation of functionality for both immobilisation and electrochemical signalling in a way that is compatible with the 'strip' type sensors familiar in enzyme sensors, such as those for glucose. Control of the structure of DNA aptamers through Watson-Crick base pairing allows for different electrochemical assay formats, whilst ferrocenes provide a versatile redox label and insights into the interactions between the aptamer and its target are obtained through both cyclic and square-wave voltammetries. Square-wave voltammetry in particular demonstrates good analytical utility. Two different approaches were used to assemble aptamer/redox probe structures on the surface of gold electrodes and both showed "signal on" behaviour (i.e. the current increases in the presence of analyte) although the two different methods appear to give quite distinct surface coatings.
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- Anthony E G Cass
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
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Yang L, Zhu J, Xu Y, Yun W, Zhang R, He P, Fang Y. Electrochemiluminescence Aptamer Biosensor for Detection of Thrombin Based on CdS QDs/ACNTs Electrode. ELECTROANAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201000404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Baptista PV, Doria G, Quaresma P, Cavadas M, Neves CS, Gomes I, Eaton P, Pereira E, Franco R. Nanoparticles in molecular diagnostics. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2011; 104:427-88. [PMID: 22093226 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-416020-0.00011-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the available and emerging molecular diagnostic methods that take advantage of the unique nanoscale properties of nanoparticles (NPs) to increase the sensitivity, detection capabilities, ease of operation, and portability of the biodetection assemblies. The focus will be on noble metal NPs, especially gold NPs, fluorescent NPs, especially quantum dots, and magnetic NPs, the three main players in the development of probes for biological sensing. The chapter is divided into four sections: a first section covering the unique physicochemical properties of NPs of relevance for their utilization in molecular diagnostics; the second section dedicated to applications of NPs in molecular diagnostics by nucleic acid detection; and the third section with major applications of NPs in the area of immunoassays. Finally, a concluding section highlights the most promising advances in the area and presents future perspectives.
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- Pedro V Baptista
- Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Centro de Investigação em Genética Molecular Humana (CIGMH), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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Niebel B, Lentz C, Pofahl M, Mayer G, Hoerauf A, Pfarr KM, Famulok M. ADLOC: an aptamer-displacement assay based on luminescent oxygen channeling. Chemistry 2010; 16:11100-7. [PMID: 20690121 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Functional nucleic acids, such as aptamers and allosteric ribozymes, can sense their ligands specifically, thereby undergoing structural alterations that can be converted into a detectable signal. The direct coupling of molecular recognition to signal generation enables the production of versatile reporters that can be applied as molecular probes for various purposes, including high-throughput screening. Here we describe an unprecedented type of a nucleic acid-based sensor system and show that it is amenable to high-throughput screening (HTS) applications. The approach detects the displacement of an aptamer from its bound protein partner by means of luminescent oxygen channeling. In a proof-of-principle study we demonstrate that the format is feasible for efficient identification of small drug-like molecules that bind to a protein target, in this case to the Sec7 domain of cytohesin. We extended the approach to a new cytohesin-specific single chain DNA aptamer, C10.41, which exhibits a similar binding behavior to cytohesins but has the advantage of being more stable and easier to synthesize and to modify than the RNA-aptamer M69. The results obtained with both aptamers indicate the general suitability of the aptamer-displacement assay based on luminescent oxygen channelling (ADLOC) for HTS. We also analyzed the potential for false positive hits and identified from a library of 18,000 drug-like small molecules two compounds as strong singlet-oxygen quenchers. With full automation and the use of commercially available plate readers, we estimate that the ADLOC-based assay described here could be used to screen at least 100,000 compounds per day.
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- Björn Niebel
- Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Magnetic solids in analytical chemistry: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2010; 674:157-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Revised: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Screening and improvement of an anti-VEGF DNA aptamer. Molecules 2010; 15:215-25. [PMID: 20110884 PMCID: PMC6256979 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15010215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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To obtain an aptamer with a high affinity for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), we focused on the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of VEGF as a target epitope. Three rounds of screening gave Vap7, which bound to the VEGF isoforms VEGF(121) and VEGF(165) with K(D) values of 1.0 nM and 20 nM, respectively. Moreover, Vap7 showed specificity within the VEGF family. Secondary structure predictions and circular dicrhoism suggested that Vap7 folds into a G-quadruplex structure. We obtained a mutant aptamer that contains only this region of the aptamer sequence. This truncated mutant (V7t1) bound to both VEGF(121) and VEGF(165) with K(D) values of 1.1 nM and 1.4 nM, respectively. Its sequence was 5'-TGTGGGGGTGGACGGGCCGGGTAGA-3', and it appeared to form a G-quadruplex structure. We also produced an aptamer heterodimer consisting of our previously derived aptamer (del5-1), which binds to the heparin-binding domain of VEGF, linked to V7t1. The resulting heterodimer bound strongly to VEGF(165) with a K(D) value of 4.7 x 10(2) pM.
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